DEAD box RNA helicase 5 and 17 are novel host factors for Sindbis virus infection.

ABSTRACT: The DEAD-box ATP-dependent RNA helicases DDX5 and DDX17 play a role in many aspects of cellular RNA biology, including metabolism, translation, splicing, transcription regulation, ribosome biogenesis, mRNA nuclear export, and miRNA processing. Moreover, both RNA helicases were found to either promote or inhibit viral replication upon several RNA virus infections. Here we show that DDX5 depletion by siRNA or CRISPR/Cas9 has a negative impact on Sindbis virus (SINV) infection at the viral protein, RNA and infectious particle level. Moreover, we demonstrate that DDX5 which is predominately nuclear in uninfected conditions, re-localizes to the cytoplasm upon infection where it interacts with the viral RNA and with the SINV capsid protein. Furthermore, proteomic analysis of DDX5 interactome in mock and SINV infected HCT116 cells confirmed its interaction with DDX17 and identified PNPT1 as a new DDX5 partner. Of note, while PNPT1 localization remains mostly unchanged in mock and infected cells, DDX17 re-localizes to the cytoplasm with DDX5 upon SINV infection and interacts with SINV capsid protein. Finally, depletion of DDX17 further reduces SINV infection in a DDX5-depleted background suggesting a cumulative proviral effect of DDX5 and 17 proteins on SINV.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive

ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)

TISSUE(S): Epithelial Cell

SUBMITTER: Johana Chicher  

LAB HEAD: Erika Girardi

PROVIDER: PXD044867 | Pride | 2024-05-22

REPOSITORIES: Pride