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ArticleiScience2019

TRAF6 Plays a Proviral Role in Tick-Borne Flavivirus Infection through Interaction with the NS3 Protease.

Brian H Youseff, Thomas G Brewer, Kristin L McNally, Adaeze O Izuogu, Kirk J Lubick, John B Presloid, Saad Alqahtani, Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Sonja M Best, Xiche Hu and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brian H YouseffDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Thomas G BrewerDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Kristin L McNallyInnate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, DIR, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
Adaeze O IzuoguDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Kirk J LubickInnate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, DIR, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
John B PresloidDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Saad AlqahtaniDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
Saurabh ChattopadhyayDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Sonja M BestInnate Immunity and Pathogenesis Unit, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, DIR, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
Xiche HuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
R Travis TaylorDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA. Electronic address: travis.taylor@utoledo.edu.
University of Toledo · US

Funding

Virus-Host Interactions: Induction and Evasion of Host Innate ImmunityZIAAI001125 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI BEST, SONJA · 2010 to 2025
$28.1M
Role of TRIM79 in innate immunity to tick-borne encephalitis virusK22AI099020 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI TAYLOR, ROGER TRAVIS · 2013 to 2014
$270k
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AI001125NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI099020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tick-borne flaviviruses (TBFVs) can cause life-threatening encephalitis and hemorrhagic fever. To identify virus-host interactions that may be exploited as therapeutic targets, we analyzed the TBFV polyprotein in silico for antiviral protein-binding motifs. We obtained two putative tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6)-binding motifs (TBMs) within the protease domain of the viral nonstructural 3 (NS3) protein. Here, we show that TBFV NS3 interacted with TRAF6 during infection and that TRAF6 supports TBFV replication. The proviral role of TRAF6 was not seen with mosquito-borne flaviviruses, consistent with the lack of conserved TBMs. Mutation of the second TBM within NS3 disrupted TRAF6 binding, coincident with reduced abundance of mature, autocatalytically derived form of the NS3 protease and significant virus attenuation in vitro. Our studies reveal insights into how flaviviruses exploit innate immunity for the purpose of viral replication and identify a potential target for therapeutic design.

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MicrobiologyMolecular InteractionViral Microbiology

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PMID31129244
PMCPMC6536497
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