Beyond SHM and CSR: AID and Related Cytidine Deaminases in the Host Response to Viral Infection

Brad R. Rosenberg, F. Nina Papavasiliou

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Abstract

As the primary effector of immunoglobulin somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR), activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) serves an important function in the adaptive immune response. Recent advances have demonstrated that AID and a group of closely related cytidine deaminases, the APOBEC3 proteins, also act in the innate host response to viral infection. Antiviral activity was first attributed to APOBEC3G as a potent inhibitor of HIV. It is now apparent that the targets of the APOBEC3 proteins extend beyond HIV, with family members acting against a wide variety of viruses as well as host-encoded retrotransposable genetic elements. Although it appears to function through a different mechanism, AID also possesses antiviral properties. Independent of its antibody diversification functions, AID protects against transformation by Abelson murine leukemia virus (Ab-MLV), an oncogenic retrovirus. Additionally, AID has been implicated in the host response to other pathogenic viruses. These emerging roles for the AID/APOBEC cytidine deaminases in viral infection suggest an intriguing evolutionary connection of innate and adaptive immune mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAID for Immunoglobulin Diversity
EditorsFrederick Alt, Tasuku Honjo
Pages215-244
Number of pages30
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvances in Immunology
Volume94
ISSN (Print)0065-2776

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