抗病毒免疫因子Viperin的研究进展

先天免疫因子Viperin是一种功能与内质网相关的抗病毒蛋白,可被干扰素、多种病毒、细菌脂多糖(Lipopolysaccharides,LPS)和poly(I:C)等诱导表达。Viperin通过与病毒蛋白和某些细胞内蛋白的相互作用抑制病毒增殖,具有广谱抗病毒活性。在与宿主相互作用的长期进化过程中,某些病毒能够抑制细胞内Viperin的表达,逃逸其抗病毒功能。除抗病毒作用外,Viperin还具有其他一些生物学功能。近年来有关Viperin的研究,特别是在其抗病毒机理方面,进展较快,本文结合自身研究体会,就其基本特性和研究状况做一介绍。     

猪源Viperin蛋白抑制猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒感染MARC-145细胞

为了研究干扰素刺激基因Viperin对猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒的抗病毒作用,本研究构建了猪源Viperin基因(sViperin)pCI-sVIP表达载体,并在MARC-145细胞上观察了其对PRRSV复制的抑制作用。结果为:过表达sViperin蛋白可以抑制PRRSV在MARC-145细胞上的复制,且具有剂量依赖作用。sViperin蛋白抑制了病毒的入胞,但其对病毒的装配和释放没有影响作用。共聚焦实验证明sViperin蛋白主要定位于内质网等细胞器。sViperin蛋白和PRRSV GP5、N蛋白在细胞内存在共定位现象。CO-IP实验证明sViperin蛋白可以和PRRSV N蛋白存在相互作用。该研究为该病毒新型抗病毒药物研究奠定了重要基础。     

综述:天然免疫限制因子Tetherin的抗病毒机理研究进展

天然免疫限制因子Tetherin(骨髓基质细胞抗原2)是Ⅰ型干扰素诱导产生的Ⅱ型跨膜蛋白．Tetherin通过其特殊的拓扑结构,在病毒出芽过程中将病毒粒子连接在细胞膜表面,限制病毒的有效释放,从而发挥广谱性的抗病毒活性,而病毒也可以通过多种策略拮抗Tetherin的抗病毒活性．病毒与宿主长期抗争进化的结果表现为病毒特定拮抗蛋白对抗不同种属细胞Tetherin的限制存在种属特异性．本文通过对Tetherin的分子结构、抗病毒活性及其拮抗蛋白的对抗机制等最新进展进行综述,为研究病毒与宿主相互作用的分子机制以及新型抗病毒药物的筛选提供借鉴．     

天然免疫限制因子Tetherin的抗病毒机理研究进展

天然免疫限制因子Tetherin(骨髓基质细胞抗原2)是Ⅰ型干扰素诱导产生的Ⅱ型跨膜蛋白.Tetherin通过其特殊的拓扑结构,在病毒出芽过程中将病毒粒子连接在细胞膜表面,限制病毒的有效释放,从而发挥广谱性的抗病毒活性,而病毒也可以通过多种策略拮抗Tetherin的抗病毒活性.病毒与宿主长期抗争进化的结果表现为病毒特定拮抗蛋白对抗不同种属细胞Tetherin的限制存在种属特异性.本文通过对Tetherin的分子结构、抗病毒活性及其拮抗蛋白的对抗机制等最新进展进行综述,为研究病毒与宿主相互作用的分子机制以及新型抗病毒药物的筛选提供借鉴.     

黄病毒科病毒编码的非结构蛋白及其功能

黄病毒科病毒是一类具有囊膜的ＲＮＡ病毒,现包括黄病毒、瘟病毒及类丙型肝炎病毒三个属。该科的许多病毒均是引起人和动物一些严重疾病的病原,其基因组为一单股正链的ＲＮＡ分子,分别编码病毒的结构蛋白和非结构蛋白,其中非结构蛋白对于病毒的复制及病毒与其宿主细胞的相互作用起着极为重要的作用。本文综述了该科病毒编码的非结构蛋白及其主要功能,旨在深入了解和研究该科病毒的复制规律,以有助于由该科病毒引起的许多严重病毒病的防治     

