Origin and evolution of the zinc finger antiviral protein.
Origin and evolution of the zinc finger antiviral protein.
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锌指抗病毒蛋白的起源和进化。
DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1009545
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发表时间:
2021-04
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Bieniasz PD
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作者:
Gonçalves-Carneiro D;Takata MA;Ong H;Shilton A;Bieniasz PD
The human zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) recognizes RNA by binding to CpG dinucleotides. Mammalian transcriptomes are CpG-poor, and ZAP may have evolved to exploit this feature to specifically target non-self viral RNA. Phylogenetic analyses reveal that ZAP and its paralogue PARP12 share an ancestral gene that arose prior to extensive eukaryote divergence, and the ZAP lineage diverged from the PARP12 lineage in tetrapods. Notably, the CpG content of modern eukaryote genomes varies widely, and ZAP-like genes arose subsequent to the emergence of CpG-suppression in vertebrates. Human PARP12 exhibited no antiviral activity against wild type and CpG-enriched HIV-1, but ZAP proteins from several tetrapods had antiviral activity when expressed in human cells. In some cases, ZAP antiviral activity required a TRIM25 protein from the same or related species, suggesting functional co-evolution of these genes. Indeed, a hypervariable sequence in the N-terminal domain of ZAP contributed to species-specific TRIM25 dependence in antiviral activity assays. Crosslinking immunoprecipitation coupled with RNA sequencing revealed that ZAP proteins from human, mouse, bat and alligator exhibit a high degree of CpG-specificity, while some avian ZAP proteins appear more promiscuous. Together, these data suggest that the CpG- rich RNA directed antiviral activity of ZAP-related proteins arose in tetrapods, subsequent to the onset of CpG suppression in certain eukaryote lineages, with subsequent species-specific adaptation of cofactor requirements and RNA target specificity. To control viral infections, cells have evolved a variety of mechanisms that detect, modify and sometimes eliminate viral components. One of such mechanism is the Zinc Finger Antiviral Protein (ZAP) which binds RNA sequences that are rich in elements composed of a cytosine followed by a guanine. Selection of viral RNA can only be achieved because such elements are sparse in RNAs encoded by human genes. Here, we traced the molecular evolution of ZAP. We found that ZAP and a closely related gene, PARP12, originated from the same ancestral gene that existed in a predecessor of vertebrates and invertebrates. We found that ZAP proteins from mammals, birds and reptiles have antiviral activity but only in the presence of a co-factor, TRIM25, from the same species. ZAP proteins from birds were particularly interesting since they demonstrated a broader antiviral activity, primarily driven by relaxed requirement for cytosine-guanine. Our findings suggest that viruses that infect birds–which are important vectors for human diseases–are under differential selective pressures and this property may influence the outcome of interspecies transmission.
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影响因子:
15.9
作者:
Meyerson NR;Sawyer SL
通讯作者:
Sawyer SL
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Greenbaum BD;Levine AJ;Bhanot G;Rabadan R
通讯作者:
Rabadan R
DOI:
10.1038/nrg2719
发表时间:
2010-03
期刊:
Nature reviews. Genetics
影响因子:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
14.9
作者:
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通讯作者:
TAGGART, MH
DOI:
10.1016/0045-6039(85)90488-9
发表时间:
1985-01-01
期刊:
CELL DIFFERENTIATION
影响因子:
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作者:
COOPER, DN;GERBERHUBER, S
通讯作者:
GERBERHUBER, S