SERINC proteins potentiate antiviral type I IFN production and proinflammatory signaling pathways
- 14 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Signaling
- Vol. 14 (700), eabc7611
- https://doi.org/10.1126/scisignal.abc7611
Abstract
The SERINC (serine incorporator) proteins are host restriction factors that inhibit infection by HIV through their incorporation into virions. Here, we found that SERINC3 and SERINC5 exhibited additional antiviral activities by enhancing the expression of genes encoding type I interferons (IFNs) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) signaling. SERINC5 interacted with the outer mitochondrial membrane protein MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signaling) and the E3 ubiquitin ligase and adaptor protein TRAF6, resulting in MAVS aggregation and polyubiquitylation of TRAF6. Knockdown of SERINC5 in target cells increased single-round HIV-1 infectivity, as well as infection by recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (rVSV) bearing VSV-G or Ebola virus (EBOV) glycoproteins. Infection by an endemic Asian strain of Zika virus (ZIKV), FSS13025, was also enhanced by SERINC5 knockdown, suggesting that SERINC5 has direct antiviral activities in host cells in addition to the indirect inhibition mediated by its incorporation into virions. Further experiments suggested that the antiviral activity of SERINC5 was type I IFN-dependent. Together, these results highlight a previously uncharacterized function of SERINC proteins in promoting NF-kappa B inflammatory signaling and type I IFN production, thus contributing to its antiviral activities.Keywords
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