Human ISG15 conjugation targets both IFN-induced and constitutively expressed proteins functioning in diverse cellular pathways.
IFN-alpha/beta plays an essential role in innate immunity against viral and bacterial infection. Among the proteins induced by IFN-alpha/beta are the ubiquitin-like ISG15 protein and its E1- (Ube1L) and E2- (UbcH8) conjugating enzymes, leading to the conjugation of ISG15 to cellular proteins. It is likely that ISG15 conjugation plays an ... important role in antiviral response because a human virus, influenza B virus, inhibits ISG15 conjugation. However, the biological function of ISG15 modification remains unknown, largely because only a few human ISG15 target proteins have been identified. Here we purify ISG15-modified proteins from IFN-beta-treated human (HeLa) cells by using double-affinity selection and use mass spectroscopy to identify a large number (158) of ISG15 target proteins. Eight of these proteins were subjected to further analysis and verified to be ISG15 modified in IFN-beta-treated cells, increasing the likelihood that most, if not all, targets identified by mass spectroscopy are bona fide ISG15 targets. Several of the targets are IFN-alpha/beta-induced antiviral proteins, including PKR, MxA, HuP56, and RIG-I, providing a rationale for the inhibition of ISG15 conjugation by influenza B virus. Most targets are constitutively expressed proteins that function in diverse cellular pathways, including RNA splicing, chromatin remodeling/polymerase II transcription, cytoskeleton organization and regulation, stress responses, and translation. These results indicate that ISG15 conjugation impacts nuclear as well as cytoplasmic functions. By targeting a wide array of constitutively expressed proteins, ISG15 conjugation greatly extends the repertoire of cellular functions that are affected by IFN-alpha/beta.
Mesh Terms:
Antiviral Agents, Cytokines, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, GTP-Binding Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Influenza B virus, Interferon Type I, Mass Spectrometry, RNA Helicases, Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes, Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, Ubiquitins, eIF-2 Kinase
Antiviral Agents, Cytokines, DEAD-box RNA Helicases, GTP-Binding Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Influenza B virus, Interferon Type I, Mass Spectrometry, RNA Helicases, Ubiquitin-Activating Enzymes, Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes, Ubiquitins, eIF-2 Kinase
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
Date: Jul. 19, 2005
PubMed ID: 16009940
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