Signal peptidase complex subunit 1 participates in the assembly of hepatitis C virus through an interaction with E2 and NS2.
Signal peptidase complex subunit 1 participates in the assembly of hepatitis C virus through an interaction with E2 and NS2.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1003589
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Suzuki T
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作者:
Suzuki R;Matsuda M;Watashi K;Aizaki H;Matsuura Y;Wakita T;Suzuki T
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 2 (NS2) is a hydrophobic, transmembrane protein that is required not only for NS2-NS3 cleavage, but also for infectious virus production. To identify cellular factors that interact with NS2 and are important for HCV propagation, we screened a human liver cDNA library by split-ubiquitin membrane yeast two-hybrid assay using full-length NS2 as a bait, and identified signal peptidase complex subunit 1 (SPCS1), which is a component of the microsomal signal peptidase complex. Silencing of endogenous SPCS1 resulted in markedly reduced production of infectious HCV, whereas neither processing of structural proteins, cell entry, RNA replication, nor release of virus from the cells was impaired. Propagation of Japanese encephalitis virus was not affected by knockdown of SPCS1, suggesting that SPCS1 does not widely modulate the viral lifecycles of the Flaviviridae family. SPCS1 was found to interact with both NS2 and E2. A complex of NS2, E2, and SPCS1 was formed in cells as demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation assays. Knockdown of SPCS1 impaired interaction of NS2 with E2. Our findings suggest that SPCS1 plays a key role in the formation of the membrane-associated NS2-E2 complex via its interaction with NS2 and E2, which leads to a coordinating interaction between the structural and non-structural proteins and facilitates the early step of assembly of infectious particles. Viruses hijack host cells and utilize host-derived proteins for viral propagation. In the case of hepatitis C virus (HCV), many host factors have been identified that are required for genome replication; however, only a little is known about cellular proteins that interact with HCV proteins and are important for the viral assembly process. The C-terminal half of nonstructural protein 2 (NS2), and the N-terminal third of NS3, form the NS2-3 protease that cleaves the NS2/3 junction. NS2 also plays a key role in the viral assembly process independently of the protease activity. We performed split-ubiquitin yeast two-hybrid screening and identified signal peptidase complex subunit 1 (SPCS1), which is a subunit of the microsomal signal peptidase complex. In this study, we provide evidence that SPCS1 interacts with both NS2 and E2, resulting in E2-SPCS1-NS2 complex formation, and has a critical role in the assembly of infectious HCV particles. To our knowledge, SPCS1 is the first NS2-interacting cellular factor that is involved in regulation of the HCV lifecycle.
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