Classical Swine Fever Virus Interferes with Cellular Antiviral Defense: Evidence for a Novel Function of Npro
AUTOR(ES)
Ruggli, Nicolas
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) replicates efficiently in cell lines and monocytic cells, including macrophages (MΦ), without causing a cytopathic effect or inducing interferon (IFN) secretion. In the present study, the capacity of CSFV to interfere with cellular antiviral activity was investigated. When the porcine kidney cell line SK-6 was infected with CSFV, there was a 100-fold increased capacity to resist to apoptosis induced by polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid [poly(IC)], a synthetic double-stranded RNA. In MΦ, the virus infection inhibited poly(IC)-induced alpha/beta IFN (type I IFN) synthesis. This interference with cellular antiviral defense correlated with the presence of the viral Npro gene. Mutants lacking the Npro gene (ΔNpro CSFV) did not protect SK-6 cells from poly(IC)-induced apoptosis, despite growth properties and protein expression levels similar to those of the wild-type virus. Furthermore, ΔNpro CSFV did not prevent poly(IC)-induced type I IFN production in MΦ but rather induced type I IFN in the absence of poly(IC) in both MΦ and the porcine kidney cell line PK-15, but not in SK-6 cells. With MΦ and PK-15, an impaired replication of the ΔNpro CSFV compared with wild-type virus was noted. In addition, ΔNpro CSFV, but not wild-type CSFV, could interfere with vesicular stomatitis virus replication in PK-15 cells. Taken together, these results provide evidence for a novel function associated with CSFV Npro with respect to the inhibition of the cellular innate immune system.
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