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Main Authors: Zhang, Luhao, Xu, Linting, Zhang, Xin, Liao, Jiaming, Kang, Shaozhu, Wu, Siting, Qin, Qiwei, Wei, Jingguang
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: The Journal of general virology 2024
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Online Access:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39392059/
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  • Singapore grouper iridovirus VP12 evades the host antiviral immune response by targeting the cGAS-STING signalling pathway. Zhang, Luhao Xu, Linting Zhang, Xin Liao, Jiaming Kang, Shaozhu Wu, Siting Qin, Qiwei Wei, Jingguang Animals Signal Transduction Ranavirus DNA Virus Infections Membrane Proteins Immunity, Innate Nucleotidyltransferases Fish Diseases Viral Proteins Immune Evasion Host-Pathogen Interactions The emergence of Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) has caused huge losses to grouper farming. SGIV is a DNA virus and belongs to the genus . Groupers infected with SGIV showed haemorrhaging and swelling of the spleen, with a mortality rate of more than 90% within a week. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the escape mechanism of SGIV from host innate immunity for the prevention and treatment of viral diseases in grouper. In this study, the viral proteins that interact with EccGAS were identified by mass spectrometry, and the SGIV VP12 protein that inhibits cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon genes (STING)-mediated antiviral innate immunity was screened by the dual-luciferase reporter gene assay. VP12 belongs to the late gene of the virus. The immunofluorescence analysis demonstrated that VP12 was aggregated and distributed in the cytoplasm during the early stage of virus infection and translocated into the nucleus at the late stage of virus infection. VP12 inhibited the activation of IFN3, ISRE and NF-κB promoter activities mediated by cGAS-STING, EcTBK1 and EcIRF3. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that VP12 inhibited the expression of interferon-related genes, including those mediated by cGAS-STING. VP12 enhanced the inhibition of IFN3, ISRE and NF-κB promoter activity by EccGAS, EccGAS-mab-21 and EccGAS-delete-mab21. The interaction between VP12 and EccGAS was found to be domain independent. The immunoprecipitation results demonstrated that VP12 interacted and co-localized with EccGAS, EcTBK1 and EcIRF3. VP12 degraded the protein levels of EcTBK1 and EcIRF3 and degraded EcIRF3 through the protease pathway. These results suggest that SGIV VP12 protein escapes the cGAS-STING signalling pathway and degrades EcIRF3 protein expression through the protease pathway.