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Identification of SLFN5 as an intrinsic inhibitor of viral transcription antagonized by the herpes simplex virus ubiquitin ligase ICP0

ABSTRACT: Intrinsic antiviral host factors are proteins that can confer cellular defense by limiting virus replication. Viruses hijack ubiquitin machinery to modify the cellular proteome to subvert these host defenses. The herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) expresses ICP0, which functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase required to promote infection. Cellular substrates of ICP0 have been discovered as host barriers to infection but the mechanisms for inhibition of viral gene expression are not fully understood. To identify new restriction factors antagonized by ICP0, we compared the proteomes associated with viral DNA (vDNA) during HSV-1 infection with wild-type (WT) virus and a mutant lacking functional ICP0 (ΔICP0). We identified the cellular protein Schlafen 5 (SLFN5) as a new ICP0 target that binds vDNA during HSV-1 ΔICP0 infection. We demonstrated that ICP0 mediates ubiquitination of SLFN5 which leads to its proteasomal degradation. In the absence of ICP0, we demonstrate SLFN5 binds vDNA to represses HSV-1 transcription by limiting accessibility of RNA polymerase II to viral promoters. These results identify SLFN5 as a new restriction factor that inhibits viral transcription and document the first viral countermeasure reported to overcome SLFN antiviral activity.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human) Human Alphaherpesvirus 1 Human Herpesvirus 1 (strain 17) (hhv-1) (human Herpes Simplex Virus 1)

TISSUE(S): Foreskin Fibroblast, Foreskin Fibroblast Cell Line

SUBMITTER: Katarzyna Kulej

LAB HEAD: Benjamin A. Garcia

PROVIDER: PXD018773 | Pride | 2020-09-14

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Project description:The overall goal of the study was to use in vivo data combined with functional genomics to define gene expression signatures representative of a spectrum of HSV CNS infections. Innate immune deficiencies result in a spectrum of severe clinical outcomes following infection. In particular, there is a strong association between loss of the signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) pathway, breach of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), and virus-induced neuropathology. The gene signatures that characterize resistance, disease, and mortality in the virus-infected nervous system have not been defined. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is commonly associated with encephalitis in humans, and humans and mice lacking Stat1 display increased susceptibility to HSV central nervous system (CNS) infections. In this study, two HSV-1 strains were used, KOS (wild type [WT]), and Δvhs, an avirulent recombinant lacking the virion host shutoff (vhs) function. In addition, two mouse strains were used: strain 129 (control) and a Stat1-deficient (Stat1(-/-)) strain. Using combinations of these virus and mouse strains, we established a model of infection resulting in three different outcomes: viral clearance without neurological disease (Δvhs infection of control mice), neurological disease followed by viral clearance (Δvhs infection of Stat1(-/-) mice and WT infection of control mice), or neurological disease followed by death (WT infection of Stat1(-/-) mice). Through the use of functional genomics on the infected brain stem and liver, we determined gene signatures that were representative of the three infection outcomes. Gender matched, 6- to 8- week old immunocompetent, control 129S6 and 129S6 Stat1 knockout mice were infected corneally with 2x10^6 PFU of either wild type HSV-1, a vhs-null HSV virus, or mock-infected. Brain stems and liver of individual mice were isolated at days 1, 3, 5 and 7 post-inoculation for microarray analysis. For microarray analysis, samples were collected from n=2 animals (1 male, 1 female) per mouse strain and virus strain for each time point. Equal masses of tissue were pooled from two mock-infected mice per time point and run on microarray.

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Identification of SLFN5 as an intrinsic inhibitor of viral transcription antagonized by the herpes simplex virus ubiquitin ligase ICP0

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