Affiliation:
1. National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
2. The Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Cooperative Innovation Center for Sustainable Pig Production, Wuhan, China
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus (CoV) 3C-like protease (3CL
pro
) is essential for viral replication and is involved in immune escape by proteolyzing host proteins. Deep profiling the 3CL
pro
substrates in the host proteome extends our understanding of viral pathogenesis and facilitates antiviral drug discovery. Here, 3CL
pro
from porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), an enteropathogenic CoV, was used as a model which to identify the potential 3CL
pro
cleavage motifs in all porcine proteins. We characterized the selectivity of PEDV 3CL
pro
at sites P5–P4′. We then compiled the 3CL
pro
substrate preferences into a position-specific scoring matrix and developed a 3CL
pro
profiling strategy to delineate the protein substrate landscape of CoV 3CL
pro
. We identified 1,398 potential targets in the porcine proteome containing at least one putative cleavage site and experimentally validated the reliability of the substrate degradome. The PEDV 3CL
pro
-targeted pathways are involved in mRNA processing, translation, and key effectors of autophagy and the immune system. We also demonstrated that PEDV 3CL
pro
suppresses the type 1 interferon (IFN-I) cascade
via
the proteolysis of multiple signaling adaptors in the retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) signaling pathway. Our composite method is reproducible and accurate, with an unprecedented depth of coverage for substrate motifs. The 3CL
pro
substrate degradome establishes a comprehensive substrate atlas that will accelerate the investigation of CoV pathogenicity and the development of anti-CoV drugs.
IMPORTANCE
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are major pathogens that infect humans and animals. The 3C-like protease (3CL
pro
) encoded by CoV not only cleaves the CoV polyproteins but also degrades host proteins and is considered an attractive target for the development of anti-CoV drugs. However, the comprehensive characterization of an atlas of CoV 3CL
pro
substrates is a long-standing challenge. Using porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) 3CL
pro
as a model, we developed a method that accurately predicts the substrates of 3CL
pro
and comprehensively maps the substrate degradome of PEDV 3CL
pro
. Interestingly, we found that 3CL
pro
may simultaneously degrade multiple molecules responsible for a specific function. For instance, it cleaves at least four adaptors in the RIG-I signaling pathway to suppress type 1 interferon production. These findings highlight the complexity of the 3CL
pro
substrate degradome and provide new insights to facilitate the development of anti-CoV drugs.
Funder
MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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