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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 207, Issue 2, Pages 590-601Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100148
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- National Science Foundation of China [31970149]
- Major Research and Development Project [2018ZX10301406]
- Nanjing University-Ningxia University Collaborative Project [2017BN04]
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The nonstructural protein NSs of SFTSV inhibits antiviral signaling and IFN induction in human cells by interacting with cellular protein LSm14A, thereby demonstrating a mechanism used by the virus to suppress host innate immune response.
The nonstructural protein (NSs) of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) plays multiple functions in the virus life cycle. Proteomic screening for host proteins interacting with NSs identified the cellular protein LSm14A. LSm14A, a member of the LSm family involved in RNA processing in the processing bodies, binds to viral RNA or synthetic homolog and mediates IFN regulatory factor 3 activation and IFN-beta induction. NSs interacted with and colocalized with LSm14A, and this interaction effectively inhibited downstream phosphorylation and dimerization of IFN regulatory factor 3, resulting in the suppression of antiviral signaling and IFN induction in several cell types of human origin. Knockdown of NSs resulted in the suppression of SFTSV replication in host cells. Viral RNA bound to LSm14A-NSs protein complex during the interaction. A newly discovered LRRD motif of NSs functioned to interact with LSm14A. Altogether, our data demonstrated a mechanism used by SFTSV to inhibit host innate immune response.
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