TRIM家族蛋白在病毒感染中作用的研究进展

三基序蛋白家族(tripartite motif,TRIM)是参与不同细胞功能的一大类具有E3泛素连接酶活性的蛋白质，在宿主抗病毒免疫应答中发挥着重要的作用。TRIM家族蛋白可通过提高宿主固有免疫应答或直接降解病毒蛋白发挥抗病毒活性；部分病毒有时也可利用TRIM家族蛋白调控细胞因子表达促进自身感染。本文综述了TRIM家族蛋白在病毒复制中的作用及相关机制的研究进展，为研究病毒感染机制提供参考。     

青鱼Viperin是一种抗病毒蛋白质（英文）

在脊椎动物中viperin已被证明是一种能抵御大多数DNA和RNA病毒的抗病毒蛋白质。本文克隆及鉴定了青鱼viperin。青鱼viperin(bc Viperin)的c DNA由1 828个核苷酸组成,编码360个氨基酸。预测的bc Viperin蛋白包含N端低保守的两性α-螺旋结构域、中间自由基S-腺苷甲硫氨酸(S-adenosylmethionine,SAM)结构域及高保守C端结构域。bc Viperin m RNA在青鱼心脏、肝脏、脾脏、肾脏、肠、肌肉、皮肤和鳃等组织中均有表达。在草鱼呼肠孤病毒(grass carp reovirus,GCRV)和鲤春病毒血症病毒(spring viremia of carp virus,SVCV)感染后,bc Viperin m RNA在上述组织中的表达水平提高。在青鱼尾鳍(Mylopharyngodon piceus fin,MPF)细胞中,bc Viperin m RNA表达水平同样会在GCRV和SVCV感染后发生上升。蛋白质免疫印迹表明bc Viperin蛋白的相对分子质量约为42 k D;He La和EPC细胞中的免疫荧光染色实验表明bc Viperin是细胞质蛋白。编码bc Viperin的质粒在EPC细胞中过表达后能够显著提高细胞抵御SVCV和GCRV的抗病毒能力。以上研究表明bc Viperin是青鱼天然免疫过程中重要的抗病毒蛋白质。     

森林脑炎病毒分子生物学研究进展

森林脑炎（ＴＢＥ）病毒是黄病毒科中的成员,象其它的黄病毒一样,基因组ＲＮＡ含有单个开放阅读框架,在基因组的５′端编码病毒的结构蛋白,在３′端编码非结构蛋白,翻译成聚蛋白后,通过细胞和病毒编码的蛋白酶裂解产生单个的病毒蛋白,成熟的病毒是由两个相关的Ｅ和Ｍ膜蛋白脂质包膜所包围的立体对称的核衣壳组成。包膜Ｅ蛋白在病毒的感染周期中对细胞的识别和穿入细胞具有极其重要的功能,同时Ｅ蛋白诱导保护性的免疫反应,Ｅ蛋白内某一位点单个氨基酸的改变可引起病毒毒力的改变。因此,对ＴＢＥ病毒分子生物学的研究有助于了解病毒与宿主细胞相互作用的机理,为病毒感染的异性诊断、疫苗的研制和抗病毒药物的设计提供理论依据。     

森林脑炎病毒分子生物学研究进展

森林脑炎(TBE)病毒属黄病毒科,基因姐RNA含有单个开放阅读框架,5′端编码病毒的结构蛋白,3′端编码非结构蛋白。翻译成聚蛋白后,通过细胞和病毒编码的蛋白酶裂解产生单个的病毒蛋白。成熟的病毒是由两个相关的E和M膜蛋白脂质包膜所包围的立体对称的核衣壳组成。包膜E蛋白在病毒的感染周期中对细胞的识别和穿入细胞具有极其重要的功能,同时E蛋白诱导保护性的免疫反应,E蛋白内某一位点单个氨基酸的改变可引起病毒毒力的改变。因此,对TBE病毒分子生物学的研究有助于了解病毒与宿主细胞相互作用的机理,为病毒感染的特异性诊断、疫苗的研制和抗病毒药物的设计提供理论依据。     

