Cardif is an adaptor protein in the RIG-I antiviral pathway and is targeted by hepatitis C virus

Etienne Meylan, Joseph Curran, Kay Hofmann, Darius Moradpour, Marco Binder, Ralf Bartenschlager and Jürg Tschopp ()
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Etienne Meylan: University of Lausanne, BIL Biomedical Research Center
Joseph Curran: University of Geneva
Kay Hofmann: MEMOREC Biotec GmbH, a Miltenyl Biotec company
Darius Moradpour: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Marco Binder: University Heidelberg
Ralf Bartenschlager: University Heidelberg
Jürg Tschopp: University of Lausanne, BIL Biomedical Research Center

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7062, 1167-1172

Abstract: Abstract Antiviral immunity against a pathogen is mounted upon recognition by the host of virally associated structures. One of these viral ‘signatures’, double-stranded (ds) RNA, is a replication product of most viruses within infected cells and is sensed by Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and the recently identified cytosolic RNA helicases RIG-I (retinoic acid inducible gene I, also known as Ddx58) and Mda5 (melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5, also known as Ifih1 or Helicard)1. Both helicases detect dsRNA, and through their protein-interacting CARD domains, relay an undefined signal resulting in the activation of the transcription factors interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and NF-κB. Here we describe Cardif, a new CARD-containing adaptor protein that interacts with RIG-I and recruits IKKα, IKKβ and IKKɛ kinases by means of its C-terminal region, leading to the activation of NF-κB and IRF3. Overexpression of Cardif results in interferon-β and NF-κB promoter activation, and knockdown of Cardif by short interfering RNA inhibits RIG-I-dependent antiviral responses. Cardif is targeted and inactivated by NS3-4A, a serine protease from hepatitis C virus known to block interferon-β production. Cardif thus functions as an adaptor, linking the cytoplasmic dsRNA receptor RIG-I to the initiation of antiviral programmes.

Date: 2005
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