文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Lin, Cui ¹ ; Gu, Jinyan ¹ ; Wang, Huijuan ¹ ; Zhou, Jianwei ¹ ; Li, Jiarong ² ; Wang, Shengnan ² ; Jin, Yulan ¹ ; Liu, Ch ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Zhejiang Univ, Key Lab Anim Virol, Minist Agr, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

2.Nanjing Agr Univ, Inst Immunol, MOE Int Joint Collaborat Lab Anim Hlth & Food Saf, Nanjing, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

3.Zhejiang Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Collaborat Innovat Ctr, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

4.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Harbin Vet Res Inst, State Key Lab Vet Biotechnol, Harbin, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China

5.Beijing Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Inst Anim Husb & Vet Med, Beijing, Peoples R China

6.China Agr Univ, Coll Vet Med, Beijing, Peoples R China

7.Zhejiang Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, State Key Lab Diag & Treatment Infect Dis, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

关键词： ANT3; ORF4; porcine circovirus; mitochondrial apoptosis pathway; viral protein

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY （ 影响因子：5.103； 五年影响因子：5.078 ）

ISSN： 0022-538X

年卷期： 2018 年 92 卷 10 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Apoptosis is an essential strategy of host defense responses and is used by viruses to maintain their life cycles. However, the apoptotic signals involved in virus replication are poorly known. In the present study, we report the molecular mechanism of apoptotic induction by the viral protein ORF4, a newly identified viral protein of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2). Apoptosis detection revealed not only that the activity of caspase-3 and -9 is increased in PCV2-infected and ORF4-transfected cells but also that cytochrome c release from the mitochondria to the cytosol is upregulated. Subsequently, ORF4 protein colocalization with adenine nucleotide translocase 3 (ANT3) was observed using structured illumination microscopy. Moreover, coimmunoprecipitation and pulldown analyses confirmed that the ORF4 protein interacts directly with mitochondrial ANT3 (mtANT3). Binding domain analysis further confirmed that N-terminal residues 1 to 30 of the ORF4 protein, comprising a mitochondrial targeting signal, are essential for the interaction with ANT3. Knockdown of ANT3 markedly inhibited the apoptotic induction of both ORF4 protein and PCV2, indicating that ANT3 plays an important role in ORF4 protein-induced apoptosis during PCV2 infection. Taken together, these data indicate that the ORF4 protein is a mitochondrial targeting protein that induces apoptosis by interacting with ANT3 through the mitochondrial pathway. IMPORTANCE The porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) protein ORF4 is a newly identified viral protein; however, little is known about its functions. Apoptosis is an essential strategy of the host defense response and is used by viruses to maintain their life cycles. In the present study, we report the molecular mechanism of the apoptosis induced by the ORF4 protein. The ORF4 protein contains a mitochondrial targeting signal and is an unstable protein that is degraded by the proteasome-dependent pathway. Viral protein ORF4 triggers caspase-3- and -9-dependent cellular apoptosis in mitochondria by directly binding to ANT3. We conclude that the ORF4 protein is a mitochondrial targeting protein and reveal a mechanism whereby circovirus recruits ANT3 to induce apoptosis.