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Table 1 ASFV immunomodulator gene-encoded proteins participate in viral immune evasion

From: Current research progress on the viral immune evasion mechanisms of African swine fever virus

Inhibition of Immunomodulation

Function

Protein name

Targeting molecule

Signaling pathway

Reference

Apoptosis

Pro-apoptosis

pE183L/p54

caspases 3

Activating effector caspase-3 apoptosis

Hernaez et al. 2004

pE199L

BCL-XL

Inducing the mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis

Li et al. 2021

pEP402R/CD2v

CD58

Inducing apoptosis in swine lymphocytes/macrophages

Chaulagain et al. 2021; Huang et al. 2023a

Anti-apoptosis

pA179L

BH3 only protein

Inhibiting apoptosis

Dixon et al. 2017; Galindo et al. 2008; Brun et al. 1996

pA224L

Proteolytic fragment of caspase-3

Inhibiting apoptosis

Nogal et al. 2001; Neilan et al. 1997a

pEP153R

p53

Reducing the transactivating activity of the cellular protein p53 in Vero cell cultures

Dixon et al. 2017

pEP402R/CD2v

CSF2RA

Activating the JAK2-STAT3 pathway and inhibiting apoptosis in PAMs

Gao et al. 2023

Induction of apoptosis by ER stress

pDP71L

Protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit

Recruiting the protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit to dephosphorylate eIF2α and inhibiting CHOP induction

Galindo et al. 2012

Innate immune responses

Inhibition of type I IFN signaling pathway

pMGF360-15R/pA276R

-

Inhibiting the upregulated expression of type I IFN stimulated by poly (I:C)

Golding et al. 2016

pMGF505-7R/pA528R

STING, IRF3, IRF7, TBK1

Promoting the expression of the autophagy-related protein ULK1 to degrade STING; interacting with and inhibiting the nuclear translocation of IRF3; interacting with IRF7 and TBK1 to degrade IRF7 by autophagy, cysteine, and proteasome pathways and TBK1 by the proteasome pathway

Li et al. 2021; Li et al. 2021; Golding et al. 2016; Yang et al. 2022

pMGF360-12 L

KPNA2, KPNA3, KPNA4

Inhibiting type I IFN, NF-ĸB, and JAK/STAT signaling by blocking the interaction of importin α and NF-κB signaling pathway

Zhuo et al. 2021

pMGF505-11R

STING

Interacting with and degrading STING by the lysosomal, ubiquitin–proteasome and autophagy pathways

Zhang et al. 2021

pMGF360-14 L

IRF3

Promoting IRF3 degradation through ubiquitin-meditated proteolysis

Zhang et al. 2021; Wang et al. 2021

pDP96R

IRF3

Interacting with IRF3 to impede the translocation of IRF3 to the nucleus

Wang et al. 2018; Dodantenna et al. 2024

pE184L

STING

Interacting with STING and impairing dimerization and oligomerization of STING

Zhu et al. 2023a

pH 240R

STING

Interacting with STING and inhibiting its oligomerization and translocation from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus

Ye et al. 2023

pE120R

IRF3

Interacting with IRF3 and interfering with the recruitment of IRF3 to TBK1

Alfonso et al. 2007

pI329L

TRIF

Inhibiting TLR signaling

de Oliveira et al. 2011; Henriques et al. 2011

pI215L

RNF138, IRF9, STAT3

Inhibiting K63-linked polyubiquitination of TANK-binding kinase 1 through pI215L-binding RNF138; mediating IFR9 degradation; mediating STAT2 degradation

Huang et al. 2021; Li et al. 2022; Riera et al. 2022

pE301R

IRF3

Interacting with IRF3 to inhibit the nuclear translocation of IRF3 induced by cGAMP and poly(dA:dT)

Liu et al. 2022

pS273R

IRF3

Interacting with IRF3 and disrupting the association between TBK1 and IRF3

Luo et al. 2022

pA137R

TBK1

Interacting with TBK1 and promoting the autophagy-mediated lysosomal degradation of TBK1

Sun et al. 2021a

pI226R

cGAS

Interacting with cGAS and promoting cGAS degradation through the autophagy–lysosome pathway

Hong et al. 2022

pM1249L

TBK1, IRF3

Inhibiting phosphorylation of TBK1 by cGAS and STING overexpression and interacting with IRF3 to induce IRF3 degradation by lysosomal pathway

