Type I interferon(IFN)inhibits a wide spectrum of viruses through stimulating the expression of antiviral proteins.As an IFN-induced protein,myxovirus resistance B(MXB)protein was reported to inhibit multiple highly p...Type I interferon(IFN)inhibits a wide spectrum of viruses through stimulating the expression of antiviral proteins.As an IFN-induced protein,myxovirus resistance B(MXB)protein was reported to inhibit multiple highly pathogenic human viruses.It remains to be determined whether MXB employs a common mechanism to restrict different viruses.Here,we find that IFN alters the subcellular localization of hundreds of host proteins,and this IFN effect is partially lost upon MXB depletion.The results of our mechanistic study reveal that MXB recognizes vimentin(VIM)and recruits protein kinase B(AKT)to phosphorylate VIM at amino acid S38,which leads to reorganization of the VIM network and impairment of intracellular trafficking of virus protein complexes,hence causing a restriction of virus infection.These results highlight a new function of MXB in modulating VIM-mediated trafficking,which may lead towards a novel broad-spectrum antiviral strategy to control a large group of viruses that depend on VIM for successful replication.展开更多
The human myxovirus resistance 2(Mx2/Mx B)protein,a member of interferon(IFN)-inducible dynamin-like large GTPases,restricts a number of virus infections.Inhibition of these viruses occurs at poorly-defined steps afte...The human myxovirus resistance 2(Mx2/Mx B)protein,a member of interferon(IFN)-inducible dynamin-like large GTPases,restricts a number of virus infections.Inhibition of these viruses occurs at poorly-defined steps after viral entry and has a common requirement for Mx B oligomerization.However,the GTPase activity is essential for the anti-viral effects of Mx B against herpesviruses and HBV but not HIV-1.To understand the role of Mx B GTPase activity,including GTP binding and GTP hydrolysis,in restriction of HIV-1 infection,we genetically separated these two functions and evaluated their contributions to restriction.We found that both the GTP binding and hydrolysis function of Mx B involved in the restriction of HIV-1 replication.The GTPase activity of Mx B contributed to its nuclear location,interaction with nucleoporins(NUPs)and HIV-1 capsids.Furthermore,Mx B disrupted the association between NUPs and HIV-1 cores dependently upon its GTPase activity.The function of GTPase activity was therefore multi-faceted,led to fundamentally distinct mechanisms employed by wild-type Mx B and GTPase activity defective Mx B mutations to restrict HIV-1 replication.展开更多
基金appreciate the National Microbial Resource Center(No.NMRC-2020-3)the CAMS Collection Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms(CAMS-CCPM-A)for providing valuable reagents+4 种基金supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation 7242097(to Dongrong Yi)National Natural Science Foundation of China 81902075(to Dongrong Yi)CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences 2021-I2M-1-038(to Shan Cen)2021-I2M-1-030(to Quanjie Li)2021-I2M-1-043(to Xiaoyu Li).
文摘Type I interferon(IFN)inhibits a wide spectrum of viruses through stimulating the expression of antiviral proteins.As an IFN-induced protein,myxovirus resistance B(MXB)protein was reported to inhibit multiple highly pathogenic human viruses.It remains to be determined whether MXB employs a common mechanism to restrict different viruses.Here,we find that IFN alters the subcellular localization of hundreds of host proteins,and this IFN effect is partially lost upon MXB depletion.The results of our mechanistic study reveal that MXB recognizes vimentin(VIM)and recruits protein kinase B(AKT)to phosphorylate VIM at amino acid S38,which leads to reorganization of the VIM network and impairment of intracellular trafficking of virus protein complexes,hence causing a restriction of virus infection.These results highlight a new function of MXB in modulating VIM-mediated trafficking,which may lead towards a novel broad-spectrum antiviral strategy to control a large group of viruses that depend on VIM for successful replication.
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(81271818 and 81471940 to YF,and 81471941,81871659 and 81828005 to WH)
文摘The human myxovirus resistance 2(Mx2/Mx B)protein,a member of interferon(IFN)-inducible dynamin-like large GTPases,restricts a number of virus infections.Inhibition of these viruses occurs at poorly-defined steps after viral entry and has a common requirement for Mx B oligomerization.However,the GTPase activity is essential for the anti-viral effects of Mx B against herpesviruses and HBV but not HIV-1.To understand the role of Mx B GTPase activity,including GTP binding and GTP hydrolysis,in restriction of HIV-1 infection,we genetically separated these two functions and evaluated their contributions to restriction.We found that both the GTP binding and hydrolysis function of Mx B involved in the restriction of HIV-1 replication.The GTPase activity of Mx B contributed to its nuclear location,interaction with nucleoporins(NUPs)and HIV-1 capsids.Furthermore,Mx B disrupted the association between NUPs and HIV-1 cores dependently upon its GTPase activity.The function of GTPase activity was therefore multi-faceted,led to fundamentally distinct mechanisms employed by wild-type Mx B and GTPase activity defective Mx B mutations to restrict HIV-1 replication.
