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Furuyama W, Yamada K, Sakaguchi M, Marzi A, Nanbo A. Marburg virus exploits the Rab11-mediated endocytic pathway in viral-particle production. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0026924. [PMID: 39078193 PMCID: PMC11370620 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00269-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/31/2024] Open
Abstract
Filoviruses produce viral particles with characteristic filamentous morphology. The major viral matrix protein, VP40, is trafficked to the plasma membrane and promotes viral particle formation and subsequent viral egress. In the present study, we assessed the role of the small GTPase Rab11-mediated endocytic pathway in Marburg virus (MARV) particle formation and budding. Although Rab11 was predominantly localized in the perinuclear region, it exhibited a more diffuse distribution in the cytoplasm of cells transiently expressing MARV VP40. Rab11 was incorporated into MARV-like particles. Expression of the dominant-negative form of Rab11 and knockdown of Rab11 decreased the amount of VP40 fractions in the cell periphery. Moreover, downregulation of Rab11 moderately reduced the release of MARV-like particles and authentic MARV. We further demonstrated that VP40 induces the distribution of the microtubule network toward the cell periphery, which was partly associated with Rab11. Depolymerization of microtubules reduced the accumulation of VP40 in the cell periphery along with viral particle formation. VP40 physically interacted with α-tubulin, a major component of microtubules, but not with Rab11. Taken together, these results suggested that VP40 partly interacts with microtubules and facilitates their distribution toward the cell periphery, leading to the trafficking of transiently tethering Rab11-positive vesicles toward the cell surface. As we previously demonstrated the role of Rab11 in the formation of Ebola virus particles, the results here suggest that filoviruses in general exploit the vesicle-trafficking machinery for proper virus-particle formation and subsequent egress. These pathways may be a potential target for the development of pan-filovirus therapeutics.IMPORTANCEFiloviruses, including Marburg and Ebola viruses, produce distinct filamentous viral particles. Although it is well known that the major viral matrix protein of these viruses, VP40, is trafficked to the cell surface and promotes viral particle production, details regarding the associated molecular mechanisms remain unclear. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated the role of the small GTPase Rab11-mediated endocytic pathway in this process. Our findings revealed that Marburg virus exploits the Rab11-mediated vesicle-trafficking pathway for the release of virus-like particles and authentic virions in a microtubule network-dependent manner. Previous findings demonstrated that Rab11 is also involved in Ebola virus-particle production. Taken together, these data suggest that filoviruses, in general, may hijack the microtubule-dependent vesicle-trafficking machinery for productive replication. Therefore, this pathway presents as a potential target for the development of pan-filovirus therapeutics.
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- Wakako Furuyama
- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Central Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA
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- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Athira AP, Sreekanth S, Chandran A, Lahon A. Dual Role of Extracellular Vesicles as Orchestrators of Emerging and Reemerging Virus Infections. Cell Biochem Biophys 2024:10.1007/s12013-024-01495-3. [PMID: 39225901 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-024-01495-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Current decade witnessed the emergence and re-emergence of many viruses, which affected public health significantly. Viruses mainly utilize host cell machinery to promote its growth, and spread of these diseases. Numerous factors influence virus-host cell interactions, of which extracellular vesicles play an important role, where they transfer information both locally and distally by enclosing viral and host-derived proteins and RNAs as their cargo. Thus, they play a dual role in mediating virus infections by promoting virus dissemination and evoking immune responses in host organisms. Moreover, it acts as a double-edged sword during these infections. Advances in extracellular vesicles regulating emerging and reemerging virus infections, particularly in the context of SARS-CoV-2, Dengue, Ebola, Zika, Chikungunya, West Nile, and Japanese Encephalitis viruses are discussed in this review.
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- A P Athira
- Department of Viral Vaccines, Institute of Advanced Virology, Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Viral Vaccines, Institute of Advanced Virology, Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Viral Vaccines, Institute of Advanced Virology, Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Viral Vaccines, Institute of Advanced Virology, Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Yuan Y, Fang A, Wang Z, Chen H, Fu ZF, Zhou M, Zhao L. The matrix protein of lyssavirus hijacks autophagosome for efficient egress by recruiting NEDD4 through its PPxY motif. Autophagy 2024; 20:1723-1740. [PMID: 38566321 PMCID: PMC11262214 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2338575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Lyssaviruses are well-known worldwide and often cause fatal encephalitis. Previous studies have shown that autophagy is beneficial for the replication of rabies virus (RABV), the representative lyssavirus, but the detailed mechanism remains obscure. In this study, we showed that the rabies virus matrix protein (RABV-M) used its PPxY motif to interact with the E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase NEDD4. NEDD4 then recruited MAP1LC3/LC3 via its LC3-interacting region (LIR). Interestingly, after binding to the ubiquitinated RABV-M, NEDD4 could bind more LC3 and enhance autophagosome accumulation, while NEDD4 knockdown significantly reduced M-induced autophagosome accumulation. Further study revealed that RABV-M prevented autophagosome-lysosome fusion and facilitated viral budding. Inhibition of RABV-M-induced autophagosome accumulation reduced the production of extracellular virus-like particles. We also found that M proteins of most lyssaviruses share the same mechanism to accumulate autophagosome by hijacking NEDD4. Collectively, this study revealed a novel strategy for lyssaviruses to achieve efficient viral replication by exploiting the host autophagy system.Abbreviations: ABLV: Australian bat lyssavirus; ATG5: autophagy related 5; Baf A1:bafilomycin A1;co-IP: co-immunoprecipitation; CQ: chloroquine; DAPI:4',6-diamidino-2'-phenylindole; DMSO: dimethyl sulfoxide; EBLV:European bat lyssavirus; GFP: green fluorescent protein; GST:glutathione S-transferase; hpi: hours post-infection; hpt: hourspost-transfection; LIR: LC3-interactingregion;MAP1LC3/LC3: microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3; mCherry:red fluorescent protein; MOI: multiplicity of infection; NC: negativecontrol; MVB: multivesicular body; NEDD4: neural precursorcell-expressed developmentally down-regulated 4; RABV: rabies virus;SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; VLP: virus-like particle; VPS4B: vacuolarprotein sorting 4B; TEM: transmission electron microscopy; WB:western blotting; WT: wild-type; μm: micrometer; μM: micromole.
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- Yueming Yuan
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine of Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine of Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine of Hubei Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Animal Breeding and Sustainable Production, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Rodríguez-Salazar CA, van Tol S, Mailhot O, Gonzalez-Orozco M, Galdino GT, Warren AN, Teruel N, Behera P, Afreen KS, Zhang L, Juelich TL, Smith JK, Zylber MI, Freiberg AN, Najmanovich RJ, Giraldo MI, Rajsbaum R. Ebola virus VP35 interacts non-covalently with ubiquitin chains to promote viral replication. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002544. [PMID: 38422166 PMCID: PMC10942258 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Ebolavirus (EBOV) belongs to a family of highly pathogenic viruses that cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans. EBOV replication requires the activity of the viral polymerase complex, which includes the cofactor and Interferon antagonist VP35. We previously showed that the covalent ubiquitination of VP35 promotes virus replication by regulating interactions with the polymerase complex. In addition, VP35 can also interact non-covalently with ubiquitin (Ub); however, the function of this interaction is unknown. Here, we report that VP35 interacts with free (unanchored) K63-linked polyUb chains. Ectopic expression of Isopeptidase T (USP5), which is known to degrade unanchored polyUb chains, reduced VP35 association with Ub and correlated with diminished polymerase activity in a minigenome assay. Using computational methods, we modeled the VP35-Ub non-covalent interacting complex, identified the VP35-Ub interacting surface, and tested mutations to validate the interface. Docking simulations identified chemical compounds that can block VP35-Ub interactions leading to reduced viral polymerase activity. Treatment with the compounds reduced replication of infectious EBOV in cells and in vivo in a mouse model. In conclusion, we identified a novel role of unanchored polyUb in regulating Ebola virus polymerase function and discovered compounds that have promising anti-Ebola virus activity.
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- Carlos A. Rodríguez-Salazar
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Corporación Universitaria Empresarial Alexander von Humboldt, Armenia, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Wang C, Chen Y, Hu S, Liu X. Insights into the function of ESCRT and its role in enveloped virus infection. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1261651. [PMID: 37869652 PMCID: PMC10587442 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1261651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) is an essential molecular machinery in eukaryotic cells that facilitates the invagination of endosomal membranes, leading to the formation of multivesicular bodies (MVBs). It participates in various cellular processes, including lipid bilayer remodeling, cytoplasmic separation, autophagy, membrane fission and re-modeling, plasma membrane repair, as well as the invasion, budding, and release of certain enveloped viruses. The ESCRT complex consists of five complexes, ESCRT-0 to ESCRT-III and VPS4, along with several accessory proteins. ESCRT-0 to ESCRT-II form soluble complexes that shuttle between the cytoplasm and membranes, mainly responsible for recruiting and transporting membrane proteins and viral particles, as well as recruiting ESCRT-III for membrane neck scission. ESCRT-III, a soluble monomer, directly participates in vesicle scission and release, while VPS4 hydrolyzes ATP to provide energy for ESCRT-III complex disassembly, enabling recycling. Studies have confirmed the hijacking of ESCRT complexes by enveloped viruses to facilitate their entry, replication, and budding. Recent research has focused on the interaction between various components of the ESCRT complex and different viruses. In this review, we discuss how different viruses hijack specific ESCRT regulatory proteins to impact the viral life cycle, aiming to explore commonalities in the interaction between viruses and the ESCRT system.
