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Nonstructural protein 1 of influenza a virus interacts with human guanylate-binding protein 1 to antagonize antiviral activity

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PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e55920. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055920. Epub 2013 Feb 6.
Nonstructural protein 1 of influenza a virus interacts with human guanylate-binding protein 1 to antagonize antiviral activity.
Zhu Z, Shi Z, Yan W, Wei J, Shao D, Deng X, Wang S, Li B, Tong G, Ma Z.
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Department of Veterinary Public Health, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Abstract

Human guanylate-binding protein 1 (hGBP1) is an interferon-inducible protein involved in the host immune response against viral infection. In response to infection by influenza A virus (IAV), hGBP1 transcript and protein were significantly upregulated. Overexpression of hGBP1 inhibited IAV replication in a dose-dependent manner in vitro. The lysine residue at position 51 (K51) of hGBP1 was essential for inhibition of IAV replication. Mutation of K51 resulted in an hGBP1 that was unable to inhibit IAV replication. The viral nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) was found to interact directly with hGBP1. K51 of hGBP1 and a region between residues 123 and 144 in NS1 were demonstrated to be essential for the interaction between NS1 and hGBP1. Binding of NS1 to hGBP1 resulted in a significant reduction in both GTPase activity and the anti-IAV activity of hGBP1. These findings indicated that hGBP1 contributed to the host immune response against IAV replication and that hGBP1-mediated antiviral activity was antagonized by NS1 via binding to hGBP1.

PMID:
23405236
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