ATG-3 Limits Orsay Virus Infection in Through Regulation of Collagen Pathways

Overview

Journal bioRxiv

Date 2025 Jan 27

PMID 39868230

Authors

Gowri Kalugotla

Vivien Marmerstein

Lawrence A Schriefer

Leran Wang

Stephanie Morrison

Luis Casorla Perez

Tim Schedl

Stephen C Pak

Megan T Baldridge

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Abstract

Autophagy is an essential cellular process which functions to maintain homeostasis in response to stressors such as starvation or infection. Here, we report that a subset of autophagy factors including ATG-3 play an antiviral role in Orsay virus infection of . Orsay virus infection does not modulate autophagic flux, and re-feeding after starvation limits Orsay virus infection and blocks autophagic flux, suggesting that the role of ATG-3 in Orsay virus susceptibility is independent of its role in maintaining autophagic flux. mutants phenocopy mutants, which have a defect in RNA interference (RNAi), in susceptibility to Orsay virus infection and transcriptional response to infection. However, mutants do not exhibit defects in RNAi. Additionally, limits viral infection at a post-entry step, similar to mutants. Differential expression analysis using RNA sequencing revealed that antiviral , which encodes a collagen trimer protein, is depleted in naïve and infected mutants, as well as in infected WT animals, as are numerous other collagen genes. These data suggest that ATG-3 has a role in collagen organization pathways that function in antiviral defense in .

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