UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Publication Date
2019-06-11
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins | Biochemistry | Enzymes and Coenzymes | Immunology and Infectious Disease | Molecular Biology | Molecular Genetics | Virology
Abstract
Tripartite motif-containing protein 5alpha (TRIM5alpha) is a cellular antiviral restriction factor that prevents early events in retrovirus replication. The activity of TRIM5alpha is thought to be limited to retroviruses as a result of highly specific interactions with capsid lattices. In contrast to this current understanding, we show that both human and rhesus macaque TRIM5alpha suppress replication of specific flaviviruses. Multiple viruses in the tick-borne encephalitis complex are sensitive to TRIM5alpha-dependent restriction, but mosquito-borne flaviviruses, including yellow fever, dengue, and Zika viruses, are resistant. TRIM5alpha suppresses replication by binding to the viral protease NS2B/3 to promote its K48-linked ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Importantly, TRIM5alpha contributes to the antiviral function of IFN-I against sensitive flaviviruses in human cells. Thus, TRIM5alpha possesses remarkable plasticity in the recognition of diverse virus families, with the potential to influence human susceptibility to emerging flaviviruses of global concern.
Keywords
TRIM5α, flavivirus, interferon, interferon stimulated genes, restriction factor, retrovirus, tick-borne encephalitis virus
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DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.040
Source
Cell Rep. 2019 Jun 11;27(11):3269-3283.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.040. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cell reports
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PubMed ID
31189110
Repository Citation
Chiramel AI, Meyerson NR, McNally KL, Broeckel RM, Montoya VR, Mendez-Solis O, Robertson SJ, Sturdevant GL, Lubick KJ, Nair V, Youseff BH, Ireland RM, Bosio CM, Kim K, Luban J, Hirsch VM, Taylor RT, Bouamr F, Sawyer SL, Best SM. (2019). TRIM5alpha Restricts Flavivirus Replication by Targeting the Viral Protease for Proteasomal Degradation. Program in Molecular Medicine Publications and Presentations. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.040. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/pmm_pp/97
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