Duck Enteritis Virus Protein Kinase US3 Inhibits DNA Sensing Signaling by Phosphorylating Interferon Regulatory Factor 7

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第一作者： Liu, Rui

作者： Liu, Rui;Gao, Li;Yang, Fuchun;Li, Xiaohan;Liu, Changjun;Qi, Xiaole;Cui, Hongyu;Zhang, Yanping;Wang, Suyan;Wang, Xiaomei;Gao, Yulong;Li, Kai;Gu, Haidong;Wang, Xiaomei

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关键词： duck enteritis virus; DNA sensing; interferon regulatory factor 7; US3

期刊名称：MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM （ 影响因子：9.043； 五年影响因子：8.113 ）

ISSN： 2165-0497

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摘要： Duck enteritis virus (DEV) is a duck alphaherpesvirus that causes an acute and contagious disease with high mortality, resulting in substantial economic losses in the commercial waterfowl industry. The evasion of DNA-sensing pathway-mediated antiviral innate immunity is essential for the persistent infection and replication for many DNA viruses. The cytosolic DNA sensing pathway mediates innate immune defense against infection by many DNA viruses; however, viruses have evolved multiple strategies to evade the host immune response. Duck enteritis virus (DEV) causes an acute and contagious disease with high mortality in waterfowl. The mechanisms employed by DEV to block the DNA sensing pathway are not well understood. Here, we sought to investigate the role of DEV US3, a serine/threonine protein kinase, in the inhibition of DNA sensing. We found that ectopic expression of DEV US3 significantly inhibited the production of IFN-beta and expression of interferon-stimulated genes induced by interferon-stimulatory DNA and poly(dA-dT). US3 also inhibited viral DNA-triggered IFN-beta activation and promoted DEV replication in duck embryo fibroblasts, while knockdown of US3 during DEV infection enhances the IFN-beta response and suppresses viral replication. US3 inhibited the DNA-sensing signaling pathway by targeting interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7), and the kinase activity of US3 was indispensable for its inhibitory function. Furthermore, we found that US3 interacts with the activation domain of IRF7, phosphorylating IRF7, blocking its dimerization and nuclear translocation, and finally leading to the inhibition of IFN-beta production. These findings expand our knowledge on DNA sensing in ducks and reveal a novel mechanism whereby DEV evades host antiviral immunity. IMPORTANCE Duck enteritis virus (DEV) is a duck alphaherpesvirus that causes an acute and contagious disease with high mortality, resulting in substantial economic losses in the commercial waterfowl industry. The evasion of DNA-sensing pathway-mediated antiviral innate immunity is essential for the persistent infection and replication for many DNA viruses. However, the strategies used by DEV to block the DNA-sensing pathway are not well understood. In this study, DEV US3 protein kinase was demonstrated to inhibit the DNA-sensing signaling via binding to the activation domain of interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF7), which induced the hyperphosphorylation of IRF7 and abolished IRF7 dimerization and nuclear translocation. Our findings provide insights into how duck herpesviral kinase counteracts host antiviral innate immunity to ensure viral replication and spread.

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