id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-301626-7ow1jja4 Li, Shih-Wen SARS Coronavirus Papain-Like Protease Inhibits the TLR7 Signaling Pathway through Removing Lys63-Linked Polyubiquitination of TRAF3 and TRAF6 2016-05-05 .txt text/plain 3733 183 47 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) papain-like protease (PLPro) reportedly inhibits the production of type I interferons (IFNs) and pro-inflammatory cytokines in Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and retinoic acid-inducible gene 1 (RIG-I) pathways. The decrease in the activated state of TRAF3 and TRAF6 correlated with the inactivation of TBK1 in response to IMQ by PLPro. The results revealed that the antagonism of SARS-CoV PLPro on TLR7-mediated innate immunity was associated with the negative regulation of TRAF3/6-TBK1-IRF3/NF-κB/AP1 signals. To examine whether SARS-CoV PLPro modulates the TLR7 signaling pathway, stable transfected promonocyte cells expressing PLPro and vector control cells were established, treated with TLR7 agonist (imiquimod (IMQ)), then further analyzed for activation of type I IFN production ( Figure 1 ). To examine the inhibitory mechanism of TLR7 antagonism by SARS-CoV PLPro, differential profiles of ubiquitin-conjugated proteins in the vector control and PLPro-expressing cells in the absence or presence of IMQ were analyzed using immune-precipitation ( Figure 5A,B) . ./cache/cord-301626-7ow1jja4.txt ./txt/cord-301626-7ow1jja4.txt