TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural basis for dsRNA recognition and interferon antagonism by Ebola VP35
AU - Leung, Daisy W.
AU - Prins, Kathleen C.
AU - Borek, Dominika M.
AU - Farahbakhsh, Mina
AU - Tufariello, Joann M.
AU - Ramanan, Parameshwaran
AU - Nix, Jay C.
AU - Helgeson, Luke A.
AU - Otwinowski, Zbyszek
AU - Honzatko, Richard B.
AU - Basler, Christopher F.
AU - Amarasinghe, Gaya K.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the Iowa State University Biotechnology Facilities and J. Hoy, N. Pohl and D.B. Fulton for providing access to instrumentation and support. We also thank M. Nilsen-Hamilton and M. Shogren-Knaak for discussions, J. Binning, C. Brown and T. Wang for reading the manuscript, L. Tantral and D. Peterson for lab assistance and S. Ginnell, N. Duke, F. Rotella, M. Cuff and J. Lazarz at Advanced Photon Source Sector 19. Use of the Argonne National Laboratory Structural Biology Center beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. This work is supported by US National Institutes of Health grants (1F32AI084324 to D.W.L., R01GM053163 to Z.O., R01NS010546 to R.B.H., R01AI059536 and AI057158 (Northeast Biodefense Center-Lipkin) to C.F.B. and R01AI081914 to G.K.A.), a Midwest Regional Center of Excellence Developmental grant (U54AI057160-Virgin(PI) to G.K.A.) and the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust (09-3271 to G.K.A.).
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Ebola viral protein 35 (VP35), encoded by the highly pathogenic Ebola virus, facilitates host immune evasion by antagonizing antiviral signaling pathways, including those initiated by RIG-I-like receptors. Here we report the crystal structure of the Ebola VP35 interferon inhibitory domain (IID) bound to short double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which together with in vivo results reveals how VP35-dsRNA interactions contribute to immune evasion. Conserved basic residues in VP35 IID recognize the dsRNA backbone, whereas the dsRNA blunt ends are 'end-capped' by a pocket of hydrophobic residues that mimic RIG-I-like receptor recognition of blunt-end dsRNA. Residues critical for RNA binding are also important for interferon inhibition in vivo but not for viral polymerase cofactor function of VP35. These results suggest that simultaneous recognition of dsRNA backbone and blunt ends provides a mechanism by which Ebola VP35 antagonizes host dsRNA sensors and immune responses.
AB - Ebola viral protein 35 (VP35), encoded by the highly pathogenic Ebola virus, facilitates host immune evasion by antagonizing antiviral signaling pathways, including those initiated by RIG-I-like receptors. Here we report the crystal structure of the Ebola VP35 interferon inhibitory domain (IID) bound to short double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), which together with in vivo results reveals how VP35-dsRNA interactions contribute to immune evasion. Conserved basic residues in VP35 IID recognize the dsRNA backbone, whereas the dsRNA blunt ends are 'end-capped' by a pocket of hydrophobic residues that mimic RIG-I-like receptor recognition of blunt-end dsRNA. Residues critical for RNA binding are also important for interferon inhibition in vivo but not for viral polymerase cofactor function of VP35. These results suggest that simultaneous recognition of dsRNA backbone and blunt ends provides a mechanism by which Ebola VP35 antagonizes host dsRNA sensors and immune responses.
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U2 - 10.1038/nsmb.1765
DO - 10.1038/nsmb.1765
M3 - Article
C2 - 20081868
AN - SCOPUS:76349125544
SN - 1545-9993
VL - 17
SP - 165
EP - 172
JO - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
JF - Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
IS - 2
ER -