African swine fever virus I73R is a critical virulence-related gene: A potential target for attenuation

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第一作者： Liu, Yingnan

作者： Liu, Yingnan;Xie, Zhenhua;Song, Yingying;Li, Yao;Liu, Jingyi;Chen, Zongyan;Yu, Wanqi;Zhong, Qiuping;Liao, Xinxin;Tian, Chuanwen;Chen, Hongjun;Shen, Zhou;Peng, Guiqing;Wang, Heng;Di, Dongdong;Liu, Jianqi

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关键词： ASFV; I73R; single-stranded RNA binding; immune suppression; live-attenuated vaccine candidate; candidate

期刊名称：PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA （ 影响因子：11.1； 五年影响因子：12.0 ）

ISSN： 0027-8424

年卷期： 2023 年 120 卷 15 期

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摘要： African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus that causes a fatal disease in pigs, posing a threat to the global pig industry. Whereas some ASFV proteins have been found to play important roles in ASFV-host interaction, the functional roles of many proteins are still largely unknown. In this study, we identified I73R, an early viral gene in the replication cycle of ASFV, as a key virulence factor. Our findings demonstrate that pI73R suppresses the host innate immune response by broadly inhibiting the synthesis of host proteins, including antiviral proteins. Crystallization and structural characterization results suggest that pI73R is a nucleic-acid-binding protein containing a Z & alpha; domain. It localizes in the nucleus and inhibits host protein synthesis by suppressing the nuclear export of cellular messenger RNA (mRNAs). While pI73R promotes viral replication, the deletion of the gene showed that it is a nonessential gene for virus replication. In vivo safety and immuno-genicity evaluation results demonstrate that the deletion mutant ASFV-GZ & UDelta;I73R is completely nonpathogenic and provides effective protection to pigs against wild-type ASFV. These results reveal I73R as a virulence-related gene critical for ASFV patho-genesis and suggest that it is a potential target for virus attenuation. Accordingly, the deletion mutant ASFV-GZ & UDelta;I73R can be a potent live-attenuated vaccine candidate.

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