黄病毒属病毒E蛋白结构和功能研究进展

黄病毒属病毒是单股正链RNA病毒,病毒基因组编码至少三种结构蛋白(衣壳蛋白C、膜蛋白M和包膜蛋白E)和七种非结构蛋白。其中E蛋白是病毒的重要抗原成分,包含有中和抗原表位和型特异性抗原表位,决定了病毒的细胞嗜性和毒力,与病毒的吸附、穿入、致病等作用密切相关,并且具有血凝活性,能刺激机体产生中和抗体和血凝抑制抗体。研究E蛋白的结构与功能对于深入了解黄病毒致病机制和免疫应答特点,研发疫苗和特异性抗病毒药物均有重要的指导意义。为此,综述了近年来黄病毒E蛋白有关结构与功能的研究进展及其生物学意义。     

The interferon-inducible protein viperin inhibits influenza virus release by perturbing lipid rafts

Interferons initiate the host antiviral response by inducing a number of genes, most with no defined antiviral function. Here we show that the interferon-induced protein viperin inhibits influenza A virus release from the plasma membrane of infected cells. Viperin expression altered plasma membrane fluidity by affecting the formation of lipid rafts, which are detergent-resistant membrane microdomains known to be the sites of influenza virus budding. Intracellular interaction of viperin with farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS), an enzyme essential for isoprenoid biosynthesis, decreased the activity of the enzyme. Overexpression of FPPS reversed viperin-mediated inhibition of virus production and restored normal membrane fluidity, and reduction of FPPS levels by siRNA inhibited virus release and replication, indicating that the FPPS interaction underlies viperin's effects. These findings suggest that targeting the release stage of the life cycle may affect the replication of many enveloped viruses. Furthermore, FPPS may be an attractive target for antiviral therapy.     

A mastoparan-derived peptide has broad-spectrum antiviral activity against enveloped viruses

Broad-spectrum antiviral drugs are urgently needed to treat individuals infected with new and re-emerging viruses, or with viruses that have developed resistance to antiviral therapies. Mammalian natural host defense peptides (mNHP) are short, usually cationic, peptides that have direct antimicrobial activity, and which in some instances activate cell-mediated antiviral immune responses. Although mNHP have potent activity in vitro, efficacy trials in vivo of exogenously provided mNHP have been largely disappointing, and no mNHP are currently licensed for human use. Mastoparan is an invertebrate host defense peptide that penetrates lipid bilayers, and we reasoned that a mastoparan analog might interact with the lipid component of virus membranes and thereby reduce infectivity of enveloped viruses. Our objective was to determine whether mastoparan-derived peptide MP7-NH₂ could inactivate viruses of multiple types, and whether it could stimulate cell-mediated antiviral activity. We found that MP7-NH₂ potently inactivated a range of enveloped viruses. Consistent with our proposed mechanism of action, MP7-NH₂ was not efficacious against a non-enveloped virus. Pre-treatment of cells with MP7-NH₂ did not reduce the amount of virus recovered after infection, which suggested that the primary mechanism of action in vitro was direct inactivation of virus by MP7-NH₂. These results demonstrate for the first time that a mastoparan derivative has broad-spectrum antiviral activity in vitro and suggest that further investigation of the antiviral properties of mastoparan peptides in vivo is warranted.     

Lipids and flaviviruses,present and future perspectives for the control of dengue,Zika, and West Nile viruses

Flaviviruses are emerging arthropod-borne pathogens that cause life-threatening diseases such as yellow fever, dengue, West Nile encephalitis, tick-borne encephalitis, Kyasanur Forest disease, tick-borne encephalitis, or Zika disease. This viral genus groups > 50 viral species of small enveloped plus strand RNA virus that are phylogenetically closely related to hepatitis C virus. Importantly, the flavivirus life cycle is intimately associated to host cell lipids. Along this line, flaviviruses rearrange intracellular membranes from the endoplasmic-reticulum of the infected cells to develop adequate platforms for viral replication and particle biogenesis. Moreover, flaviviruses dramatically orchestrate a profound reorganization of the host cell lipid metabolism to create a favorable environment for viral multiplication. Consistently, recent work has shown the importance of specific lipid classes in flavivirus infections. For instances, fatty acid synthesis is linked to viral replication, phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine are involved on the entry of flaviviruses, sphingolipids (ceramide and sphingomyelin) play a key role on virus assembly and pathogenesis, and cholesterol is essential for innate immunity evasion in flavivirus-infected cells. Here, we revise the current knowledge on the interactions of the flaviviruses with the cellular lipid metabolism to identify potential targets for future antiviral development aimed to combat these relevant health-threatening pathogens.     

