SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Protein Impedes Type I Interferon-Activated JAK/STAT Signaling by Interacting with HNRNPA2B1.

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作者:Wen Yujie, Li Chaochao, Tang Tian, Luo Chao, Lu Shan, Lyu Na, Li Yongxi, Wang Rong
The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 has triggered a worldwide public health emergency. Its pathogen, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has developed multiple strategies for effectively evading the host immune defenses, including inhibition of interferon (IFN) signaling. Several viral proteins of SARS-CoV-2 are believed to interfere with IFN signaling. In this study, we found that the SARS-CoV-2 accessory protein ORF7a considerably impaired IFN-activated Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signaling via suppression of the nuclear translocation of IFN-stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3) and the activation of STAT2. ORF7a dampened STAT2 activation without altering the expression and phosphorylation of Janus kinases (JAKs). A co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assay was performed to gather ORF7a protein, but it failed to precipitate STAT2. Interestingly, mass spectrometry and immunoblotting analyses of the ORF7a co-IP product revealed that ORF7a interacted with an RNA-binding protein, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2B1 (HNRNPA2B1), and HNRNPA2B1 was related to the inhibitory effect of ORF7a on STAT2 phosphorylation. Moreover, examination of ORF7a deletion constructs revealed that the C-terminal region of ORF7a (amino acids 96 to 122) is crucial for suppressing IFN-induced JAK/STAT signaling activation. In conclusion, we discovered that SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a antagonizes type I IFN-activated JAK/STAT signaling by interacting with HNRNPA2B1, and the C-terminal region of ORF7a is responsible for its inhibitory effect.

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