Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein

Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein (MAVS) is a protein that is essential for antiviral innate immunity. MAVS is located in the outer membrane of the mitochondria, peroxisomes, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Upon viral infection, a group of cytosolic proteins will detect the presence of the virus and bind to MAVS, thereby activating MAVS. The activation of MAVS leads the virally infected cell to secrete cytokines. This induces an immune response which kills the host's virally infected cells, resulting in clearance of the virus.

MAVS
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 2MS7, 2MS8, 3J6C, 3J6J, 3RC5, 4P4H, 4Z8M, 5JEK
Identifiers
Aliases	MAVS, CARDIF, IPS-1, IPS1, VISA, mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein
External IDs	OMIM: 609676 MGI: 2444773 HomoloGene: 17004 GeneCards: MAVS
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 20 (human)[1] Band 20p13 Start 3,846,799 bp[1] End 3,876,123 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse)[2] Band 2|2 F1 Start 131,234,063 bp[2] End 131,248,025 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function • signal transducer activity • GO:0001948 protein binding • CARD domain binding • protein kinase binding Cellular component • integral component of membrane • mitochondrial membranes • membrane • peroxisomal membrane • peroxisome • mitochondrial outer membrane • mitochondrion Biological process • positive regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway • positive regulation of protein phosphorylation • positive regulation of interferon-alpha production • immune system process • regulation of peroxisome organization • positive regulation of sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity • positive regulation of IP-10 production • negative regulation of viral genome replication • defense response to bacterium • positive regulation of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 5 production • positive regulation of interleukin-8 production • cellular response to exogenous dsRNA • activation of innate immune response • positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor production • positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling • negative regulation of type I interferon production • innate immune system • GO:0022415 viral process • positive regulation of type I interferon production • signal transduction • RIG-I signaling pathway • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • positive regulation of defense response to virus by host • positive regulation of interferon-beta production • protein deubiquitination • positive regulation of interferon-beta secretion • positive regulation of response to cytokine stimulus • positive regulation of interferon-alpha secretion • positive regulation of tumor necrosis factor secretion • positive regulation of interleukin-6 secretion • defense response to virus Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	57506	228607
Ensembl	ENSG00000088888	ENSMUSG00000037523
UniProt	Q7Z434	Q8VCF0
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001206491 NM_020746	NM_001206382 NM_001206383 NM_001206385 NM_144888
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001193420 NP_065797	NP_001193311 NP_001193312 NP_001193314 NP_659137
Location (UCSC)	Chr 20: 3.85 – 3.88 Mb	Chr 2: 131.23 – 131.25 Mb
PubMed search	[3]	[4]
Wikidata
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Structure

Schematic representation of MAVS gene. Ribosome recognition sites for translation are located at position 1 and position 142 on the MAVS gene, highlighted by the yellow band.

MAVS is also known as IFN-β promoter stimulator I (IPS-1), caspase activation recruitment domain adaptor inducing I FN-β(CARDIF), or virus induced signaling adaptor (VISA)[5]. MAVS is encoded by a MAVS gene[5][6]. MAVS is a 540 amino acid protein that consists of three components, a N terminal caspase activation recruitment domain (CARD), a proline rich domain, and a transmembrane C terminal domain (TM)[5].

After the MAVS gene has been transcribed into RNA, ribosomes can translate the MAVS protein from two different sites[5]. The initial translation site generates the full-length MAVS protein. The alternative translation site generates a shorter protein, termed as “miniMAVS” or short-MAVS (sMAVS)[5]. sMAVS is a 398 amino acid MAVS protein that lacks the CARD domain. This is significant because the CARD domain is where two cytosolic proteins bind to activate MAVS, signaling that there is a virus present in the cell[5].

Function

Double stranded RNA viruses are recognized by either the transmembrane toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) or by one of two cytosolic proteins, retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I)-like receptors and melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5)[5][6][7][8]. RIG-I and MDA5 differ in the viral RNA that they recognize, but they share many structural features, including the N-terminal CARD that allows them to bind to MAVS[5]. MAVS activation leads to the increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines via activation of transcription factors, nuclear factor kB (NF-kB), interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1), and interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3)[5][6][7]. NFkB, IRF1, and IRF3 are transcription factors and play critical roles in the production of cytokines.

