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Orthopoxvirus K3 orthologs show virus- and host-specific inhibition of the antiviral protein kinase PKR
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Journal Article
Orthopoxvirus K3 orthologs show virus- and host-specific inhibition of the antiviral protein kinase PKR
2021
Overview
The antiviral protein kinase R (PKR) is an important host restriction factor, which poxviruses must overcome to productively infect host cells. To inhibit PKR, many poxviruses encode a pseudosubstrate mimic of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2), designated K3 in vaccinia virus. Although the interaction between PKR and eIF2α is highly conserved, some K3 orthologs from host-restricted poxviruses were previously shown to inhibit PKR in a species-specific manner. To better define this host range function, we compared the sensitivity of PKR from 17 mammals to inhibition by K3 orthologs from closely related orthopoxviruses, a genus with a generally broader host range. The K3 orthologs showed species-specific inhibition of PKR and exhibited three distinct inhibition profiles. In some cases, PKR from closely related species showed dramatic differences in their sensitivity to K3 orthologs. Vaccinia virus expressing the camelpox virus K3 ortholog replicated more than three orders of magnitude better in human and sheep cells than a virus expressing vaccinia virus K3, but both viruses replicated comparably well in cow cells. Strikingly, in site-directed mutagenesis experiments between the variola virus and camelpox virus K3 orthologs, we found that different amino acid combinations were necessary to mediate improved or diminished inhibition of PKR derived from different host species. Because there is likely a limited number of possible variations in PKR that affect K3-interactions but still maintain PKR/eIF2α interactions, it is possible that by chance PKR from some potential new hosts may be susceptible to K3-mediated inhibition from a virus it has never previously encountered. We conclude that neither the sensitivity of host proteins to virus inhibition nor the effectiveness of viral immune antagonists can be inferred from their phylogenetic relatedness but must be experimentally determined.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Analysis
/ Animals
/ Antiviral Agents - antagonists & inhibitors
/ Antiviral Agents - metabolism
/ eIF-2 Kinase - antagonists & inhibitors
/ Genes
/ Humans
/ Kinases
/ Mammals
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Mutation
/ Myxoma
/ Orthopoxvirus - classification
/ Poxviridae Infections - genetics
/ Poxviridae Infections - metabolism
/ Poxviridae Infections - virology
/ Proteins
/ Rabbits
/ Research and Analysis Methods
/ Rodents
/ Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
/ Sheep
/ Smallpox
/ Viruses
/ Yeast
/ Yeasts