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- Chunxuan Wang
- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Animal Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Rodríguez-Salazar CA, van Tol S, Mailhot O, Galdino G, Teruel N, Zhang L, Warren AN, González-Orozco M, Freiberg AN, Najmanovich RJ, Giraldo MI, Rajsbaum R. Ebola Virus VP35 Interacts Non-Covalently with Ubiquitin Chains to Promote Viral Replication Creating New Therapeutic Opportunities. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.07.14.549057. [PMID: 37503276 PMCID: PMC10369991 DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.14.549057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
Ebolavirus (EBOV) belongs to a family of highly pathogenic viruses that cause severe hemorrhagic fever in humans. EBOV replication requires the activity of the viral polymerase complex, which includes the co-factor and Interferon antagonist VP35. We previously showed that the covalent ubiquitination of VP35 promotes virus replication by regulating interactions with the polymerase complex. In addition, VP35 can also interact non-covalently with ubiquitin (Ub); however, the function of this interaction is unknown. Here, we report that VP35 interacts with free (unanchored) K63-linked polyUb chains. Ectopic expression of Isopeptidase T (USP5), which is known to degrade unanchored polyUb chains, reduced VP35 association with Ub and correlated with diminished polymerase activity in a minigenome assay. Using computational methods, we modeled the VP35-Ub non-covalent interacting complex, identified the VP35-Ub interacting surface and tested mutations to validate the interface. Docking simulations identified chemical compounds that can block VP35-Ub interactions leading to reduced viral polymerase activity that correlated with reduced replication of infectious EBOV. In conclusion, we identified a novel role of unanchored polyUb in regulating Ebola virus polymerase function and discovered compounds that have promising anti-Ebola virus activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Carlos A. Rodríguez-Salazar
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
- Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Corporación Universitaria Empresarial Alexander von Humboldt, Armenia 630003, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07103
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, Texas, USA
- Center for Virus-Host-Innate Immunity and Department of Medicine; Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07103
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Rivera-Cuevas Y, Carruthers VB. The multifaceted interactions between pathogens and host ESCRT machinery. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011344. [PMID: 37141275 PMCID: PMC10159163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT) machinery consists of multiple protein complexes that coordinate vesicle budding away from the host cytosol. ESCRTs function in many fundamental cellular processes including the biogenesis of multivesicular bodies and exosomes, membrane repair and restoration, and cell abscission during cytokinesis. Work over the past 2 decades has shown that a diverse cohort of viruses critically rely upon host ESCRT machinery for virus replication and envelopment. More recent studies reported that intracellular bacteria and the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii benefit from, antagonize, or exploit host ESCRT machinery to preserve their intracellular niche, gain resources, or egress from infected cells. Here, we review how intracellular pathogens interact with the ESCRT machinery of their hosts, highlighting the variety of strategies they use to bind ESCRT complexes using short linear amino acid motifs like those used by ESCRTs to sequentially assemble on target membranes. Future work exposing new mechanisms of this molecular mimicry will yield novel insight of how pathogens exploit host ESCRT machinery and how ESCRTs facilitate key cellular processes.
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- Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Identification of novel chemical compounds targeting filovirus VP40-mediated particle production. Antiviral Res 2022; 199:105267. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2022.105267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Welker L, Paillart JC, Bernacchi S. Importance of Viral Late Domains in Budding and Release of Enveloped RNA Viruses. Viruses 2021; 13:1559. [PMID: 34452424 PMCID: PMC8402826 DOI: 10.3390/v13081559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Late assembly (L) domains are conserved sequences that are necessary for the late steps of viral replication, acting like cellular adaptors to engage the ESCRT membrane fission machinery that promote virion release. These short sequences, whose mutation or deletion produce the accumulation of immature virions at the plasma membrane, were firstly identified within retroviral Gag precursors, and in a further step, also in structural proteins of many other enveloped RNA viruses including arenaviruses, filoviruses, rhabdoviruses, reoviruses, and paramyxoviruses. Three classes of L domains have been identified thus far (PT/SAP, YPXnL/LXXLF, and PPxY), even if it has recently been suggested that other motifs could act as L domains. Here, we summarize the current state of knowledge of the different types of L domains and their cellular partners in the budding events of RNA viruses, with a particular focus on retroviruses.
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l’ARN, UPR 9002, IBMC, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, F-67000 Strasbourg, France; (L.W.); (J.-C.P.)
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Batra J, Mori H, Small GI, Anantpadma M, Shtanko O, Mishra N, Zhang M, Liu D, Williams CG, Biedenkopf N, Becker S, Gross ML, Leung DW, Davey RA, Amarasinghe GK, Krogan NJ, Basler CF. Non-canonical proline-tyrosine interactions with multiple host proteins regulate Ebola virus infection. EMBO J 2021; 40:e105658. [PMID: 34260076 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020105658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The Ebola virus VP30 protein interacts with the viral nucleoprotein and with host protein RBBP6 via PPxPxY motifs that adopt non-canonical orientations, as compared to other proline-rich motifs. An affinity tag-purification mass spectrometry approach identified additional PPxPxY-containing host proteins hnRNP L, hnRNPUL1, and PEG10, as VP30 interactors. hnRNP L and PEG10, like RBBP6, inhibit viral RNA synthesis and EBOV infection, whereas hnRNPUL1 enhances. RBBP6 and hnRNP L modulate VP30 phosphorylation, increase viral transcription, and exert additive effects on viral RNA synthesis. PEG10 has more modest inhibitory effects on EBOV replication. hnRNPUL1 positively affects viral RNA synthesis but in a VP30-independent manner. Binding studies demonstrate variable capacity of the PPxPxY motifs from these proteins to bind VP30, define PxPPPPxY as an optimal binding motif, and identify the fifth proline and the tyrosine as most critical for interaction. Competition binding and hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry studies demonstrate that each protein binds a similar interface on VP30. VP30 therefore presents a novel proline recognition domain that is targeted by multiple host proteins to modulate viral transcription.
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- Jyoti Batra
- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, NEIDL, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,John T. Milliken Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, NEIDL, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Host-Pathogen Interactions, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,John T. Milliken Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, NEIDL, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- J. David Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Quantitative Biosciences Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Marburg virus (MARV) VP40 protein (mVP40) directs egress and spread of MARV, in part, by recruiting specific host WW domain-containing proteins via its conserved PPxY late (L) domain motif to facilitate efficient virus-cell separation. We reported previously that small-molecule compounds targeting the viral PPxY/host WW domain interaction inhibited VP40-mediated egress and spread. Here, we report on the antiviral potency of novel compound FC-10696, which emerged from extensive structure-activity relationship (SAR) of a previously described series of PPxY inhibitors. We show that FC-10696 inhibits egress of mVP40 virus-like particles (VLPs) and egress of authentic MARV from HeLa cells and primary human macrophages. Moreover, FC-10696 treated-mice displayed delayed onset of weight loss and clinical signs and significantly lower viral loads compared to controls, with 14% of animals surviving 21 days following a lethal MARV challenge. Thus, FC-10696 represents a first-in-class, host-oriented inhibitor effectively targeting late stages of the MARV life cycle.
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P300-mediated NEDD4 acetylation drives ebolavirus VP40 egress by enhancing NEDD4 ligase activity. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009616. [PMID: 34111220 PMCID: PMC8191996 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The final stage of Ebola virus (EBOV) replication is budding from host cells, where the matrix protein VP40 is essential for driving this process. Many post-translational modifications such as ubiquitination are involved in VP40 egress, but acetylation has not been studied yet. Here, we characterize NEDD4 is acetylated at a conserved Lys667 mediated by the acetyltransferase P300 which drives VP40 egress process. Importantly, P300-mediated NEDD4 acetylation promotes NEDD4-VP40 interaction which enhances NEDD4 E3 ligase activity and is essential for the activation of VP40 ubiquitination and subsequent egress. Finally, we find that Zaire ebolavirus production is dramatically reduced in P300 knockout cell lines, suggesting that P300-mediated NEDD4 acetylation may have a physiological effect on Ebola virus life cycle. Thus, our study identifies an acetylation-dependent regulatory mechanism that governs VP40 ubiquitination and provides insights into how acetylation controls EBOV VP40 egress. Ebola virus (EBOV) is one of the deadliest pathogens, causing fatal hemorrhagic fever diseases in humans and primates. In this study, we find that P300-mediated NEDD4 acetylation facilitates EBOV egress. Acetylation promotes NEDD4-VP40 interactions which enhances NEDD4 E3 ligase activity and is essential for the activation of VP40 ubiquitination and subsequent egress. This study implies that inhibitory effect of acetylation can be regarded as an attractive candidate of drug target for the treatment of Ebola virus disease.
