title: The essential, nonredundant roles of RIG-I and MDA5 in detecting and controlling West Nile virus infection.
abstract: Virus recognition and response by the innate immune system are critical components of host defense against infection. Activation of cell-intrinsic immunity and optimal priming of adaptive immunity against West Nile virus (WNV), an emerging vector-borne virus, depend on recognition by RIG-I and MDA5, two cytosolic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) of the RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) protein family that recognize viral RNA and activate defense programs that suppress infection. We evaluated the individual functions of RIG-I and MDA5 both in vitro and in vivo in pathogen recognition and control of WNV. Lack of RIG-I or MDA5 alone results in decreased innate immune signaling and virus control in primary cells in vitro and increased mortality in mice. We also generated RIG-I(-/-) × MDA5(-/-) double-knockout mice and found that a lack of both RLRs results in a complete absence of innate immune gene induction in target cells of WNV infection and a severe pathogenesis during infection in vivo, similar to findings for animals lacking MAVS, the central adaptor molecule for RLR signaling. We also found that RNA products from WNV-infected cells but not incoming virion RNA display at least two distinct pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) containing 5' triphosphate and double-stranded RNA that are temporally distributed and sensed by RIG-I and MDA5 during infection. Thus, RIG-I and MDA5 are essential PRRs that recognize distinct PAMPs that accumulate during WNV replication. Collectively, these experiments highlight the necessity and function of multiple related, cytoplasmic host sensors in orchestrating an effective immune response against an acute viral infection.
authors: Department of Immunology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors: John S
authors: JS
authors: Errett
authors: Mehul S
authors: MS
authors: Suthar
authors: Aimee
authors: A
authors: McMillan
authors: Michael S
authors: MS
authors: Diamond
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Gale
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000071457:DEAD Box Protein 58; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D000072640:Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D051192:Receptors, Pattern Recognition / Q000172:deficiency / Q000276:immunology*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D014902:West Nile virus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D051192:Receptors, Pattern Recognition; C503356:Ddx58 protein, mouse; C510592:Ifih1 protein, mouse; D000071457:DEAD Box Protein 58; D053487:DEAD-box RNA Helicases; D000072640:Interferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1
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