Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Ebola virus VP35 hijacks the PKA-CREB1 pathway for replication and pathogenesis by AKIP1 association

  • Lin Zhu,
  • Ting Gao,
  • Yi Huang,
  • Jing Jin,
  • Di Wang,
  • Leike Zhang,
  • Yanwen Jin,
  • Ping Li,
  • Yong Hu,
  • Yan Wu,
  • Hainan Liu,
  • Qincai Dong,
  • Guangfei Wang,
  • Tong Zheng,
  • Caiwei Song,
  • Yu Bai,
  • Xun Zhang,
  • Yaoning Liu,
  • Weihong Yang,
  • Ke Xu,
  • Gang Zou,
  • Lei Zhao,
  • Ruiyuan Cao,
  • Wu Zhong,
  • Xianzhu Xia,
  • Gengfu Xiao,
  • Xuan Liu,
  • Cheng Cao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29948-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Ebola virus virion protein 35 (VP35) is a cofactor of the viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, required for viral assembly and IFN antagonist. Here, Zhu et al. provide evidence that EBOV VP35 induces an AKIP1-mediated (human A kinase interacting protein) activation of the PKA-CREB1 signaling pathway and contributes to viral replication and pathogenesis in vitro and in vivo.