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Amiar S, Husby ML, Wijesinghe KJ, Angel S, Bhattarai N, Gerstman BS, Chapagain PP, Li S, Stahelin RV. Lipid-specific oligomerization of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 is regulated by two distinct interfaces for virion assembly. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100796. [PMID: 34019871 PMCID: PMC8191294 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Marburg virus (MARV) is a lipid-enveloped virus harboring a negative-sense RNA genome, which has caused sporadic outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fever in sub-Saharan Africa. MARV assembles and buds from the host cell plasma membrane where MARV matrix protein (mVP40) dimers associate with anionic lipids at the plasma membrane inner leaflet and undergo a dynamic and extensive self-oligomerization into the structural matrix layer. The MARV matrix layer confers the virion filamentous shape and stability but how host lipids modulate mVP40 oligomerization is mostly unknown. Using in vitro and cellular techniques, we present a mVP40 assembly model highlighting two distinct oligomerization interfaces: the (N-terminal domain [NTD] and C-terminal domain [CTD]) in mVP40. Cellular studies of NTD and CTD oligomerization interface mutants demonstrate the importance of each interface in matrix assembly. The assembly steps include protein trafficking to the plasma membrane, homo-multimerization that induced protein enrichment, plasma membrane fluidity changes, and elongations at the plasma membrane. An ascorbate peroxidase derivative (APEX)-transmission electron microscopy method was employed to closely assess the ultrastructural localization and formation of viral particles for wildtype mVP40 and NTD and CTD oligomerization interface mutants. Taken together, these studies present a mechanistic model of mVP40 oligomerization and assembly at the plasma membrane during virion assembly that requires interactions with phosphatidylserine for NTD–NTD interactions and phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate for proper CTD–CTD interactions. These findings have broader implications in understanding budding of lipid-enveloped viruses from the host cell plasma membrane and potential strategies to target protein–protein or lipid–protein interactions to inhibit virus budding.
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- Souad Amiar
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA; Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA; Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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Ilaprazole and other novel prazole-based compounds that bind Tsg101 inhibit viral budding of HSV-1/2 and HIV from cells. J Virol 2021; 95:JVI.00190-21. [PMID: 33731460 PMCID: PMC8139698 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00190-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In many enveloped virus families, including HIV and HSV, a crucial, yet unexploited, step in the viral life cycle is releasing particles from the infected cell membranes. This release process is mediated by host ESCRT complex proteins, which are recruited by viral structural proteins and provides the mechanical means for membrane scission and subsequent viral budding. The prazole drug, tenatoprazole, was previously shown to bind to ESCRT complex member Tsg101 and to quantitatively block the release of infectious HIV-1 from cells in culture. In this report we show that tenatoprazole and a related prazole drug, ilaprazole, effectively block infectious Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV)-1/2 release from Vero cells in culture. By electron microscopy, we found that both prazole drugs block the transit of HSV particles through the cell nuclear membrane resulting in their accumulation in the nucleus. Ilaprazole also quantitatively blocks the release of HIV-1 from 293T cells with an EC50 of 0.8-1.2 μM, which is much more potent than tenatoprazole. Our results indicate that prazole-based compounds may represent a class of drugs with potential to be broad-spectrum antiviral agents against multiple enveloped viruses, by interrupting cellular Tsg101 interaction with maturing virus, thus blocking the budding process that releases particles from the cell.ImportanceThese results provide the basis for the development of drugs that target enveloped virus budding that can be used ultimately to control multiple virus infections in humans.
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Ubiquitin Ligase SMURF2 Interacts with Filovirus VP40 and Promotes Egress of VP40 VLPs. Viruses 2021; 13:v13020288. [PMID: 33673144 PMCID: PMC7918931 DOI: 10.3390/v13020288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Filoviruses Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) are devastating high-priority pathogens capable of causing explosive outbreaks with high human mortality rates. The matrix proteins of EBOV and MARV, as well as eVP40 and mVP40, respectively, are the key viral proteins that drive virus assembly and egress and can bud independently from cells in the form of virus-like particles (VLPs). The matrix proteins utilize proline-rich Late (L) domain motifs (e.g., PPxY) to hijack specific host proteins that contain WW domains, such as the HECT family E3 ligases, to facilitate the last step of virus–cell separation. We identified E3 ubiquitin ligase Smad Ubiquitin Regulatory Factor 2 (SMURF2) as a novel interactor with VP40 that positively regulates VP40 VLP release. Our results show that eVP40 and mVP40 interact with the three WW domains of SMURF2 via their PPxY motifs. We provide evidence that the eVP40–SMURF2 interaction is functional as the expression of SMURF2 positively regulates VLP egress, while siRNA knockdown of endogenous SMURF2 decreases VLP budding compared to controls. In sum, our identification of novel interactor SMURF2 adds to the growing list of identified host proteins that can regulate PPxY-mediated egress of VP40 VLPs. A more comprehensive understanding of the modular interplay between filovirus VP40 and host proteins may lead to the development of new therapies to combat these deadly infections.
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Kaul Z, Mookherjee D, Das S, Chatterjee D, Chakrabarti S, Chakrabarti O. Loss of tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) perturbs endoplasmic reticulum structure and function. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2020; 1867:118741. [PMID: 32422153 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tumor susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101), an ESCRT-I protein, is implicated in multiple cellular processes and its functional depletion can lead to blocked lysosomal degradation, cell cycle arrest, demyelination and neurodegeneration. Here, we show that loss of TSG101 results in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and this causes ER membrane remodelling (EMR). This correlates with an expansion of ER, increased vacuolation, altered relative distribution of the rough and smooth ER and disruption of three-way junctions. Blocked lysosomal degradation due to TSG101 depletion leads to ER stress and Ca2+ leakage from ER stores, causing destabilization of actin cytoskeleton. Inhibiting Ca2+ release from the ER by blocking ryanodine receptors (RYRs) with Dantrolene partially rescues the ER stress phenotypes. Hence, in this study we have identified the involvement of TSG101 in modulating ER stress mediated remodelling by engaging the actin cytoskeleton. This is significant because functional depletion of TSG101 effectuates ER-stress, perturbs the structure, mobility and function of the ER, all aspects closely associated with neurodegenerative diseases. SUMMARY STATEMENT: We show that tumor susceptibility gene (TSG) 101 regulates endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and its membrane remodelling. Loss of TSG101 perturbs structure, mobility and function of the ER as a consequence of actin destabilization.
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- Zenia Kaul
- Biophysics & Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA..
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- Biophysics & Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CN 6, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India
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- Biophysics & Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CN 6, Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700091, India
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- Biophysics & Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, India.
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Han Z, Ruthel G, Dash S, Berry CT, Freedman BD, Harty RN, Shtanko O. Angiomotin regulates budding and spread of Ebola virus. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:8596-8601. [PMID: 32381509 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ac120.013171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The Ebola virus (EBOV) VP40 matrix protein (eVP40) orchestrates assembly and budding of virions in part by hijacking select WW-domain-bearing host proteins via its PPxY late (L)-domain motif. Angiomotin (Amot) is a multifunctional PPxY-containing adaptor protein that regulates angiogenesis, actin dynamics, and cell migration/motility. Amot also regulates the Hippo signaling pathway via interactions with the WW-domain-containing Hippo effector protein Yes-associated protein (YAP). In this report, we demonstrate that endogenous Amot is crucial for positively regulating egress of eVP40 virus-like particles (VLPs) and for egress and spread of authentic EBOV. Mechanistically, we show that ectopic YAP expression inhibits eVP40 VLP egress and that Amot co-expression rescues budding of eVP40 VLPs in a dose-dependent and PPxY-dependent manner. Moreover, results obtained with confocal and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy suggested that Amot's role in actin organization and dynamics also contributes to promoting eVP40-mediated egress. In summary, these findings reveal a functional and competitive interplay between virus and host proteins involving the multifunctional PPxY-containing adaptor Amot, which regulates both the Hippo pathway and actin dynamics. We propose that our results have wide-ranging implications for understanding the biology and pathology of EBOV infections.
