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de Abreu Góes Pereira VM, Gularte JS, Demoliner M, da Silva MS, Girardi V, Filippi M, Frohlich J, Fink P, Hansen AW, Ferreira HL, Afrough B, Kritz-Wilson A, Spilki FR. Influenza outbreak during the surge of SARS-CoV-2 omicron in a metropolitan area from southern Brazil: genomic surveillance. J Med Virol 2024; 96:e29944. [PMID: 39360646 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.29944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 08/08/2024] [Accepted: 09/16/2024] [Indexed: 10/04/2024]
Abstract
Influenza circulation was significantly affected in 2020-21 by the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, few influenza cases were recorded. However, in the summer of 2021-22, an increase in atypical influenza cases was observed, leading to the resurgence of influenza in the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The present study aimed to identify the circulation of FLUAV, FLUBV and SARS-CoV-2 and characterize the influenza genomes in respiratory samples using high-throughput sequencing technology (HTS). Respiratory samples (n = 694) from patients in RS were selected between July 2021 and August 2022. The samples were typed using reverse transcriptase real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) and showed 32% (223/694) of the samples to be positive for SARS-CoV-2, 7% for FLUAV (H3) (49/694). FLUBV was not detected. RT-qPCR data also resulted in FLUAV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infections in 1.7% (4/223) of samples tested. Whole genome sequencing of FLUAV produced 15 complete genomes of the H3N2 subtype, phylogenetically classified in the 3C.2a1b.2a.2a.3 subclade and revealing the dominance of viruses in the southern region of Brazil. Mutation analysis identified 72 amino acid substitutions in all genes, highlighting ongoing genetic evolution with potential implications for vaccine effectiveness, viral fitness, and pathogenicity. This study underscores limitations in current surveillance systems, advocating for comprehensive data inclusion to enhance understanding of influenza epidemiology in southern Brazil. These findings contribute valuable insights to inform more effective public health responses and underscore the critical need for continuous genomic surveillance.
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA- USP, University of Sao Paulo, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Health Security Agency, New Variant Assessment Platform (NVAP), UK
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- Departamento de Virologia, Laboratório de Microbiologia Molecular, Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Dupont M, Krischuns T, Gianetto QG, Paisant S, Bonazza S, Brault JB, Douché T, Arragain B, Florez-Prada A, Perez-Perri J, Hentze M, Cusack S, Matondo M, Isel C, Courtney D, Naffakh N. The RBPome of influenza A virus NP-mRNA reveals a role for TDP-43 in viral replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:7188-7210. [PMID: 38686810 PMCID: PMC11229366 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Genome-wide approaches have significantly advanced our knowledge of the repertoire of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) that associate with cellular polyadenylated mRNAs within eukaryotic cells. Recent studies focusing on the RBP interactomes of viral mRNAs, notably SARS-Cov-2, have revealed both similarities and differences between the RBP profiles of viral and cellular mRNAs. However, the RBPome of influenza virus mRNAs remains unexplored. Herein, we identify RBPs that associate with the viral mRNA encoding the nucleoprotein (NP) of an influenza A virus. Focusing on TDP-43, we show that it binds several influenza mRNAs beyond the NP-mRNA, and that its depletion results in lower levels of viral mRNAs and proteins within infected cells, and a decreased yield of infectious viral particles. We provide evidence that the viral polymerase recruits TDP-43 onto viral mRNAs through a direct interaction with the disordered C-terminal domain of TDP-43. Notably, other RBPs found to be associated with influenza virus mRNAs also interact with the viral polymerase, which points to a role of the polymerase in orchestrating the assembly of viral messenger ribonucleoproteins.
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- Maud Dupont
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UAR2024, Proteomics Platform, Mass Spectrometry for Biology, Paris, France
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics HUB, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, BelfastBT9 7BL, Northern Ireland
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UAR2024, Proteomics Platform, Mass Spectrometry for Biology, Paris, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 38042Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 38042Grenoble, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UAR2024, Proteomics Platform, Mass Spectrometry for Biology, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University Belfast, BelfastBT9 7BL, Northern Ireland
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3569, RNA Biology and Influenza Viruses, Paris, France
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Bougon J, Kadijk E, Gallot-Lavallee L, Curtis BA, Landers M, Archibald JM, Khaperskyy DA. Influenza A virus NS1 effector domain is required for PA-X-mediated host shutoff in infected cells. J Virol 2024; 98:e0190123. [PMID: 38629840 PMCID: PMC11092343 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01901-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/15/2024] Open
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Many viruses inhibit general host gene expression to limit innate immune responses and gain preferential access to the cellular translational apparatus for their protein synthesis. This process is known as host shutoff. Influenza A viruses (IAVs) encode two host shutoff proteins: nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) and polymerase acidic X (PA-X). NS1 inhibits host nuclear pre-messenger RNA maturation and export, and PA-X is an endoribonuclease that preferentially cleaves host spliced nuclear and cytoplasmic messenger RNAs. Emerging evidence suggests that in circulating human IAVs NS1 and PA-X co-evolve to ensure optimal magnitude of general host shutoff without compromising viral replication that relies on host cell metabolism. However, the functional interplay between PA-X and NS1 remains unexplored. In this study, we sought to determine whether NS1 function has a direct effect on PA-X activity by analyzing host shutoff in A549 cells infected with wild-type or mutant IAVs with NS1 effector domain deletion. This was done using conventional quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction techniques and direct RNA sequencing using nanopore technology. Our previous research on the molecular mechanisms of PA-X function identified two prominent features of IAV-infected cells: nuclear accumulation of cytoplasmic poly(A) binding protein (PABPC1) and increase in nuclear poly(A) RNA abundance relative to the cytoplasm. Here we demonstrate that NS1 effector domain function augments PA-X host shutoff and is necessary for nuclear PABPC1 accumulation. By contrast, nuclear poly(A) RNA accumulation is not dependent on either NS1 or PA-X-mediated host shutoff and is accompanied by nuclear retention of viral transcripts. Our study demonstrates for the first time that NS1 and PA-X may functionally interact in mediating host shutoff.IMPORTANCERespiratory viruses including the influenza A virus continue to cause annual epidemics with high morbidity and mortality due to the limited effectiveness of vaccines and antiviral drugs. Among the strategies evolved by viruses to evade immune responses is host shutoff-a general blockade of host messenger RNA and protein synthesis. Disabling influenza A virus host shutoff is being explored in live attenuated vaccine development as an attractive strategy for increasing their effectiveness by boosting antiviral responses. Influenza A virus encodes two proteins that function in host shutoff: the nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) and the polymerase acidic X (PA-X). We and others have characterized some of the NS1 and PA-X mechanisms of action and the additive effects that these viral proteins may have in ensuring the blockade of host gene expression. In this work, we examined whether NS1 and PA-X functionally interact and discovered that NS1 is required for PA-X to function effectively. This work significantly advances our understanding of influenza A virus host shutoff and identifies new potential targets for therapeutic interventions against influenza and further informs the development of improved live attenuated vaccines.
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- Juliette Bougon
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Institute for Comparative Genomics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Gori Savellini G, Anichini G, Manetti F, Trivisani CI, Cusi MG. Deletion of 82-85 N-Terminal Residues in SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 Restricts Virus Replication. Viruses 2024; 16:689. [PMID: 38793572 PMCID: PMC11125901 DOI: 10.3390/v16050689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Non-structural protein 1 (Nsp1) represents one of the most crucial SARS-CoV-2 virulence factors by inhibiting the translation of host mRNAs and promoting their degradation. We selected naturally occurring virus lineages with specific Nsp1 deletions located at both the N- and C-terminus of the protein. Our data provide new insights into how Nsp1 coordinates these functions on host and viral mRNA recognition. Residues 82-85 in the N-terminal part of Nsp1 likely play a role in docking the 40S mRNA entry channel, preserving the inhibition of host gene expression without affecting cellular mRNA decay. Furthermore, this domain prevents viral mRNAs containing the 5'-leader sequence to escape translational repression. These findings support the presence of distinct domains within the Nsp1 protein that differentially modulate mRNA recognition, translation and turnover. These insights have implications for the development of drugs targeting viral proteins and provides new evidences of how specific mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 could attenuate the virus.
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy (C.I.T.)
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- Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy;
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Eke L, Tweedie A, Cutts S, Wise EL, Elliott G. Translational arrest and mRNA decay are independent activities of alphaherpesvirus virion host shutoff proteins. J Gen Virol 2024; 105:001976. [PMID: 38572740 PMCID: PMC11083458 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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The herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) virion host shutoff (vhs) protein is an endoribonuclease that regulates the translational environment of the infected cell, by inducing the degradation of host mRNA via cellular exonuclease activity. To further understand the relationship between translational shutoff and mRNA decay, we have used ectopic expression to compare HSV1 vhs (vhsH) to its homologues from four other alphaherpesviruses - varicella zoster virus (vhsV), bovine herpesvirus 1 (vhsB), equine herpesvirus 1 (vhsE) and Marek's disease virus (vhsM). Only vhsH, vhsB and vhsE induced degradation of a reporter luciferase mRNA, with poly(A)+ in situ hybridization indicating a global depletion of cytoplasmic poly(A)+ RNA and a concomitant increase in nuclear poly(A)+ RNA and the polyA tail binding protein PABPC1 in cells expressing these variants. By contrast, vhsV and vhsM failed to induce reporter mRNA decay and poly(A)+ depletion, but rather, induced cytoplasmic G3BP1 and poly(A)+ mRNA- containing granules and phosphorylation of the stress response proteins eIF2α and protein kinase R. Intriguingly, regardless of their apparent endoribonuclease activity, all vhs homologues induced an equivalent general blockade to translation as measured by single-cell puromycin incorporation. Taken together, these data suggest that the activities of translational arrest and mRNA decay induced by vhs are separable and we propose that they represent sequential steps of the vhs host interaction pathway.
