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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 991-1005Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000058
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- Royal Veterinary College Internal Grant Scheme [IGS 2930]
- Wellcome Trust [098051]
- MRC [G1000413]
- BBSRC [BB/L00397X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/L00397X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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IFN-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) is a restriction factor that blocks cytosolic entry of numerous viruses that utilize acidic endosomal entry pathways. In humans and mice, IFITM3 limits influenza-induced morbidity and mortality. Although many IFITM3-sensitive viruses are zoonotic, whether IFITMs function as antiviral restriction factors in mammalian species other than humans and mice is unknown. Here, IFITM3 orthologues in the microbat (Myotis myotis) and pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) were identified using rapid amplification of cDNA ends. Amino acid residues known to be important for IFITM3 function were conserved in the pig and microbat orthologues. Ectopically expressed pig and microbat IFITM3 co-localized with transferrin (early endosomes) and CD63 (late endosomes/multivesicular bodies). Pig and microbat IFITM3 restricted cell entry mediated by multiple influenza haemagglutinin subtypes and lyssavirus glycoproteins. Expression of pig or microbat IFITM3 in A549 cells reduced influenza virus yields and nucleoprotein expression. Conversely, small interfering RNA knockdown of IFITM3 in pig NPTr cells and primary microbat cells enhanced virus replication, demonstrating that these genes are functional in their species of origin at endogenous levels. In summary, we showed that IFITMs function as potent broad-spectrum antiviral effectors in two mammals pigs and bats identified as major reservoirs for emerging viruses.
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