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- Ziying Han
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Host-Pathogen Interactions, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Badierah RA, Uversky VN, Redwan EM. Dancing with Trojan horses: an interplay between the extracellular vesicles and viruses. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 39:3034-3060. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1756409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Raied A. Badierah
- Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
- Laboratory of New Methods in Biology, Institute for Biological Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center ‘Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences’, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract
The WW domain is a modular protein structure that recognizes the proline-rich Pro-Pro-x-Tyr (PPxY) motif contained in specific target proteins. The compact modular nature of the WW domain makes it ideal for mediating interactions between proteins in complex networks and signaling pathways of the cell (e.g. the Hippo pathway). As a result, WW domains play key roles in a plethora of both normal and disease processes. Intriguingly, RNA and DNA viruses have evolved strategies to hijack cellular WW domain-containing proteins and thereby exploit the modular functions of these host proteins for various steps of the virus life cycle, including entry, replication, and egress. In this review, we summarize key findings in this rapidly expanding field, in which new virus-host interactions continue to be identified. Further unraveling of the molecular aspects of these crucial virus-host interactions will continue to enhance our fundamental understanding of the biology and pathogenesis of these viruses. We anticipate that additional insights into these interactions will help support strategies to develop a new class of small-molecule inhibitors of viral PPxY-host WW-domain interactions that could be used as antiviral therapeutics.
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- Ariel Shepley-McTaggart
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, Matrix #07-01, Singapore 138671.,Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077.,Center for Computational Biology, DUKE-NUS Medical School, Singapore 169857
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077.,Laboratory of Cancer Signaling and Domainopathies, Yong Loo Li School of Medicine, Block MD9, 2 Medical Drive #04-01, Singapore 117597.,Mechanobiology Institute, T-Lab, 5A Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117411.,Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Han Z, Dash S, Sagum CA, Ruthel G, Jaladanki CK, Berry CT, Schwoerer MP, Harty NM, Freedman BD, Bedford MT, Fan H, Sidhu SS, Sudol M, Shtanko O, Harty RN. Modular mimicry and engagement of the Hippo pathway by Marburg virus VP40: Implications for filovirus biology and budding. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008231. [PMID: 31905227 PMCID: PMC6977764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) are members of the Filoviridae family, which continue to emerge and cause sporadic outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates. Filoviruses utilize their VP40 matrix protein to drive virion assembly and budding, in part, by recruitment of specific WW-domain-bearing host proteins via its conserved PPxY Late (L) domain motif. Here, we screened an array of 115 mammalian, bacterially expressed and purified WW-domains using a PPxY-containing peptide from MARV VP40 (mVP40) to identify novel host interactors. Using this unbiased approach, we identified Yes Associated Protein (YAP) and Transcriptional co-Activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) as novel mVP40 PPxY interactors. YAP and TAZ function as downstream transcriptional effectors of the Hippo signaling pathway that regulates cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis. We demonstrate that ectopic expression of YAP or TAZ along with mVP40 leads to significant inhibition of budding of mVP40 VLPs in a WW-domain/PPxY dependent manner. Moreover, YAP colocalized with mVP40 in the cytoplasm, and inhibition of mVP40 VLP budding was more pronounced when YAP was localized predominantly in the cytoplasm rather than in the nucleus. A key regulator of YAP nuclear/cytoplasmic localization and function is angiomotin (Amot); a multi-PPxY containing protein that strongly interacts with YAP WW-domains. Interestingly, we found that expression of PPxY-containing Amot rescued mVP40 VLP egress from either YAP- or TAZ-mediated inhibition in a PPxY-dependent manner. Importantly, using a stable Amot-knockdown cell line, we found that expression of Amot was critical for efficient egress of mVP40 VLPs as well as egress and spread of authentic MARV in infected cell cultures. In sum, we identified novel negative (YAP/TAZ) and positive (Amot) regulators of MARV VP40-mediated egress, that likely function in part, via competition between host and viral PPxY motifs binding to modular host WW-domains. These findings not only impact our mechanistic understanding of virus budding and spread, but also may impact the development of new antiviral strategies. By screening an array of 115 mammalian WW-domains with the PPxY motif from MARV VP40 (mVP40), we identified YAP1 and TAZ, transcriptional effectors of the Hippo pathway, as mVP40 interactors, and demonstrated that ectopically expressed YAP1 or TAZ inhibited budding of mVP40 virus-like particles (VLPs) in a WW-domain/PPxY dependent manner. Angiomotin (Amot), a multi-PPxY containing regulator of YAP1 nuclear/cytoplasmic localization and function, rescued mVP40 VLP egress from either YAP1- or TAZ-mediated inhibition in a PPxY-dependent manner. Indeed, endogenous Amot expression was critical for egress of mVP40 VLPs and authentic MARV. In sum, we have revealed a link between the Hippo pathway and filovirus egress by identifying negative (YAP/TAZ) and positive (Amot) regulators of MARV VP40-mediated egress.
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- Ziying Han
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Smithville, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Mechanobiology Institute at National University of Singapore, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, IMCB, and Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Smithville, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Physiology and Mechanobiology Institute at National University of Singapore, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, IMCB, and Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Mechanobiology Institute at National University of Singapore, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, IMCB, and Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
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- Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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[Molecular mechanisms of highly pathogenic viruses' replication and their applications for a novel drug discovery]. Uirusu 2020; 70:69-82. [PMID: 33967116 DOI: 10.2222/jsv.70.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Productive (lytic) replication of DNA viruses elicits host cell DNA damage responses, which cause both beneficial and detrimental effects on viral replication. Viruses utilize them and selectively cancel the 'noisy' downstream signaling pathways, leading to maintain high S-phase CDK activities required for viral replication. To achieve this fine tuning of cellular environment, herpesviruses encode many (>70) genes in their genome, which are expressed in a strictly regulated temporal cascade (immediate-early, early, and late). Here, I introduce and discuss how Epstein-Barr virus, an oncogenic herpesvirus, hijacks the cellular environment and adapt it for the progeny production.
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E3 Ligase ITCH Interacts with the Z Matrix Protein of Lassa and Mopeia Viruses and Is Required for the Release of Infectious Particles. Viruses 2019; 12:v12010049. [PMID: 31906112 PMCID: PMC7019300 DOI: 10.3390/v12010049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Lassa virus (LASV) and Mopeia virus (MOPV) are two closely related, rodent-born mammarenaviruses. LASV is the causative agent of Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic fever endemic in West Africa, whereas MOPV is non-pathogenic in humans. The Z matrix protein of arenaviruses is essential to virus assembly and budding by recruiting host factors, a mechanism that remains partially defined. To better characterize the interactions involved, a yeast two-hybrid screen was conducted using the Z proteins from LASV and MOPV as a bait. The cellular proteins ITCH and WWP1, two members of the Nedd4 family of HECT E3 ubiquitin ligases, were found to bind the Z proteins of LASV, MOPV and other arenaviruses. The PPxY late-domain motif of the Z proteins is required for the interaction with ITCH, although the E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity of ITCH is not involved in Z ubiquitination. The silencing of ITCH was shown to affect the replication of the old-world mammarenaviruses LASV, MOPV, Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and to a lesser extent Lujo virus (LUJV). More precisely, ITCH was involved in the egress of virus-like particles and the release of infectious progeny viruses. Thus, ITCH constitutes a novel interactor of LASV and MOPV Z proteins that is involved in virus assembly and release.
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New Aspects of HECT-E3 Ligases in Cell Senescence and Cell Death of Plants. PLANTS 2019; 8:plants8110483. [PMID: 31717304 PMCID: PMC6918304 DOI: 10.3390/plants8110483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Plant cells undergo massive orderly changes in structure, biochemistry, and gene expression during cell senescence. These changes cannot be distinguished from the hydrolysis/degradation function controlled by the ubiquitination pathway, autophagy, and various hydrolases in cells. In this mini-review, we summarized current research progress that the human HECT (homologous to the E6AP carboxyl terminus)-type ubiquitin E3 ligases have non-redundant functions in regulating specific signaling pathways, involved in a number of human diseases, especially aging-related diseases, through the influence of DNA repair, protein stability, and removal efficiency of damaged proteins or organelles. We further compared HECT E3 ligases’ structure and functions between plant and mammalian cells, and speculated new aspects acting as degrading signals and regulating signals of HECT E3 ligase in cell senescence and the cell death of plants.
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Chen Y, Li J, Zhou Y, Feng Y, Guan X, Li D, Ren X, Gao S, Huang J, Guan X, Shi W, Liu M. The role of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) proteins in recruiting the ESCRT pathway through three ways in the host cells of fish during IHNV budding. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 92:833-841. [PMID: 31299463 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2019.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In cytokinetic abscission, phagophore formation, and enveloped virus budding are mediated by the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT). Many retroviruses and RNA viruses encode "late-domain" motifs that can interact with the components of the ESCRT pathway to mediate the viral assembly and budding. However, the rhabdovirus in fish has been rarely investigated. In this study, inhibition the protein expression of the ESCRT components reduces the extracellular virion production, which preliminarily indicates that the ESCRT pathway is involved in IHNV release. The respective interactions of IHNV proteins including M, G, L protein with Nedd4, Tsg101, and Alix suggest the underlying molecular mechanism by which IHNV gets access to the ESCRT pathway. These results are the first observation that rhabdovirus in fish gains access to the ESCRT pathway through three ways of interactions between viral proteins and host proteins. In addition, the results show that IHNV is released from host cells through the ESCRT pathway. Taken together, our study provides a theoretical basis for studying the budding mechanism of IHNV.
