PACT is required for MDA5-mediated immunoresponses triggered by Cardiovirus infection via interaction with LGP2
Journal Article
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· Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, 956-8603 (Japan)
Laboratory of genetics and physiology 2 (LGP2) and melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) cooperatively detect viral RNA in the cytoplasm of Cardiovirus-infected cells and activate innate immune responses. Here, we evaluated whether the double-stranded RNA-binding protein PACT plays a role in this anti-viral response to further elucidate the mechanism. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that PACT interacts with LGP2 and that this interaction is enhanced by encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) infection. In vitro interaction analyses using purified recombinant proteins confirmed that the single-stranded Theiler's murine encephalitis virus genome enhanced the interaction between LGP2 and PACT. Small interfering RNA knockdown experiments further indicated that PACT is required for Cardiovirus-triggered interferon responses. To support this functional interaction with LGP2, overexpressed PACT was shown to enhance EMCV-triggered interferon promoter activity only when LGP2 and MDA5 were co-expressed but not when MDA5 is expressed alone. Together, our findings indicate a possible role of PACT in regulating the Cardiovirus-triggered immune responses mediated by MDA5 and LGP2, which opens the door to novel therapeutic strategies in interferon-related autoimmune diseases and cancer.
- OSTI ID:
- 22897509
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Journal Name: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Journal Issue: 1-2 Vol. 494; ISSN 0006-291X; ISSN BBRCA9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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