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ArticleJournal of virology2013

ZAP inhibits murine gammaherpesvirus 68 ORF64 expression and is antagonized by RTA.

Yifang Xuan, Danyang Gong, Jing Qi, Chuanhui Han, Hongyu Deng, Guangxia Gao

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Article in Journal of virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yifang XuanCAS Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
Danyang Gong
Jing Qi
Chuanhui Han
Hongyu Deng
Guangxia Gao
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Biophysics · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is an interferon-inducible host antiviral factor that specifically inhibits the replication of certain viruses, including HIV-1 and Ebola virus. ZAP functions as a dimer formed through intermolecular interactions of its N-terminal tails. ZAP binds directly to specific viral mRNAs and inhibits their expression by repressing translation and/or promoting degradation of the target mRNA. ZAP is not a universal antiviral factor, since some viruses grow normally in ZAP-expressing cells. It is not fully understood what determines whether a virus is susceptible to ZAP. We explored the interaction between ZAP and murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68), whose life cycle has latent and lytic phases. We previously reported that ZAP inhibits the expression of M2, which is expressed mainly in the latent phase, and regulates MHV-68 latency in cultured cells. Here, we report that ZAP inhibits the expression of ORF64, a tegument protein that is expressed in the lytic phase and is essential for lytic replication. MHV-68 infection induced ZAP expression. However, ZAP did not inhibit lytic replication of MHV-68. We provide evidence showing that the antiviral activity of ZAP is antagonized by MHV-68 RTA, a critical viral transactivator expressed in the lytic phase. We further show that RTA inhibits the antiviral activity of ZAP by disrupting the N-terminal intermolecular interaction of ZAP. Our results provide an example of how a virus can escape ZAP-mediated immunity.

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AnimalsCell LineCricetinaeGammaherpesvirinaeHEK293 CellsHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsMiceOpen Reading FramesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralTrans-ActivatorsViral ProteinsImmediate-Early ProteinsM2 protein, murine gammaherpesvirus 68RNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralTrans-ActivatorsViral Proteins

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PMID23255809
PMCPMC3571413
OpenAlexW2058250691

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