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Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major causative agent of chronic liver disease in humans. To gain insight into host factor requirements for HCV replication, we performed a siRNA screen of the human kinome and identified 13 different kinases, including phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase III alpha (PI4KIII?), as being required for HCV replication. Consistent with elevated levels of the PI4KIII? product phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) detected in HCV-infected cultured hepatocytes and liver tissue from chronic hepatitis C patients, the enzymatic activity of PI4KIII? was critical for HCV replication. Viral nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) was found to interact with PI4KIII? and stimulate its kinase activity. The absence of PI4KIII? activity induced a dramatic change in the ultrastructural morphology of the membranous HCV replication complex. Our analysis suggests that the direct activation of a lipid kinase by HCV NS5A contributes critically to the integrity of the membranous viral replication complex.

SUBMITTER: Reiss S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3433060 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment.

Reiss Simon S Rebhan Ilka I Backes Perdita P Romero-Brey Ines I Erfle Holger H Matula Petr P Kaderali Lars L Poenisch Marion M Blankenburg Hagen H Hiet Marie-Sophie MS Longerich Thomas T Diehl Sarah S Ramirez Fidel F Balla Tamas T Rohr Karl K Kaul Artur A Bühler Sandra S Pepperkok Rainer R Lengauer Thomas T Albrecht Mario M Eils Roland R Schirmacher Peter P Lohmann Volker V Bartenschlager Ralf R

Cell host & microbe 20110101 1

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major causative agent of chronic liver disease in humans. To gain insight into host factor requirements for HCV replication, we performed a siRNA screen of the human kinome and identified 13 different kinases, including phosphatidylinositol-4 kinase III alpha (PI4KIIIα), as being required for HCV replication. Consistent with elevated levels of the PI4KIIIα product phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) detected in HCV-infected cultured hepatocytes and liver tissue f ...[more]

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Project description:The lipid kinase phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase III alpha (PI4KIII?) is an essential host factor of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. PI4KIII? catalyzes the synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P) accumulating in HCV replicating cells due to enzyme activation resulting from its interaction with nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A). This study describes the interaction between PI4KIII? and NS5A and its mechanistic role in viral RNA replication. We mapped the NS5A sequence involved in PI4KIII? interaction to the carboxyterminal end of domain 1 and identified a highly conserved PI4KIII? functional interaction site (PFIS) encompassing seven amino acids, which are essential for viral RNA replication. Mutations within this region were also impaired in NS5A-PI4KIII? binding, reduced PI4P levels and altered the morphology of viral replication sites, reminiscent to the phenotype observed by silencing of PI4KIII?. Interestingly, abrogation of RNA replication caused by mutations in the PFIS correlated with increased levels of hyperphosphorylated NS5A (p58), indicating that PI4KIII? affects the phosphorylation status of NS5A. RNAi-mediated knockdown of PI4KIII? or pharmacological ablation of kinase activity led to a relative increase of p58. In contrast, overexpression of enzymatically active PI4KIII? increased relative abundance of basally phosphorylated NS5A (p56). PI4KIII? therefore regulates the phosphorylation status of NS5A and viral RNA replication by favoring p56 or repressing p58 synthesis. Replication deficiencies of PFIS mutants in NS5A could not be rescued by increasing PI4P levels, but by supplying functional NS5A, supporting an essential role of PI4KIII? in HCV replication regulating NS5A phosphorylation, thereby modulating the morphology of viral replication sites. In conclusion, we demonstrate that PI4KIII? activity affects the NS5A phosphorylation status. Our results highlight the importance of PI4KIII? in the morphogenesis of viral replication sites and its regulation by facilitating p56 synthesis.

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Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment.

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Recruitment and activation of a lipid kinase by hepatitis C virus NS5A is essential for integrity of the membranous replication compartment.

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