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ArticleJournal of virology2008

Coronavirus infection modulates the unfolded protein response and mediates sustained translational repression.

John Bechill, Zhongbin Chen, Joseph W Brewer, Susan C Baker

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Article in Journal of virology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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71citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

71 citing papers in PubMed, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John BechillDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 South First Ave., Bldg. 105, Rm. 3929, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
Zhongbin Chen
Joseph W Brewer
Susan C Baker
Loyola University Chicago · USMolecular Biology Consortium · USUniversity of South Alabama · US

Funding

Experimental Immunology Training GrantT32AI007508 · NIAID · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI KNIGHT, KATHERINE L. · 1997 to 2022
$4.0M
HOMEOSTASIS OF THE ER IN DIFFERENTIATING B CELLSR01GM061970 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA · PI BARRINGTON, ROBERT A · 2000 to 2013
$3.5M
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE CORONAVIRUS REPLICASER01AI045798 · NIAID · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI BAKER, SUSAN C. · 2001 to 2005
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS AI07508NIAID NIH HHS AI45798NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI045798NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007508NIGMS NIH HHS GM61970NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During coronavirus replication, viral proteins induce the formation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived double-membrane vesicles for RNA synthesis, and viral structural proteins assemble virions at the ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. We hypothesized that the association and intense utilization of the ER during viral replication would induce the cellular unfolded protein response (UPR), a signal transduction cascade that acts to modulate translation, membrane biosynthesis, and the levels of ER chaperones. Here, we report that infection by the murine coronavirus mouse hepatitis virus (MHV) triggers the proximal UPR transducers, as revealed by monitoring the IRE1-mediated splicing of XBP-1 mRNA and the cleavage of ATF6alpha. However, we detected minimal downstream induction of UPR target genes, including ERdj4, ER degradation-enhancing alpha-mannosidase-like protein, and p58(IPK), or expression of UPR reporter constructs. Translation initiation factor eIF2alpha is highly phosphorylated during MHV infection, and translation of cellular mRNAs is attenuated. Furthermore, we found that the critical homeostasis regulator GADD34, which recruits protein phosphatase 1 to dephosphorylate eIF2alpha during the recovery phase of the UPR, is not expressed during MHV infection. These results suggest that MHV modifies the UPR by impeding the induction of UPR-responsive genes, thereby favoring a sustained shutdown of the synthesis of host cell proteins while the translation of viral proteins escalates. The role of this modified response and its potential relevance to viral mechanisms for the evasion of innate defense signaling pathways during coronavirus replication are discussed.

Indexed as

Protein BiosynthesisProtein FoldingAnimalsCoronavirus InfectionsGene Expression RegulationMiceMurine hepatitis virusSignal TransductionVirus Replication

Identifiers

PMID18305036
PMCPMC2293058
OpenAlexW1993324095

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