The antiviral enzyme viperin inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis

Many enveloped viruses bud from cholesterol-rich lipid rafts on the cell membrane. Depleting cellular cholesterol impedes this process and results in viral particles with reduced viability. Viperin (Virus Inhibitory Protein, Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated, Interferon iNducible) is an endoplasmic reticulum membrane–associated enzyme that exerts broad-ranging antiviral effects, including inhibiting the budding of some enveloped viruses. However, the relationship between viperin expression and the retarded budding of virus particles from lipid rafts on the cell membrane is unclear. Here, we investigated the effect of viperin expression on cholesterol biosynthesis using transiently expressed genes in the human cell line human embryonic kidney 293T (HEK293T). We found that viperin expression reduces cholesterol levels by 20% to 30% in these cells. Following this observation, a proteomic screen of the viperin interactome identified several cholesterol biosynthetic enzymes among the top hits, including lanosterol synthase (LS) and squalene monooxygenase (SM), which are enzymes that catalyze key steps in establishing the sterol carbon skeleton. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments confirmed that viperin, LS, and SM form a complex at the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. While coexpression of viperin was found to significantly inhibit the specific activity of LS in HEK293T cell lysates, coexpression of viperin had no effect on the specific activity of SM, although did reduce SM protein levels by approximately 30%. Despite these inhibitory effects, the coexpression of neither LS nor SM was able to reverse the viperin-induced depletion of cellular cholesterol levels, possibly because viperin is highly expressed in transfected HEK293T cells. Our results establish a link between viperin expression and downregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis that helps explain viperin''s antiviral effects against enveloped viruses.     

Noncoding Flavivirus RNA Displays RNA Interference Suppressor Activity in Insect and Mammalian Cells

West Nile virus (WNV) and dengue virus (DENV) are highly pathogenic, mosquito-borne flaviviruses (family Flaviviridae) that cause severe disease and death in humans. WNV and DENV actively replicate in mosquitoes and human hosts and thus encounter different host immune responses. RNA interference (RNAi) is the predominant antiviral response against invading RNA viruses in insects and plants. As a countermeasure, plant and insect RNA viruses encode RNA silencing suppressor (RSS) proteins to block the generation/activity of small interfering RNA (siRNA). Enhanced flavivirus replication in mosquitoes depleted for RNAi factors suggests an important biological role for RNAi in restricting virus replication, but it has remained unclear whether or not flaviviruses counteract RNAi via expression of an RSS. First, we established that flaviviral RNA replication suppressed siRNA-induced gene silencing in WNV and DENV replicon-expressing cells. Next, we showed that none of the WNV encoded proteins displayed RSS activity in mammalian and insect cells and in plants by using robust RNAi suppressor assays. In contrast, we found that the 3′-untranslated region-derived RNA molecule known as subgenomic flavivirus RNA (sfRNA) efficiently suppressed siRNA- and miRNA-induced RNAi pathways in both mammalian and insect cells. We also showed that WNV sfRNA inhibits in vitro cleavage of double-stranded RNA by Dicer. The results of the present study suggest a novel role for sfRNA, i.e., as a nucleic acid-based regulator of RNAi pathways, a strategy that may be conserved among flaviviruses.     