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- Yaping Chen
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, 150030, PR China.
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Urata S, Ishikawa T, Yasuda J. Roles of YIGL sequence of Ebola virus VP40 on genome replication and particle production. J Gen Virol 2019; 100:1099-1111. [PMID: 31184566 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) VP40 is a major driving force of nascent virion production and a negative regulator of genome replication/transcription. Here, we showed that the YIGL sequence at the C-terminus of EBOV VP40 is important for virus-like particle (VLP) production and the regulation of genome replication/transcription. Accordingly, a mutation in the YIGL sequence caused defects in VLP production and genome replication/transcription. The residues I293 and L295 in the YIGL sequence were particularly critical for VLP production. Furthermore, an in silico analysis indicated that the amino acids surrounding the YIGL sequence contribute to intramolecular interactions within VP40. Among those surrounding residues, F209 was shown to be critical for VLP production. These results suggested that the VP40 YIGL sequence regulates two different viral replication steps, VLP production and genome replication/transcription, and the nearby residue F209 influences VLP production.
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- Shuzo Urata
- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseasesn, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.,National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan
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- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.,Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Program for Nurturing Global Leaders in Tropical and Emerging Communicable Diseases, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan.,Department of Emerging Infectious Diseasesn, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan
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This chapter reviews our current knowledge about the spatiotemporal assembly of filoviral particles. We will follow particles from nucleocapsid entry into the cytoplasm until the nucleocapsids are enveloped at the plasma membrane. We will also highlight the currently open scientific questions surrounding filovirus assembly.
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Pleet ML, DeMarino C, Stonier SW, Dye JM, Jacobson S, Aman MJ, Kashanchi F. Extracellular Vesicles and Ebola Virus: A New Mechanism of Immune Evasion. Viruses 2019; 11:v11050410. [PMID: 31052499 PMCID: PMC6563240 DOI: 10.3390/v11050410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) disease can result in a range of symptoms anywhere from virtually asymptomatic to severe hemorrhagic fever during acute infection. Additionally, spans of asymptomatic persistence in recovering survivors is possible, during which transmission of the virus may occur. In acute infection, substantial cytokine storm and bystander lymphocyte apoptosis take place, resulting in uncontrolled, systemic inflammation in affected individuals. Recently, studies have demonstrated the presence of EBOV proteins VP40, glycoprotein (GP), and nucleoprotein (NP) packaged into extracellular vesicles (EVs) during infection. EVs containing EBOV proteins have been shown to induce apoptosis in recipient immune cells, as well as contain pro-inflammatory cytokines. In this manuscript, we review the current field of knowledge on EBOV EVs including the mechanisms of their biogenesis, their cargo and their effects in recipient cells. Furthermore, we discuss some of the effects that may be induced by EBOV EVs that have not yet been characterized and highlight the remaining questions and future directions.
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- Michelle L Pleet
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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- Department, Emergent BioSolutions, Gaithersburg, MD 20879, USA.
- Virology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Virology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Viral Immunology Section, Neuroimmunology Branch, National Institute for Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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- Department. Integrated BioTherapeutics, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20850, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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Identification of RUVBL1 and RUVBL2 as Novel Cellular Interactors of the Ebola Virus Nucleoprotein. Viruses 2019; 11:v11040372. [PMID: 31018511 PMCID: PMC6521077 DOI: 10.3390/v11040372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is a filovirus that has become a global public health threat in recent years. EBOV is the causative agent of a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever. A productive viral infection relies on the successful recruitment of host factors for various stages of the viral life cycle. To date, several investigations have discovered specific host-pathogen interactions for various EBOV proteins. However, relatively little is known about the EBOV nucleoprotein (NP) with regard to host interactions. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate NP-host protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Affinity purification-mass spectrometry (AP-MS) was used to identify candidate NP cellular interactors. Candidate interactors RUVBL1 and RUVBL2, partner proteins belonging to the AAA+ (ATPases Associated with various cellular Activities) superfamily, were confirmed to interact with NP in co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and immunofluorescence (IF) experiments. Functional studies using a minigenome system revealed that the siRNA-mediated knockdown of RUVBL1 but not RUVBL2 moderately decreased EBOV minigenome activity. Super resolution structured illumination microscopy (SIM) was used to identify an association between NP and components of the R2TP complex, which includes RUVBL1, RUVBL2, RPAP3, and PIH1D1, suggesting a potential role for the R2TP complex in capsid formation. Moreover, the siRNA-mediated knockdown of RPAP3 and subsequent downregulation of PIH1D1 was shown to have no effect on minigenome activity, further suggesting a role in capsid formation. Overall, we identify RUVBL1 and RUVBL2 as novel interactors of EBOV NP and for the first time report EBOV NP recruitment of the R2TP complex, which may provide novel targets for broad-acting anti-EBOV therapeutics.
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Nagarajan N, Yapp EKY, Le NQK, Yeh HY. In silico screening of sugar alcohol compounds to inhibit viral matrix protein VP40 of Ebola virus. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:3315-3324. [PMID: 30982214 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04792-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ebola virus is a virulent pathogen that causes highly lethal hemorrhagic fever in human and non-human species. The rapid growth of this virus infection has made the scenario increasingly complicated to control the disease. Receptor viral matrix protein (VP40) is highly responsible for the replication and budding of progeny virus. The binding of RNA to VP40 could be the crucial factor for the successful lifecycle of the Ebola virus. In this study, we aimed to identify the potential drug that could inhibit VP40. Sugar alcohols were enrich with antiviral properties used to inhibit VP40. Virtual screening analysis was perform for the 48 sugar alcohol compounds, of which the following three compounds show the best binding affinity: Sorbitol, Mannitol and Galactitol. To understand the perfect binding orientation and the strength of non-bonded interactions, individual molecular docking studies were perform for the best hits. Further molecular dynamics studies were conduct to analyze the efficacy between the protein-ligand complexes and it was identify that Sorbitol obtains the highest efficacy. The best-screened compounds obtained drug-like property and were less toxic, which could be use as a potential lead compound to develop anti-Ebola drugs.
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- Nagasundaram Nagarajan
- School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Dr, Singapore, 637332, Singapore.
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- Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, 2 Fusionopolis Way, Singapore, 138634, Singapore
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- School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Dr, Singapore, 637332, Singapore
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- School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Dr, Singapore, 637332, Singapore.
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Økland AL, Nylund A, Øvergård AC, Skoge RH, Kongshaug H. Genomic characterization, phylogenetic position and in situ localization of a novel putative mononegavirus in Lepeophtheirus salmonis. Arch Virol 2019; 164:675-689. [PMID: 30535526 PMCID: PMC6394706 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-018-04119-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The complete genome sequence of a novel mononegavirus, Lepeophtheirus salmonis negative-stranded RNA virus 1 (LsNSRV-1), obtained from a salmonid ectoparasite, Lepeophtheirus salmonis was determined. The viral genome contains five open reading frames encoding three unknown proteins (ORF I, II and III), a putative glycoprotein (G), and a large (L) protein. Phylogenetic analysis placed LsNSRV-1 in the recently established mononegaviral family Artoviridae. LsNSRV-1 showed a prevalence of around 97% and was detected in all L. salmonis developmental stages. Viral genomic and antigenomic RNA was localized to nerve tissue, connective tissue, epithelial cells of the gut, subepidermal tissue, exocrine and cement glands, as well as the testis, vas deferens and spermatophore sac of male L. salmonis and the ovaries and oocytes of females. Viral RNA was detected in both the cytoplasm and the nucleoli of infected cells, and putative nuclear export and localization signals were found within the ORF I, III and L proteins, suggesting nuclear replication of LsNSRV-1. RNA interference (RNAi) was induced twice during development by the introduction of a double-stranded RNA fragment of ORF I, resulting in a transient knockdown of viral RNA. A large variation in the knockdown level was seen in adult males and off springs of knockdown animals, whereas the RNA level was more stable in adult females. Together with the localization of viral RNA within the male spermatophore and female oocytes and the amplification of viral RNA in developing embryos, this suggests that LsNSRV-1 is transmitted both maternally and paternally. Small amounts of viral RNA were detected at the site where chalimi were attached to the skin of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). However, as the RNAi-mediated treatment did not result in LsNSRV-1-negative offspring and the virus failed to replicate in the tested fish cell cultures, it is difficult to investigate the influence of secreted LsNSRV-1 on the salmon immune response.
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- Arnfinn Lodden Økland
- Fish Disease Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway.
