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Chaumont L, Collet B, Boudinot P. Protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent (PKR) in antiviral defence in fish and mammals. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 145:104732. [PMID: 37172664 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2023.104732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 05/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is one of the key antiviral arms of the innate immune system. Upon binding of viral double stranded RNA, a viral Pattern Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP), PKR gets activated and phosphorylates the eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α) resulting in a protein shut-down that limits viral replication. Since its discovery in the mid-seventies, PKR has been shown to be involved in multiple important cellular processes including apoptosis, proinflammatory and innate immune responses. Viral subversion mechanisms of PKR underline its importance in the antiviral response of the host. PKR activation pathways and its mechanisms of action were previously identified and characterised mostly in mammalian models. However, fish Pkr and fish-specific paralogue Z-DNA-dependent protein kinase (Pkz) also play key role in antiviral defence. This review gives an update on the current knowledge on fish Pkr/Pkz, their conditions of activation and their implication in the immune responses to viruses, in comparison to their mammalian counterparts.
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- Lise Chaumont
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UVSQ, VIM, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UVSQ, VIM, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UVSQ, VIM, Jouy-en-Josas, 78350, France.
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Gan Z, Xu X, Tang S, Wen Q, Jin Y, Lu Y. Identification and functional characterization of protein kinase R (PKR) in amphibian Xenopus tropicalis. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 141:104648. [PMID: 36708793 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2023.104648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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As one of interferon-induced serine/threonine kinases, the protein kinase R (PKR) plays vital roles in antiviral defense, and functional features of PKR remain largely unknown in amphibians, which suffer from ranaviral diseases in the last few decades. In this study, a PKR gene named Xt-PKR was characterized in the Western clawed frog (Xenopus tropicalis). Xt-PKR gene was widely expressed in different organs/tissues, and was rapidly induced by poly(I:C) in spleen, kidney, and liver. Intriguingly, Xt-PKR could be up-rugulated by the treatment of type I and type III interferons, and the transcript level of Xt-PKR induced by type I interferon was much higher than that of type III interferon. Moreover, overexpression of Xt-PKR can suppress the protein synthesis and ranavirus replication in vitro, and the residue lysine required for the translation inhibition activity in mammalian PKR is conserved in Xt-PKR. The present study represents the first characterization on the functions of amphibian PKR, and reveals considerable functional conservation of PKR in early tetrapods.
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- Zhen Gan
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Key Laboratory of Control for Disease of Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Fishery, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Key Laboratory of Control for Disease of Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Fishery, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Key Laboratory of Control for Disease of Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Fishery, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Aquatic Animal Health Assessment, Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Evaluation of Marine Economic Animal Seedings, Shenzhen Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, 518120, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Disease Control and Healthy Culture, Key Laboratory of Control for Disease of Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Higher Education Institute, College of Fishery, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China.
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Z-DNA and Z-RNA: Methods-Past and Future. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2651:295-329. [PMID: 36892776 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3084-6_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
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A quote attributed to Yogi Berra makes the observation that "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future," highlighting the difficulties posed to an author writing a manuscript like the present. The history of Z-DNA shows that earlier postulates about its biology have failed the test of time, both those from proponents who were wildly enthusiastic in enunciating roles that till this day still remain elusive to experimental validation and those from skeptics within the larger community who considered the field a folly, presumably because of the limitations in the methods available at that time. If anything, the biological roles we now know for Z-DNA and Z-RNA were not anticipated by anyone, even when those early predictions are interpreted in the most favorable way possible. The breakthroughs in the field were made using a combination of methods, especially those based on human and mouse genetic approaches informed by the biochemical and biophysical characterization of the Zα family of proteins. The first success was with the p150 Zα isoform of ADAR1 (adenosine deaminase RNA specific), with insights into the functions of ZBP1 (Z-DNA-binding protein 1) following soon after from the cell death community. Just as the replacement of mechanical clocks by more accurate designs changed expectations about navigation, the discovery of the roles assigned by nature to alternative conformations like Z-DNA has forever altered our view of how the genome operates. These recent advances have been driven by better methodology and by better analytical approaches. This article will briefly describe the methods that were key to these discoveries and highlight areas where new method development is likely to further advance our knowledge.
