Phospholipid scramblase 1 interacts with influenza A virus NP, impairing its nuclear import and thereby suppressing virus replication

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第一作者： Luo, Weiyu

作者： Luo, Weiyu;Zhang, Jie;Liang, Libin;Wang, Guangwen;Li, Qibing;Zhu, Pengyang;Zhou, Yuan;Li, Junping;Zhao, Yuhui;Sun, Nan;Huang, Shanyu;Zhou, Chenchen;Chang, Yu;Cui, Pengfei;Chen, Pucheng;Jiang, Yongping;Deng, Guohua;Bu, Zhigao;Li, Chengjun;Jiang, Li;Chen, Hualan

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期刊名称：PLOS PATHOGENS （ 影响因子：6.823； 五年影响因子：7.455 ）

ISSN： 1553-7366

年卷期： 2018 年 14 卷 1 期

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摘要： Transcription and replication of the influenza A virus (IAV) genome occur in the nucleus of infected cells and are carried out by the viral ribonucleoprotein complex (vRNP). As a major component of the vRNP complex, the viral nucleoprotein (NP) mediates the nuclear import of the vRNP complex via its nuclear localization signals (NLSs). Clearly, an effective way for the host to antagonize IAV infection would be by targeting vRNP nuclear import. Here, we identified phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) as a binding partner of NP by using a yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screen. The interaction between NP and PLSCR1 in mammalian cells was demonstrated by using co-immunoprecipitation and pull-down assays. We found that the stable overexpression of PLSCR1 suppressed the nuclear import of NP, hindered the virus life cycle, and significantly inhibited the replication of various influenza subtypes. In contrast, siRNA knockdown or CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of PLSCR1 increased virus propagation. Further analysis indicated that the inhibitory effect of PLSCR1 on the nuclear import of NP was not caused by affecting the phosphorylation status of NP or by stimulating the interferon (IFN) pathways. Instead, PLSCR1 was found to form a trimeric complex with NP and members of the importin alpha family, which inhibited the incorporation of importin beta, a key mediator of the classical nuclear import pathway, into the complex, thus impairing the nuclear import of NP and suppressing virus replication. Our results demonstrate that PLSCR1 negatively regulates virus replication by interacting with NP in the cytoplasm and preventing its nuclear import.

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