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- Fish Disease Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Fish Disease Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Sea Lice Research Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgt. 55, Pb. 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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Brandt J, Wendt L, Hoenen T. Structure and functions of the Ebola virus matrix protein VP40. Future Virol 2019. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl-2018-0162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The matrix protein VP40 of the highly pathogenic Ebola virus (EBOV), a member of the filovirus family, is the most abundant protein in EBOV virions. During the viral life cycle it mediates assembly and budding from the host cell, and is responsible for the characteristic filamentous shape of EBOV particles. In addition to this classical function as a matrix protein, VP40 was also shown to have a regulatory function in viral transcription. To enable these distinct functions, VP40 can adopt different oligomeric states, in particular, dimers, hexamers and ring-like octameric RNA-binding structures. This review describes the properties and functions of the EBOV matrix protein VP40 and how these different conformations of VP40 contribute to its diverse functions.
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- Janine Brandt
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, 17493 Greifswald – Insel Riems, Germany
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Sluimer J, Distel B. Regulating the human HECT E3 ligases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2018; 75:3121-3141. [PMID: 29858610 PMCID: PMC6063350 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-018-2848-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ubiquitination, the covalent attachment of ubiquitin to proteins, by E3 ligases of the HECT (homologous to E6AP C terminus) family is critical in controlling diverse physiological pathways. Stringent control of HECT E3 ligase activity and substrate specificity is essential for cellular health, whereas deregulation of HECT E3s plays a prominent role in disease. The cell employs a wide variety of regulatory mechanisms to control HECT E3 activity and substrate specificity. Here, we summarize the current understanding of these regulatory mechanisms that control HECT E3 function. Substrate specificity is generally determined by interactions of adaptor proteins with domains in the N-terminal extensions of HECT E3 ligases. These N-terminal domains have also been found to interact with the HECT domain, resulting in the formation of inhibitory conformations. In addition, catalytic activity of the HECT domain is commonly regulated at the level of E2 recruitment and through HECT E3 oligomerization. The previously mentioned regulatory mechanisms can be controlled through protein-protein interactions, post-translational modifications, the binding of calcium ions, and more. Functional activity is determined not only by substrate recruitment and catalytic activity, but also by the type of ubiquitin polymers catalyzed to the substrate. While this is often determined by the specific HECT member, recent studies demonstrate that HECT E3s can be modulated to alter the type of ubiquitin polymers they catalyze. Insight into these diverse regulatory mechanisms that control HECT E3 activity may open up new avenues for therapeutic strategies aimed at inhibition or enhancement of HECT E3 function in disease-related pathways.
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- Jasper Sluimer
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wijtemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Lehrer AT, Wong TAS, Lieberman MM, Humphreys T, Clements DE, Bakken RR, Hart MK, Pratt WD, Dye JM. Recombinant proteins of Zaire ebolavirus induce potent humoral and cellular immune responses and protect against live virus infection in mice. Vaccine 2018; 36:3090-3100. [PMID: 28216187 PMCID: PMC8426131 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.01.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Infections with filoviruses in humans are highly virulent, causing hemorrhagic fevers which result in up to 90% mortality. In addition to natural infections, the ability to use these viruses as bioterrorist weapons is of significant concern. Currently, there are no licensed vaccines or therapeutics available to combat these infections. The pathogenesis of disease involves the dysregulation of the host's immune system, which results in impairment of the innate and adaptive immune responses, with subsequent development of lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, hemorrhage, and death. Questions remain with regard to the few survivors of infection, who manage to mount an effective adaptive immune response. These questions concern the humoral and cellular components of this response, and whether such a response can be elicited by an appropriate prophylactic vaccine. The data reported herein describe the production and evaluation of a recombinant subunit Ebola virus vaccine candidate consisting of insect cell expressed Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV) surface glycoprotein (GP) and the matrix proteins VP24 and VP40. The recombinant subunit proteins are shown to be highly immunogenic in mice, yielding both humoral and cellular responses, as well as highly efficacious, providing up to 100% protection against a lethal challenge with live virus. These results demonstrate proof of concept for such a recombinant non-replicating vaccine candidate in the mouse model of EBOV which helps to elucidate immune correlates of protection and warrants further development.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Animals
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/blood
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Ebola Vaccines/immunology
- Ebolavirus
- Female
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/immunology
- Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/prevention & control
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunity, Humoral
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
- Viral Matrix Proteins/immunology
- Viral Proteins/immunology
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- Axel T Lehrer
- PanThera Biopharma, LLC, Aiea, HI 96701, United States.
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, United States
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, United States
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, United States
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- US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, United States
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DeMarino C, Pleet ML, Cowen M, Barclay RA, Akpamagbo Y, Erickson J, Ndembi N, Charurat M, Jumare J, Bwala S, Alabi P, Hogan M, Gupta A, Noren Hooten N, Evans MK, Lepene B, Zhou W, Caputi M, Romerio F, Royal W, El-Hage N, Liotta LA, Kashanchi F. Antiretroviral Drugs Alter the Content of Extracellular Vesicles from HIV-1-Infected Cells. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7653. [PMID: 29769566 PMCID: PMC5955991 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25943-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/01/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To date, the most effective treatment of HIV-1 is a combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), which reduces viral replication and reverses pathology. We investigated the effect of cART (RT and protease inhibitors) on the content of extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from HIV-1-infected cells. We have previously shown that EVs contain non-coding HIV-1 RNA, which can elicit responses in recipient cells. In this manuscript, we show that TAR RNA levels demonstrate little change with the addition of cART treatment in cell lines, primary macrophages, and patient biofluids. We determined possible mechanisms involved in the selective packaging of HIV-1 RNA into EVs, specifically an increase in EV-associated hnRNP A2/B1. More recent experiments have shown that several other FDA-approved drugs have the ability to alter the content of exosomes released from HIV-1-infected cells. These findings on cART-altered EV content can also be applied to general viral inhibitors (interferons) which are used to treat other chronic infections. Additionally, we describe unique mechanisms of ESCRT pathway manipulation by antivirals, specifically the targeting of VPS4. Collectively, these data imply that, despite antiretroviral therapy, EVs containing viral products are continually released and may cause neurocognitive and immunological dysfunction.
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- Catherine DeMarino
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- National Hospital, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
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- University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria
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- Systems Biosciences (SBI), Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Systems Biosciences (SBI), Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Science, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
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- Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA.
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In 2014, the world witnessed the largest Ebolavirus outbreak in recorded history. The subsequent humanitarian effort spurred extensive research, significantly enhancing our understanding of ebolavirus replication and pathogenicity. The main functions of each ebolavirus protein have been studied extensively since the discovery of the virus in 1976; however, the recent expansion of ebolavirus research has led to the discovery of new protein functions. These newly discovered roles are revealing new mechanisms of virus replication and pathogenicity, whilst enhancing our understanding of the broad functions of each ebolavirus viral protein (VP). Many of these new functions appear to be unrelated to the protein's primary function during virus replication. Such new functions range from bystander T-lymphocyte death caused by VP40-secreted exosomes to new roles for VP24 in viral particle formation. This review highlights the newly discovered roles of ebolavirus proteins in order to provide a more encompassing view of ebolavirus replication and pathogenicity.
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- Diego Cantoni
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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El Meshri SE, Boutant E, Mouhand A, Thomas A, Larue V, Richert L, Vivet-Boudou V, Mély Y, Tisné C, Muriaux D, de Rocquigny H. The NC domain of HIV-1 Gag contributes to the interaction of Gag with TSG101. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2018; 1862:1421-1431. [PMID: 29571744 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2018.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND HIV-1 Gag polyprotein orchestrates the assembly of viral particles. Its C-terminus consists of the nucleocapsid (NC) domain that interacts with RNA, and the p6 domain containing the PTAP motif that binds the cellular ESCRT factor TSG101 and ALIX. Deletion of the NC domain of Gag (GagNC) results in defective Gag assembly, a decrease in virus production and, thus probably affects recruitment of the ESCRT machinery. To investigate the role of GagNC in this recruitment, we analysed its impact on TSG101 and ALIX localisations and interactions in cells expressing Gag. METHODS Cells expressing mCherry-Gag or derivatives, alone or together with eGFP-TSG101 or eGFP-ALIX, were analysed by confocal microscopy and FLIM-FRET. Chemical shift mapping between TSG101-UEV motif and Gag C-terminus was performed by NMR. RESULTS We show that deletion of NC or of its two zinc fingers decreases the amount of Gag-TSG101 interacting complexes in cells. These findings are supported by NMR data showing chemical shift perturbations in the NC domain in- and outside - of the zinc finger elements upon TSG101 binding. The NMR data further identify a large stretch of amino acids within the p6 domain directly interacting with TSG101. CONCLUSION The NC zinc fingers and p6 domain of Gag participate in the formation of the Gag-TSG101 complex and in its cellular localisation. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE This study illustrates that the NC and p6 domains cooperate in the interaction with TSG101 during HIV-1 budding. In addition, details on the Gag-TSG101 complex were obtained by combining two high resolution biophysical techniques.
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- Salah Edin El Meshri
- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN biologiques, UMR 8015, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France; Laboratoire d'Expression génétique microbienne, IBPC, UMR 8261, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Membrane Domains and Viral Assembly, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, UMR9004, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN biologiques, UMR 8015, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IBMC, 15 Rue R. Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN biologiques, UMR 8015, CNRS, Université Paris Descartes, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France; Laboratoire d'Expression génétique microbienne, IBPC, UMR 8261, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Membrane Domains and Viral Assembly, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, CNRS, UMR9004, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier cedex 5, France.