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Sun L, Miao Y, Wang Z, Chen H, Dong P, Zhang H, Wu L, Jiang M, Chen L, Yang W, Lin P, Jing D, Luo Z, Zhang Y, Jung Y, Wu X, Qian Y, Wu Y. Structural insight into African Swine Fever Virus I73R protein reveals it as a Z‐DNA binding protein. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69:e1923-e1935. [DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Lifang Sun
- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu China
- China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center Qingdao China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Institute of Molecular Enzymology School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences Soochow University Suzhou Jiangsu China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu China
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- China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center Qingdao China
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- MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Jiangsu China
- Jiangsu Agri‐animal Husbandry Vocational College Veterinary Bio‐pharmaceutical Jiangsu Key Laboratory for High‐Tech Research and Development of Veterinary Biopharmaceuticals Taizhou Jiangsu China
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- Provincial University Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Response and Metabolic Regulation College of Life Science Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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Searching for New Z-DNA/Z-RNA Binding Proteins Based on Structural Similarity to Experimentally Validated Zα Domain. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23020768. [PMID: 35054954 PMCID: PMC8775963 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23020768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Z-DNA and Z-RNA are functionally important left-handed structures of nucleic acids, which play a significant role in several molecular and biological processes including DNA replication, gene expression regulation and viral nucleic acid sensing. Most proteins that have been proven to interact with Z-DNA/Z-RNA contain the so-called Zα domain, which is structurally well conserved. To date, only eight proteins with Zα domain have been described within a few organisms (including human, mouse, Danio rerio, Trypanosoma brucei and some viruses). Therefore, this paper aimed to search for new Z-DNA/Z-RNA binding proteins in the complete PDB structures database and from the AlphaFold2 protein models. A structure-based similarity search found 14 proteins with highly similar Zα domain structure in experimentally-defined proteins and 185 proteins with a putative Zα domain using the AlphaFold2 models. Structure-based alignment and molecular docking confirmed high functional conservation of amino acids involved in Z-DNA/Z-RNA, suggesting that Z-DNA/Z-RNA recognition may play an important role in a variety of cellular processes.
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Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein. Viruses 2020; 12:v12070772. [PMID: 32708976 PMCID: PMC7411964 DOI: 10.3390/v12070772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Arenaviridae is a family of viruses harbouring important emerging pathogens belonging to the Bunyavirales order. Like in other segmented negative strand RNA viruses, the nucleoprotein (NP) is a major actor of the viral life cycle being both (i) the necessary co-factor of the polymerase present in the L protein, and (ii) the last line of defence of the viral genome (vRNA) by physically hiding its presence in the cytoplasm. The NP is also one of the major players interfering with the immune system. Several structural studies of NP have shown that it features two domains: a globular RNA binding domain (NP-core) in its N-terminal and an exonuclease domain (ExoN) in its C-terminal. Further studies have observed that significant conformational changes are necessary for RNA encapsidation. In this review we revisited the most recent structural and functional data available on Arenaviridae NP, compared to other Bunyavirales nucleoproteins and explored the structural and functional implications. We review the variety of structural motif extensions involved in NP–NP binding mode. We also evaluate the major functional implications of NP interactome and the role of ExoN, thus making the NP a target of choice for future vaccine and antiviral therapy.
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Tahmasebi S, Sonenberg N, Hershey JWB, Mathews MB. Protein Synthesis and Translational Control: A Historical Perspective. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2019; 11:cshperspect.a035584. [PMID: 30082466 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a035584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Protein synthesis and its regulation are central to all known forms of life and impinge on biological arenas as varied as agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine. Otherwise known as translation and translational control, these processes have been investigated with increasing intensity since the middle of the 20th century, and in increasing depth with advances in molecular and cell biology. We review the origins of the field, focusing on the underlying concepts and early studies of the cellular machinery and mechanisms involved. We highlight key discoveries and events on a timeline, consider areas where current research has engendered new ideas, and conclude with some speculation on future directions for the field.