Tetherin Restricts Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and Is Antagonized by Glycoprotein M

Tetherin is a broadly active antiviral effector that works by tethering nascent enveloped virions to a host cell membrane, thus preventing their release. In this study, we demonstrate that herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) is targeted by tetherin. We identify the viral envelope glycoprotein M (gM) as having moderate anti-tetherin activity. We show that gM but not gB or gD efficiently removes tetherin from the plasma membrane and can functionally substitute for the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vpu protein, the prototypic viral tetherin antagonist, in rescuing HIV-1 release from tetherin-expressing cells. Our data emphasize that tetherin is a broadly active antiviral effector and contribute to the emerging hypothesis that viruses must suppress or evade an array of host cell countermeasures in order to establish a productive infection.     

黄病毒基因组非编码区的结构与功能研究进展

黄病毒科黄病毒属是由一组含单股正链RNA基因组的囊膜病毒组成,包括登革病毒、流行性乙型脑炎病毒、寨卡病毒、西尼罗病毒、黄热病病毒等,经由虫媒传播,可引起人类和动物的严重虫媒病毒病。黄病毒基因组由1个开放阅读框、5′非编码区和3′非编码区三部分组成。5′和3′非编码区含有病毒基因组复制所必需的启动元件;高度结构化的3′非编码区负责黄病毒亚基因组RNA的产生,从而有助于病毒逃避宿主免疫反应;此外3′非编码区还可作为疫苗研究的靶标。鉴于非编码区在黄病毒的蛋白翻译、基因组复制和免疫调节中发挥的重要作用,本文就黄病毒基因组非编码区的结构与功能最新研究进展作一简要综述。     

Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Broadly-Acting Host Factors That Inhibit Arbovirus Infection

Vector-borne viruses are an important class of emerging and re-emerging pathogens; thus, an improved understanding of the cellular factors that modulate infection in their respective vertebrate and insect hosts may aid control efforts. In particular, cell-intrinsic antiviral pathways restrict vector-borne viruses including the type I interferon response in vertebrates and the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway in insects. However, it is likely that additional cell-intrinsic mechanisms exist to limit these viruses. Since insects rely on innate immune mechanisms to inhibit virus infections, we used Drosophila as a model insect to identify cellular factors that restrict West Nile virus (WNV), a flavivirus with a broad and expanding geographical host range. Our genome-wide RNAi screen identified 50 genes that inhibited WNV infection. Further screening revealed that 17 of these genes were antiviral against additional flaviviruses, and seven of these were antiviral against other vector-borne viruses, expanding our knowledge of invertebrate cell-intrinsic immunity. Investigation of two newly identified factors that restrict diverse viruses, dXPO1 and dRUVBL1, in the Tip60 complex, demonstrated they contributed to antiviral defense at the organismal level in adult flies, in mosquito cells, and in mammalian cells. These data suggest the existence of broadly acting and functionally conserved antiviral genes and pathways that restrict virus infections in evolutionarily divergent hosts.     

The cellular antiviral restriction factor tetherin does not inhibit poxviral replication

Interferon-stimulated genes fulfill innate antiviral effector functions. Among them, tetherin (THN) blocks the release of many enveloped viruses from infected cells. Vaccinia virus (VACV) encodes immune modulators interfering with antiviral host responses. Therefore, it was tempting to study a potential VACV-THN interaction. Remarkably, THN expression did not inhibit VACV release and replication. VACV infection did not diminish THN surface levels or impair its function on retroviral release. This suggests that THN is unable to restrict VACV replication.     

Inhibition of type I interferon induction and signalling by mosquito‐borne flaviviruses

The Flavivirus genus (Flaviviridae family) contains a number of important human pathogens, including dengue and Zika viruses, which have the potential to cause severe disease. In order to efficiently establish a productive infection in mammalian cells, flaviviruses have developed key strategies to counteract host immune defences, including the type I interferon response. They employ different mechanisms to control interferon signal transduction and effector pathways, and key research generated over the past couple of decades has uncovered new insights into their abilities to actively decrease interferon antiviral activity. Given the lack of antivirals or prophylactic treatments for many flaviviral infections, it is important to fully understand how these viruses affect cellular processes to influence pathogenesis and disease outcome. This review will discuss the strategies mosquito‐borne flaviviruses have evolved to antagonise type I interferon mediated immune responses.