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- Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR 7021 CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France; Morphogenèse et Antigénicité du VIH et des Virus des Hépatites, Inserm - U1259 MAVIVH, 10 boulevard Tonnellé - BP 3223, 37032 Tours Cedex 1 -, France.
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Del Vecchio K, Frick CT, Gc JB, Oda SI, Gerstman BS, Saphire EO, Chapagain PP, Stahelin RV. A cationic, C-terminal patch and structural rearrangements in Ebola virus matrix VP40 protein control its interactions with phosphatidylserine. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3335-3349. [PMID: 29348171 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.816280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is a filamentous lipid-enveloped virus that causes hemorrhagic fever with a high fatality rate. Viral protein 40 (VP40) is the major EBOV matrix protein and regulates viral budding from the plasma membrane. VP40 is a transformer/morpheein that can structurally rearrange its native homodimer into either a hexameric filament that facilitates viral budding or an RNA-binding octameric ring that regulates viral transcription. VP40 associates with plasma-membrane lipids such as phosphatidylserine (PS), and this association is critical to budding from the host cell. However, it is poorly understood how different VP40 structures interact with PS, what essential residues are involved in this association, and whether VP40 has true selectivity for PS among different glycerophospholipid headgroups. In this study, we used lipid-binding assays, MD simulations, and cellular imaging to investigate the molecular basis of VP40-PS interactions and to determine whether different VP40 structures (i.e. monomer, dimer, and octamer) can interact with PS-containing membranes. Results from quantitative analysis indicated that VP40 associates with PS vesicles via a cationic patch in the C-terminal domain (Lys224, 225 and Lys274, 275). Substitutions of these residues with alanine reduced PS-vesicle binding by >40-fold and abrogated VP40 localization to the plasma membrane. Dimeric VP40 had 2-fold greater affinity for PS-containing membranes than the monomer, whereas binding of the VP40 octameric ring was reduced by nearly 10-fold. Taken together, these results suggest the different VP40 structures known to form in the viral life cycle harbor different affinities for PS-containing membranes.
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- Kathryn Del Vecchio
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
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- the Department of Immunology and Microbiology and.,The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, and
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- the Department of Physics and.,Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, .,the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Ubiquitin Ligase WWP1 Interacts with Ebola Virus VP40 To Regulate Egress. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00812-17. [PMID: 28768865 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00812-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is a member of the Filoviridae family and the cause of hemorrhagic fever outbreaks. The EBOV VP40 (eVP40) matrix protein is the main driving force for virion assembly and budding. Indeed, expression of eVP40 alone in mammalian cells results in the formation and budding of virus-like particles (VLPs) which mimic the budding process and morphology of authentic, infectious EBOV. To complete the budding process, eVP40 utilizes its PPXY L-domain motif to recruit a specific subset of host proteins containing one or more modular WW domains that then function to facilitate efficient production and release of eVP40 VLPs. In this report, we identified additional host WW-domain interactors by screening for potential interactions between mammalian proteins possessing one or more WW domains and WT or PPXY mutant peptides of eVP40. We identified the HECT family E3 ubiquitin ligase WWP1 and all four of its WW domains as strong interactors with the PPXY motif of eVP40. The eVP40-WWP1 interaction was confirmed by both peptide pulldown and coimmunoprecipitation assays, which also demonstrated that modular WW domain 1 of WWP1 was most critical for binding to eVP40. Importantly, the eVP40-WWP1 interaction was found to be biologically relevant for VLP budding since (i) small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of endogenous WWP1 resulted in inhibition of eVP40 VLP egress, (ii) coexpression of WWP1 and eVP40 resulted in ubiquitination of eVP40 and a subsequent increase in eVP40 VLP egress, and (iii) an enzymatically inactive mutant of WWP1 (C890A) did not ubiquitinate eVP40 or enhance eVP40 VLP egress. Last, our data show that ubiquitination of eVP40 by WWP1 enhances egress of VLPs and concomitantly decreases cellular levels of higher-molecular-weight oligomers of eVP40. In sum, these findings contribute to our fundamental understanding of the functional interplay between host E3 ligases, ubiquitination, and regulation of EBOV VP40-mediated egress.IMPORTANCE Ebola virus (EBOV) is a high-priority, emerging human pathogen that can cause severe outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates. As there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for EBOV, a better understanding of the biology and functions of EBOV-host interactions that promote or inhibit viral budding is warranted. Here, we describe a physical and functional interaction between EBOV VP40 (eVP40) and WWP1, a host E3 ubiquitin ligase that ubiquitinates VP40 and regulates VLP egress. This viral PPXY-host WW domain-mediated interaction represents a potential new target for host-oriented inhibitors of EBOV egress.
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Dutta P, Halder AK, Basu S, Kundu M. A survey on Ebola genome and current trends in computational research on the Ebola virus. Brief Funct Genomics 2017; 17:374-380. [DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elx020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Pleet ML, DeMarino C, Lepene B, Aman MJ, Kashanchi F. The Role of Exosomal VP40 in Ebola Virus Disease. DNA Cell Biol 2017; 36:243-248. [PMID: 28177658 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2017.3639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) can cause a devastating hemorrhagic disease, leading to death in a short period of time. After infection, the resulting EBOV disease results in high levels of circulating cytokines, endothelial dysfunction, coagulopathy, and bystander lymphocyte apoptosis in humans and nonhuman primates. The VP40 matrix protein of EBOV is essential for viral assembly and budding from the host cell. Recent data have shown that VP40 exists in the extracellular environment, including in exosomes, and exosomal VP40 can impact the viability of recipient immune cells, including myeloid and T cells, through the regulation of the RNAi and endosomal sorting complexes required for transport pathways. In this study, we discuss the latest findings of the impact of exosomal VP40 on immune cells in vitro and its potential implications for pathogenesis in vivo.
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- Michelle L Pleet
- 1 Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University , Manassas, Virginia
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- 1 Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University , Manassas, Virginia
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- 3 Integrated BioTherapeutics, Inc. , Gaithersburg, Maryland
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- 1 Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University , Manassas, Virginia
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Liang J, Sagum CA, Bedford MT, Sidhu SS, Sudol M, Han Z, Harty RN. Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy Protein BAG3 Negatively Regulates Ebola and Marburg VP40-Mediated Egress. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006132. [PMID: 28076420 PMCID: PMC5226679 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) viruses are members of the Filoviridae family which cause outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever. The filovirus VP40 matrix protein is essential for virus assembly and budding, and its PPxY L-domain motif interacts with WW-domains of specific host proteins, such as Nedd4 and ITCH, to facilitate the late stage of virus-cell separation. To identify additional WW-domain-bearing host proteins that interact with VP40, we used an EBOV PPxY-containing peptide to screen an array of 115 mammalian WW-domain-bearing proteins. Using this unbiased approach, we identified BCL2 Associated Athanogene 3 (BAG3), a member of the BAG family of molecular chaperone proteins, as a specific VP40 PPxY interactor. Here, we demonstrate that the WW-domain of BAG3 interacts with the PPxY motif of both EBOV and MARV VP40 and, unexpectedly, inhibits budding of both eVP40 and mVP40 virus-like particles (VLPs), as well as infectious VSV-EBOV recombinants. BAG3 is a stress induced protein that regulates cellular protein homeostasis and cell survival through chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA). Interestingly, our results show that BAG3 alters the intracellular localization of VP40 by sequestering VP40 away from the plasma membrane. As BAG3 is the first WW-domain interactor identified that negatively regulates budding of VP40 VLPs and infectious virus, we propose that the chaperone-mediated autophagy function of BAG3 represents a specific host defense strategy to counteract the function of VP40 in promoting efficient egress and spread of virus particles.
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- Jingjing Liang
- Department of Pathobiology, School Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
- Laboratory of Animal Infectious Diseases, College of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine; State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Smithville, Smithville, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas Smithville, Smithville, TX, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Mechanobiology Institute and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB, A*STAR), Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Pathobiology, School Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology, School Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Groseth A, Hoenen T. Forty Years of Ebolavirus Molecular Biology: Understanding a Novel Disease Agent Through the Development and Application of New Technologies. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1628:15-38. [PMID: 28573608 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7116-9_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Molecular biology is a broad discipline that seeks to understand biological phenomena at a molecular level, and achieves this through the study of DNA, RNA, proteins, and/or other macromolecules (e.g., those involved in the modification of these substrates). Consequently, it relies on the availability of a wide variety of methods that deal with the collection, preservation, inactivation, separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis of these molecules. As such the state of the art in the field of ebolavirus molecular biology research (and that of all other viruses) is largely intertwined with, if not driven by, advancements in the technical methodologies available for these kinds of studies. Here we review of the current state of our knowledge regarding ebolavirus biology and emphasize the associated methods that made these discoveries possible.
