title: Baculovirus F-box protein LEF-7 modifies the host DNA damage response to enhance virus multiplication.
abstract: The DNA damage response (DDR) of a host organism represents an effective antiviral defense that is frequently manipulated and exploited by viruses to promote multiplication. We report here that the large DNA baculoviruses, which require host DDR activation for optimal replication, encode a conserved replication factor, LEF-7, that manipulates the DDR via a novel mechanism. LEF-7 suppresses DDR-induced accumulation of phosphorylated host histone variant H2AX (γ-H2AX), a critical regulator of the DDR. LEF-7 was necessary and sufficient to block γ-H2AX accumulation caused by baculovirus infection or DNA damage induced by means of pharmacological agents. Deletion of LEF-7 from the baculovirus genome allowed γ-H2AX accumulation during virus DNA synthesis and impaired both very late viral gene expression and production of infectious progeny. Thus, LEF-7 is essential for efficient baculovirus replication. We determined that LEF-7 is a nuclear F-box protein that interacts with host S-phase kinase-associated protein 1 (SKP1), suggesting that LEF-7 acts as a substrate recognition component of SKP1/Cullin/F-box (SCF) complexes for targeted protein polyubiquitination. Site-directed mutagenesis demonstrated that LEF-7's N-terminal F-box is necessary for γ-H2AX repression and Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) replication events. We concluded that LEF-7 expedites virus replication most likely by selective manipulation of one or more host factors regulating the DDR, including γ-H2AX. Thus, our findings indicate that baculoviruses utilize a unique strategy among viruses for hijacking the host DDR by using a newly recognized F-box protein.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Virology, Department of Biochemistry, Graduate School and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: Nathaniel M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Byers
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Friesen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004249:DNA Damage; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D019476:Insect Proteins; D044786:S-Phase Kinase-Associated Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C087084:late expression factor 7, baculovirus
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