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- Lucy Eke
- Section of Virology, Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Section of Virology, Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Section of Virology, Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Section of Virology, Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- Section of Virology, Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Bermudez Y, Hatfield D, Muller M. A Balancing Act: The Viral-Host Battle over RNA Binding Proteins. Viruses 2024; 16:474. [PMID: 38543839 PMCID: PMC10974049 DOI: 10.3390/v16030474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
Abstract
A defining feature of a productive viral infection is the co-opting of host cell resources for viral replication. Despite the host repertoire of molecular functions and biological counter measures, viruses still subvert host defenses to take control of cellular factors such as RNA binding proteins (RBPs). RBPs are involved in virtually all steps of mRNA life, forming ribonucleoprotein complexes (mRNPs) in a highly ordered and regulated process to control RNA fate and stability in the cell. As such, the hallmark of the viral takeover of a cell is the reshaping of RNA fate to modulate host gene expression and evade immune responses by altering RBP interactions. Here, we provide an extensive review of work in this area, particularly on the duality of the formation of RNP complexes that can be either pro- or antiviral. Overall, in this review, we highlight the various ways viruses co-opt RBPs to regulate RNA stability and modulate the outcome of infection by gathering novel insights gained from research studies in this field.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; (Y.B.); (D.H.)
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Shehata SI, Watkins JM, Burke JM, Parker R. Mechanisms and consequences of mRNA destabilization during viral infections. Virol J 2024; 21:38. [PMID: 38321453 PMCID: PMC10848536 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-024-02305-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
Abstract
During viral infection there is dynamic interplay between the virus and the host to regulate gene expression. In many cases, the host induces the expression of antiviral genes to combat infection, while the virus uses "host shut-off" systems to better compete for cellular resources and to limit the induction of the host antiviral response. Viral mechanisms for host shut-off involve targeting translation, altering host RNA processing, and/or inducing the degradation of host mRNAs. In this review, we discuss the diverse mechanisms viruses use to degrade host mRNAs. In addition, the widespread degradation of host mRNAs can have common consequences including the accumulation of RNA binding proteins in the nucleus, which leads to altered RNA processing, mRNA export, and changes to transcription.
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- Soraya I Shehata
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
- Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
- Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
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Daly RE, Myasnikov I, Gaglia MM. N-terminal acetylation separately promotes nuclear localization and host shutoff activity of the influenza A virus ribonuclease PA-X. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.12.01.569683. [PMID: 38076881 PMCID: PMC10705558 DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.01.569683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
To counteract host antiviral responses, influenza A virus triggers a global reduction of cellular gene expression, a process termed "host shutoff." A key effector of influenza A virus host shutoff is the viral endoribonuclease PA-X, which degrades host mRNAs. While many of the molecular determinants of PA-X activity remain unknown, a previous study found that N-terminal acetylation of PA-X is required for its host shutoff activity. However, it remains unclear how this co-translational modification promotes PA-X activity. Here, we report that PA-X N-terminal acetylation has two functions that can be separated based on the position of the acetylation, i.e. on the first amino acid, the initiator methionine, or the second amino acid following initiator methionine excision. Modification at either site is sufficient to ensure PA-X localization to the nucleus. However, modification of the second amino acid is not sufficient for host shutoff activity of ectopically expressed PA-X, which specifically requires N-terminal acetylation of the initiator methionine. Interestingly, during infection N-terminal acetylation of PA-X at any position results in host shutoff activity, which is in part due to a functional interaction with the influenza protein NS1. This result reveals an unexpected role for another viral protein in PA-X activity. Our studies uncover a multifaceted role for PA-X N-terminal acetylation in regulation of this important immunomodulatory factor.
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- Raecliffe E Daly
- Program in Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, 02111, United States
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, United States
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Khalil AM, Martinez-Sobrido L, Mostafa A. Zoonosis and zooanthroponosis of emerging respiratory viruses. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 13:1232772. [PMID: 38249300 PMCID: PMC10796657 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1232772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Lung infections in Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) are triggered by a variety of respiratory viruses. All human pandemics have been caused by the members of two major virus families, namely Orthomyxoviridae (influenza A viruses (IAVs); subtypes H1N1, H2N2, and H3N2) and Coronaviridae (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2). These viruses acquired some adaptive changes in a known intermediate host including domestic birds (IAVs) or unknown intermediate host (SARS-CoV-2) following transmission from their natural reservoirs (e.g. migratory birds or bats, respectively). Verily, these acquired adaptive substitutions facilitated crossing species barriers by these viruses to infect humans in a phenomenon that is known as zoonosis. Besides, these adaptive substitutions aided the variant strain to transmit horizontally to other contact non-human animal species including pets and wild animals (zooanthroponosis). Herein we discuss the main zoonotic and reverse-zoonosis events that occurred during the last two pandemics of influenza A/H1N1 and SARS-CoV-2. We also highlight the impact of interspecies transmission of these pandemic viruses on virus evolution and possible prophylactic and therapeutic interventions. Based on information available and presented in this review article, it is important to close monitoring viral zoonosis and viral reverse zoonosis of pandemic strains within a One-Health and One-World approach to mitigate their unforeseen risks, such as virus evolution and resistance to limited prophylactic and therapeutic interventions.
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- Ahmed Magdy Khalil
- Disease Intervention & Prevention and Host Pathogen Interactions Programs, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
- Department of Zoonotic Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Disease Intervention & Prevention and Host Pathogen Interactions Programs, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Disease Intervention & Prevention and Host Pathogen Interactions Programs, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, Water Pollution Research Department, Environment and Climate Change Research Institute, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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Al-Shalan HAM, Hu D, Wang P, Uddin J, Chopra A, Greene WK, Ma B. Transcriptomic Profiling of Influenza A Virus-Infected Mouse Lung at Recovery Stage Using RNA Sequencing. Viruses 2023; 15:2198. [PMID: 38005876 PMCID: PMC10675624 DOI: 10.3390/v15112198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Influenza A virus (IAV) is known to cause mild to severe respiratory illness. Under some conditions, the infection can lead to pneumonia (viral or bacterial), acute respiratory distress syndrome, and other complications that can be fatal, especially in vulnerable populations such as the elderly, young children, and individuals with underlying health conditions. Despite previous studies, little is known about the host immune response and neuroimmune interactions in IAV infection. Using RNA sequencing, we performed transcriptomic analysis of murine lung tissue 21 days post infection (dpi) with IAV (H1N1) in order to find the differentially expression genes (DEGs) related to the host immune response and neuroimmune interactions inside the lung during recovery. Among 792 DEGs, 434 genes were up-regulated, whereas 358 genes were down-regulated. The most prominent molecular functions of the up-regulated genes were related to the immune response and tissue repair, whereas a large proportion of the down-regulated genes were associated with neural functions. Although further molecular/functional studies need to be performed for these DEGs, our results facilitate the understanding of the host response (from innate immunity to adaptive immunity) and neuroimmune interactions in infected lungs at the recovery stage of IAV infection. These genes might have potential uses as mechanistic/diagnostic biomarkers and represent possible targets for anti-IAV therapies.
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- Huda A M Al-Shalan
- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
- Department of Microbiology/Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University, Baghdad 10071, Iraq
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- Department of Pathogenic Biology, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, China
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- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
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- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
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- Genomics Core Research Facility, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
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- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
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- School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6149, Australia
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Avanthay R, Garcia-Nicolas O, Zimmer G, Summerfield A. NS1 and PA-X of H1N1/09 influenza virus act in a concerted manner to manipulate the innate immune response of porcine respiratory epithelial cells. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1222805. [PMID: 37565063 PMCID: PMC10410561 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1222805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Live-attenuated influenza A viruses (LAIV) may be superior to inactivated or subunit vaccines since they can be administered via mucosal routes to induce local immunity in the respiratory tract. In addition, LAIV are expected to trigger stronger T-cell responses that may protect against a broader range of antigen-drifted viruses. However, the development of LAIV is challenging since a proper balance between immunogenicity and safety has to be reached. In this study, we took advantage of reverse genetics to generate three LAIV based on the pandemic H1N1 2009 (pH1N1/09) virus strain: ΔPA-X, which is defective in the synthesis of the accessory PA-X protein, NS1(1-126) lacking 93 amino acids at the C-terminus of the NS1 protein, and a combination of both. Characterization of these recombinant viruses using a novel porcine bronchiolar epithelial cell line (T3) revealed that the ΔPA-X mutant replicated similar to wild type (WT) virus. However, in contrast to the parental virus the ΔPA-X mutant allowed transcription of genes involved in cell cycle progression and limits apoptosis. The NS1(1-126) mutant also replicated comparable to WT virus, but triggered the release of type I and III IFN and several chemokines and cytokines. Surprisingly, only the NS1(1-126)/ΔPA-X double mutant was significantly attenuated on T3 cells, and this was associated with enhanced transcription of genes of the innate immune system and complete absence of apoptosis induction. In conclusion, these findings indicate that NS1 and PA-X act in a concerted manner to manipulate the host cell response, which may help to develop swine LAIV vaccine with a more favorable balance of safety and immunogenicity.
