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ArticleJournal of virology2019

Characterization of Novel Splice Variants of Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein (ZAP).

Melody M H Li, Eduardo G Aguilar, Eleftherios Michailidis, Jonathan Pabon, Paul Park, Xianfang Wu, Ype P de Jong, William M Schneider, Henrik Molina, Charles M Rice and 1 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melody M H LiLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA ManHingLi@mednet.ucla.edu macdonm@rockefeller.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6905-7940
Eduardo G AguilarLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Eleftherios MichailidisLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Jonathan PabonLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Paul ParkLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Xianfang WuLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Ype P de JongLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
William M SchneiderLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Henrik MolinaProteomics Resource Center, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Charles M RiceLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
Margaret R MacDonaldLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA ManHingLi@mednet.ucla.edu macdonm@rockefeller.edu.
Rockefeller University · USCornell University · US

Funding

Type I interferon-stimulated genes and the antiviral immune responseR01AI091707 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI RICE, CHARLES M · 2011 to 2020
$5.5M
In search of an HBV cure: novel model systems and targetsR01AI143295 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI RICE, CHARLES M · 2019 to 2023
$3.0M
ZAP isoforms in innate immunity-the long, the short and the extra-long of it allR01AI114873 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MACDONALD, MARGARET R · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Elucidating the mechanisms of intrinsic stem cell resistance to virus infectionK99AI141742 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI WU, XIANFANG · 2019 to 2020
$233k
The role of innate immune response in HBV infection and persistenceF32DK107164 · NIDDK · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MICHAILIDIS, ELEFTHERIOS · 2015 to 2017
$179k
Hepatitis C virus and the innate immune response: from transcriptome to functionF32DK095666 · NIDDK · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI SCHNEIDER, WILLIAM MATTHEW · 2012 to 2014
$156k
Catching the PARPs: defining the antiviral mechanisms of ADP-ribosylation in SINV infectionF31AI138409 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI AGUILAR, EDUARDO G. · 2018 to 2019
$90k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI138409NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091707NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114873NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143295NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK095666NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK107164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the unprecedented scale of the recent Ebola and Zika viral epidemics, it is crucial to understand the biology of host factors with broad antiviral action in order to develop novel therapeutic approaches. Here, we look into one such factor: zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) inhibits a variety of RNA and DNA viruses. Alternative splicing results in two isoforms that differ at their C termini: ZAPL (long) encodes a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-like domain that is missing in ZAPS (short). Previously, it has been shown that ZAPL is more antiviral than ZAPS, while the latter is more induced by interferon (IFN). In this study, we discovered and confirmed the expression of two additional splice variants of human ZAP: ZAPXL (extralong) and ZAPM (medium). We also found two haplotypes of human ZAP. Since ZAPL and ZAPS have differential activities, we hypothesize that all four ZAP isoforms have evolved to mediate distinct antiviral and/or cellular functions. By taking a gene-knockout-and-reconstitution approach, we have characterized the antiviral, translational inhibition, and IFN activation activities of individual ZAP isoforms. Our work demonstrates that ZAPL and ZAPXL are more active against alphaviruses and hepatitis B virus (HBV) than ZAPS and ZAPM and elucidates the effects of splice variants on the action of a broad-spectrum antiviral factor.

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A549 CellsAlphavirusAlternative SplicingCell LineHaplotypesHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHepatitis B virusHumansProtein IsoformsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA SplicingRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationZinc FingersProtein IsoformsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralZC3HAV1 protein, humanalphavirusalternative splice variantsEbola virushepatitis B virusinterferonPARP13ZAP

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PMID31118263
PMCPMC6714797
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