Journal Article

Induction of Apoptosis by the Nonstructural Protein 4 and 10 of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus

Yuan, Shuaizhen, Yang, Hanchun, Ge, Xinna, Zhou, Lei, Xu, Lei, Guo, Xin, Zhang, Ning

2016

Overview

Infection by most viruses triggers apoptosis in host cells, and viruses manipulate this cell response to promote viral replication, virus spread, and cell killing. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has been shown to induce apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo, while the regulatory roles of PRRSV-encoded products in apoptosis are not fully understood. In the present study, we first showed a biphasic apoptosis regulation by a highly pathogenic PRRSV strain JXwn06. It was indicated that PRRSV infection delays apoptosis at early infection but activates apoptosis at late infection in MARC-145 cells. In PRRSV-infected MARC-145 cells, procaspase-8, -9 and -12 were activated at late infection, demonstrating the involvements of death receptor pathway, mitochondrial pathway and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway in inducing apoptosis. PRRSV was also shown to induce a similar apoptosis process in pulmonary alveolar macrophages (PAMs) with an early initiation. Next, the PRRSV-encoded apoptosis inducers were screened, indicating that the nonstructural protein (Nsp) 4 and Nsp10 of PRRSV are pro-apoptotic. In the presence of Nsp4, it was confirmed that procaspase-8, -9 and -12 were cleaved, and Nsp4 facilitates the cleavage of procaspase-9 by activating B-cell lymphoma 2 interacting mediator of cell death (Bim), a pro-apoptotic protein. In addition, Nsp4 was shown to induce the degradation of an anti-apoptotic protein, B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xL). Nsp10 was shown to activate procaspase-8 and -9 but procaspase-12 and to upregulate the expression of BH3-only pro-apoptotic protein BH3 interacting-domain death agonist (Bid) and its active form, truncated Bid (tBid). Clearly, the participation of both activated caspase-8 and Bid is required for Nsp10-induced apoptosis, indicating a crosstalk between extrinsic- and mitochondria-dependent pathways. Together, our findings suggest that PRRSV infection regulates apoptosis in a two-phase manner and activates all three apoptotic pathways; the Nsp4 and Nsp10 of PRRSV function as apoptosis inducers with different molecular basis.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Alveoli / Animals / Apoptosis / Apoptosis - genetics / B-cell lymphoma / Bcl-2-Like Protein 11 - genetics / Bcl-2-Like Protein 11 - metabolism / Bcl-x protein / bcl-X Protein - genetics / bcl-X Protein - metabolism / BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein - genetics / BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein - metabolism / BIM protein / Biology and Life Sciences / Caspase / Caspase 8 - genetics / Caspase 8 - metabolism / Caspase 9 - genetics / Caspase 9 - metabolism / Caspase-8 / Cell death / Cell Line / Cercopithecus aethiops / Coding / Crosstalk / Endoplasmic reticulum / Endoplasmic Reticulum - metabolism / Endoplasmic Reticulum - virology / Epithelial Cells - metabolism / Epithelial Cells - virology / Gene Expression Regulation / Hogs / Host-Pathogen Interactions / Infections / Kidney Glomerulus - metabolism / Kidney Glomerulus - virology / Kinases / Laboratories / Lymphocytes B / Lymphoma / Macrophages / Macrophages, Alveolar - metabolism / Macrophages, Alveolar - virology / Medicine and Health Sciences / Mitochondria / Mitochondria - metabolism / Mitochondria - virology / Mortality / Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - genetics / Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - metabolism / Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome - virology / Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus / Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - genetics / Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - growth & development / Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus - metabolism / Research and Analysis Methods / Signal Transduction / Swine / Veterinary colleges / Viral Nonstructural Proteins - genetics / Viral Nonstructural Proteins - metabolism / Virus Replication / Viruses