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HEV-Capsid Protein Interacts With Cytochrome P4502C8 and Retinol-Binding Protein 4.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major causative agent of acute clinical hepatitis in adults throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The lack of an efficient cell culture system for HEV has greatly limited our understanding of the mechanisms of infection, replication, and pathogenicity of this virus. The yeast two-hybridization system is considered to be an efficient method for determining protein-protein interactions and screening interactive proteins associated with host cells. OBJECTIVES:In order to identify the host-cell proteins interacting with the HEV-capsid proteins, a fragment of the HEV-capsid protein p239 (amino acids 368-606) was used as bait; human liver cDNA library was used as a source of host-cell proteins, and the screening was performed using the CytoTrap yeast two-hybrid system. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The CytoTrap yeast two-hybrid system, which is also called Sos Recruitment System (SRS), was used to analyze the interaction of the p239 fragment with host-cell proteins. RESULTS:We isolated 2 proteins, cytochrome P4502C8 (CYP4502C8) and retinol-binding protein 4 (RBP4) after 2 rounds of screening. Co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that both the proteins could bind in vitro to the HEV virion in HepG2 cells. CONCLUSIONS:CYP4502C8 and RBP4 screened from liver cDNA library using the CytoTrap yeast two-hybrid system interact with HEV capsid in vitro.

SUBMITTER: Shen Q

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3269060 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HEV-Capsid Protein Interacts With Cytochrome P4502C8 and Retinol-Binding Protein 4.

Shen Quan Q Zhang Wen W Kang Yanjun Y Chen Yan Y Cui Li L Yang Zhibiao Z Hua Xiuguo X

Hepatitis monthly 20111130 11

<h4>Background</h4>Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major causative agent of acute clinical hepatitis in adults throughout much of Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The lack of an efficient cell culture system for HEV has greatly limited our understanding of the mechanisms of infection, replication, and pathogenicity of this virus. The yeast two-hybridization system is considered to be an efficient method for determining protein-protein interactions and screening interactive proteins associated wit ...[more]

PMID: 22308156

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Project description:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the notable causative agent of acute and chronic hepatic, renal, pancreatic, neurological, and hematopoietic blood cell infections with high risk in immunocompromised patients. Hepatic failure is mostly documented among adults, pregnant women, and patients with preexisting liver disease. HEV is a positive sense RNA virus of 7.2 kb genome size with typically three open reading frames (ORFs) which play essential roles in viral replication, genome assembly, and transcription. The mutational substitution in the viral RNA genome makes more it difficult to understand the actual relationship in the host-virus association. ORFs of HEV encode different structural and non-structural proteins and one of them is the capsid protein which is coded by ORF2. The capsid protein mediates the encapsulation of the viral genome as well as being involved in virion assembly. In the current study, the ligand-based docking approach was employed to inhibit the active amino acids of the viral capsid protein. Depending upon S-score, ADMET profiling, and drug scanning, the top ten tetrapeptides were selected as potential drug candidates with no toxicity counter to HEV receptor protein. The S-score or docking score is a mathematical function which predicts the binding affinities of docked complexes. The binding affinity of the predicted drug-target complexes helps in the selectivity of the desired compound as a potential drug. The best two selected peptides (i.e., TDGH with S-score of -8.5 and EGDE with S-score of -8.0) interacted with the active site amino acids of the capsid protein (i.e., Arg399, Gln420, and Asp444). The molecular dynamics simulations of RMSD trajectories of TDGH-capsid protein and EDGE-capsid protein have revealed that both docked complexes were structurally stable. The study revealed that these tetrapeptides would serve as strong potential inhibitors and a starting point for the development of new drug molecules against the HEV capsid protein. In future, in vivo studies are needed to explore selected peptides as potential drug candidates.

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HEV-Capsid Protein Interacts With Cytochrome P4502C8 and Retinol-Binding Protein 4.

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