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Virus Infection Triggers MAVS Polymers of Distinct Molecular Weight
- Source :
- Viruses; Volume 10; Issue 2; Pages: 56, Viruses, Viruses, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 56 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018.
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Abstract
- The mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) adaptor protein is a central signaling hub required for cells to mount an antiviral response following virus sensing by retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors. MAVS localizes in the membrane of mitochondria and peroxisomes and in mitochondrial-associated endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Structural and functional studies have revealed that MAVS activity relies on the formation of functional high molecular weight prion-like aggregates. The formation of protein aggregates typically relies on a dynamic transition between oligomerization and aggregation states. The existence of intermediate state(s) of MAVS polymers, other than aggregates, has not yet been documented. Here, we used a combination of non-reducing SDS-PAGE and semi-denaturing detergent agarose gel electrophoresis (SDD-AGE) to resolve whole cell extract preparations to distinguish MAVS polymerization states. While SDD-AGE analysis of whole cell extracts revealed the formation of previously described high molecular weight prion-like aggregates upon constitutively active RIG-I ectopic expression and virus infection, non-reducing SDS-PAGE allowed us to demonstrate the induction of lower molecular weight oligomers. Cleavage of MAVS using the NS3/4A protease revealed that anchoring to intracellular membranes is required for the appropriate polymerization into active high molecular weight aggregates. Altogether, our data suggest that RIG-I-dependent MAVS activation involves the coexistence of MAVS polymers with distinct molecular weights.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Polymers
lcsh:QR1-502
mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS)
virus
antiviral
interferon
pathogen recognition receptors (PRRs)
oligomerization
aggregation
Viral Nonstructural Proteins
Protein aggregation
Respirovirus Infections
Sendai virus
lcsh:Microbiology
Article
Protein Aggregates
03 medical and health sciences
Cell Line, Tumor
Virology
Humans
Receptors, Immunologic
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
NS3
Molecular mass
biology
Chemistry
Endoplasmic reticulum
HEK 293 cells
Signal transducing adaptor protein
Intracellular Membranes
biology.organism_classification
Mitochondria
Cell biology
Molecular Weight
HEK293 Cells
030104 developmental biology
Infectious Diseases
DEAD Box Protein 58
Serine Proteases
Intracellular
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19994915
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Viruses; Volume 10; Issue 2; Pages: 56
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f25288d6d8e515220f5fd5f2de4c4338
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v10020056