PMID- 35858300 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220722 LR - 20230112 IS - 1091-6490 (Electronic) IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 119 IP - 29 DP - 2022 Jul 19 TI - Viral evasion of PKR restriction by reprogramming cellular stress granules. PG - e2201169119 LID - 10.1073/pnas.2201169119 [doi] LID - e2201169119 AB - Protein kinase R (PKR) is a critical host restriction factor against invading viral pathogens. However, this molecule is inactivated in the cells infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), an economically devastating pathogen to the world swine industry. Here, we report that this event is to suppress cellular inflammation and is mediated by the viral replicase protein nsp1beta. We show that nsp1beta is a stress-responsive protein, enters virus-induced stress granules (SGs) during infection, and repurposes SGs into a proviral platform, where it co-opts the SG core component G3BP1 to interact with PKR in a regulated manner. RNA interference silencing of G3BP1 or mutation of specific nsp1beta residues (VS19GG) can abolish the antagonization of PKR activation. The viral mutant carrying the corresponding mutations induces elevated level of PKR phosphorylation and pronounced production of inflammatory cytokines (e.g., tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin [IL]-6, and IL-8), whereas small-interfering RNA knockdown of PKR or treatment with C16, a PKR inhibitor, blocks this effect. Thus, PRRSV has evolved a unique strategy to evade PKR restriction to suppress host inflammatory responses. FAU - Gao, Peng AU - Gao P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8981-4988 AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Yuanyuan AU - Liu Y AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Hua AU - Wang H AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Chai, Yue AU - Chai Y AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Weng, Wenlian AU - Weng W AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Yongning AU - Zhang Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0134-2761 AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhou, Lei AU - Zhou L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8837-3965 AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ge, Xinna AU - Ge X AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Guo, Xin AU - Guo X AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Han, Jun AU - Han J AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Hanchun AU - Yang H AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3359-3925 AD - Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220711 PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Antiviral Restriction Factors) RN - 0 (Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA Recognition Motif Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (eIF-2 Kinase) RN - EC 3.6.4.- (DNA Helicases) RN - EC 3.6.4.13 (RNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Antiviral Restriction Factors/metabolism MH - *DNA Helicases/metabolism MH - *Immune Evasion MH - *Poly-ADP-Ribose Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - *Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/metabolism MH - *RNA Helicases/metabolism MH - *RNA Recognition Motif Proteins/metabolism MH - *Stress Granules/virology MH - Swine MH - *Viral Nonstructural Proteins/metabolism MH - Virus Replication MH - *eIF-2 Kinase/metabolism PMC - PMC9303852 OTO - NOTNLM OT - PKR OT - PRRSV OT - inflammation OT - nsp1beta OT - stress granules COIS- The authors declare no competing interest. EDAT- 2022/07/21 06:00 MHDA- 2022/07/23 06:00 PMCR- 2023/01/11 CRDT- 2022/07/20 17:02 PHST- 2022/07/20 17:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/07/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/07/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 202201169 [pii] AID - 10.1073/pnas.2201169119 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jul 19;119(29):e2201169119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2201169119. Epub 2022 Jul 11.