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- Robin Avanthay
- Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of Virology and Immunology, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Gaucherand L, Iyer A, Gilabert I, Rycroft CH, Gaglia MM. Cut site preference allows influenza A virus PA-X to discriminate between host and viral mRNAs. Nat Microbiol 2023; 8:1304-1317. [PMID: 37349586 PMCID: PMC10690756 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01409-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Many viruses block host gene expression to take over the infected cell. This process, termed host shutoff, is thought to promote viral replication by preventing antiviral responses and redirecting cellular resources to viral processes. Several viruses from divergent families accomplish host shutoff through RNA degradation by endoribonucleases. However, viruses also need to ensure expression of their own genes. The influenza A virus endoribonuclease PA-X solves this problem by sparing viral mRNAs and some host RNAs necessary for viral replication. To understand how PA-X distinguishes between RNAs, we characterized PA-X cut sites transcriptome-wide using 5' rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends coupled to high-throughput sequencing. This analysis, along with RNA structure predictions and validation experiments using reporters, shows that PA-Xs from multiple influenza strains preferentially cleave RNAs at GCUG tetramers in hairpin loops. Importantly, GCUG tetramers are enriched in the human but not the influenza transcriptome. Moreover, optimal PA-X cut sites inserted in the influenza A virus genome are quickly selected against during viral replication in cells. This finding suggests that PA-X evolved these cleavage characteristics to preferentially target host over viral mRNAs in a manner reminiscent of cellular self versus non-self discrimination.
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- Lea Gaucherand
- Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Hu Y, Chen X, Ling Y, Zhou K, Han M, Wang X, Yue M, Li Y. Influenza A virus inhibits TET2 expression by endoribonuclease PA-X to attenuate type I interferon signaling and promote viral replication. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011550. [PMID: 37498975 PMCID: PMC10409264 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) expresses several accessory proteins to limit host anti-viral restriction factors to facilitate viral replication. The Ten-Eleven Translocation 2 (TET2) is a methylcytosine dioxygenase that promotes DNA demethylation by catalyzing the oxidation of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), which plays a vital role in hematopoiesis and immunity. Here we report that TET2 is a host restriction factor that limits IAV replication. But IAV endoribonuclease PA-X is able to remove the replication restriction by binding to TET2 mRNA and driving TET2 mRNA degradation to reduce TET2 expression during infection. Genetic inactivation of TET2 markedly enhances IAV replication in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, we found that TET2 regulates demethylation and transcription of STAT1 and some interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), including ISG15, ISG20, and IFIT5, so the loss of TET2 greatly impairs type I Interferon signaling. Furthermore, we confirmed that TET2-mediated demethylation of the STAT1 gene is critical for interferon anti-viral activity. Our study demonstrates that the host TET2 is essential to the innate immune response against IAV infection.
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- Yixiang Hu
- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine & Institute of Preventive Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya, Hainan, China
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Rivera-Cardona J, Brooke CB. How influenza shuts down host transcription. Nat Microbiol 2023:10.1038/s41564-023-01416-9. [PMID: 37349589 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-023-01416-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
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- Joel Rivera-Cardona
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Mishra N, Kant R, Leung DW, Gross ML, Amarasinghe GK. Biochemical and HDX Mass Spectral Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 Protein. Biochemistry 2023; 62:1744-1754. [PMID: 37205707 PMCID: PMC10228561 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A major challenge in defining the pathophysiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is to better understand virally encoded multifunctional proteins and their interactions with host factors. Among the many proteins encoded by the positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome, nonstructural protein 1 (Nsp1) stands out due to its impact on several stages of the viral replication cycle. Nsp1 is the major virulence factor that inhibits mRNA translation. Nsp1 also promotes host mRNA cleavage to modulate host and viral protein expression and to suppress host immune functions. To better define how this multifunctional protein can facilitate distinct functions, we characterize SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 by using a combination of biophysical techniques, including light scattering, circular dichroism, hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS), and temperature-dependent HDX-MS. Our results reveal that the SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 N- and C-terminus are unstructured in solution, and in the absence of other proteins, the C-terminus has an increased propensity to adopt a helical conformation. In addition, our data indicate that a short helix exists near the C-terminus and adjoins the region that binds the ribosome. Together, these findings provide insights into the dynamic nature of Nsp1 that impacts its functions during infection. Furthermore, our results will inform efforts to understand SARS-CoV-2 infection and antiviral development.
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- Nawneet Mishra
- Department
of Pathology and Immunology, Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Pathology and Immunology, Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
- Department
of Medicine, Washington University School
of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department
of Pathology and Immunology, Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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Phosphorylation of Influenza A Virus Matrix Protein 1 at Threonine 108 Controls Its Multimerization State and Functional Association with the STRIPAK Complex. mBio 2023; 14:e0323122. [PMID: 36602306 PMCID: PMC9973344 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03231-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The influenza A virus (IAV)-encoded matrix protein 1 (M1) acts as a master regulator of virus replication and fulfills multiple structural and regulatory functions in different cell compartments. Therefore, the spatiotemporal regulation of M1 is achieved by different mechanisms, including its structural and pH-dependent flexibility, differential association with cellular factors, and posttranslational modifications. Here, we investigated the function of M1 phosphorylation at the evolutionarily conserved threonine 108 (T108) and found that its mutation to a nonphosphorylatable alanine prohibited virus replication. Absent T108, phosphorylation led to strongly increased self-association of M1 at the cell membrane and consequently prohibited its ability to enter the nucleus and to contribute to viral ribonucleoprotein nuclear export. M1 T108 phosphorylation also controls the binding affinity to the cellular STRIPAK (striatin-interacting phosphatases and kinases) complex, which contains different kinases and the phosphatase PP2A to shape phosphorylation-dependent signaling networks. IAV infection led to the redistribution of the STRIPAK scaffolding subunits STRN and STRN3 from the cell membrane to cytosolic and perinuclear clusters, where it colocalized with M1. Inactivation of the STRIPAK complex resulted in compromised M1 polymerization and IAV replication. IMPORTANCE Influenza viruses pose a major threat to human health and cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. Many virus-encoded proteins exert various functions in different subcellular compartments, as exemplified by the M1 protein, but the molecular mechanisms endowing the multiplicity of functions remain incompletely understood. Here, we report that phosphorylation of M1 at T108 is essential for virus replication and controls its propensity for self-association and nuclear localization. This phosphorylation also controls binding affinity of the M1 protein to the STRIPAK complex, which contributes to M1 polymerization and virus replication.
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Rozman B, Fisher T, Stern-Ginossar N. Translation-A tug of war during viral infection. Mol Cell 2023; 83:481-495. [PMID: 36334591 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Viral reproduction is contingent on viral protein synthesis that relies on the host ribosomes. As such, viruses have evolved remarkable strategies to hijack the host translational apparatus in order to favor viral protein production and to interfere with cellular innate defenses. Here, we describe the approaches viruses use to exploit the translation machinery, focusing on commonalities across diverse viral families, and discuss the functional relevance of this process. We illustrate the complementary strategies host cells utilize to block viral protein production and consider how cells ensure an efficient antiviral response that relies on translation during this tug of war over the ribosome. Finally, we highlight potential roles mRNA modifications and ribosome quality control play in translational regulation and innate immunity. We address these topics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on the gaps in our current knowledge of these mechanisms, specifically in viruses with pandemic potential.
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- Batsheva Rozman
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Mann JT, Riley BA, Baker SF. All differential on the splicing front: Host alternative splicing alters the landscape of virus-host conflict. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2023; 146:40-56. [PMID: 36737258 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alternative RNA splicing is a co-transcriptional process that richly increases proteome diversity, and is dynamically regulated based on cell species, lineage, and activation state. Virus infection in vertebrate hosts results in rapid host transcriptome-wide changes, and regulation of alternative splicing can direct a combinatorial effect on the host transcriptome. There has been a recent increase in genome-wide studies evaluating host alternative splicing during viral infection, which integrates well with prior knowledge on viral interactions with host splicing proteins. A critical challenge remains in linking how these individual events direct global changes, and whether alternative splicing is an overall favorable pathway for fending off or supporting viral infection. Here, we introduce the process of alternative splicing, discuss how to analyze splice regulation, and detail studies on genome-wide and splice factor changes during viral infection. We seek to highlight where the field can focus on moving forward, and how incorporation of a virus-host co-evolutionary perspective can benefit this burgeoning subject.
