Molluscum Contagiosum Virus MC159 Abrogates cIAP1-NEMO Interactions and Inhibits NEMO Polyubiquitination

Journal of Virology
Sunetra Biswas, Joanna L Shisler

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) is a dermatotropic poxvirus that causes benign skin lesions. MCV lesions persist because of virally encoded immune evasion molecules that inhibit antiviral responses. The MCV MC159 protein suppresses NF-κB activation, a powerful antiviral response, via interactions with the NF-κB essential modulator (NEMO) subunit of the IκB kinase (IKK) complex. Binding of MC159 to NEMO does not disrupt the IKK complex, implying that MC159 prevents IKK activation via an as-yet-unidentified strategy. Here, we demonstrated that MC159 inhibited NEMO polyubiquitination, a posttranslational modification required for IKK and downstream NF-κB activation. Because MCV cannot be propagated in cell culture, MC159 was expressed independent of infection or during a surrogate vaccinia virus infection to identify how MC159 prevented polyubiquitination. Cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1 (cIAP1) is a cellular E3 ligase that ubiquitinates NEMO. Mutational analyses revealed that MC159 and cIAP1 each bind to the same NEMO region, suggesting that MC159 may competitively inhibit cIAP1-NEMO interactions. Indeed, MC159 prevented cIAP1-NEMO interactions. MC159 also diminished cIAP1-mediated NEMO polyubiquitination and cIAP1-in...Continue Reading

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