PMID- 37398292 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231106 DP - 2023 Jun 17 TI - PARP12 is required to repress the replication of a Mac1 mutant coronavirus in a cell and tissue specific manner. LID - 2023.06.16.545351 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2023.06.16.545351 [doi] AB - ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs) mediate the transfer of ADP-ribose from NAD (+) to protein or nucleic acid substrates. This modification can be removed by several different types of proteins, including macrodomains. Several ARTs, also known as PARPs, are stimulated by interferon, indicating ADP-ribosylation is an important aspect of the innate immune response. All coronaviruses (CoVs) encode for a highly conserved macrodomain (Mac1) that is critical for CoVs to replicate and cause disease, indicating that ADP-ribosylation can effectively control coronavirus infection. Our siRNA screen indicated that PARP12 might inhibit the replication of a MHV Mac1 mutant virus in bone-marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs). To conclusively demonstrate that PARP12 is a key mediator of the antiviral response to CoVs both in cell culture and in vivo , we produced PARP12 (-/-) mice and tested the ability of MHV A59 (hepatotropic/neurotropic) and JHM (neurotropic) Mac1 mutant viruses to replicate and cause disease in these mice. Notably, in the absence of PARP12, Mac1 mutant replication was increased in BMDMs and in mice. In addition, liver pathology was also increased in A59 infected mice. However, the PARP12 knockout did not restore Mac1 mutant virus replication to WT virus levels in all cell or tissue types and did not significantly increase the lethality of Mac1 mutant viruses. These results demonstrate that while PARP12 inhibits MHV Mac1 mutant virus infection, additional PARPs or innate immune factors must contribute to the extreme attenuation of this virus in mice. IMPORTANCE: Over the last decade, the importance of ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs), also known as PARPs, in the antiviral response has gained increased significance as several were shown to either restrict virus replication or impact innate immune responses. However, there are few studies showing ART-mediated inhibition of virus replication or pathogenesis in animal models. We found that the CoV macrodomain (Mac1) was required to prevent ART-mediated inhibition of virus replication in cell culture. Here, using knockout mice, we found that PARP12, an interferon-stimulated ART, was required to repress the replication of a Mac1 mutant CoV both in cell culture and in mice, demonstrating that PARP12 represses coronavirus replication. However, the deletion of PARP12 did not fully rescue Mac1 mutant virus replication or pathogenesis, indicating that multiple PARPs function to counter coronavirus infection. FAU - Kerr, Catherine M AU - Kerr CM AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - Parthasarathy, Srivatsan AU - Parthasarathy S AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - Schwarting, Nancy AU - Schwarting N AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - O'Connor, Joseph J AU - O'Connor JJ AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - Giri, Emily AU - Giri E AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - More, Sunil AU - More S AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma 74048, USA. FAU - Orozco, Robin C AU - Orozco RC AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. FAU - Fehr, Anthony R AU - Fehr AR AD - Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. LA - eng GR - P20 GM113117/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM132061/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA168524/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R35 GM138029/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - K22 AI134993/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Preprint DEP - 20230617 PL - United States TA - bioRxiv JT - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology JID - 101680187 UIN - J Virol. 2023 Sep 11;:e0088523. PMID: 37695054 PMC - PMC10312760 COIS- Competing interests: Anthony R. Fehr was named as an inventor on a patent filed by the University of Kansas. EDAT- 2023/07/03 13:06 MHDA- 2023/07/03 13:07 PMCR- 2023/06/30 CRDT- 2023/07/03 11:45 PHST- 2023/07/03 13:07 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/03 13:06 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/03 11:45 [entrez] PHST- 2023/06/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2023.06.16.545351 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2023.06.16.545351 [doi] PST - epublish SO - bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jun 17:2023.06.16.545351. doi: 10.1101/2023.06.16.545351.