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Influenza A Virus PA Antagonizes Interferon-β by Interacting with Interferon Regulatory Factor 3

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Front Immunol. 2017 Sep 11;8:1051. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01051. eCollection 2017.
[h=1]Influenza A Virus PA Antagonizes Interferon-β by Interacting with Interferon Regulatory Factor 3.[/h] Yi C[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Zhao Z[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Wang S[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Sun X[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Zhang D[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Sun X[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Zhang A[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Jin M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2,[/SUP][SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] The influenza A virus (IAV) can be recognized by retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) to activate the type I interferon response and induce antiviral effects. The virus has evolved several strategies to evade the innate immune response, including non-structural protein 1 (NS1) and its polymerase subunits. The mechanism by which NS1 inhibits interferon-β (IFN-β) is well understood, whereas the mechanism by which polymerase acid protein (PA) inhibits IFN-β remains to be elucidated. In this study, we observed that the IAV PA protein could inhibit the production of IFN-β and interferon-stimulated genes induced by Sendai virus through interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), but not through nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB). In addition, PA inhibited IFN-β induction by RIG-I, melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5, mitochondria antiviral signaling protein, TANK-binding kinase 1, inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase-ε (IKKε), and IRF3 overexpression. Furthermore, PA interacted with IRF3 to block its activation. The N-terminal endonuclease activity of PA was responsible for its interaction with IRF3 and inhibition of the IFN-β signaling pathway. In summary, our data reveal the mechanism by which IAV PA inhibits the IFN-β signaling pathway, providing a new mechanism by which the virus antagonizes the antiviral signaling pathway.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] innate immunity; pdm/09; phosphorylation; polymerase; signaling pathway

PMID: 28955326 PMCID: PMC5600993 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01051
 
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