Cui et al. 2022

pL83L

cGAS, STING

Interacting with cGAS and STING to promote autophagy-lysosomal degradation of STING by recruiting Tollip

Cheng et al. 2023

pEP364R

2',3'-cGAMP

Interacting with 2',3'-cGAMP and exerting their phosphodiesterase activity to cleave 2',3'-cGAMP

Dodantenna et al. 2022

pC129R

2',3'-cGAMP

Interacting with 2',3'-cGAMP and exerting their phosphodiesterase activity to cleave 2',3'-cGAMP

Dodantenna et al. 2022

Inhibition of RIG-I signaling pathway

pI267L

Riplet

Interacting with Riplet and disrupting Riplet-RIG-I interaction to impair Riplet-mediated K63-polyubiquitination and activation of RIG-I

Zhang et al. 2021a

Regulation of JAK-STAT signaling

pMGF360-9 L

STAT1/2

Interacting with STAT1 and STAT2 and degrading STAT1 and STAT2 through apoptosis and ubiquitin–proteasome pathways, respectively

Zhang et al. 2022

pMGF-360–10 L

JAK1

Targeting JAK1 and mediating its degradation

Li et al. 2023

pMGF505-7R/pA528R

JAK1, JAK2, IRF9

Interacting with JAK1 and JAK2 and mediating their degradation; interacting with IRF9 and inhibiting the nuclear translocation of ISGF3

Li et al. 2021; Huang et al. 2023b

pEP402R/CD2v

CSF2RA

Interacting with CSF2RA to regulate the JAK2-STAT3 pathway

Huang et al. 2023a

pS273R

STAT2, DCST1

Interacting with STAT2 and recruited DCST1 for K48-linked polyubiquitination of STAT2 and subsequent proteasome-dependent degradation of STAT2

Li et al. 2023

pH 240R

IFNAR1, IFNAR2

Interacting with IFNAR1 and IFNAR2 to disrupt the interaction of IFNAR1-TYK2 and IFNAR2-JAK1

Ye et al. 2024

pF778R

STAT1

Weakening the nuclear accumulation of activated STAT1

Chen et al. 2023

Inflammatory responses

Inhibition of NF-κB pathway

pA238L

p300

Interacting with the amino-terminal region of p300 to inhibit the acetylation and transcriptional activation of NF-κB

Neilan et al. 1997b; Granja et al. 2008

pI215L

-

Blocking p65 nuclear translocation upon cytokine stimulation

Barrado-Gil et al. 2021; Barrado-Gil et al. 2020

pDP96R

IKKβ

Negatively regulating NF-κB signaling by inhibiting IKKβ

Wang et al. 2018

pF317L

IKKβ

Interacting with IKKβ and suppressing its phosphorylation

Yang et al. 2021

pI10L

NF-κB

Interacting with IKKβ to block the association of IKKβ with IκBα and p65

Chen et al. 2023

pMGF300-2R

IKKα, IKKβ

Interacting with and degrading IKKα and IKKβ via the selective autophagy pathway

Wang et al. 2023

pMGF360-12 L

KPNA2, KPNA3, KPNA4

Competitively inhibiting the interaction between NF-κB and nuclear transport proteins

Zhuo et al. 2021; Chen et al. 2023

pMGF505-7R/pA528R

IKKα

Interacting with IKKα to inhibit NF-κB activation

Li et al. 2021

pH 240R

NEMO

Interacting with NEMO and promoting the autophagy-mediated lysosomal degradation of NEMO

Huang et al. 2023b; Zhou et al. 2022

Inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation

pS273R

GSDMD

Inhibiting pyroptosis by noncanonically cleaving GSDMD

Zhao et al. 2022

pMGF505-7R/pA528R

NLRP3

Binding to NLRP3 to inhibit inflammasome formation

Li et al.  2021

pH 240R

NLRP3

Interacted with NLRP3 to inhibit its oligomerization

Huang et al. 2023c

Autophagy

Regulation of autophagy

pA179L

Beclin

Engaging Beclin using the same canonical ligand-binding groove that is utilized to bind to pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins

Banjara et al. 2019; Hernaez et al. 2013

pE199L

PYCR2

Interacting and downregulating the expression of PYCR2, resulting in autophagy activation

Chen et al. 2021

p17

TOM70

Promoting mitophagy by facilitating the interaction of SQSTM1 with TOMM70

Hu et al. 2023