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- Joshua T Mann
- Infectious Disease Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Infectious Disease Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Infectious Disease Program, Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
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Bermudez Y, Miles J, Muller M. Nonstructural protein 1 widespread RNA decay phenotype varies among coronaviruses. iScience 2023; 26:105887. [PMID: 36590901 PMCID: PMC9794394 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Extensive remodeling of host gene expression by nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1) of coronaviruses is a well-documented and conserved aspect of coronavirus-host takeover. Using comparative transcriptomics we investigated the diversity of transcriptional targets between various nsp1 proteins. Additionally, affinity purification followed by mass spectrometry was implemented to identify common interactors between the different nsp1 proteins. Although we detected widespread RNA destabilization, closely related nsp1 showed little similarities in clustering of targeted genes. We observed a partial overlap in transcriptional targeting between α-CoV 229E and MERS nsp1, which may suggest a common targeting mechanism, as MERS nsp1 preferentially targets nuclear transcripts. Our interactome data show great variability between nsp1 interactions, with 229E nsp1, the smallest nsp1 tested here, interacting with the most number of host proteins. Although nsp1 is a rather well-conserved protein with conserved functions across different coronaviruses, our data indicate that its precise effects on the host cell are virus specific.
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- Yahaira Bermudez
- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 639 North Pleasant street, Morrill IV North, MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 639 North Pleasant street, Morrill IV North, MA 01003 USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 639 North Pleasant street, Morrill IV North, MA 01003 USA,Corresponding author
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Strategies of Influenza A Virus to Ensure the Translation of Viral mRNAs. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11121521. [PMID: 36558855 PMCID: PMC9783940 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Viruses are obligatorily intracellular pathogens. To generate progeny virus particles, influenza A viruses (IAVs) have to divert the cellular machinery to ensure sufficient translation of viral mRNAs. To this end, several strategies have been exploited by IAVs, such as host gene shutoff, suppression of host innate immune responses, and selective translation of viral mRNAs. Various IAV proteins are responsible for host gene shutoff, e.g., NS1, PA-X, and RdRp, through inhibition of cellular gene transcription, suppression of cellular RNA processing, degradation of cellular RNAs, and blockage of cellular mRNA export from the nucleus. Host shutoff should suppress the innate immune responses and also increase the translation of viral mRNAs indirectly due to the reduced competition from cellular mRNAs for cellular translational machinery. However, many other mechanisms are also responsible for the suppression of innate immune responses by IAV, such as prevention of the detection of the viral RNAs by the RLRs, inhibition of the activities of proteins involved in signaling events of interferon production, and inhibition of the activities of interferon-stimulated genes, mainly through viral NS1, PB1-F2, and PA-X proteins. IAV mRNAs may be selectively translated in favor of cellular mRNAs through interacting with viral and/or cellular proteins, such as NS1, PABPI, and/or IFIT2, in the 5'-UTR of viral mRNAs. This review briefly summarizes the strategies utilized by IAVs to ensure sufficient translation of viral mRNAs focusing on recent developments.
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Wang X, Zhu J, Zhang D, Liu G. Ribosomal control in RNA virus-infected cells. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1026887. [PMID: 36419416 PMCID: PMC9677555 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1026887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Viruses are strictly intracellular parasites requiring host cellular functions to complete their reproduction cycle involving virus infection of host cell, viral genome replication, viral protein translation, and virion release. Ribosomes are protein synthesis factories in cells, and viruses need to manipulate ribosomes to complete their protein synthesis. Viruses use translation initiation factors through their own RNA structures or cap structures, thereby inducing ribosomes to synthesize viral proteins. Viruses also affect ribosome production and the assembly of mature ribosomes, and regulate the recognition of mRNA by ribosomes, thereby promoting viral protein synthesis and inhibiting the synthesis of host antiviral immune proteins. Here, we review the remarkable mechanisms used by RNA viruses to regulate ribosomes, in particular, the mechanisms by which RNA viruses induce the formation of specific heterogeneous ribosomes required for viral protein translation. This review provides valuable insights into the control of viral infection and diseases from the perspective of viral protein synthesis.
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Qin T, Chen Y, Huangfu D, Miao X, Yin Y, Yin Y, Chen S, Peng D, Liu X. PA-X protein of H9N2 subtype avian influenza virus suppresses the innate immunity of chicken bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. Poult Sci 2022; 102:102304. [PMID: 36436371 PMCID: PMC9700306 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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H9N2 subtype avian influenza (AI) is an infectious disease associated with immunosuppression in poultry. Here, the regulation function of PA-X protein was determined on the host innate immune response of H9N2-infected chicken bone marrow-derived DCs (chBM-DCs). Based on 2 mutated viruses expressing PA-X protein (rTX) or deficient PA-X protein (rTX-FS), and the established culture system of chBM-DCs, results showed PA-X protein inhibited viral replication in chBM-DCs but not in non-immune chicken cells (DF-1). Moreover, PA-X protein downregulated the expression of phenotypic markers (CD40, CD86, and MHCII) and proinflammatory cytokine (IL-12 and IL-1β) of chBM-DCs. The mixed lymphocyte reaction between chBM-DCs and chicken T cells showed PA-X protein significantly decreased H9N2-infected chBM-DCs to induce T cell proliferation, implying a suppression of the DC-induced downstream T cell response. Taken together, these findings indicated that PA-X protein is a key viral protein to help H9N2 subtype AIVs escape the innate immunity of chBM-DCs.
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- Tao Qin
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Corresponding author:
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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Qin T, Chen Y, Huangfu D, Yin Y, Miao X, Yin Y, Chen S, Peng D, Liu X. PA-X Protein of H1N1 Subtype Influenza Virus Disables the Nasal Mucosal Dendritic Cells for Strengthening Virulence. Virulence 2022; 13:1928-1942. [PMID: 36271710 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2139474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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PA-X protein arises from a ribosomal frameshift in the PA of influenza A virus (IAV). However, the immune regulatory effect of the PA-X protein of H1N1 viruses on the nasal mucosal system remains unclear. Here, a PA-X deficient H1N1 rPR8 viral strain (rPR8-△PAX) was generated and its pathogenicity was determined. The results showed that PA-X was a pro-virulence factor in mice. Furthermore, it reduced the ability of H1N1 viruses to infect dendritic cells (DCs), the regulator of the mucosal immune system, but not non-immune cells (DF-1 and Calu-3). Following intranasal infection of mice, CCL20, a chemokine that monitors the recruitment of submucosal DCs, was downregulated by PA-X, resulting in an inhibition of the recruitment of CD11b+ DCs to submucosa. It also attenuated the migration of CCR7+ DCs to cervical lymph nodes and inhibited DC maturation with low MHC II and CD40 expression. Moreover, PA-X suppressed the maturation of phenotypic markers (CD80, CD86, CD40, and MHC II) and the levels of secreted pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α) while enhancing endocytosis and levels of anti-inflammatory IL-10 in vitro, suggesting an impaired maturation of DCs that the key step for the activation of downstream immune responses. These findings suggested the PA-X protein played a critical role in escaping the immune response of nasal mucosal DCs for increasing the virulence of H1N1 viruses.
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- Tao Qin
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- School of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225009, P.R. China
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Many viruses induce shutoff of host gene expression (host shutoff) as a strategy to take over cellular machinery and evade host immunity. Without host shutoff activity, these viruses generally replicate poorly in vivo, attesting to the importance of this antiviral strategy. In this review, we discuss one particularly advantageous way for viruses to induce host shutoff: triggering widespread host messenger RNA (mRNA) decay. Viruses can trigger increased mRNA destruction either directly, by encoding RNA cleaving or decapping enzymes, or indirectly, by activating cellular RNA degradation pathways. We review what is known about the mechanism of action of several viral RNA degradation factors. We then discuss the consequences of widespread RNA degradation on host gene expression and on the mechanisms of immune evasion, highlighting open questions. Answering these questions is critical to understanding how viral RNA degradation factors regulate host gene expression and how this process helps viruses evade host responses and replicate.
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- Léa Gaucherand
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, and Graduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;
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Qin T, Chen Y, Huangfu D, Yin Y, Miao X, Yin Y, Chen S, Peng D, Liu X. PA-X protein assists H9N2 subtype avian influenza virus in escaping immune response of mucosal dendritic cells. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69:e3088-e3100. [PMID: 35855630 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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H9N2 subtype low pathogenicity avian influenza virus (AIV) poses a potential zoonotic risk. PA-X, a novel protein generated by PA gene ribosomal frameshift, is considered to be the virulence factor of H9N2 subtype AIVs. Our study found that rTX possessing PA-X protein enhanced the mammalian pathogenicity of H9N2 subtype AIVs compared with PA-X-deficient virus (rTX-FS). Furthermore, PA-X protein inhibited H9N2 subtype AIVs to infect dendritic cells (DCs), but not nonimmune cells (MDCK cells). Meanwhile, PA-X protein suppressed the phenotypic expression (CD80, CD86, CD40 and MHCII), early activation marker (CD69) and pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-α), whereas increased anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL-10) in DCs. After intranasally viral infection in mice, we found that PA-X protein of H9N2 subtype AIVs reduced CD11b+ and CD103+ subtype mucosal DCs recruitment to the nasal submucosa by inhibiting CCL20 expression. Moreover, PA-X protein abolished the migratory ability of CD11b+ and CD103+ DCs into draining cervical lymph nodes by down-regulating CCR7 expression. The rTX-infected DCs significantly impaired the allogeneic CD4+ T cell proliferation, suggesting PA-X protein suppressed the immune functions of DCs for hindering the downstream immune activation. These findings indicated that PA-X protein assisted H9N2 subtype AIVs in escaping immune response of mucosal DCs for enhancing the pathogenicity.
