title: Dengue virus targets the adaptor protein MITA to subvert host innate immunity.
abstract: Dengue is one of the most important arboviral diseases caused by infection of four serotypes of dengue virus (DEN). We found that activation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) triggered by viral infection and by foreign DNA and RNA stimulation was blocked by DEN-encoded NS2B3 through a protease-dependent mechanism. The key adaptor protein in type I interferon pathway, human mediator of IRF3 activation (MITA) but not the murine homologue MPYS, was cleaved in cells infected with DEN-1 or DEN-2 and with expression of the enzymatically active protease NS2B3. The cleavage site of MITA was mapped to LRR↓(96)G and the function of MITA was suppressed by dengue protease. DEN replication was reduced with overexpression of MPYS but not with MITA, while DEN replication was enhanced by MPYS knockdown, indicating an antiviral role of MITA/MPYS against DEN infection. The involvement of MITA in DEN-triggered innate immune response was evidenced by reduction of IRF3 activation and IFN induction in cells with MITA knockdown upon DEN-2 infection. NS2B3 physically interacted with MITA, and the interaction and cleavage of MITA could be further enhanced by poly(dA:dT) stimulation. Thus, we identified MITA as a novel host target of DEN protease and provide the molecular mechanism of how DEN subverts the host innate immunity.
authors: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Chia-Yi
authors: CY
authors: Yu
authors: Tsung-Hsien
authors: TH
authors: Chang
authors: Jian-Jong
authors: JJ
authors: Liang
authors: Ruei-Lin
authors: RL
authors: Chiang
authors: Yi-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Lee
authors: Ching-Len
authors: CL
authors: Liao
authors: Yi-Ling
authors: YL
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003715:Dengue / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000099197:STING Protein
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D014764:Viral Proteins; C532857:STING1 protein, human; D000099197:STING Protein; C530855:Sting1 protein, mouse