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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor-cytochrome P450 1A1 pathway controls lipid accumulation and enhances the permissiveness for hepatitis C virus assembly.


ABSTRACT: Viruses hijack and modify host cell functions to maximize viral proliferation. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reorganizes host cell metabolism to produce specialized membrane structures and to modify organelles such as double-membrane vesicles and enlarged lipid droplets (LDs), thereby enabling virus replication and assembly. However, the molecular bases of these host-HCV interactions are largely unknown. Here, using a chemical screen, we demonstrate that the benzamide derivative flutamide reduces the host capacity to produce infectious HCV. Flutamide disrupted the formation of enlarged LDs in HCV-infected cells, thereby abolishing HCV assembly. We also report that aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a known flutamide target, plays a key role in mediating LD accumulation and HCV production. This AhR function in lipid production was also observed in HCV-uninfected Huh-7 cells and primary human hepatocytes, suggesting that AhR signaling regulates lipid accumulation independently of HCV infection. We further observed that a downstream activity, that of cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), was the primary regulator of AhR-mediated lipid production. Specifically, blockade of AhR-induced CYP1A1 up-regulation counteracted LD overproduction, and overproduction of CYP1A1, but not of CYP1B1, in AhR-inactivated cells restored lipid accumulation. Of note, HCV infection up-regulated the AhR-CYP1A1 pathway, resulting in the accumulation of enlarged LDs. In conclusion, we demonstrate that the AhR-CYP1A1 pathway has a significant role in lipid accumulation, a hallmark of HCV infection that maximizes progeny virus production. Our chemical-genetic analysis reveals a new strategy and lead compounds to control hepatic lipid accumulation as well as HCV infection.

SUBMITTER: Ohashi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314116 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor-cytochrome P450 1A1 pathway controls lipid accumulation and enhances the permissiveness for hepatitis C virus assembly.

Ohashi Hirofumi H   Nishioka Kazane K   Nakajima Syo S   Kim Sulyi S   Suzuki Ryosuke R   Aizaki Hideki H   Fukasawa Masayoshi M   Kamisuki Shinji S   Sugawara Fumio F   Ohtani Naoko N   Muramatsu Masamichi M   Wakita Takaji T   Watashi Koichi K  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20181031 51


Viruses hijack and modify host cell functions to maximize viral proliferation. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reorganizes host cell metabolism to produce specialized membrane structures and to modify organelles such as double-membrane vesicles and enlarged lipid droplets (LDs), thereby enabling virus replication and assembly. However, the molecular bases of these host-HCV interactions are largely unknown. Here, using a chemical screen, we demonstrate that the benzamide derivative flutamide reduces the  ...[more]

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