Role of ZFP36L1 in suppressing human coronavirus replication

Role of ZFP36L1 in suppressing human coronavirus replication

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    Andrew Villasenor, Tooba Shafeeque Ahmed Momin, Malabika Bhowmik

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    Presentation: 11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Science Center 150

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    ZFP36L1 is a CCCH-type zinc figure protein (ZFP) where zinc ions coordinate the protein structure in a tetrahedral geometry by binding to cystine-cystine or cysteine-histidine amino acids. ZFP36L1’s unique structure enables it to interact with a wide variety of molecules including RNA; thus, it could modulate several cellular processes including virus replication. Several CCCH-type ZFPs have shown their antiviral efficacy against various DNA and RNA viruses. However, the role of ZFP36L1 in the human coronavirus is little explored. We used human coronavirus (HCoV)-OC43 to determine the role of ZFP36L1 on its replication. We overexpressed and knockdown ZFP36L1 in HCT-8 cells individually using lentivirus transduction. Wild type, ZFP36L1 overexpressed, and ZFP36L1 knockdown cells were each infected with HCoV-OC43, and the virus titer in each cell line was measured over 96 hours post-infection (p.i.). Our results show that HCoV-OC43 replication was significantly reduced with ZFP36L1 overexpression while ZFP36L1 knockdown significantly enhanced virus replication. ZFP36L1 knockdown HCT-8 cells started producing infectious virus at 48 hours p.i. which was an earlier timepoint as compared to wild-type and ZFP36L1 overexpressed cells. Wild-type and ZFP36L1 overexpressed HCT-8 cells started producing infectious virus at 72 hours p.i. Overall, the current study showed that overexpression of ZFP36L1 suppressed human coronavirus (OC43) production

    Publication Date

    4-19-2023

    Project Designation

    Graduate Research

    Primary Advisor

    Mrigendra Rajput, Amit Singh

    Primary Advisor's Department

    Biology

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    Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

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    Role of ZFP36L1 in suppressing human coronavirus replication

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