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- Soroush Tahmasebi
- Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, School of Medicine, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103
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Xu C, Gamil AAA, Munang'andu HM, Evensen Ø. Apoptosis Induction by dsRNA-Dependent Protein Kinase R (PKR) in EPC Cells via Caspase 8 and 9 Pathways. Viruses 2018; 10:E526. [PMID: 30261686 PMCID: PMC6213184 DOI: 10.3390/v10100526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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dsRNA-dependent protein kinase R (PKR) is an interferon-inducible protein that mediates antiviral effects and induces apoptosis. We studied PKR-related apoptosis mechanisms by transfecting wild type pcDNA-carp-wtPKR, a catalytically inactive mutant pcDNA-mut-carpPKR, and empty plasmid in Epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells, designated wtPKR, mutPKR, and pcDNA3.1, respectively. PKR was inefficiently expressed from wtPKR unlike mutPKR that produced high PKR levels detected by western blot. eIF2α phosphorylation increased in wtPKR-transfected cells, while for mutPKR, phosphorylation was not different from non-transfected controls. Flow-cytometry revealed high level of apoptosis in wtPKR transfected cells, corresponding with high cytopathic effect. mutPKR and pcDNA3.1 transfection gave significantly less apoptosis and were not different from each other. Caspase-8 and -9 were activated for wtPKR, suggesting death receptor-caspase-8 and mitochondrion-dependent caspase-9 activated pathways, similar to mammalian cells. These findings suggest that the induction of apoptosis via the caspase-8 and -9 pathways are conserved in vertebrate taxa and likely play a role in viral infections of lower vertebrates.
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- Cheng Xu
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 369, 0102 Oslo, Norway.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 369, 0102 Oslo, Norway.
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 369, 0102 Oslo, Norway.
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Chen HY, Lin LT, Wang ML, Tsai KL, Huang PI, Yang YP, Lee YY, Chen YW, Lo WL, Lan YT, Chiou SH, Lin CM, Ma HI, Chen MT. Musashi-1 promotes chemoresistant granule formation by PKR/eIF2α signalling cascade in refractory glioblastoma. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2018; 1864:1850-1861. [PMID: 29486283 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Musashi-1 (MSI1), one of the RNA-binding proteins, is abundantly found not only in neural stem cells but also in several cancer tissues and has been reported to act as a positive regulator of cancer progression. Growing evidence indicates that PKR and eIF2α play pivotal roles in the stimulation of stress granule formation as well as in the subsequent translation modulation in response to stressful conditions; however, little is known about whether MSI1 is involved in this PKR/eIF2α cancer stem cell-enhancing machinery. In this study, we demonstrated that MSI1 promotes human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) stem cells and enhances chemoresistance when exposed to sublethal stress. The overexpression of MSI1 leads to a protective effect in mitigating drug-induced cell death, thus facilitating the formation of chemoresistant stress granules (SGs) in response to arsenic trioxide (ATO) treatment. SG components, such as PKR and eIF2α, were dominantly activated and assembled, while ATO was engaged. The activated PKR and eIF2α contribute to the downstream enhancement of stem cell genes, thereby promoting the progression of GBM. The silencing of MSI1 or PKR both obviously withdrew the phenomena. Taken together, our findings indicate that MSI1 plays a leading role in stress granule formation that grants cancer stem cell properties and chemoresistant stress granules in GBM, in response to stressful conditions via the PKR/eIF2α signalling cascade.
