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Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5633-5641, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5633-5641.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nipah Virus V and W Proteins Have a Common STAT1-Binding Domain yet Inhibit STAT1 Activation from the Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Compartments, Respectively

Megan L. Shaw, Adolfo García-Sastre, Peter Palese, and Christopher F. Basler*

Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029

Received 4 September 2003/ Accepted 28 January 2004

In previous reports it was demonstrated that the Nipah virus V and W proteins have interferon (IFN) antagonist activity due to their ability to block signaling from the IFN-{alpha}/ß receptor (J. J. Rodriguez, J. P. Parisien, and C. M. Horvath, J. Virol. 76:11476-11483, 2002; M. S. Park et al., J. Virol. 77:1501-1511, 2003). The V, W, and P proteins are all encoded by the same viral gene and share an identical 407-amino-acid N-terminal region but have distinct C-terminal sequences. We now show that the P protein also has anti-IFN function, confirming that the common N-terminal domain is responsible for the antagonist activity. Truncation of this N-terminal domain revealed that amino acids 50 to 150 retain the ability to block IFN and to bind STAT1, a key component of the IFN signaling pathway. Subcellular localization studies demonstrate that the V and P proteins are predominantly cytoplasmic whereas the W protein is localized to the nucleus. In all cases, STAT1 colocalizes with the corresponding Nipah virus protein. These interactions are sufficient to inhibit STAT1 activation, as demonstrated by the lack of STAT1 phosphorylation on tyrosine 701 in IFN-stimulated cells expressing P, V, or W. Therefore, despite their common STAT1-binding domain, the Nipah virus V and P proteins act by retaining STAT1 in the cytoplasm while the W protein sequesters STAT1 in the nucleus, creating both a cytoplasmic and a nuclear block for STAT1. We also show that the IFN antagonist activity of the P protein is not as strong as that of V or W, perhaps explaining why Nipah virus has evolved to express these two edited products.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Box 1124, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Pl., New York, NY 10029. Phone: (212) 241-5923. Fax: (212) 534-1684. E-mail: chris.basler{at}mssm.edu.

Journal of Virology, June 2004, p. 5633-5641, Vol. 78, No. 11
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.11.5633-5641.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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