Exploring type I interferon pathway: virulent vs. attenuated strain of African swine fever virus revealing a novel function carried by MGF505-4R
2024
Dupré, Juliette | Le Dimna, Mireille | Hutet, Evelyne | Dujardin, Pascal | Fablet, Aurore | Leroy, Aurélien | Fleurot, Isabelle | Karadjian, Grégory | Roesch, Ferdinand | Caballero-Posadas, Ignacio | Bourry, Olivier | Vitour, Damien | Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique | Caignard, Grégory | Virologie UMR1161 (VIRO) ; École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Virologie et Immunologie Porcines (VIP) ; Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort [ANSES] ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) | Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané-Niort [ANSES] ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES) | Infectiologie et Santé Publique (ISP) ; Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Biologie moléculaire et immunologie parasitaires et fongiques (BIPAR) ; École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Laboratoire de santé animale, sites de Maisons-Alfort et de Normandie ; Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | This work was supported by research grants from European Commission, Horizon 2020 Framework Program European Union ERA-NET project ASFVInt, grant agreement 862605, and made possible by co-funding, under the grant codes: ANR-21-ICRD-0001-01 for ANSES and ANR-21-ICRD-0001-02 for INRAE. J.D. was supported by a Ph.D. fellowship from ANSES and INRAEv | ANR-21-ICRD-0001,ASFVInt,Decoding a virus Achilles heel: the African swine fever virus interactome(2021) | European Project: 862605,H2020,ICRAD(2019)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. African swine fever virus represents a significant reemerging threat to livestock populations, as its incidence and geographic distribution have surged over the past decade in Europe, Asia, and Caribbean, resulting in substantial socio-economic burdens and adverse effects on animal health and welfare. In a previous report, we described the protective properties of our newly thermo-attenuated strain (ASFV-989) in pigs against an experimental infection of its parental Georgia 2007/1 virulent strain. In this new study, our objective was to characterize the molecular mechanisms underlying the attenuation of ASFV-989. We first compared the activation of type I interferon pathway in response to ASFV-989 and Georgia 2007/1 infections, employing both in vivo and in vitro models. Expression of IFN-α was significantly increased in porcine alveolar macrophages infected with ASFV-989 while pigs infected with Georgia 2007/1 showed higher IFN-α than those infected by ASFV-989. We also used a medium-throughput transcriptomic approach to study the expression of viral genes by both strains, and identified several patterns of gene expression. Subsequently, we investigated whether proteins encoded by the eight genes deleted in ASFV-989 contribute to the modulation of the type I interferon signaling pathway. Using different strategies, we showed that MGF505-4R interfered with the induction of IFN-α/β pathway, likely through interaction with TRAF3. Altogether, our data reveal key differences between ASFV-989 and Georgia 2007/1 in their ability to control IFN-α/β signaling and provide molecular mechanisms underlying the role of MGF505-4R as a virulence factor.
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