Coordinated destruction of cellular messages in translation complexes by the gammaherpesvirus host shutoff factor and the mammalian exonuclease Xrn1.
Coordinated destruction of cellular messages in translation complexes by the gammaherpesvirus host shutoff factor and the mammalian exonuclease Xrn1.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1002339
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发表时间:
2011-10
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Glaunsinger BA
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作者:
Covarrubias S;Gaglia MM;Kumar GR;Wong W;Jackson AO;Glaunsinger BA
Several viruses encode factors that promote host mRNA degradation to silence gene expression. It is unclear, however, whether cellular mRNA turnover pathways are engaged to assist in this process. In Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus this phenotype is enacted by the host shutoff factor SOX. Here we show that SOX-induced mRNA turnover is a two-step process, in which mRNAs are first cleaved internally by SOX itself then degraded by the cellular exonuclease Xrn1. SOX therefore bypasses the regulatory steps of deadenylation and decapping normally required for Xrn1 activation. SOX is likely recruited to translating mRNAs, as it cosediments with translation initiation complexes and depletes polysomes. Cleaved mRNA intermediates accumulate in the 40S fraction, indicating that recognition occurs at an early stage of translation. This is the first example of a viral protein commandeering cellular mRNA turnover pathways to destroy host mRNAs, and suggests that Xrn1 is poised to deplete messages undergoing translation in mammalian cells. Viruses use a number of strategies to commandeer host machinery and create an optimal environment for their replication. One strategy employed by oncogenic gammaherpesviruses such as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is to block cellular gene expression through extensive destruction of mRNAs. A single viral protein called SOX is sufficient to drive this phenotype, but the mechanism by which it does so has remained unclear. Here we show that host mRNA destruction is the result of the coordinated action of SOX and a cellular RNA degrading enzyme, Xrn1. By cleaving mRNAs internally, SOX recruits the activity of Xrn1 while bypassing the regulatory mechanisms that normally prevent this enzyme from prematurely degrading mRNAs. We also find that SOX co-sediments with translation complexes, and specifically targets mRNAs for cleavage at an early stage of translation. We hypothesize this allows the virus to selectively target mRNAs, thereby liberating host gene expression machinery. Collectively, these findings describe a novel interplay between the gammaherpesvirus SOX protein and cellular degradation machinery, and shed light on how a single viral component can hijack cellular machinery to efficiently destroy messages.
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