LI W, Chen H, Sutton T, Obadan A, et al. Interactions between the Influenza A Virus RNA Polymerase Components and Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene I. J Virol. 2014 Jun 18. pii: JVI.01383-14
The influenza A virus genome possesses eight negative-strand RNA segments in the form of viral ribonucleoprotein particles (vRNPs) in association with the three viral RNA polymerase subunits (PB2, PB1, and PA) and the nucleoprotein (NP). Through interactions with multiple host factors, the RNP subunits play vital roles in replication, host adaptation, interspecies transmission, and pathogenicity. In order to gain insight into the potential roles of RNP subunits in the modulation of the host´s innate immune response, the interactions of each RNP subunit with Retinoic Acid-Inducible Gene I protein (RIG-I) from mammalian and avian species were investigated. Studies using co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP), bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFc), and co-localization using confocal microscopy, provided direct evidence for the RNA-independent binding of PB2, PB1, and PA with RIG-I from various hosts (human, swine, mouse, and duck). In contrast, the binding of NP with RIG-I was found to be RNA-dependent. Expression of the viral NS1 protein, which interacts with RIG-I, did not interfere with the association of RNA polymerase subunits with RIG-I. The association of each individual virus polymerase component with RIG-I failed to significantly affect the IFN induction elicited by RIG-I and 5´ ppp-RNA in reporter assays, quantitative RT-PCR, and IRF3 phosphorylation tests. Taken together, these findings indicate that viral RNA polymerase components PB2, PB1, and PA directly target RIG-I, but the exact biological significance of these interactions in the replication and pathogenicity of influenza A virus needs to be further clarified.
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