KPNA2 Suppresses Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Replication by Targeting and Degrading Virus Envelope Protein Through Selective Autophagy

Overview

Journal J Virol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Date 2023 Dec 1

PMID 38038431

Authors

Qi Gao

Zhijun Weng

Yongzhi Feng

Ting Gong

Xiaoyu Zheng

Guihong Zhang

Lang Gong

Affiliations

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Abstract

Porcine epidemic diarrhea, characterized by vomiting, dehydration, and diarrhea, is an acute and highly contagious enteric disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in neonatal piglets. This disease has caused large economic losses to the porcine industry worldwide. Thus, identifying the host factors involved in PEDV infection is important to develop novel strategies to control PEDV transmission. This study shows that PEDV infection upregulates karyopherin α 2 (KPNA2) expression in Vero and intestinal epithelial (IEC) cells. KPNA2 binds to and degrades the PEDV E protein via autophagy to suppress PEDV replication. These results suggest that KPNA2 plays an antiviral role against PEDV. Specifically, knockdown of endogenous KPNA2 enhances PEDV replication, whereas its overexpression inhibits PEDV replication. Our data provide novel KPNA2-mediated viral restriction mechanisms in which KPNA2 suppresses PEDV replication by targeting and degrading the viral E protein through autophagy. These mechanisms can be targeted in future studies to develop novel strategies to control PEDV infection.

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