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- Tao Qin
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Research Centre of Engineering and Technology for Prevention and Control of Poultry Disease, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Shartouny JR, Lee CY, Delima GK, Lowen AC. Beneficial effects of cellular coinfection resolve inefficiency in influenza A virus transcription. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010865. [PMID: 36121893 PMCID: PMC9521904 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For diverse viruses, cellular infection with single vs. multiple virions can yield distinct biological outcomes. We previously found that influenza A/guinea fowl/Hong Kong/WF10/99 (H9N2) virus (GFHK99) displays a particularly high reliance on multiple infection in mammalian cells. Here, we sought to uncover the viral processes underlying this phenotype. We found that the need for multiple infection maps to amino acid 26K of the viral PA protein. PA 26K suppresses endonuclease activity and viral transcription, specifically within cells infected at low multiplicity. In the context of the higher functioning PA 26E, inhibition of PA using baloxavir acid augments reliance on multiple infection. Together, these data suggest a model in which sub-optimal activity of the GFHK99 endonuclease results in inefficient priming of viral transcription, an insufficiency which can be overcome with the introduction of additional viral ribonucleoprotein templates to the cell. More broadly, the finding that deficiency in a core viral function is ameliorated through multiple infection suggests that the fitness effects of many viral mutations are likely to be modulated by multiplicity of infection, such that the shape of fitness landscapes varies with viral densities.
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- Jessica R. Shartouny
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emory Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emory Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emory Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Emory Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Rodriguez W, Muller M. Shiftless, a Critical Piece of the Innate Immune Response to Viral Infection. Viruses 2022; 14:1338. [PMID: 35746809 PMCID: PMC9230503 DOI: 10.3390/v14061338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Since its initial characterization in 2016, the interferon stimulated gene Shiftless (SHFL) has proven to be a critical piece of the innate immune response to viral infection. SHFL expression stringently restricts the replication of multiple DNA, RNA, and retroviruses with an extraordinary diversity of mechanisms that differ from one virus to the next. These inhibitory strategies include the negative regulation of viral RNA stability, translation, and even the manipulation of RNA granule formation during viral infection. Even more surprisingly, SHFL is the first human protein found to directly inhibit the activity of the -1 programmed ribosomal frameshift, a translation recoding strategy utilized across nearly all domains of life and several human viruses. Recent literature has shown that SHFL expression also significantly impacts viral pathogenesis in mouse models, highlighting its in vivo efficacy. To help reconcile the many mechanisms by which SHFL restricts viral replication, we provide here a comprehensive review of this complex ISG, its influence over viral RNA fate, and the implications of its functions on the virus-host arms race for control of the cell.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;
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Shah PS, Beesabathuni NS, Fishburn AT, Kenaston MW, Minami SA, Pham OH, Tucker I. Systems Biology of Virus-Host Protein Interactions: From Hypothesis Generation to Mechanisms of Replication and Pathogenesis. Annu Rev Virol 2022; 9:397-415. [PMID: 35576593 PMCID: PMC10150767 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-100520-011851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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As obligate intracellular parasites, all viruses must co-opt cellular machinery to facilitate their own replication. Viruses often co-opt these cellular pathways and processes through physical interactions between viral and host proteins. In addition to facilitating fundamental aspects of virus replication cycles, these virus-host protein interactions can also disrupt physiological functions of host proteins, causing disease that can be advantageous to the virus or simply a coincidence. Consequently, unraveling virus-host protein interactions can serve as a window into molecular mechanisms of virus replication and pathogenesis. Identifying virus-host protein interactions using unbiased systems biology approaches provides an avenue for hypothesis generation. This review highlights common systems biology approaches for identification of virus-host protein interactions and the mechanistic insights revealed by these methods. We also review conceptual innovations using comparative and integrative systems biology that can leverage global virus-host protein interaction data sets to more rapidly move from hypothesis generation to mechanism. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Virology, Volume 9 is September 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Priya S Shah
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, USA; .,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, USA;
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, California, USA;
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Network Meta-Analysis of Chicken Microarray Data Following Avian Influenza Challenge—A Comparison of Highly and Lowly Pathogenic Strains. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13030435. [PMID: 35327988 PMCID: PMC8953847 DOI: 10.3390/genes13030435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The current bioinformatics study was undertaken to analyze the transcriptome of chicken (Gallus gallus) after influenza A virus challenge. A meta-analysis was carried out to explore the host expression response after challenge with lowly pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) (H1N1, H2N3, H5N2, H5N3 and H9N2) and with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 strains. To do so, ten microarray datasets obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database were normalized and meta-analyzed for the LPAI and HPAI host response individually. Different undirected networks were constructed and their metrics determined e.g., degree centrality, closeness centrality, harmonic centrality, subgraph centrality and eigenvector centrality. The results showed that, based on criteria of centrality, the CMTR1, EPSTI1, RNF213, HERC4L, IFIT5 and LY96 genes were the most significant during HPAI challenge, with PARD6G, HMG20A, PEX14, RNF151 and TLK1L having the lowest values. However, for LPAI challenge, ZDHHC9, IMMP2L, COX7C, RBM18, DCTN3, and NDUFB1 genes had the largest values for aforementioned criteria, with GTF3C5, DROSHA, ATRX, RFWD2, MED23 and SEC23B genes having the lowest values. The results of this study can be used as a basis for future development of treatments/preventions of the effects of avian influenza in chicken.
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Ly M, Burgess HM, Shah SB, Mohr I, Glaunsinger BA. Vaccinia virus D10 has broad decapping activity that is regulated by mRNA splicing. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010099. [PMID: 35202449 PMCID: PMC8903303 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The mRNA 5' cap structure serves both to protect transcripts from degradation and promote their translation. Cap removal is thus an integral component of mRNA turnover that is carried out by cellular decapping enzymes, whose activity is tightly regulated and coupled to other stages of the mRNA decay pathway. The poxvirus vaccinia virus (VACV) encodes its own decapping enzymes, D9 and D10, that act on cellular and viral mRNA, but may be regulated differently than their cellular counterparts. Here, we evaluated the targeting potential of these viral enzymes using RNA sequencing from cells infected with wild-type and decapping mutant versions of VACV as well as in uninfected cells expressing D10. We found that D9 and D10 target an overlapping subset of viral transcripts but that D10 plays a dominant role in depleting the vast majority of human transcripts, although not in an indiscriminate manner. Unexpectedly, the splicing architecture of a gene influences how robustly its corresponding transcript is targeted by D10, as transcripts derived from intronless genes are less susceptible to enzymatic decapping by D10. As all VACV genes are intronless, preferential decapping of transcripts from intron-containing genes provides an unanticipated mechanism for the virus to disproportionately deplete host transcripts and remodel the infected cell transcriptome.
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- Michael Ly
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Computational Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Burgess HM, Vink EI, Mohr I. Minding the message: tactics controlling RNA decay, modification, and translation in virus-infected cells. Genes Dev 2022; 36:108-132. [PMID: 35193946 PMCID: PMC8887129 DOI: 10.1101/gad.349276.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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With their categorical requirement for host ribosomes to translate mRNA, viruses provide a wealth of genetically tractable models to investigate how gene expression is remodeled post-transcriptionally by infection-triggered biological stress. By co-opting and subverting cellular pathways that control mRNA decay, modification, and translation, the global landscape of post-transcriptional processes is swiftly reshaped by virus-encoded factors. Concurrent host cell-intrinsic countermeasures likewise conscript post-transcriptional strategies to mobilize critical innate immune defenses. Here we review strategies and mechanisms that control mRNA decay, modification, and translation in animal virus-infected cells. Besides settling infection outcomes, post-transcriptional gene regulation in virus-infected cells epitomizes fundamental physiological stress responses in health and disease.
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- Hannah M Burgess
- Department of Microbial Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
- Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Gerassimovich YA, Miladinovski-Bangall SJ, Bridges KM, Boateng L, Ball LE, Valafar H, Nag A. Proximity-dependent biotinylation detects associations between SARS coronavirus nonstructural protein 1 and stress granule-associated proteins. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101399. [PMID: 34774526 PMCID: PMC8580555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a critical viral protein that suppresses host gene expression by blocking the assembly of the ribosome on host mRNAs. To understand the mechanism of inhibition of host gene expression, we sought to identify cellular proteins that interact with nsp1. Using proximity-dependent biotinylation followed by proteomic analyses of biotinylated proteins, here we captured multiple dynamic interactions of nsp1 with host cell proteins. In addition to ribosomal proteins, we identified several pre-mRNA processing proteins that interact with nsp1, including splicing factors and transcription termination proteins, as well as exosome, and stress granule (SG)-associated proteins. We found that the interactions with transcription termination factors are primarily governed by the C-terminal region of nsp1 and are disrupted by the mutation of amino acids K164 and H165 that are essential for its host shutoff function. We further show that nsp1 interacts with Ras GTPase-activating protein SH3 domain-binding protein 1 (G3BP1) and colocalizes with G3BP1 in SGs under sodium arsenite-induced stress. Finally, we observe that the presence of nsp1 disrupts the maturation of SGs over a long period. Isolation of SG core at different times shows a gradual loss of G3BP1 in the presence of nsp1.
