Influenza virus regulates protein synthesis during infection by repressing autophosphorylation and activity of the cellular 68,000-Mr protein kinase.
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Katze, M G
RESUMO
We investigated the mechanisms by which influenza virus prevents shutoff of protein synthesis by a cellular protein kinase normally activated during infection. Earlier work has shown that influenza virus superinfection of cells previously infected by the adenovirus VAI RNA-negative mutant dl331 resulted in selective translation of influenza virus mRNAs and suppression of the elevated protein kinase levels normally found in cells infected by the mutant alone (M. G. Katze, B. M. Detjen, B. Safer, and R. M. Krug, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:1741-1750, 1986). We elucidated the mechanisms of this kinase repression and can now report that influenza virus encodes a gene product which functions to directly block the autophosphorylation and activity of the interferon-induced, double-stranded-RNA-activated protein kinase, P68. Suppressed P68 activity was found not only in doubly infected cells but also in cells infected by influenza virus alone. Moreover, the decrease in P68 activity correlated with a decrease in the endogenous levels of phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of the eucaryotic initiation factor eIF-2, the natural substrate of the protein kinase. Suppression of P68 activity occurred as early as 2 h after influenza virus infection and required viral gene expression beyond the level of primary mRNA transcription to take place. We confirmed our in vivo observations with in vitro mixing experiments which showed that the influenza virus inhibitor can act in trans to block P68 activity. Combined repression of P68 function and eIF-2 alpha phosphorylation during influenza virus infection is essential for continued catalytic recycling of eIF-2 and efficient mRNA translation.
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