scholarly journals Rotavirus inhibits IFN-induced STAT nuclear translocation by a mechanism that acts after STAT binding to importin-α

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 (8) ◽  
pp. 1723-1733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gavan Holloway ◽  
Vi T. Dang ◽  
David A. Jans ◽  
Barbara S. Coulson

The importance of innate immunity to rotaviruses is exemplified by the range of strategies evolved by rotaviruses to interfere with the IFN response. We showed previously that rotaviruses block gene expression induced by type I and II IFNs, through a mechanism allowing activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 1 and STAT2 but preventing their nuclear accumulation. This normally occurs through activated STAT1/2 dimerization, enabling an interaction with importin α5 that mediates transport into the nucleus. In rotavirus-infected cells, STAT1/2 inhibition may limit the antiviral actions of IFN produced early in infection. Here we further analysed the block to STAT1/2 nuclear accumulation, showing that activated STAT1 accumulates in the cytoplasm in rotavirus-infected cells. STAT1/2 nuclear accumulation was inhibited by rotavirus even in the presence of the nuclear export inhibitor Leptomycin B, demonstrating that enhanced nuclear export is not involved in STAT1/2 cytoplasmic retention. The ability to inhibit STAT nuclear translocation was completely conserved amongst the group A rotaviruses tested, including a divergent avian strain. Analysis of mutant rotaviruses indicated that residues after amino acid 47 of NSP1 are dispensable for STAT inhibition. Furthermore, expression of any of the 12 Rhesus monkey rotavirus proteins did not inhibit IFN-stimulated STAT1 nuclear translocation. Finally, co-immunoprecipitation experiments from transfected epithelial cells showed that STAT1/2 binds importin α5 normally following rotavirus infection. These findings demonstrate that rotavirus probably employs a novel strategy to inhibit IFN-induced STAT signalling, which acts after STAT activation and binding to the nuclear import machinery.

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 628-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Qiu ◽  
Abby Olsen ◽  
Emily Faivre ◽  
Kathryn B. Horwitz ◽  
Carol A. Lange

Abstract Breast cancers often have increased MAPK activity; this pathway may drive breast cancer cell growth by targeting steroid hormone receptors. MAPK phosphorylates human progesterone receptors (PRs) on Ser294, thus regulating several aspects of PR activity. To study the role of PR Ser294 phosphorylation on subcellular distribution, we stably expressed wild-type (wt) or S294A (Ser294 to Ala) PR-B in several cell types. PRs phosphorylated on Ser294 were nuclear. Activation of MAPK induced Ser294 phosphorylation and rapid nuclear translocation of wt, but not S294A, PR-B; both receptors concentrated in the nucleus after progestin treatment. The MAPK kinase inhibitor, U0126, blocked epidermal growth factor but not progestin-induced Ser294 phosphorylation and translocation of wt PR, indicating a novel mechanism for nuclear localization. After progestin treatment, wt PR-B underwent ligand-dependent down-regulation, while S294A PR-B persisted in nuclei. Prolonged treatment with U0126 or the nuclear export inhibitor, leptomycin B, promoted nuclear accumulation of wt PR-B and blocked ligand-dependent PR down-regulation, suggesting that PR degradation occurs in the cytoplasm and requires MAPK-dependent nuclear export. Stabilization of PRs by leptomycin B also blocked PR transcriptional activity, indicating a link between nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, receptor stability, and function. These results support a regulatory role for MAPK in nuclear steroid hormone receptor subcellular localization and coupling to multiple PR functions.


2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (21) ◽  
pp. 11045-11055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deendayal Patel ◽  
Yuchen Nan ◽  
Meiyan Shen ◽  
Krit Ritthipichai ◽  
Xiaoping Zhu ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Type I interferons (IFNs) IFN-α/β play an important role in innate immunity against viral infections by inducing antiviral responses. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) inhibits the synthesis of type I IFNs. However, whether PRRSV can inhibit IFN signaling is less well understood. In the present study, we found that PRRSV interferes with the IFN signaling pathway. The transcript levels of IFN-stimulated genes ISG15 and ISG56 and protein level of signal transducer and activator of transcription 2 (STAT2) in PRRSV VR2385-infected MARC-145 cells were significantly lower than those in mock-infected cells after IFN-α treatment. IFN-induced phosphorylation of both STAT1 and STAT2 and their heterodimer formation in the PRRSV-infected cells were not affected. However, the majority of the STAT1/STAT2/IRF9 (IFN regulatory factor 9) heterotrimers remained in the cytoplasm of PRRSV-infected cells, which indicates that the nuclear translocation of the heterotrimers was blocked. Overexpression of NSP1β of PRRSV VR2385 inhibited expression of ISG15 and ISG56 and blocked nuclear translocation of STAT1, which suggests that NSP1β might be the viral protein responsible for the inhibition of IFN signaling. PRRSV infection in primary porcine pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) also inhibited IFN-α-stimulated expression of the ISGs and the STAT2 protein. In contrast, a licensed low-virulence vaccine strain, Ingelvac PRRS modified live virus (MLV), activated expression of IFN-inducible genes, including those of chemokines and antiviral proteins, in PAMs without the addition of external IFN and had no detectable effect on IFN signaling. These findings suggest that PRRSV interferes with the activation and signaling pathway of type I IFNs by blocking ISG factor 3 (ISGF3) nuclear translocation.


2002 ◽  
Vol 115 (6) ◽  
pp. 1137-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glyn Nelson ◽  
Luminita Paraoan ◽  
David G. Spiller ◽  
Geraint J. C. Wilde ◽  
Mark A. Browne ◽  
...  

Proteins of the NF-κB transcription factor family normally reside in the cytoplasm of cells in a complex with IκB inhibitor proteins. Stimulation with TNFα leads to proteosomal degradation of the IκB proteins and nuclear translocation of the NF-κB proteins. Expression of p65 and IκBα fused to fluorescent proteins was used to measure the dynamics of these processes in transfected HeLa cells. Simultaneous visualisation of p65-dsRed translocation and IκBα-EGFP degradation indicated that in the presence of dual fluorescent fusion protein expression,the half-time of IκBα-EGFP degradation was reduced and that of p65 translocation was significantly increased when compared with cells expressing the single fluorescent fusion proteins. These results suggest that the ratio of IκBα and p65 determine the kinetics of transcription factor translocation into the nucleus and indicate that the complex of p65 and IκBα is the true substrate for TNFα stimulation in mammalian cells. When cells were treated with the CRM-1-dependent nuclear export inhibitor,leptomycin B (LMB), there was nuclear accumulation of IκBα-EGFP and p65-dsRed, with IκBα-EGFP accumulating more rapidly. No NF-κB-dependent transcriptional activation was seen in response to LMB treatment. Following 1 hour treatment with LMB, significant IκBα-EGFP nuclear accumulation, but low levels of p65-dsRed nuclear accumulation, was observed. When these cells were stimulated with TNFα, degradation of IκBα-EGFP was observed in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. A normal transient transcription response was observed in the same cells using luminescence imaging of NF-κB-dependent transcription. These observations suggest that both normal activation and post-induction repression of NF-κB-dependent transcription occur even when nuclear export of NF-κB is inhibited. The results provide functional evidence that other factors, such as modification of p65 by phosphorylation, or interaction with other proteins such as transcriptional co-activators/co-repressors, may critically modulate the kinetics of transcription through this signalling pathway.


Cancers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ufuk Mert ◽  
Alshaimaa Adawy ◽  
Elisabeth Scharff ◽  
Pierre Teichmann ◽  
Anna Willms ◽  
...  

Binding of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) to the plasma membrane TRAIL-R1/-R2 selectively kills tumor cells. This discovery led to evaluation of TRAIL-R1/-R2 as targets for anti-cancer therapy, yet the corresponding clinical trials were disappointing. Meanwhile, it emerged that many cancer cells are TRAIL-resistant and that TRAIL-R1/-R2-triggering may lead to tumor-promoting effects. Intriguingly, recent studies uncovered specific functions of long ignored intracellular TRAIL-R1/-R2, with tumor-promoting functions of nuclear (n)TRAIL-R2 as the regulator of let-7-maturation. As nuclear trafficking of TRAIL-Rs is not well understood, we addressed this issue in our present study. Cell surface biotinylation and tracking of biotinylated proteins in intracellular compartments revealed that nTRAIL-Rs originate from the plasma membrane. Nuclear TRAIL-Rs-trafficking is a fast process, requiring clathrin-dependent endocytosis and it is TRAIL-dependent. Immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence approaches revealed an interaction of nTRAIL-R2 with the nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttle protein Exportin-1/CRM-1. Mutation of a putative nuclear export sequence (NES) in TRAIL-R2 or the inhibition of CRM-1 by Leptomycin-B resulted in the nuclear accumulation of TRAIL-R2. In addition, TRAIL-R1 and TRAIL-R2 constitutively localize to chromatin, which is strongly enhanced by TRAIL-treatment. Our data highlight the novel role for surface-activated TRAIL-Rs by direct trafficking and signaling into the nucleus, a previously unknown signaling principle for cell surface receptors that belong to the TNF-superfamily.


