Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system

ObjectiveThe polyubiquitin chain linked to lysine (Lys) residues at 48th position of ubiquitination modification chain of retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I) regulates RIG-I protein stability to prevent over-activation of RIG-I signaling and host antiviral responses. The aim of the study was to e...

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Main Authors: Danfeng LU, Zhenxing ZHANG, Zhanhong LI, Pei ZHU, Zhuoran LI
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Zhenxing ZHANG
Zhanhong LI
Pei ZHU
Zhuoran LI
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Zhanhong LI
Pei ZHU
Zhuoran LI
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description ObjectiveThe polyubiquitin chain linked to lysine (Lys) residues at 48th position of ubiquitination modification chain of retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I) regulates RIG-I protein stability to prevent over-activation of RIG-I signaling and host antiviral responses. The aim of the study was to explore whether bluetongue virus (BTV) also regulated RIG-I signaling by affecting ubiquitination modification of RIG-I for its own reproductive benefit. MethodThe immortalized sheep pulmonary artery endothelium (SPAE) cells were infected with BTV, and then were treated with the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 and the deubiquitinase (DUB) inhibitor PR-619, respectively. The transcriptional levels of ring finger protein 125 (RNF125), ubiquitin-specific protease 4 (USP4), RIG-I, interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), and interferon α (IFN-α), along with the genomic copy numbers of BTV were detected using RT-qPCR. The expression levels of proteins mentioned above were detected with Western blotting and ELISA. Immunofluorescence were conducted to analyze the nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3. ResultBTV infection upregulated the transcriptional levels of RNF125, RIG-I, IRF3, and IFN-α from 1.20 to 8.68-fold, and expression levels from 0.06 to 3.94-fold, respectively. The transcriptional level of USP4 gene slightly increased, but the expression level of USP4 was downregulated. Treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 significantly suppressed RIG-I degradation induced by BTV infection; The nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3 in MG-132 treated SPAE cells increased by 9.67 and 8.66 percentage points compared with their untreated counterparts at 24 hours post-infection (24 hpi) and 48 hpi; The expression level of IFN-α increased by 2.18-fold comparing with that of the corresponding untreated group at 48 hpi; The genomic copy numbers of BTV decreased to 74% and 85% of those of the untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively. DUB inhibitor PR-619 obviously promoted RIG-I degradation; The nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3 in PR-619 treated SPAE cells decreased by 8.00 and 16.67 percentage points compared with their untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively; The expression level of IFN-α decreased to 56.50% comparing with that of the corresponding untreated group at 24 hpi; The copy numbers of BTV genome increased to 1.93- and 1.49-fold of the untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively. ConclusionBTV utilized the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) to regulate host RIG-I signaling to favor viral propagation.
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spelling doaj-art-153f36e893bc4a808dcdaf21770b9b0c2025-08-20T03:22:19ZzhoSouth China Agricultural UniversityHuanan Nongye Daxue xuebao1001-411X2025-09-0146563764810.7671/j.issn.1001-411X.202412036202504ludanfengRegulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome systemDanfeng LU0Zhenxing ZHANG1Zhanhong LI2Pei ZHU3Zhuoran LI4School of Medicine, Kunming University, Kunming 650214, ChinaYunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Disease Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Transboundary Animal Diseases Prevention and Control (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming 650224, ChinaYunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Disease Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Transboundary Animal Diseases Prevention and Control (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming 650224, ChinaYunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Disease Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Transboundary Animal Diseases Prevention and Control (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming 650224, ChinaYunnan Tropical and Subtropical Animal Virus Disease Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Transboundary Animal Diseases Prevention and Control (Co-construction by Ministry and Province), Yunnan Animal Science and Veterinary Institute, Kunming 650224, ChinaObjectiveThe polyubiquitin chain linked to lysine (Lys) residues at 48th position of ubiquitination modification chain of retinoic acid inducible gene I (RIG-I) regulates RIG-I protein stability to prevent over-activation of RIG-I signaling and host antiviral responses. The aim of the study was to explore whether bluetongue virus (BTV) also regulated RIG-I signaling by affecting ubiquitination modification of RIG-I for its own reproductive benefit. MethodThe immortalized sheep pulmonary artery endothelium (SPAE) cells were infected with BTV, and then were treated with the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 and the deubiquitinase (DUB) inhibitor PR-619, respectively. The transcriptional levels of ring finger protein 125 (RNF125), ubiquitin-specific protease 4 (USP4), RIG-I, interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), and interferon α (IFN-α), along with the genomic copy numbers of BTV were detected using RT-qPCR. The expression levels of proteins mentioned above were detected with Western blotting and ELISA. Immunofluorescence were conducted to analyze the nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3. ResultBTV infection upregulated the transcriptional levels of RNF125, RIG-I, IRF3, and IFN-α from 1.20 to 8.68-fold, and expression levels from 0.06 to 3.94-fold, respectively. The transcriptional level of USP4 gene slightly increased, but the expression level of USP4 was downregulated. Treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 significantly suppressed RIG-I degradation induced by BTV infection; The nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3 in MG-132 treated SPAE cells increased by 9.67 and 8.66 percentage points compared with their untreated counterparts at 24 hours post-infection (24 hpi) and 48 hpi; The expression level of IFN-α increased by 2.18-fold comparing with that of the corresponding untreated group at 48 hpi; The genomic copy numbers of BTV decreased to 74% and 85% of those of the untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively. DUB inhibitor PR-619 obviously promoted RIG-I degradation; The nuclear translocation ratio of IRF3 in PR-619 treated SPAE cells decreased by 8.00 and 16.67 percentage points compared with their untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively; The expression level of IFN-α decreased to 56.50% comparing with that of the corresponding untreated group at 24 hpi; The copy numbers of BTV genome increased to 1.93- and 1.49-fold of the untreated counterparts at 24 and 48 hpi, respectively. ConclusionBTV utilized the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) to regulate host RIG-I signaling to favor viral propagation.https://journal.scau.edu.cn/article/doi/10.7671/j.issn.1001-411X.202412036bluetongue virusretinoic acid inducible gene iubiquitin modificationproteasomedegradation
spellingShingle Danfeng LU
Zhenxing ZHANG
Zhanhong LI
Pei ZHU
Zhuoran LI
Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Huanan Nongye Daxue xuebao
bluetongue virus
retinoic acid inducible gene i
ubiquitin modification
proteasome
degradation
title Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
title_full Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
title_fullStr Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
title_full_unstemmed Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
title_short Regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene I signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin-proteasome system
title_sort regulation of retinoic acid inducible gene i signal transduction by bluetongue virus through the ubiquitin proteasome system
topic bluetongue virus
retinoic acid inducible gene i
ubiquitin modification
proteasome
degradation
url https://journal.scau.edu.cn/article/doi/10.7671/j.issn.1001-411X.202412036
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