The host antiviral ribonuclease L protein supports Zika virus replication factory formation to enhance infectious virus production
Whelan, J. N.; Hatterschide, J.; Renner, D. M.; Dong, B.; Silverman, R. H.; Weiss, S. R.
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The flavivirus Zika virus (ZIKV) activates ribonuclease L (RNase L) catalytic antiviral function during infection, yet deletion of RNase L decreases ZIKV production, suggesting a proviral role of RNase L. In this study, we reveal that latent RNase L supports ZIKV replication factory (RF) assembly. Deletion of RNase L induced broader cellular distribution of ZIKV dsRNA and NS3 compared with densely concentrated RFs detected in WT cells. An inactive form of RNase L was sufficient to contain ZIKV genome and dsRNA within a smaller area, which increased levels of viral RNA within RFs as well as infectious ZIKV released from the cell. We used a microtubule stabilization drug to demonstrate that RNase L deletion impaired the cytoskeleton rearrangements that are required for proper generation of RFs. During infection with dengue or West Nile Kunjin viruses, RNase L decreased virus production, suggesting that RNase L proviral function is specific to ZIKV.
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