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- Allison Groseth
- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany.
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald - Insel Riems, Germany
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Pleet ML, Mathiesen A, DeMarino C, Akpamagbo YA, Barclay RA, Schwab A, Iordanskiy S, Sampey GC, Lepene B, Nekhai S, Aman MJ, Kashanchi F. Ebola VP40 in Exosomes Can Cause Immune Cell Dysfunction. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1765. [PMID: 27872619 PMCID: PMC5098130 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ebola virus (EBOV) is an enveloped, ssRNA virus from the family Filoviridae capable of causing severe hemorrhagic fever with up to 80–90% mortality rates. The most recent outbreak of EBOV in West Africa starting in 2014 resulted in over 11,300 deaths; however, long-lasting persistence and recurrence in survivors has been documented, potentially leading to further transmission of the virus. We have previously shown that exosomes from cells infected with HIV-1, HTLV-1 and Rift Valley Fever virus are able to transfer viral proteins and non-coding RNAs to naïve recipient cells, resulting in an altered cellular activity. In the current manuscript, we examined the effect of Ebola structural proteins VP40, GP, NP and VLPs on recipient immune cells, as well as the effect of exosomes containing these proteins on naïve immune cells. We found that VP40-transfected cells packaged VP40 into exosomes, and that these exosomes were capable of inducing apoptosis in recipient immune cells. Additionally, we show that presence of VP40 within parental cells or in exosomes delivered to naïve cells could result in the regulation of RNAi machinery including Dicer, Drosha, and Ago 1, which may play a role in the induction of cell death in recipient immune cells. Exosome biogenesis was regulated by VP40 in transfected cells by increasing levels of ESCRT-II proteins EAP20 and EAP45, and exosomal marker proteins CD63 and Alix. VP40 was phosphorylated by Cdk2/Cyclin complexes at Serine 233 which could be reversed with r-Roscovitine treatment. The level of VP40-containing exosomes could also be regulated by treated cells with FDA-approved Oxytetracycline. Additionally, we utilized novel nanoparticles to safely capture VP40 and other viral proteins from Ebola VLPs spiked into human samples using SDS/reducing agents, thus minimizing the need for BSL-4 conditions for most downstream assays. Collectively, our data indicates that VP40 packaged into exosomes may be responsible for the deregulation and eventual destruction of the T-cell and myeloid arms of the immune system (bystander lymphocyte apoptosis), allowing the virus to replicate to high titers in the immunocompromised host. Moreover, our results suggest that the use of drugs such as Oxytetracycline to modulate the levels of exosomes exiting EBOV-infected cells may be able to prevent the devastation of the adaptive immune system and allow for an improved rate of survival.
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- Michelle L Pleet
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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- Research Center for Neglected Diseases of Poverty, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, ManassasVA, USA; University of North Carolina HIV Cure Center, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel HillNC, USA
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- Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Department of Medicine, Howard University, Washington DC, USA
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- Integrated BioTherapeutics, Inc., Gaithersburg MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA, USA
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Kumar B, Dutta D, Iqbal J, Ansari MA, Roy A, Chikoti L, Pisano G, Veettil MV, Chandran B. ESCRT-I Protein Tsg101 Plays a Role in the Post-macropinocytic Trafficking and Infection of Endothelial Cells by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005960. [PMID: 27764233 PMCID: PMC5072609 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) binding to the endothelial cell surface heparan sulfate is followed by sequential interactions with α3β1, αVβ3 and αVβ5 integrins and Ephrin A2 receptor tyrosine kinase (EphA2R). These interactions activate host cell pre-existing FAK, Src, PI3-K and RhoGTPase signaling cascades, c-Cbl mediated ubiquitination of receptors, recruitment of CIB1, p130Cas and Crk adaptor molecules, and membrane bleb formation leading to lipid raft dependent macropinocytosis of KSHV into human microvascular dermal endothelial (HMVEC-d) cells. The Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport (ESCRT) proteins, ESCRT-0, -I, -II, and-III, play a central role in clathrin-mediated internalized ubiquitinated receptor endosomal trafficking and sorting. ESCRT proteins have also been shown to play roles in viral egress. We have recently shown that ESCRT-0 component Hrs protein associates with the plasma membrane during macropinocytosis and mediates KSHV entry via ROCK1 mediated phosphorylation of NHE1 and local membrane pH change. Here, we demonstrate that the ESCRT-I complex Tsg101 protein also participates in the macropinocytosis of KSHV and plays a role in KSHV trafficking. Knockdown of Tsg101 did not affect virus entry in HMVEC-d and human umbilical vein endothelial (HUVEC) cells but significantly inhibited the KSHV genome entry into the nucleus and consequently viral gene expression in these cells. Double and triple immunofluorescence, proximity ligation immunofluorescence and co-immuoprecipitation studies revealed the association of Tsg101 with the KSHV containing macropinosomes, and increased levels of Tsg101 association/interactions with EphA2R, c-Cbl, p130Cas and Crk signal molecules, as well as with upstream and downstream ESCRT components such as Hrs (ESCRT-0), EAP45 (ESCRT-II), CHMP6 (ESCRT-III) and CHMP5 (ESCRT-III) in the KSHV infected cells. Tsg101 was also associated with early (Rab5) and late endosomal (Rab7) stages of KSHV intracellular trafficking, and CHMP5 (ESCRT-III) was also associated with Rab 5 and Rab 7. Knockdown of Tsg101 significantly inhibited the transition of virus from early to late endosomes. Collectively, our studies reveal that Tsg101 plays a role in the trafficking of macropinocytosed KSHV in the endothelial cells which is essential for the successful viral genome delivery into the nucleus, viral gene expression and infection. Thus, ESCRT molecules could serve as therapeutic targets to combat KSHV infection.
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- Binod Kumar
- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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- H. M. Bligh Cancer Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, United States Of America
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Teimoori S, Seesuay W, Jittavisutthikul S, Chaisri U, Sookrung N, Densumite J, Saelim N, Chulanetra M, Maneewatch S, Chaicumpa W. Human transbodies to VP40 inhibit cellular egress of Ebola virus-like particles. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 479:245-252. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ITCH E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Interacts with Ebola Virus VP40 To Regulate Budding. J Virol 2016; 90:9163-71. [PMID: 27489272 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01078-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Ebola virus (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) belong to the Filoviridae family and can cause outbreaks of severe hemorrhagic fever, with high mortality rates in humans. The EBOV VP40 (eVP40) and MARV VP40 (mVP40) matrix proteins play a central role in virion assembly and egress, such that independent expression of VP40 leads to the production and egress of virus-like particles (VLPs) that accurately mimic the budding of infectious virus. Late (L) budding domains of eVP40 recruit host proteins (e.g., Tsg101, Nedd4, and Alix) that are important for efficient virus egress and spread. For example, the PPxY-type L domain of eVP40 and mVP40 recruits the host Nedd4 E3 ubiquitin ligase via its WW domains to facilitate budding. Here we sought to identify additional WW domain host interactors and demonstrate that the PPxY L domain motif of eVP40 interacts specifically with the WW domain of the host E3 ubiquitin ligase ITCH. ITCH, like Nedd4, is a member of the HECT class of E3 ubiquitin ligases, and the resultant physical and functional interaction with eVP40 facilitates VLP and virus budding. Identification of this novel eVP40 interactor highlights the functional interplay between cellular E3 ligases, ubiquitination, and regulation of VP40-mediated egress. IMPORTANCE The unprecedented magnitude and scope of the recent 2014-2015 EBOV outbreak in West Africa and its emergence here in the United States and other countries underscore the critical need for a better understanding of the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen. We have identified a novel and functional EBOV VP40 interactor, ITCH, that regulates VP40-mediated egress. This virus-host interaction may represent a new target for our previously identified small-molecule inhibitors of virus egress.
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- Angela L. Rasmussen
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109;
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Quinoxaline-based inhibitors of Ebola and Marburg VP40 egress. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:3429-35. [PMID: 27377328 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
We prepared a series of quinoxalin-2-mercapto-acetyl-urea analogs and evaluated them for their ability to inhibit viral egress in our Marburg and Ebola VP40 VLP budding assays in HEK293T cells. We also evaluated selected compounds in our bimolecular complementation assay (BiMC) to detect and visualize a Marburg mVP40-Nedd4 interaction in live mammalian cells. Antiviral activity was assessed for selected compounds using a live recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) (M40 virus) that expresses the EBOV VP40 PPxY L-domain. Finally selected compounds were evaluated in several ADME assays to have an early assessment of their drug properties. Our compounds had low nM potency in these assays (e.g., compounds 21, 24, 26, 39), and had good human liver microsome stability, as well as little or no inhibition of P450 3A4.
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Freedman BD, Harty RN. Calcium and filoviruses: a budding relationship. Future Microbiol 2016; 11:713-5. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2016-0057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Bruce D Freedman
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3800 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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