Nipah Virus C Protein Recruits Tsg101 to Promote the Efficient Release of Virus in an ESCRT-Dependent Pathway.
Nipah Virus C Protein Recruits Tsg101 to Promote the Efficient Release of Virus in an ESCRT-Dependent Pathway.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1005659
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发表时间:
2016-05
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Lee B
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作者:
Park A;Yun T;Vigant F;Pernet O;Won ST;Dawes BE;Bartkowski W;Freiberg AN;Lee B
The budding of Nipah virus, a deadly member of the Henipavirus genus within the Paramyxoviridae, has been thought to be independent of the host ESCRT pathway, which is critical for the budding of many enveloped viruses. This conclusion was based on the budding properties of the virus matrix protein in the absence of other virus components. Here, we find that the virus C protein, which was previously investigated for its role in antagonism of innate immunity, recruits the ESCRT pathway to promote efficient virus release. Inhibition of ESCRT or depletion of the ESCRT factor Tsg101 abrogates the C enhancement of matrix budding and impairs live Nipah virus release. Further, despite the low sequence homology of the C proteins of known henipaviruses, they all enhance the budding of their cognate matrix proteins, suggesting a conserved and previously unknown function for the henipavirus C proteins. Nipah virus is a deadly pathogen (40–100% mortality) that has yearly outbreaks in Southeast Asia, resulting from spillover from its natural fruit bat reservoir. The viral C protein is one of only nine virus proteins, but its role in promoting virus replication is not fully understood. Here, we found that the C protein promotes the efficient release of budding Nipah virus from infected cells. It does so by recruiting an essential factor in the host ESCRT complex, Tsg101. The ESCRT complex has well-characterized functions in mediating membrane pinching off events that resemble virus budding. Further, we found that the C proteins of related viruses within the same genus (Henipavirus) also promote virus budding, suggesting that this previously unknown function of the henipavirus C proteins is conserved. This work illuminates the basic biology of henipaviruses with significant outbreak and public health concern, and opens the door to further lines of inquiry.