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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 93-102Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.01.008
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- Israeli Science Foundation
- The Israeli Science Foundation (Morasha)
- The Croatia Israel Research Grant
- The MOST-DKFZ
- The European Consortium [MRTN-CT-2005]
- Rosetrees trust
- Israel Cancer Association [20100003]
- Association for International Cancer Research (AICR)
- Worldwide Cancer Research [10-0003] Funding Source: researchfish
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The human polyoma viruses JCV and BKV establish asymptomatic persistent infection in 65%-90% of humans but can cause severe illness under immunosuppressive conditions. The mechanisms by which these viruses evade immune recognition are unknown. Here we show that a viral miRNA identical in sequence between JCV and BKV targets the stress-induced ligand ULBP3, which is a protein recognized by the killer receptor NKG2D. Consequently, viral miRNA-mediated ULBP3 downregulation results in reduced NKG2D-mediated killing of virus-infected cells by natural killer (NK) cells. Importantly, when the activity of the viral miRNA was inhibited during infection, NK cells killed the infected cells more efficiently. Because NKG2D is also expressed by various T cell subsets, we propose that JCV and BKV use an identical miRNA that targets ULBP3 to escape detection by both the innate and adaptive immune systems, explaining how these viruses remain latent without being eliminated by the immune system.
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