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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Virology. 2018 Jul 6;522:19–26. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.06.017

Table 1.

Regulation of type I and type II IFN receptors during virus infections.

Viruses Impact on IFN receptors Viral protein(s) Molecular Mechanisms References
Hepattis C virus (HCV) 1) Reduces mRNA expression of IFNAR1 1) ND 1) Infection induces aberrant expression of host microRNAs 1) Jarret et al., Nat Med, 2016
2) Accelerates erdccytoss and degradation cf IFNAR1 2) ND 2) ER-stress response mediates phosphorylation and ubiquitination of IFNAR1 2) Liu et al., Cell host Microbe, 2009.
Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) Accelerates endocytosis and degradation of IFNAR1 ND ER-stress response mediates phosphorylation and ubiquitination of IFNAR1 Liu et al., Cell host Microbe, 2009.
RNA viruses Flaviviruses:West nile virus (WNV) and Tickborne encephalitis virus (TBEV) 1)WNV downregulates IFNAR1 at protein level 1) WNV Nonstructural proteins 1) Non-canonical pathway: dependent on lysosomal and proteasome degradation pathway but independent of IFNAR1 phosphorylation 1) Evans et al., Viral Immunol,2011
2) WNV and TBEV inhibits maturation (glycosylation) of IFNAR1 2) NS5 of WNV and TBEV associates with cellular prolidase to inhibit IFNAR1 maturation 2) NS5 of WNV and TBEV 2) Lubck et al., Cell host Mcrcte. 2015
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) Downregulation of IFNAR1 Protease 2A ND Lu et al., J Virol. 2012
Influenza A virus (IAV) Induces degradation of IFNAR1 HA HA induces phosphorylation and ubiquitination of IFNAR1 via CK1α Xia et al., J Virol. 2015;
Xia et al., J Virol. 2018
IFNAR1
Human
metapneumovirus
(hMPV)
Reduces surface expression but not total level cf IFNAR1 ND ND Ren et al., PloS One, 2011
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1) Accelerates endocytosis and degradation cf IFNAR1 ND 1) PERK-indeperdent pathway; Possible involvement cf TLR signaling 1) Qian et al., PloS Pathogen. 2011
2) Reduces the level of IFNAR1 2) ND 2) Chee et al., J Virol, 2004
Murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (MHV-68) Induces degradation of IFNAR1 ORF54
(dUTPase)
ND Leang et al., PloS Pathogen. 2011
DNA
viruses
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Reduces the level of intracellular pool of IFNAR1 without affecting surface level LMP2A and LMP2B ND Shah et al., Oncogene. 2009
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) 1) Reduces RNA expression of IFNAR1 Protein X 1) ND Cho et al., Int J Mol Med, 2012
2) Dmmshes IFNAR1 surface expression (HBx) 2) HBx reduces expression of TYK2
Pseudorabies virus (PRV) Accelerates lyscscmal degradatici cf IFNAR1 UL50
(dUTPase)
ND Zhang et al., J Virol. 2017
RNA
viruses
Hepattis C virus (HCV) Expression of IFNGR1 is mppaired ND ND Chancra et al., PLoS Cne. 2014
Influenza A virus (IAV) Induces degradation of IFNGR1 HA HA induces phosphorylation and ubiquitination of IFNGR1 via CK1α Xia et al ., J Virol, 2018
IFNGR1 DNA
viruses
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvrus (KSHV) Reduces surface expression of IFNGR1 K3 and K5 K3 and K5 induces ubiquitination and endocytosis of IFNGR1 Li et al., J Virol,
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) Reduces the level of intracellular pool of IFNGR1 without LMP2A and LMP2B ND Shah et al., Oncogene, 2009

ND: Not determined.