Abstract

It is a worthy concern for us to understand virus-host interactions which affect progression and prognosis of disease. We demonstrated that the non-structural protein 1 of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV NS1) may act as a novel mitophagy receptor to induce mitophagy by binding LC3B and mitochondrial protein TUFM, and finally dampen interferon (IFN) responses induced by RIG1 and RSV infection. TUFM is beneficial for RSV replication in vivo and vitro. It is new and interesting that RSV NS1 may function as a mitophagy receptor to interact with LC3B. The LIR motif of NS1 protein is essential for its interaction with LC3B. We further confirm that RSV NS1 inhibited IFNβ response and promoted RSV replication in autophagy-dependent mechanisms in vivo and vitro. Our study contributes to understanding virus-host interaction, enriching our insights into RSV pathogenic mechanism and exploiting new antiviral treatments targeting TUFM.

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