Mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS) is an essential articulatory protein in immune responses against most RNA viruses. Whether bats, the natural hosts of numerous zoonotic RNA viruses, utilize conserved signaling pathways involving MAVS-mediated interferon (IFN) responses remains elusive. In this study, we performed the cloning and functional analysis of bat MAVS (BatMAVS). Amino acid sequence analysis revealed that BatMAVS was poorly conserved among species and evolutionarily closer to other mammals. Overexpression of BatMAVS significantly inhibited the replication of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged VSV (VSV-GFP) and GFP-tagged Newcastle disease virus (NDV) (NDV-GFP) by activating the type I IFN pathway, and its expression at the transcriptional level was upregulated at the late stage of VSV-GFP infection. We further demonstrated that the CARD_2 and TM domains occupy a large proportion in the ability of BatMAVS to activate IFN-β. These results suggest that BatMAVS acts as an important regulatory molecule in IFN-induction and anti-RNA viruses in bats.
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