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Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein interacts with 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase and inhibits antiviral activity of IFN in an IFN sensitivity-determining region-independent manner Free

Abstract

The non-structural protein 5A (NS5A) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been implicated in inhibition of antiviral activity of IFN. While previous studies have suggested an interaction between NS5A and the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR), the possibility still remains that interaction with another molecule(s) is involved in the NS5A-mediated inhibition of IFN. In the present study, we investigated a possible interaction between NS5A and 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase (2-5AS), another key molecule in antiviral activity. We observed that NS5A physically interacted with 2-5AS in cultured cells, with an N-terminal portion of NS5A [aa 1–148; NS5A(1–148)] and two separate portions of 2-5AS (aa 52–104 and 184–275) being involved in the interaction. Single point mutations at residue 37 of NS5A affected the degree of the interaction with 2-5AS, with a Phe-to-Leu mutation (F37L) augmenting and a Phe-to-Asn mutation (F37N) diminishing it. Virus rescue assay revealed that the full-length NS5A (NS5A-F) and NS5A(1–148), the latter of which contains neither the IFN sensitivity-determining region (ISDR) nor the PKR-binding domain, significantly counteracted the antiviral activity of IFN. Introduction of a F37N mutation into NS5A(1–148) impaired the otherwise more significant IFN-inhibitory activity of NS5A(1–148). It was also found that the F37N mutation was highly disadvantageous for the replication of an HCV RNA replicon. Taken together, our results suggest the possibility that NS5A interacts with 2-5AS and inhibits the antiviral activity of IFN in an ISDR-independent manner.

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Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein interacts with 2′,5′-oligoadenylate synthetase and inhibits antiviral activity of IFN in an IFN sensitivity-determining region-independent manner
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