Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (11): 5191-5199.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.11.034

• Preventive Veterinary Medicine • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Regulation of the NF-κB Signaling Pathway by Goat Poxvirus Ankyin Protein ORF140

Qiuyuan FENG1,2(), Hanwei YU1,2, Yunfeng YANG1,2, Hui ZHANG2, Weiyi HANWU2, Xintong SUN2, Xiaolong SHAO1,2, Junlin LIU1, Guohua CHEN2, Zhizhong JING2,*(), Yixia CHEN1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Life Science and Engineering, Northwest Minzu University, Lanzhou 730030, China
    2. State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2024-01-17 Online:2024-11-23 Published:2024-11-30
  • Contact: Zhizhong JING, Yixia CHEN E-mail:fengqiuyuan0808@163.com;zhizhongj@163.com;chenyx69@126.com

Abstract:

The NF-κB pathway is an important target for regulation of host immune function by viruses and plays an important role in the pathogenesis of viral infections. It has shown that the ankyrin protein encoded by some poxviruses regulates the NF-κB pathway in a variety of ways, but how the ankyrin protein encoded by goat poxvirus (GTPV) regulates the NF-κB pathway remains to be explored. In this paper, we aim to investigate the effects of the ankyrin protein ORF140 encoded by GTPV on the NF-κB pathway. The effects of ankyrin protein ORF140 on the NF-κB pathway were detected using dual luciferase reporter system, its localization in HEK293T cells was observed by indirect immunofluorescence and its effects on expression of the factors associated with the activated NF-κB pathway at different time points by Western blot. Results showed that ORF140 was able to inhibit the NF-κB pathway. It was localized in the cytoplasm and did not undergo nuclear translocation even when the NF-κB pathway was activated. ORF140 was able to inhibit the nuclear translocation of NF-κB-p65 and the degradation of p-IκBα. GTPV ORF140 localizes in the cytoplasm and downregulates NF-κB transcriptional activity by inhibiting the nuclear translocation of NF-κB-p65 and the degradation of p-IκBα.

Key words: goat poxvirus, ankyrin protein, NF-κB, ORF140

CLC Number: