1. Immunology and Inflammation
  2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Antiviral function and viral antagonism of the rapidly evolving dynein activating adapter NINL

  1. Donte Alexander Stevens
  2. Christopher Beierschmitt
  3. Swetha Mahesula
  4. Miles R Corley
  5. John Salogiannis
  6. Brian V Tsu
  7. Bryant Cao
  8. Andrew P Ryan
  9. Hiroyuki Hakozawki
  10. Samara L Reck-Peterson  Is a corresponding author
  11. Matthew D Daugherty  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of California, San Diego, United States
  2. University of Vermont, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81606
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  1. Donte Alexander Stevens
  2. Christopher Beierschmitt
  3. Swetha Mahesula
  4. Miles R Corley
  5. John Salogiannis
  6. Brian V Tsu
  7. Bryant Cao
  8. Andrew P Ryan
  9. Hiroyuki Hakozawki
  10. Samara L Reck-Peterson
  11. Matthew D Daugherty
(2022)
Antiviral function and viral antagonism of the rapidly evolving dynein activating adapter NINL
eLife 11:e81606.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81606
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Abstract

Viruses interact with the intracellular transport machinery to promote viral replication. Such host-virus interactions can drive host gene adaptation, leaving signatures of pathogen-driven evolution in host genomes. Here we leverage these genetic signatures to identify the dynein activating adaptor, ninein-like (NINL), as a critical component in the antiviral innate immune response and as a target of viral antagonism. Unique among genes en­­coding components of active dynein complexes, NINL has evolved under recurrent positive (diversifying) selection, particularly in its carboxy-terminal cargo binding region. Consistent with a role for NINL in host immunity, we demonstrate that NINL knockout cells exhibit an impaired response to interferon, resulting in increased permissiveness to viral replication. Moreover, we show that proteases encoded by diverse picornaviruses and coronaviruses cleave and disrupt NINL function in a host- and virus-specific manner. Our work reveals the importance of NINL in the antiviral response and the utility of using signatures of host-virus genetic conflicts to uncover new components of antiviral immunity and targets of viral antagonism.

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All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in the manuscript and supporting files.The NCBI nucleotide database (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/) was used to collect sequences for human and non-human primate genes shown in Figure 1.Source Data files have been provided for Figures 2 through 7.RNA sequencing data used in Figure 3 have been deposited in GEO under accession code GSE206784.

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  1. Donte Alexander Stevens

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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  2. Christopher Beierschmitt

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  3. Swetha Mahesula

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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  4. Miles R Corley

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  5. John Salogiannis

    Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, United States
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  6. Brian V Tsu

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  7. Bryant Cao

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  8. Andrew P Ryan

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  9. Hiroyuki Hakozawki

    Nikon Imaging Center, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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  10. Samara L Reck-Peterson

    Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, United States
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    sreckpeterson@ucsd.edu
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    Samara L Reck-Peterson, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  11. Matthew D Daugherty

    Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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    mddaugherty@ucsd.edu
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Funding

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM133633)

  • Matthew D Daugherty

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM141825)

  • Samara L Reck-Peterson

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM007240)

  • Donte Alexander Stevens
  • Christopher Beierschmitt
  • Brian V Tsu
  • Andrew P Ryan

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Samara L Reck-Peterson

National Science Foundation (GRFP)

  • Donte Alexander Stevens
  • Christopher Beierschmitt

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Gilliam Fellowship)

  • Donte Alexander Stevens

Pew Charitable Trusts (Biomedical Scholars Program)

  • Matthew D Daugherty

Burroughs Wellcome Fund (Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases)

  • Matthew D Daugherty

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2022, Stevens et al.

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  1. Donte Alexander Stevens
  2. Christopher Beierschmitt
  3. Swetha Mahesula
  4. Miles R Corley
  5. John Salogiannis
  6. Brian V Tsu
  7. Bryant Cao
  8. Andrew P Ryan
  9. Hiroyuki Hakozawki
  10. Samara L Reck-Peterson
  11. Matthew D Daugherty
(2022)
Antiviral function and viral antagonism of the rapidly evolving dynein activating adapter NINL
eLife 11:e81606.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81606

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