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- Yevgeniy A Gerassimovich
- Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.
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Influenza A virus has long been known to encode 10 major polypeptides, produced, almost without exception, by every natural isolate of the virus. These polypeptides are expressed in readily detectable amounts during infection and are either fully essential or their loss severely attenuates virus replication. More recent work has shown that this core proteome is elaborated by expression of a suite of accessory gene products that tend to be expressed at lower levels through noncanonical transcriptional and/or translational events. Expression and activity of these accessory proteins varies between virus strains and is nonessential (sometimes inconsequential) for virus replication in cell culture, but in many cases has been shown to affect virulence and/or transmission in vivo. This review describes, when known, the expression mechanisms and functions of this influenza A virus accessory proteome and discusses its significance and evolution.
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- Rute M Pinto
- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian EH25 9RG, United Kingdom
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Zhang M, Liu M, Bai S, Zhao C, Li Z, Xu J, Zhang X. Influenza A Virus-Host Specificity: An Ongoing Cross-Talk Between Viral and Host Factors. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:777885. [PMID: 34803997 PMCID: PMC8602901 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.777885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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One big threat from influenza A viruses (IAVs) is that novel viruses emerge from mutation alongside reassortment. Some of them have gained the capability to transmit into human from the avian reservoir. Understanding the molecular events and the involved factors in breaking the cross-species barrier holds important implication for the surveillance and prevention of potential influenza outbreaks. In this review, we summarize recent progresses, including several ground-breaking findings, in how the interaction between host and viral factors, exemplified by the PB2 subunit of the influenza virus RNA polymerase co-opting host ANP32 protein to facilitate transcription and replication of the viral genome, shapes the evolution of IAVs from host specificity to cross-species infection.
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- Miaomiao Zhang
- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academic of Agricultural Sciences & Animal Influenza Virus Evolution and Pathogenesis Innovation Team of the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Team, Shanghai, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academic of Agricultural Sciences & Animal Influenza Virus Evolution and Pathogenesis Innovation Team of the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Team, Shanghai, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Scientific Research Center, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministry of Education/Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Gargan S, Stevenson NJ. Unravelling the Immunomodulatory Effects of Viral Ion Channels, towards the Treatment of Disease. Viruses 2021; 13:2165. [PMID: 34834972 PMCID: PMC8618147 DOI: 10.3390/v13112165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for the research community to develop a better understanding of viruses, in particular their modes of infection and replicative lifecycles, to aid in the development of novel vaccines and much needed anti-viral therapeutics. Several viruses express proteins capable of forming pores in host cellular membranes, termed "Viroporins". They are a family of small hydrophobic proteins, with at least one amphipathic domain, which characteristically form oligomeric structures with central hydrophilic domains. Consequently, they can facilitate the transport of ions through the hydrophilic core. Viroporins localise to host membranes such as the endoplasmic reticulum and regulate ion homeostasis creating a favourable environment for viral infection. Viroporins also contribute to viral immune evasion via several mechanisms. Given that viroporins are often essential for virion assembly and egress, and as their structural features tend to be evolutionarily conserved, they are attractive targets for anti-viral therapeutics. This review discusses the current knowledge of several viroporins, namely Influenza A virus (IAV) M2, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-1 Viral protein U (Vpu), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) p7, Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-16 E5, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) Open Reading Frame (ORF)3a and Polyomavirus agnoprotein. We highlight the intricate but broad immunomodulatory effects of these viroporins and discuss the current antiviral therapies that target them; continually highlighting the need for future investigations to focus on novel therapeutics in the treatment of existing and future emergent viruses.
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- Siobhan Gargan
- Viral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland;
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- Viral Immunology Group, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland;
- Viral Immunology Group, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, Manama 15503, Bahrain
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Mendez AS, Ly M, González-Sánchez AM, Hartenian E, Ingolia NT, Cate JH, Glaunsinger BA. The N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 plays key roles in suppression of cellular gene expression and preservation of viral gene expression. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109841. [PMID: 34624207 PMCID: PMC8481097 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1) is a coronavirus (CoV) virulence factor that restricts cellular gene expression by inhibiting translation through blocking the mRNA entry channel of the 40S ribosomal subunit and by promoting mRNA degradation. We perform a detailed structure-guided mutational analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 nsp1, revealing insights into how it coordinates these activities against host but not viral mRNA. We find that residues in the N-terminal and central regions of nsp1 not involved in docking into the 40S mRNA entry channel nonetheless stabilize its association with the ribosome and mRNA, both enhancing its restriction of host gene expression and enabling mRNA containing the SARS-CoV-2 leader sequence to escape translational repression. These data support a model in which viral mRNA binding functionally alters the association of nsp1 with the ribosome, which has implications for drug targeting and understanding how engineered or emerging mutations in SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 could attenuate the virus.
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- Aaron S Mendez
- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Comparative Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Nogales A, Villamayor L, Utrilla-Trigo S, Ortego J, Martinez-Sobrido L, DeDiego ML. Natural Selection of H5N1 Avian Influenza A Viruses with Increased PA-X and NS1 Shutoff Activity. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091760. [PMID: 34578340 PMCID: PMC8472985 DOI: 10.3390/v13091760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 08/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Influenza A viruses (IAV) can infect a broad range of mammalian and avian species. However, the host innate immune system provides defenses that restrict IAV replication and infection. Likewise, IAV have evolved to develop efficient mechanisms to counteract host antiviral responses to efficiently replicate in their hosts. The IAV PA-X and NS1 non-structural proteins are key virulence factors that modulate innate immune responses and virus pathogenicity during infection. To study the determinants of IAV pathogenicity and their functional co-evolution, we evaluated amino acid differences in the PA-X and NS1 proteins of early (1996–1997) and more recent (since 2016) H5N1 IAV. H5N1 IAV have zoonotic and pandemic potential and represent an important challenge both in poultry farming and human health. The results indicate that amino acid changes occurred over time, affecting the ability of these two non-structural H5N1 IAV proteins to inhibit gene expression and affecting virus pathogenicity. These results highlight the importance to monitor the evolution of these two virulence factors of IAV, which could result in enhanced viral replication and virulence.
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- Aitor Nogales
- Center for Animal Health Research, CISA-INIA-CSIC, Valdeolmos, 28130 Madrid, Spain; (S.U.-T.); (J.O.)
- Correspondence: (A.N.); (M.L.D.)
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
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- Center for Animal Health Research, CISA-INIA-CSIC, Valdeolmos, 28130 Madrid, Spain; (S.U.-T.); (J.O.)
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- Center for Animal Health Research, CISA-INIA-CSIC, Valdeolmos, 28130 Madrid, Spain; (S.U.-T.); (J.O.)
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- Department of Disease Intervention and Prevention, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78227, USA;
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain;
- Correspondence: (A.N.); (M.L.D.)
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Burnham AJ, Miller JR, Singh I, Billings EA, Rush MA, Air GM, Bour S. Novel isoforms of influenza virus PA-X and PB1-F2 indicated by automatic annotation. Virus Res 2021; 304:198545. [PMID: 34391827 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The influenza A virus genome contains 8 gene segments encoding 10 commonly recognized proteins. Additional protein products have been identified, including PB1-F2 and PA-X. We report the in-silico identification of novel isoforms of PB1-F2 and PA-X in influenza virus genomes sequenced from avian samples. The isoform observed in PA-X includes a mutated stop codon that should extend the protein product by 8 amino acids. The isoform observed in PB1-F2 includes two nonsense mutations that should truncate the N-terminal region of the protein product and remove the entire mitochondrial targeting domain. Both isoforms were uncovered during automatic annotation of CEIRS sequence data. Nominally termed PA-X8 and PB1-F2-Cterm, both predicted isoforms were subsequently found in other annotated influenza genomes previously deposited in GenBank. Both isoforms were noticed due to discrepant annotations output by two annotation engines, indicating a benefit of incorporating multiple algorithms during gene annotation.
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- Andrew J Burnham
- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; Gryphon Scientific, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; Shepherd University, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; J. Craig Venter Institute, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; Gryphon Scientific, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; Gryphon Scientific, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, United States
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- CEIRS Data Processing and Coordinating Center, United States; Digital Infuzion, United States.
