Antiviral activity of human OASL protein is mediated by enhancing signaling of the RIG-I RNA sensor.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Virus infection is sensed in the cytoplasm by retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I, also known as DDX58), which requires RNA and polyubiquitin binding to induce type I interferon (IFN) and activate cellular innate immunity. We show that the human IFN-inducible oligoadenylate synthetases-like (OASL) protein has antiviral activity and mediates RIG-I activation by mimicking polyubiquitin. Loss of OASL expression reduced RIG-I signaling and enhanced virus replication in human cells. Conversely, OASL expression suppressed replication of a number of viruses in a RIG-I-dependent manner and enhanced RIG-I-mediated IFN induction. OASL interacted and colocalized with RIG-I, and through its C-terminal ubiquitin-like domain specifically enhanced RIG-I signaling. Bone-marrow-derived macrophages from mice deficient for Oasl2 showed that among the two mouse orthologs of human OASL, Oasl2 is functionally similar to human OASL. Our findings show a mechanism by which human OASL contributes to host antiviral responses by enhancing RIG-I activation.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Zhu, J; Zhang, Y; Ghosh, A; Cuevas, RA; Forero, A; Dhar, J; Ibsen, MS; Schmid-Burgk, JL; Schmidt, T; Ganapathiraju, MK; Fujita, T; Hartmann, R; Barik, S; Hornung, V; Coyne, CB; Sarkar, SN
Published Date
- June 19, 2014
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 40 / 6
Start / End Page
- 936 - 948
PubMed ID
- 24931123
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4101812
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1097-4180
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.immuni.2014.05.007
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States