2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (22) ◽  
pp. 12696-12703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Martínez-Sobrido ◽  
Panagiotis Giannakas ◽  
Beatrice Cubitt ◽  
Adolfo García-Sastre ◽  
Juan Carlos de la Torre

ABSTRACT We have documented that the nucleoprotein (NP) of the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is an antagonist of the type I interferon response. In this study we tested the ability of NPs encoded by representative arenavirus species from both Old World and New World antigenic groups to inhibit production of interferon. We found that, with the exception of Tacaribe virus (TCRV), all NPs tested inhibited activation of beta interferon and interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF-3)-dependent promoters, as well as the nuclear translocation of IRF-3. Consistent with this observation, TCRV-infected cells also failed to inhibit interferon production.


2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (11) ◽  
pp. 5353-5362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reena Ghildyal ◽  
Adeline Ho ◽  
Manisha Dias ◽  
Lydia Soegiyono ◽  
Phillip G. Bardin ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) matrix (M) protein is localized in the nucleus of infected cells early in infection but is mostly cytoplasmic late in infection. We have previously shown that M localizes in the nucleus through the action of the importin β1 nuclear import receptor. Here, we establish for the first time that M's ability to shuttle to the cytoplasm is due to the action of the nuclear export receptor Crm1, as shown in infected cells, and in cells transfected to express green fluorescent protein (GFP)-M fusion proteins. Specific inhibition of Crm1-mediated nuclear export by leptomycin B increased M nuclear accumulation. Analysis of truncated and point-mutated M derivatives indicated that Crm1-dependent nuclear export of M is attributable to a nuclear export signal (NES) within residues 194 to 206. Importantly, inhibition of M nuclear export resulted in reduced virus production, and a recombinant RSV carrying a mutated NES could not be rescued by reverse genetics. That this is likely to be due to the inability of a nuclear export deficient M to localize to regions of virus assembly is indicated by the fact that a nuclear-export-deficient GFP-M fails to localize to regions of virus assembly when expressed in cells infected with wild-type RSV. Together, our data suggest that Crm1-dependent nuclear export of M is central to RSV infection, representing the first report of such a mechanism for a paramyxovirus M protein and with important implications for related paramyxoviruses.


1999 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 7769-7779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ursula Bodendorf ◽  
Celina Cziepluch ◽  
Jean-Claude Jauniaux ◽  
Jean Rommelaere ◽  
Nathalie Salomé

ABSTRACT The nonstructural NS2 proteins of autonomous parvoviruses are known to act in a host cell-dependent manner and to play a role in viral DNA replication, efficient translation of viral mRNA, and/or encapsidation. Their exact function during the parvovirus life cycle remains, however, still obscure. We report here the characterization of the interaction with the NS2 proteins from the parvovirus minute virus of mice (MVM) and rat as well as mouse homologues of the human CRM1 protein, a member of the importin-beta family recently identified as an essential nuclear export factor. Using the two-hybrid system, we could detect the interaction between the carboxy-terminal region of rat CRM1 and each of the three isoforms of NS2 (P [or major], Y [or minor], and L [or rare]). NS2 proteins were further shown to interact with the full-length CRM1 by coimmunoprecipitation experiments using extracts from both mouse and rat cell lines. Our data show that CRM1 preferentially binds to the nonphosphorylated isoforms of NS2. Moreover, we observed that the treatment of MVM-infected cells with leptomycin B, a drug that specifically inhibits the CRM1-dependent nuclear export pathway, leads to a drastic accumulation of NS2 proteins in the nucleus. Both NS2 interaction with CRM1 and nuclear accumulation upon leptomycin B treatment strongly suggest that these nonstructural viral proteins are actively exported out of the nuclei of infected cells via a CRM1-mediated nuclear export pathway.