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Amino Acid Residues Involved in Inhibition of Host Gene Expression by Influenza A/Brevig Mission/1/1918 PA-X. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9051109. [PMID: 34065592 PMCID: PMC8160905 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The influenza A virus (IAV) PA-X protein is a virulence factor that selectively degrades host mRNAs leading to protein shutoff. This function modulates host inflammation, antiviral responses, cell apoptosis, and pathogenesis. In this work we describe a novel approach based on the use of bacteria and plasmid encoding of the PA-X gene under the control of the bacteriophage T7 promoter to identify amino acid residues important for A/Brevig Mission/1/1918 H1N1 PA-X’s shutoff activity. Using this system, we have identified PA-X mutants encoding single or double amino acid changes, which diminish its host shutoff activity, as well as its ability to counteract interferon responses upon viral infection. This novel bacteria-based approach could be used for the identification of viral proteins that inhibit host gene expression as well as the amino acid residues responsible for inhibition of host gene expression.
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Markiewicz L, Drazkowska K, Sikorski PJ. Tricks and threats of RNA viruses - towards understanding the fate of viral RNA. RNA Biol 2021; 18:669-687. [PMID: 33618611 PMCID: PMC8078519 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2021.1875680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Human innate cellular defence pathways have evolved to sense and eliminate pathogens, of which, viruses are considered one of the most dangerous. Their relatively simple structure makes the identification of viral invasion a difficult task for cells. In the course of evolution, viral nucleic acids have become one of the strongest and most reliable early identifiers of infection. When considering RNA virus recognition, RNA sensing is the central mechanism in human innate immunity, and effectiveness of this sensing is crucial for triggering an appropriate antiviral response. Although human cells are armed with a variety of highly specialized receptors designed to respond only to pathogenic viral RNA, RNA viruses have developed an array of mechanisms to avoid being recognized by human interferon-mediated cellular defence systems. The repertoire of viral evasion strategies is extremely wide, ranging from masking pathogenic RNA through end modification, to utilizing sophisticated techniques to deceive host cellular RNA degrading enzymes, and hijacking the most basic metabolic pathways in host cells. In this review, we aim to dissect human RNA sensing mechanisms crucial for antiviral immune defences, as well as the strategies adopted by RNA viruses to avoid detection and degradation by host cells. We believe that understanding the fate of viral RNA upon infection, and detailing the molecular mechanisms behind virus-host interactions, may be helpful for developing more effective antiviral strategies; which are urgently needed to prevent the far-reaching consequences of widespread, highly pathogenic viral infections.
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Zapatero-Belinchón FJ, Carriquí-Madroñal B, Gerold G. Proximity labeling approaches to study protein complexes during virus infection. Adv Virus Res 2021; 109:63-104. [PMID: 33934830 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aivir.2021.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cellular compartmentalization of proteins and protein complex formation allow cells to tightly control biological processes. Therefore, understanding the subcellular localization and interactions of a specific protein is crucial to uncover its biological function. The advent of proximity labeling (PL) has reshaped cellular proteomics in infection biology. PL utilizes a genetically modified enzyme that generates a "labeling cloud" by covalently labeling proteins in close proximity to the enzyme. Fusion of a PL enzyme to a specific antibody or a "bait" protein of interest in combination with affinity enrichment mass spectrometry (AE-MS) enables the isolation and identification of the cellular proximity proteome, or proxisome. This powerful methodology has been paramount for the mapping of membrane or membraneless organelles as well as for the understanding of hard-to-purify protein complexes, such as those of transmembrane proteins. Unsurprisingly, more and more infection biology research groups have recognized the potential of PL for the identification of host-pathogen interactions. In this chapter, we introduce the enzymes commonly used for PL labeling as well as recent promising advancements and summarize the major achievements in organelle mapping and nucleic acid PL. Moreover, we comprehensively describe the research on host-pathogen interactions using PL, giving special attention to studies in the field of virology.
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- Francisco José Zapatero-Belinchón
- Department of Biochemistry & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Institute for Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a Joint Venture Between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Institute for Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a Joint Venture Between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany; Institute for Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a Joint Venture Between the Medical School Hannover and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine (WCMM), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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The influenza A virus host shutoff factor PA-X is rapidly turned over in a strain-specific manner. J Virol 2021; 95:JVI.02312-20. [PMID: 33504608 PMCID: PMC8103685 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02312-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The influenza A endoribonuclease PA-X regulates virulence and transmission of the virus by reducing host gene expression and thus regulating immune responses to influenza A virus. Despite this key function in viral biology, the levels of PA-X protein remain markedly low during infection, and previous results suggest that these low levels are not solely the result of regulation of the level of translation and RNA stability. How PA-X is regulated post-translationally remains unknown. We now report that the PA-X protein is rapidly turned over. PA-X from multiple viral strains are short-lived, although the half-life of PA-X ranges from ∼30 minutes to ∼3.5 hours depending on the strain. Moreover, sequences in the variable PA-X C-terminal domain are primarily responsible for regulating PA-X half-life, although the N-terminal domain also accounts for some differences among strains. Interestingly, we find that the PA-X from the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strain has a longer half-life compared to the other variants we tested. This PA-X isoform has been reported to have a higher host shutoff activity, suggesting a role for protein turnover in regulating PA-X activity. Collectively, this study reveals a novel regulatory mechanism of PA-X protein levels that may impact host shutoff activity during influenza A virus infection.IMPORTANCE The PA-X protein from influenza A virus reduces host immune responses to infection through suppressing host gene expression, including genes encoding the antiviral response. Thus, it plays a central role in influenza A virus biology. Despite its key function, PA-X was only discovered in 2012 and much remains to be learned including how PA-X activity is regulated to promote optimal levels of viral infection. In this study, we reveal that PA-X protein levels are very low likely because of rapid turnover. We show that instability is a conserved property among PA-X variants from different strains of influenza A virus, but that the half-lives of PA-X variants differ. Moreover, the longer half-life of PA-X from the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strain correlates with its reported higher activity. Therefore, PA-X stability may be a way to regulate its activity and may contribute to the differential virulence of influenza A virus strains.
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Clements AL, Peacock TP, Sealy JE, Lee HM, Hussain S, Sadeyen JR, Shelton H, Digard P, Iqbal M. PA-X is an avian virulence factor in H9N2 avian influenza virus. J Gen Virol 2021; 102:001531. [PMID: 33544070 PMCID: PMC8515854 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Influenza A viruses encode several accessory proteins that have host- and strain-specific effects on virulence and replication. The accessory protein PA-X is expressed due to a ribosomal frameshift during translation of the PA gene. Depending on the particular combination of virus strain and host species, PA-X has been described as either acting to reduce or increase virulence and/or virus replication. In this study, we set out to investigate the role PA-X plays in H9N2 avian influenza viruses, focusing on the natural avian host, chickens. We found that the G1 lineage A/chicken/Pakistan/UDL-01/2008 (H9N2) PA-X induced robust host shutoff in both mammalian and avian cells and increased virus replication in mammalian, but not avian cells. We further showed that PA-X affected embryonic lethality in ovo and led to more rapid viral shedding and widespread organ dissemination in vivo in chickens. Overall, we conclude PA-X may act as a virulence factor for H9N2 viruses in chickens, allowing faster replication and wider organ tropism.
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- Anabel L. Clements
- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, W2 1PG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
- Present address: The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, GU24 0NF, UK
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Kong M, Chen K, Zeng Z, Wang X, Gu M, Hu Z, Jiao X, Hu J, Liu X. The virulence modulator PA-X protein has minor effect on the pathogenicity of the highly pathogenic H7N9 avian influenza virus in mice. Vet Microbiol 2021; 255:109019. [PMID: 33676094 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PA-X is a novel discovered accessory protein encoded by the PA mRNA of the influenza A virus. Accumulated studies have demonstrated the crucial role of this protein in regulating the virulence of various subtypes of influenza virus, including H1N1, H5N1, H9N2, H1N2, H3N8 and H3N2 virus. However, the role of PA-X protein in regulating the virulence of the highly pathogenic avian H7N9 virus was unknown. In this study, we firstly generated two recombinant H7N9 viruses which have lower PA-X expression level than the parental H7N9 virus. We then systematically compared their difference in virus replication, polymerase activity, virulence and virus-induced host immune responses in mice. The results showed that the PA-X deficient viruses significantly increased viral replication in madin darby canine kidney cells and slightly increased viral replication in mouse lung. In addition, loss of PA-X expression significantly increased viral polymerase activity and alleviated the host-shutoff activity mediated by the parental PA protein. However, in contrast with the usual function of PA-X in regulating the virulence in different subtype influenza virus, no obvious effect on viral virulence in mice was observed by H7N9 PA-X protein. Furthermore, among the 12 kinds of cytokines and 2 kinds of complement derived components that we tested, the PA-X deficiency viruses only induced significantly higher expression levels of MX1 than the parental virus. Altogether, these results showed that PA-X has little effect on viral virulence and viral induced innate immune response of the H7N9 subtype virus. Our study adds further information for the growing understanding of the complexity of PA-X in regulating viral virulence and host innate immune response of different influenza virus.
