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ArticleViruses2018

The Viral Tegument Protein pp65 Impairs Transcriptional Upregulation of IL-1β by Human Cytomegalovirus through Inhibition of NF-kB Activity.

Matteo Biolatti, Valentina Dell'Oste, Sara Scutera, Francesca Gugliesi, Gloria Griffante, Marco De Andrea, Tiziana Musso, Santo Landolfo

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Article in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matteo BiolattiDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. matteo.biolatti@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7675-0762
Valentina Dell'OsteDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. valentina.delloste@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9336-7906
Sara ScuteraDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. sara.scutera@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0002-7431-0875
Francesca GugliesiDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. francesca.gugliesi@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6389-5129
Gloria GriffanteDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. gloria.griffante@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0002-2578-9621
Marco De AndreaDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. marco.deandrea@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3188-5783
Tiziana MussoDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. tiziana.musso@unito.it.
Santo LandolfoDepartment of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy. santo.landolfo@unito.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3153-2865
University of Turin · ITUniversità degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · IT

Funding

Compagnia di San Paolo CSP 2016Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2015RMNSTAMinistero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca 2015W729WHUniversità degli Studi di Torino DEAMRILO1701Università degli Studi di Torino DELVRILO1701Università degli Studi di Torino LANSRILO1701
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a key effector of the inflammasome complex in response to pathogens and danger signals. Although it is well known that assembly of the inflammasome triggers proteolytic cleavage of the biologically inactive precursor pro-IL-1β into its mature secreted form, the mechanism by which human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) regulates IL-1β production via the inflammasome is still poorly understood. Here, we show that the infection of human foreskin fibroblasts (HFFs) with a mutant HCMV lacking the tegument protein pp65 (v65Stop) results in higher expression levels of mature IL-1β compared to its wild-type counterpart, suggesting that pp65 mediates HCMV immune evasion through downmodulation of IL-1β. Furthermore, we show that enhanced IL-1β production by the v65Stop mutant is due in part to induction of DNA binding and the transcriptional activity of NF-κB. Lastly, we demonstrate that HCMV infection of HFFs triggers a non-canonical IL-1β activation pathway where caspase-8 promotes IL-1β maturation independently of caspase-1. Altogether, our findings provide novel mechanistic insights into the interplay between HCMV and the inflammasome system and raise the possibility of targeting pp65 to treat HCMV infection.

Indexed as

Cell LineCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsFibroblastsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmune EvasionInterleukin-1betaNF-kappa BPhosphoproteinsUp-RegulationViral Matrix Proteinscytomegalovirus matrix protein 65kDaInterleukin-1betaNF-kappa BPhosphoproteinsViral Matrix Proteinscaspase-8human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)inflammasomeinterleukin-1β (IL-1β)pp65

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PMID30332797
PMCPMC6213739
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