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A High Resolution Method to Monitor Phosphorylation-dependent Activation of IRF3
Published on: January 24, 2016
The rabies virus interferon antagonist P protein interacts with activated STAT3 and inhibits Gp130 receptor signaling
Kim G Lieu1, Aaron Brice, Linda Wiltzer
1Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Abstract:
Immune evasion by rabies virus depends on targeting of the signal transducers and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) and STAT2 proteins by the viral interferon antagonist P protein, but targeting of other STAT proteins has not been investigated. Here, we find that P protein associates with activated STAT3 and inhibits STAT3 nuclear accumulation and Gp130-dependent signaling. This is the first report of STAT3 targeting by the interferon antagonist of a virus other than a paramyxovirus, indicating that STAT3 antagonism is important to a range of human-pathogenic viruses.
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