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Influenza a virus NS1 protein induced A20 contributes to viral replication by suppressing interferon-induced antiviral response

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2016 Dec 1. pii: S0006-291X(16)32040-X. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.166. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Influenza a virus NS1 protein induced A20 contributes to viral replication by suppressing interferon-induced antiviral response.[/h] Feng W[SUP]1[/SUP], Sun X[SUP]1[/SUP], Shi N[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang M[SUP]1[/SUP], Guan Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Duan M[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] The innate immune response provides the first line of defense against viruses and other pathogens by responding to specific microbial molecules. A20 is a cytoplasmic ubiquitin-editing protein that negatively regulates the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-mediated activation of interferon regulatory factors (IRF) 3. Here, we found that influenza A virus (IAV) non-structural protein (NS) 1 dramatically induced the protein level of A20 in A549 cells whose expression levels were positively associated with the viral virulence. A20 overexpression in A549 cells significantly suppressed IAV-induced the activation of IRF3 and interferon (IFN) promoter, resulted in downregulation of IFNβ and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) mRNA. Conversely, silencing A20 expression markedly enhanced IRF3-mediated innate antiviral responses. Furthermore, we demonstrated that A20 overexpression in A549 cells obviously promoted IAV replication, and conversely, knockdown of A20 inhibited the viral replication. Overall, the findings described in this study support and extend previous results on interferon-antagonistic strategies of IAV NS1 by showing an induced host target A20, which restricts IAV-induced host innate immune antiviral responses and thereby facilitates viral replication.
Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Inc.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] A20; Influenza A virus; NS1; Viral replication

PMID: 27914808 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.11.166
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