A non-canonical role of the p97 complex in RIG-I antiviral signaling.

RIG-I is a well-studied sensor of viral RNA that plays a key role in innate immunity. p97 regulates a variety of cellular events such as protein quality control, membrane reassembly, DNA repair, and the cell cycle. Here, we report a new role for p97 with Npl4-Ufd1 as its cofactor in reducing antiviral innate immune responses by facilitating proteasomal degradation of RIG-I. The p97 complex is able to directly bind both non-ubiquitinated RIG-I and the E3 ligase RNF125, promoting K48-linked ubiquitination of RIG-I at residue K181. Viral infection significantly strengthens the interaction between RIG-I and the p97 complex by a conformational change of RIG-I that exposes the CARDs and through K63-linked ubiquitination of these CARDs. Disruption of the p97 complex enhances RIG-I antiviral signaling. Consistently, administration of compounds targeting p97 ATPase activity was shown to inhibit viral replication and protect mice from vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection. Overall, our study uncovered a previously unrecognized role for the p97 complex in protein ubiquitination and revealed the p97 complex as a potential drug target in antiviral therapy. © 2015 The Authors.

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Qian Hao, Shi Jiao, Zhubing Shi, Chuanchuan Li, Xia Meng, Zhen Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Xiaomin Song, Wenjia Wang, Rongguang Zhang, Yun Zhao, Catherine C L Wong, Zhaocai Zhou. A non-canonical role of the p97 complex in RIG-I antiviral signaling. The EMBO journal. 2015 Dec 02;34(23):2903-20

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