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- Hsiao-Yun Chen
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Liu D, Mao H, Gu M, Xu X, Sun Z, Lin G, Wang H, Xie D, Hou Q, Wang X, Mi Y, Liu X, Hu C. The transcription regulation analysis of Ctenopharyngodon idellus PKR and PKZ genes. Gene 2016; 576:512-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.10.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Wu C, Hu Y, Fan L, Wang H, Sun Z, Deng S, Liu Y, Hu C. Ctenopharyngodon idella PKZ facilitates cell apoptosis through phosphorylating eIF2α. Mol Immunol 2016; 69:13-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 11/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wessel Ø, Olsen CM, Rimstad E, Dahle MK. Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) replicates in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) erythrocytes ex vivo. Vet Res 2015; 46:26. [PMID: 25888832 PMCID: PMC4350956 DOI: 10.1186/s13567-015-0154-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is a reovirus that has predominantly been detected in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). PRV is associated with heart and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) in farmed Atlantic salmon, and recently erythrocytes were identified as major target cells. The study of PRV replication and pathogenesis of the infection has been impeded by the inability to propagate PRV in vitro. In this study we developed an ex vivo cultivation system for PRV in Atlantic salmon erythrocytes. PRV was successfully passaged to naïve erythrocytes using lysates of blood cells from infected salmon. During cultivation a significant increase in viral load was observed by RT-qPCR and flow cytometry, which coincided with the formation of cytoplasmic inclusions. The inclusions resembled viral factories and contained both PRV protein and dsRNA. In addition, the erythrocytes generated an antiviral immune gene activation after PRV infection, with significant up-regulation of IFN-α, RIG-I, Mx and PKR transcripts. Supernatants from the first passage successfully transmitted virus to naïve erythrocytes. This study demonstrates that PRV replicates in Atlantic salmon erythrocytes ex vivo. The ex vivo infection model closely reflects the situation in vivo and can be used to study the infection and replication mechanisms of PRV, as well as the antiviral immune responses of salmonid erythrocytes.
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- Øystein Wessel
- Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
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John L, Samuel CE. Induction of stress granules by interferon and down-regulation by the cellular RNA adenosine deaminase ADAR1. Virology 2014; 454-455:299-310. [PMID: 24725957 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Measles virus (MV) deficient in C protein (C(ko)) expression efficiently induces both stress granules (SG) and interferon (IFNβ), whereas isogenic wild-type (WT) and V mutant (V(ko)) viruses do not. We therefore examined the effect of IFNβ pretreatment on SG formation, and the roles played by the IFN-inducible double-stranded (ds) RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) and dsRNA adenosine deaminase (ADAR1). SG formation in ADAR1-sufficient cells infected with WT or V(ko) mutant virus was enhanced by IFN treatment and was PKR-dependent. SG formation in C(ko) virus-infected cells was already high without IFN treatment and was not further enhanced by IFN. IFN treatment alone, in the absence of infection, induced SG formation in ADAR1-deficient but not ADAR1-sufficient cells. Type I IFN-induced enhancement in SG formation occurred by a canonical IFN signaling response dependent upon STAT1 and STAT2. These results further establish ADAR1 as a suppressor of the interferon and SG innate immune responses.
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- Lijo John
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States; Biomolecular Sciences and Engineering Program, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States.
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de Rosa M, Zacarias S, Athanasiadis A. Structural basis for Z-DNA binding and stabilization by the zebrafish Z-DNA dependent protein kinase PKZ. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:9924-33. [PMID: 23975196 PMCID: PMC3834819 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR plays a central role in the antiviral defense of vertebrates by shutting down protein translation upon detection of viral dsRNA in the cytoplasm. In some teleost fish, PKZ, a homolog of PKR, performs the same function, but surprisingly, instead of dsRNA binding domains, it harbors two Z-DNA/Z-RNA-binding domains belonging to the Zalpha domain family. Zalpha domains have also been found in other proteins, which have key roles in the regulation of interferon responses such as ADAR1 and DNA-dependent activator of IFN-regulatory factors (DAI) and in viral proteins involved in immune response evasion such as the poxviral E3L and the Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3 ORF112. The underlying mechanism of nucleic acids binding and stabilization by Zalpha domains is still unclear. Here, we present two crystal structures of the zebrafish PKZ Zalpha domain (DrZalphaPKZ) in alternatively organized complexes with a (CG)6 DNA oligonucleotide at 2 and 1.8 Å resolution. These structures reveal novel aspects of the Zalpha interaction with DNA, and they give insights on the arrangement of multiple Zalpha domains on DNA helices longer than the minimal binding site.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +351 21 4464648; Fax: +351 21 4407970;
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