2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Donald Arguedas Cortés

ABSTRACT: Necrosis Pancreatic Infectious Virus does not block 701-STAT1 (α/β) tyrosine in Oncorhynchus mykiss (‎Salmoniformes: ‎Salmonidae). Introduction: Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is a pathogen important that affects predominantly salmonids. The type I interferon alpha system has a crucial role in the first line of defense against IPNV infection. IFN-I(α) activation triggers the signaling pathway JAK-STAT, binding to their receptors results in the rapid phosphorylation of STATs a critical step for the nuclear translocation to induce the interferon stimulated genes (ISGs). The relationship between infectivity level of IPNV strain and pathway signaling of IFN is yet poorly understood. Objective: our purpose was to investigate if the IFN-I(α) signaling pathway is affected by IPNV strains of different infectivity levels. Methods: We used two IPNV isolated (VR-299 and Sp) to infect RTG-2 cells. Total RNA was isolated using the commercial kit for determine to VP2 expression and ISGs using qRT-PCR. Western Immunoblotting analysis was carried out for determine the 701 STAT1(α/β) phosphorylation into infected cells. Results: Hence, a higher virulence strain is not associated with a greater blocking effect for interferon signaling. Furthermore, the activation of Y701-STAT1 (α/β) was significantly increased in serotype Sp virus infected cells compared with serotype VR-299 virus infected cells, indicating that IPNV inhibits IFN signaling pathway. Conclusions: As concluded, IPNV does not block the phosphorylation of 701-tyrosine STAT1 (α/β) stimulated by IFN-I(α), contrary to other RNA viruses.


2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (15) ◽  
pp. 7555-7568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sambit K. Nanda ◽  
Michael D. Baron

ABSTRACT Rinderpest virus (RPV) is a paramyxovirus closely related to the human pathogen Measles virus. It causes severe disease in cattle, buffalo, and some wild animals; although it can infect humans, it does not cause disease. Here, we demonstrate that RPV blocks the action of both type I (α) and type II (γ) interferons (IFNs) by blocking the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of STAT1 and STAT2 and that this block is not related to species specificity. In addition, both wild-type virulent and vaccine strains of the virus blocked IFN action. Unlike the case with some other paramyxoviruses, neither STAT1 nor STAT2 is degraded upon virus infection. STAT1 is bound by both the viral structural protein P, and thereby recruited to concentrations of viral protein in the cell, and the nonstructural protein V. Although both P and V proteins bind to STAT1 and can block IFN action when expressed in transfected cells, the IFN antagonist activity of the P protein is weaker than that of the V protein. The viral C protein also seems to weakly block IFN-induced activation of STAT1 in transfection experiments. However, studies with knockout viruses showed that the viral V protein appears to be the dominant inhibitor of IFN signaling in the context of virus infection, since prevention of viral V expression restored the IFN sensitivity of infected cells. Although a change in the distribution pattern of STAT2 was observed in virus-infected cells, STAT2 was not bound by any viral protein.


2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Qian Li ◽  
Adaobi Mofunanya ◽  
Victoria Fischer ◽  
Jason Hall ◽  
Ken-Ichi Takemaru

In the canonical Wnt pathway, β-catenin acts as a key coactivator that stimulates target gene expression through interaction with Tcf/Lef transcription factors. Its nuclear accumulation is the hallmark of active Wnt signaling and is frequently associated with cancers. Chibby (Cby) is an evolutionarily conserved molecule that represses β-catenin–dependent gene activation. Although Cby, in conjunction with 14-3-3 chaperones, controls β-catenin distribution, its molecular nature remains largely unclear. Here, we provide compelling evidence that Cby harbors bona fide nuclear localization signal (NLS) and nuclear export signal (NES) motifs, and constitutively shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Efficient nuclear export of Cby requires a cooperative action of the intrinsic NES, 14-3-3, and the CRM1 nuclear export receptor. Notably, 14-3-3 docking provokes Cby binding to CRM1 while inhibiting its interaction with the nuclear import receptor importin-α, thereby promoting cytoplasmic compartmentalization of Cby at steady state. Importantly, the NLS- and NES-dependent shuttling of Cby modulates the dynamic intracellular localization of β-catenin. In support of our model, short hairpin RNA–mediated knockdown of endogenous Cby results in nuclear accumulation of β-catenin. Taken together, these findings unravel the molecular basis through which a combinatorial action of Cby and 14-3-3 proteins controls the dynamic nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking of β-catenin.


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