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- Ming Kong
- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agri-food Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China (26116120), Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
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Friedel CC, Whisnant AW, Djakovic L, Rutkowski AJ, Friedl MS, Kluge M, Williamson JC, Sai S, Vidal RO, Sauer S, Hennig T, Grothey A, Milić A, Prusty BK, Lehner PJ, Matheson NJ, Erhard F, Dölken L. Dissecting Herpes Simplex Virus 1-Induced Host Shutoff at the RNA Level. J Virol 2021; 95:e01399-20. [PMID: 33148793 PMCID: PMC7925104 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01399-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) induces a profound host shutoff during lytic infection. The virion host shutoff (vhs) protein plays a key role in this process by efficiently cleaving host and viral mRNAs. Furthermore, the onset of viral DNA replication is accompanied by a rapid decline in host transcriptional activity. To dissect relative contributions of both mechanisms and elucidate gene-specific host transcriptional responses throughout the first 8 h of lytic HSV-1 infection, we used transcriptome sequencing of total, newly transcribed (4sU-labeled) and chromatin-associated RNA in wild-type (WT) and Δvhs mutant infection of primary human fibroblasts. Following virus entry, vhs activity rapidly plateaued at an elimination rate of around 30% of cellular mRNAs per hour until 8 h postinfection (p.i.). In parallel, host transcriptional activity dropped to 10 to 20%. While the combined effects of both phenomena dominated infection-induced changes in total RNA, extensive gene-specific transcriptional regulation was observable in chromatin-associated RNA and was surprisingly concordant between WT and Δvhs infections. Both induced strong transcriptional upregulation of a small subset of genes that were poorly expressed prior to infection but already primed by H3K4me3 histone marks at their promoters. Most interestingly, analysis of chromatin-associated RNA revealed vhs-nuclease-activity-dependent transcriptional downregulation of at least 150 cellular genes, in particular of many integrin adhesome and extracellular matrix components. This was accompanied by a vhs-dependent reduction in protein levels by 8 h p.i. for many of these genes. In summary, our study provides a comprehensive picture of the molecular mechanisms that govern cellular RNA metabolism during the first 8 h of lytic HSV-1 infection.IMPORTANCE The HSV-1 virion host shutoff (vhs) protein efficiently cleaves both host and viral mRNAs in a translation-dependent manner. In this study, we model and quantify changes in vhs activity, as well as virus-induced global loss of host transcriptional activity, during productive HSV-1 infection. In general, HSV-1-induced alterations in total RNA levels were dominated by these two global effects. In contrast, chromatin-associated RNA depicted gene-specific transcriptional changes. This revealed highly concordant transcriptional changes in WT and Δvhs infections, confirmed DUX4 as a key transcriptional regulator in HSV-1 infection, and identified vhs-dependent transcriptional downregulation of the integrin adhesome and extracellular matrix components. The latter explained seemingly gene-specific effects previously attributed to vhs-mediated mRNA degradation and resulted in a concordant loss in protein levels by 8 h p.i. for many of the respective genes.
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- Caroline C Friedel
- Institute of Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Informatics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine/Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine/Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine/Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Helmholtz Institute for RNA-Based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), Würzburg, Germany
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Aoyama-Ishiwatari S, Okazaki T, Iemura SI, Natsume T, Okada Y, Gotoh Y. NUDT21 Links Mitochondrial IPS-1 to RLR-Containing Stress Granules and Activates Host Antiviral Defense. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2021; 206:154-163. [PMID: 33219146 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Viral RNA in the cytoplasm of mammalian host cells is recognized by retinoic acid-inducible protein-I-like receptors (RLRs), which localize to cytoplasmic stress granules (SGs). Activated RLRs associate with the mitochondrial adaptor protein IPS-1, which activates antiviral host defense mechanisms, including type I IFN induction. It has remained unclear, however, how RLRs in SGs and IPS-1 in the mitochondrial outer membrane associate physically and engage in information transfer. In this study, we show that NUDT21, an RNA-binding protein that regulates alternative transcript polyadenylation, physically associates with IPS-1 and mediates its localization to SGs in response to transfection with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly(I:C)], a mimic of viral dsRNA. We found that despite its well-established function in the nucleus, a fraction of NUDT21 localizes to mitochondria in resting cells and becomes localized to SGs in response to poly(I:C) transfection. NUDT21 was also found to be required for efficient type I IFN induction in response to viral infection in both human HeLa cells and mouse macrophage cell line RAW264.7 cells. Our results together indicate that NUDT21 links RLRs in SGs to mitochondrial IPS-1 and thereby activates host defense responses to viral infection.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan;
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cell Dynamics Observation, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
- Department of Physics, Universal Biology Institute, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; and
- International Research Center for Neurointelligence, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- International Research Center for Neurointelligence, World Premier International Research Center Initiative, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Thompson MG, Dittmar M, Mallory MJ, Bhat P, Ferretti MB, Fontoura BM, Cherry S, Lynch KW. Viral-induced alternative splicing of host genes promotes influenza replication. eLife 2020; 9:55500. [PMID: 33269701 PMCID: PMC7735754 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Viral infection induces the expression of numerous host genes that impact the outcome of infection. Here, we show that infection of human lung epithelial cells with influenza A virus (IAV) also induces a broad program of alternative splicing of host genes. Although these splicing-regulated genes are not enriched for canonical regulators of viral infection, we find that many of these genes do impact replication of IAV. Moreover, in several cases, specific inhibition of the IAV-induced splicing pattern also attenuates viral infection. We further show that approximately a quarter of the IAV-induced splicing events are regulated by hnRNP K, a host protein required for efficient splicing of the IAV M transcript in nuclear speckles. Finally, we find an increase in hnRNP K in nuclear speckles upon IAV infection, which may alter accessibility of hnRNP K for host transcripts thereby leading to a program of host splicing changes that promote IAV replication.
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- Matthew G Thompson
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Department of Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Department of Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
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Schaack GA, Mehle A. Experimental Approaches to Identify Host Factors Important for Influenza Virus. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2020; 10:cshperspect.a038521. [PMID: 31871241 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a038521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An ever-expanding toolkit of experimental methods provides the means to discover and characterize host factors important for influenza virus. Here, we describe common methods for investigating genetic relationships and physical interactions between virus and host. A comprehensive knowledge of host:virus interactions is key to understanding how influenza virus exploits the host cell and to potentially identify vulnerabilities that may be manipulated to prevent or treat disease.
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- Grace A Schaack
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Roles of the Non-Structural Proteins of Influenza A Virus. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9100812. [PMID: 33023047 PMCID: PMC7600879 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9100812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Influenza A virus (IAV) is a segmented, negative single-stranded RNA virus that causes seasonal epidemics and has a potential for pandemics. Several viral proteins are not packed in the IAV viral particle and only expressed in the infected host cells. These proteins are named non-structural proteins (NSPs), including NS1, PB1-F2 and PA-X. They play a versatile role in the viral life cycle by modulating viral replication and transcription. More importantly, they also play a critical role in the evasion of the surveillance of host defense and viral pathogenicity by inducing apoptosis, perturbing innate immunity, and exacerbating inflammation. Here, we review the recent advances of these NSPs and how the new findings deepen our understanding of IAV–host interactions and viral pathogenesis.
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Clements AL, Sealy JE, Peacock TP, Sadeyen JR, Hussain S, Lycett SJ, Shelton H, Digard P, Iqbal M. Contribution of Segment 3 to the Acquisition of Virulence in Contemporary H9N2 Avian Influenza Viruses. J Virol 2020; 94:e01173-20. [PMID: 32727875 PMCID: PMC7527061 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01173-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
H9N2 avian influenza viruses (AIVs) circulate in poultry throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. These viruses cause huge economic damage to poultry production systems and pose a zoonotic threat both in their own right and in the generation of novel zoonotic viruses, for example, H7N9. In recent years, it has been observed that H9N2 viruses have further adapted to gallinaceous poultry, becoming more highly transmissible and causing higher morbidity and mortality. Here, we investigate the molecular basis for this increased virulence, comparing a virus from the 1990s and a contemporary field strain. The modern virus replicated to higher titers in various systems, and this difference mapped to a single amino acid polymorphism at position 26 of the endonuclease domain shared by the PA and PA-X proteins. This change was responsible for increased replication and higher morbidity and mortality rates along with extended tissue tropism seen in chickens. Although the PA K26E change correlated with increased host cell shutoff activity of the PA-X protein in vitro, it could not be overridden by frameshift site mutations that block PA-X expression and therefore increased PA-X activity could not explain the differences in replication phenotype. Instead, this indicates that these differences are due to subtle effects on PA function. This work gives insight into the ongoing evolution and poultry adaptation of H9N2 and other avian influenza viruses and helps us understand the striking morbidity and mortality rates in the field, as well as the rapidly expanding geographical range seen in these viruses.IMPORTANCE Avian influenza viruses, such as H9N2, cause huge economic damage to poultry production worldwide and are additionally considered potential pandemic threats. Understanding how these viruses evolve in their natural hosts is key to effective control strategies. In the Middle East and South Asia, an older H9N2 virus strain has been replaced by a new reassortant strain with greater fitness. Here, we take representative viruses and investigate the genetic basis for this "fitness." A single mutation in the virus was responsible for greater fitness, enabling high growth of the contemporary H9N2 virus in cells, as well as in chickens. The genetic mutation that modulates this change is within the viral PA protein, a part of the virus polymerase gene that contributes to viral replication as well as to virus accessory functions-however, we find that the fitness effect is specifically due to changes in the protein polymerase activity.
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- Anabel L Clements
- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
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- The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Woking, United Kingdom
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