We previously reported that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV)
86 kDa immediate-early 2 gene product (IE86) promotes
proteasome-dependent degradation of STING. In the present
study, we determined the specific residues of IE86 responsible
for STING degradation using a STING-firefly luciferase
fusion protein expression system for quantitative measurement
of STING protein levels. IE86 amino acids (aa)
136–289 were sufficient to promote STING degradation and
further induced down-regulation of 23-cyclic GMP-AMP
(cGAMP)-mediated IFN-β promoter activation. Interestingly,
transactivation domains (TAD) of the IE86 protein located
at the N- and C-termini were required for down-regulation
of Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain-containing adaptor-
inducing interferon β (IFN-β) (TRIF)-mediated IFN-β-
and p65/RelA-induced NF-κB-dependent promoter activation
while amino acids (aa) 136–289 had no significant effects.
Our collective data suggest that the IE86 protein utilizes the
aa 136–289 region to promote STING degradation and inhibit
the cGAS-STING pathway.
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