CAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Biomolecular condensates formed by phase separation are widespread and play critical roles in many physiological and pathological processes. cGAS-STING signaling functions to detect aberrant DNA signals to initiate anti-infection defense and antitumor immunity. At the same time, cGAS-STING signaling must be carefully regulated to maintain immune homeostasis. Interestingly, exciting recent studies have reported that biomolecular phase separation exists and plays important roles in different steps of cGAS-STING signaling, including cGAS condensates, STING condensates, and IRF3 condensates. In addition, several intracellular and extracellular factors have been proposed to modulate the condensates in cGAS-STING signaling. These studies reveal novel activation and regulation mechanisms of cGAS-STING signaling and provide new opportunities for drug discovery. Here, we summarize recent advances in the phase separation of cGAS-STING signaling and the development of potential drugs targeting these innate immune condensates.
Directly interacts with cGAS and enhances the DNA binding ability of cGAS
[41]
ZYG11B
Enhances the DNA binding ability of cGAS
[42]
PCBP1
Enhances the DNA binding ability of cGAS
[44]
USP15
Mediates the deubiquitylation of cGAS and forms condensates with cGAS
[48]
G3BP1
Engages cGAS in the primary condensation state to recruit DNA rapidly
[52]
Zinc ions
Stabilizes the 2:2 cGAS-DNA complex
[37]
RNA
Induces cGAS to form pre-condensates
[37,60]
Spermine
Condenses DNA to a similar inter-DNA distance in the cGAS-DNA complex
[70]
Streptavidin
Directly binds to cGAS and enhances DNA binding ability
[79]
STING condensates
Mn ions
Enhances the cGAMP binding ability of STING
[86,87]
IRF3 condensates
SIRT1
Mediates the deacetylation of IRF3
[91]
Negative regulation
cGAS condensates
PCBP2
Reduces the size of cGAS condensates
[45]
Oleic acid
Dissolves cGAS-DNA phase separation
[71]
ORF52/VP22-type tegument proteins
Disrupt cGAS-DNA phase separation to form their own condensates with DNA
[75,76]
SARS2-NP
Undergoes DNA-induced LLPS to restrict the formation of cGAS-G3BP1 condensates
[78]
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