Cellular mechanisms of MAVS pathway

At a resting state for the cell, a protein called mitofusin 2 (MFN2) is known to interact with MAVS, preventing MAVS from binding to the cytosolic proteins, such as RIG-I and MDA5[5][6]. Upon recognition of the virus in the cytosol, mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAM) and mitochondria will become physically tethered by MFN2 and RIG-I binds to a second RIG-I protein to form a protein complex[5][6][7]. This complex binds to TRIM25 and molecular chaperone 14-3-3e to form a complex termed “translocon”[5][6][7][8]. The translocon travels to the mitochondria where it binds to the CARD region on MAVS, leading to activation of MAVS[5][6][7][8]. Subsequently, MAVS proteins bind to each other through the CARD and TM domain to recruit several downstream signaling factors to form the MAVS signaling complex[5][6]. The formation of this MAVS signaling complex is aided by augmented levels of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS), independent of the RNA sensing[6][7]. The MAVS signaling complex interacts with TANK binding kinase 1 and/or protein kinases IKKA (CHUK) and IKKB (IKBKB), which leads to the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of IRF3[5]. Although MAVS signal transduction and regulation is not fully understood, activated MAVS proteins in the mitochondria, ER, and peroxisome are needed to maximize the antiviral innate immune response.

MAVS protein induces apoptosis in host virally infected cells by interacting with a protease called caspase 8[5]. Activation of apoptosis by caspase 8 is independent of the Bax/Bak apoptotic pathway, the main pathway of apoptosis in cells[5].

Viral Evasion of MAVS

Certain viruses, such as human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and hepatitis C (HCV), have adapted to suppress the function of MAVS in the antiviral innate immune response, aiding in viral replication[5][9]. HCMV impairs MAVS through the viral mitochondria-localized inhibitor of apoptosis protein (vMIA), thus reducing the pro-inflammatory cytokine response[9]. vMIA also localizes to the peroxisome where vMIA interacts with cytoplasmic chaperone protein Pex19, disabling the transport machinery of peroxisomal membrane proteins[9]. The HCV NS3-NS4A strain inactivates MAVS signaling by cleaving the MAVS protein directly upstream of MAVS membrane-targeting domain in the MAM and peroxisome, preventing MAVS downstream signaling[5].

Regulation

The expression and function of MAVS are regulated at the transcriptional, posttranscriptional, and posttranslational level. At the transcriptional level, the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated during antiviral response acts as a negative regulator[5][6][7]. MAVS, additionally, encodes a number of splice variants that have been proposed to regulate MAVS. At the post-transcriptional level, there are two translational sites present on MAVS that can generate two proteins of MAVS. The alternative translation site resides upstream, resulting in expression of sMAVS[5][6][7]. At the translational level, proteins such as a family of ubiquitin E3 ligase regulate MAVS activity[5][6][7].

References

1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000088888 - Ensembl, May 2017
2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000037523 - Ensembl, May 2017
3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
5. Vazquez, Christine; Horner, Stacy M. (2015-07-15). "MAVS Coordination of Antiviral Innate Immunity". Journal of Virology. 89 (14): 6974–6977. doi:10.1128/JVI.01918-14. ISSN 0022-538X. PMC 4473567. PMID 25948741.
6. Mohanty, Abhishek; Tiwari-Pandey, Rashmi; Pandey, Nihar R. (September 2019). "Mitochondria: the indispensable players in innate immunity and guardians of the inflammatory response". Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling. 13 (3): 303–318. doi:10.1007/s12079-019-00507-9. ISSN 1873-9601. PMC 6732146. PMID 30719617.
7. Jacobs, Jana L.; Coyne, Carolyn B. (2013-12-13). "Mechanisms of MAVS Regulation at the Mitochondrial Membrane". Journal of Molecular Biology. 425 (24): 5009–5019. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2013.10.007. ISSN 0022-2836. PMC 4562275. PMID 24120683.
8. Jiang, Qiu-Xing (2019). "Structural variability in the RLR-MAVS pathway and sensitive detection of viral RNAs". Medicinal Chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)). 15 (5): 443–458. doi:10.2174/1573406415666181219101613. ISSN 1573-4064. PMC 6858087. PMID 30569868.
9. Ashley, Caroline L.; Abendroth, Allison; McSharry, Brian P.; Slobedman, Barry (2019). "Interferon-Independent Innate Responses to Cytomegalovirus". Frontiers in Immunology. 10: 2751. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2019.02751. ISSN 1664-3224. PMC 6917592. PMID 31921100.

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