PUBLICATION
Zebrafish foxo3b Negatively Regulates Antiviral Response through Suppressing the Transactivity of irf3 and irf7
- Authors
- Liu, X., Cai, X., Zhang, D., Xu, C., Xiao, W.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-161107-2
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 197(12): 4736-4749 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Xiao, Wuhan
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Cells, Cultured
- Fish Diseases/immunology*
- Forkhead Box Protein O3/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics
- Forkhead Transcription Factors/metabolism*
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Interferon Regulatory Factor-3/genetics
- Interferon Regulatory Factor-3/metabolism
- Interferon Regulatory Factors/genetics
- Interferon Regulatory Factors/metabolism
- Larva
- Poly I-C/immunology
- Rhabdoviridae/physiology*
- Rhabdoviridae Infections/immunology*
- Transcriptional Activation
- Virus Replication
- Zebrafish/immunology*
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism*
- PubMed
- 27815423 Full text @ J. Immunol.
Citation
Liu, X., Cai, X., Zhang, D., Xu, C., Xiao, W. (2016) Zebrafish foxo3b Negatively Regulates Antiviral Response through Suppressing the Transactivity of irf3 and irf7. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 197(12):4736-4749.
Abstract
Forkhead box O (FOXO)3, a member of the FOXO family of transcription factors, plays key roles in various cellular processes, including development, longevity, reproduction, and metabolism. Recently, FOXO3 has also been shown to be involved in modulating the immune response. However, how FOXO3 regulates immunity and the underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. In this study, we show that zebrafish (Danio rerio) foxo3b, an ortholog of mammalian FOXO3, is induced by polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid stimulation and spring viremia of carp virus (SVCV) infection. We found that foxo3b interacted with irf3 and irf7 to inhibit ifr3/irf7 transcriptional activity, thus resulting in suppression of SVCV or polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid-induced IFN activation. By suppressing expression of key antiviral genes, foxo3b negatively regulated the cellular antiviral response. Furthermore, upon SVCV infection, the expression of the key antiviral genes was significantly enhanced in foxo3b-null zebrafish larvae compared with wild-type larvae. Additionally, the replication of SVCV was inhibited in foxo3b-null zebrafish larvae, leading to a higher survival rate. Our findings suggest that by suppressing irf3/irf7 activity, zebrafish foxo3b negatively regulates the antiviral response, implicating the vital role of the FOXO gene family in innate immunity.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping