IFIT1正在快速发展,在11个哺乳动物群中表现出不同的抗病毒活性
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|May 27, 2024
概括
哺乳动物的IFIT1抗病毒蛋白因病毒压力而迅速演变. 功能性研究揭示了物种之间多样化的抗病毒活动,突出了影响IFIT1进化和特异性的病毒与宿主冲突.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 哺乳动物的信使RNAs (mRNAs) 具有5'N7-甲基瓜诺辛 (m7G) 盖和2'O甲基化,而某些病毒缺乏这种特性.
- 人类干扰素诱导的蛋白质与四基重复1 (IFIT1) 通过结合缺乏这些宿主mRNA特征的病毒RNA,抑制它们的翻译,作为抗病毒因子.
研究的目的:
- 研究塑造哺乳动物IFIT1基因及其抗病毒特异性的进化压力.
- 了解病毒与宿主共同进化如何影响哺乳动物中IFIT1蛋白的功能多样性.
主要方法:
- 一种以进化为导向的方法,分析跨哺乳动物类的IFIT1基因进化.
- 使用39种哺乳动物IFIT1正义对委内瑞拉马类脑炎病毒 (VEEV) 的功能测试.
- RNA结合测定和局部定向突变发生,以确定抗病毒活性的关键残留物.
主要成果:
- IFIT1基因在哺乳动物中表现出快速演变,积极选择对特定残留物起作用.
- 哺乳动物的IFIT1基因表现出多种类型的抗病毒表型,其中许多对人类IFIT1强烈抑制的病毒缺乏活性.
- 人类和黑飞狐IFIT1抑制VEEV并结合Cap0RNAs,而黑猩猩IFIT1的活性和结合减少.
- 突变基因鉴定出氨基酸364和366对于人类和黑猩猩IFIT1.1.之间的抗VEEV活性差异至关重要.
结论:
- 病毒与宿主之间的遗传冲突推动了IFIT1抗病毒特异性的快速演变和多样化,跨哺乳动物种群.
- 特定的氨基酸变化,特别是在364和366位置,是IFIT1抗病毒活性的功能差异的基础.
- 这项研究提供了关于宿主抗病毒因素和病毒逃避策略之间的动态相互作用的见解.
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