The Dual Role of an ESCRT-0 Component HGS in HBV Transcription and Naked Capsid Secretion.
The Dual Role of an ESCRT-0 Component HGS in HBV Transcription and Naked Capsid Secretion.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1005123
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发表时间:
2015-10
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Shih C
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作者:
Chou SF;Tsai ML;Huang JY;Chang YS;Shih C
The Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT) is an important cellular machinery for the sorting and trafficking of ubiquitinated cargos. It is also known that ESCRT is required for the egress of a number of viruses. To investigate the relationship between ESCRT and hepatitis B virus (HBV), we conducted an siRNA screening of ESCRT components for their potential effect on HBV replication and virion release. We identified a number of ESCRT factors required for HBV replication, and focused our study here on HGS (HRS, hepatocyte growth factor-regulated tyrosine kinase substrate) in the ESCRT-0 complex. Aberrant levels of HGS suppressed HBV transcription, replication and virion secretion. Hydrodynamic delivery of HGS in a mouse model significantly suppressed viral replication in the liver and virion secretion in the serum. Surprisingly, overexpression of HGS stimulated the release of HBV naked capsids, irrespective of their viral RNA, DNA, or empty contents. Mutant core protein (HBc 1–147) containing no arginine-rich domain (ARD) failed to secrete empty virions with or without HGS. In contrast, empty naked capsids of HBc 1–147 could still be promoted for secretion by HGS. HGS exerted a strong positive effect on the secretion of naked capsids, at the expense of a reduced level of virions. The association between HGS and HBc appears to be ubiquitin-independent. Furthermore, HBc is preferentially co-localized with HGS near the cell periphery, instead of near the punctate endosomes in the cytoplasm. In summary, our work demonstrated the importance of an optimum level of HGS in HBV propagation. In addition to an effect on HBV transcription, HGS can diminish the pool size of intracellular nucleocapsids with ongoing genome maturation, probably in part by promoting the secretion of naked capsids. The secretion routes of HBV virions and naked capsids can be clearly distinguished based on the pleiotropic effect of HGS involved in the ESCRT-0 complex. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important human pathogen. Chronic infection with HBV can lead to cirrhosis and liver cancer. While HBV infection is treatable, it remains a challenge to eradicate the virus in patients. HBV can produce various particles with different sizes and morphologies. Virions are complete particles with both nucleocapsids and surface antigen (HBsAg) envelope. In addition to DNA-containing virions, HBV produced incomplete particles, including HBsAg particles without nucleocapsids, naked capsid particles without the HBsAg envelope, and empty virions containing both HBsAg envelope and empty capsids. It remains unclear how these various HBV particles are exported from the liver. We identified many host factors known to be involved in a membrane trafficking machinery (so-called ESCRT), as well as required for HBV replication. Interestingly, aberrant expression of HGS (an ESCRT-0 factor) can inhibit HBV replication. However, unexpectedly, HGS could boost the release of naked capsids, while concurrently reduced the extracellular virions and HBsAg particles. HGS can associate and co-localize with HBV capsid protein. In summary, our work demonstrated that an appropriate level of HGS is important for HBV propagation. We entertain the possibility that HGS and other ESCRT factors may be further developed into a therapeutic treatment for hepatitis B.