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The Poxvirus Protein A52R Targets Toll-like Receptor Signaling Complexes to Suppress Host Defense

Mary T. Harte¹, Ismar R. Haga³, Geraldine Maloney², Pearl Gray¹, Patrick C. Reading³, Nathan W. Bartlett³, Geoffrey L. Smith³, Andrew Bowie² and Luke A.J. O'Neill¹

¹ The Cytokine Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
² The Viral Immune Evasion Group, Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
³ Department of Virology, The Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom

Address correspondence to Andrew Bowie, Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. Phone: 353-1-6082435; Fax: 353-1-6772400; E-mail: agbowie{at}tcd.ie

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are crucial in the innate immune response to pathogens, in that they recognize and respond to pathogen associated molecular patterns, which leads to activation of intracellular signaling pathways and altered gene expression. Vaccinia virus (VV), the poxvirus used to vaccinate against smallpox, encodes proteins that antagonize important components of host antiviral defense. Here we show that the VV protein A52R blocks the activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor B (NF-B) by multiple TLRs, including TLR3, a recently identified receptor for viral RNA. A52R associates with both interleukin 1 receptor–associated kinase 2 (IRAK2) and tumor necrosis factor receptor–associated factor 6 (TRAF6), two key proteins important in TLR signal transduction. Further, A52R could disrupt signaling complexes containing these proteins. A virus deletion mutant lacking the A52R gene was attenuated compared with wild-type and revertant controls in a murine intranasal model of infection. This study reveals a novel mechanism used by VV to suppress the host immunity. We demonstrate viral disabling of TLRs, providing further evidence for an important role for this family of receptors in the antiviral response.

Key Words: nuclear factor B • signal transduction • vaccinia virus • immunomodulation • Toll-like receptor

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