Anti-Adenoviral Effect of Human Argonaute 2 Alone and in Combination with Artificial microRNAs

Autor: Philipp Ausserhofer, Izabella Kiss, Angela Witte, Reinhard Klein
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Cells, Vol 13, Iss 13, p 1117 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 13131117
2073-4409
DOI: 10.3390/cells13131117
Popis: During infection, adenoviruses inhibit the cellular RNA interference (RNAi) machinery by saturating the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) of the host cells with large amounts of virus-derived microRNAs (mivaRNAs) that bind to the key component of the complex, Argonaute 2 (AGO2). In the present study, we investigated AGO2 as a prominent player at the intersection between human adenovirus 5 (HAdV-5) and host cells because of its ability to interfere with the HAdV-5 life cycle. First, the ectopic expression of AGO2 had a detrimental effect on the ability of the virus to replicate. In addition, in silico and in vitro analyses suggested that endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs), particularly hsa-miR-7-5p, have similar effects. This miRNA was found to be able to target the HAdV-5 DNA polymerase mRNA. The inhibitory effect became more pronounced upon overexpression of AGO2, likely due to elevated AGO2 levels, which abolished the competition between cellular miRNAs and mivaRNAs for RISC incorporation. Collectively, our data suggest that endogenous miRNAs would be capable of significantly inhibiting viral replication if adenoviruses had not developed a mechanism to counteract this function. Eventually, AGO2 overexpression-mediated relief of the RISC-saturating action of mivaRNAs strongly enhanced the effectiveness of artificial miRNAs (amiRNAs) directed against the HAdV-5 preterminal protein (pTP) mRNA, suggesting a substantial benefit of co-expressing amiRNAs and AGO2 in RNAi-based strategies for the therapeutic inhibition of adenoviruses.
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