Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v14061338
Keywords
C19ORF66; FLJ11286; shiftless; SVA-1; RyDEN; IRAV; ISG; innate immune response; RNA stability; translation; RNA granules; ribosomal frameshift
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- National Institute of General Medical Sciences [R35GM138043]
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SHFL, as an interferon-stimulated gene, plays a critical role in the innate immune response to viral infection by restricting viral replication through diverse mechanisms across different types of viruses. It not only affects viral RNA stability and translation, but also directly inhibits specific translation strategies utilized by some viruses.
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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