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Functional characterization of interactions between the flavivirus NS5 protein and PDZ proteins of the mammalian host
Södertörn University, School of Life Sciences.
2009 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Flaviviruses are found all over the world and affect and infect millions of people every year. Flavivirus infection can lead to severe clinical outcomes resulting in neuronal damages e.g. Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), or severe hemorrhagic fevers e.g. Dengue virus (DENV). In order to effectively treat infected patients and to prevent these diseases we must understand how these viruses work and how they interfere with the mammalian host. This thesis is focusing on interactions between the virus protein NS5 and human host cell proteins. The interactions presented here might be key factors for out-come of viral disease. NS5 is the largest of the non-structural proteins and is essential for the replication and the capping as it contains both RNA dependent RNA polymerase and Methyltransferase domains. We found that TBEV NS5 interacts with human PDZ domain protein Scribble, a polarization protein important e.g. in regulating membrane trafficking. We determined that the interaction depend on a novel internal motif in TBEVNS5. This interaction could be correlated to NS5s ability to interfere with the immune system as absence of Scribble prevented NS5 from blocking phosphorylation of STAT upon Interferon induction. The role of NS5 in human PDZ domain targeting was addressed further by using a PDZ array system. Both TBEVNS5 and DENVNS5 bind additional PDZ domains using the internal motif. The tight junction protein ZO-1 binds both DENVNS5 and TBEVNS5. DENVNS5 is mainly present in the nucleus and co-localize with ZO-1 in un-polarized cells. In polarized cells TBEVNS5 and ZO-1 co-localize at the plasmamembrane. Putative C-terminal PDZ binding motifs of TBEVNS5 and WNVNS5 were characterized using the PDZ array system. This detected four novel binding partners of TBEVNS5 but numerous of potential WNVNS5 binding partners. We found that TBEVNS5 co-localizes with ZO-2 in the cellular membrane. Further, we found that TBEVNS5 induce the AP-1 by a 2 fold over the control.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University , 2009. , p. 55
Series
Södertörn Doctoral Dissertations, ISSN 1652-7399 ; 37
Keywords [en]
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), West-Nile virus (WNV), Dengue virus (DENV), flavivirus, PDZ domains, ZO-2, ZO-1, RIMS2, Scribble, Interferon, JAK-STAT signaling, PDZ array, virus-host protein interaction
National Category
Genetics and Genomics
Research subject
Molecular Genetics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-14748ISBN: 978-91-86069-05-6 (print)ISBN: 978-91-7155-891-6 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-14748DiVA, id: diva2:478550
Public defence
2009-06-11, MA 636, Södertörns högskola, Alfred Nobels allé 7, 10:00 (English)
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Available from: 2012-01-16 Created: 2012-01-16 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved
List of papers
1. Tick-borne encephalitis virus NS5 associates with membrane protein scribble and impairs interferon-stimulated JAK-STAT signalling.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Tick-borne encephalitis virus NS5 associates with membrane protein scribble and impairs interferon-stimulated JAK-STAT signalling.
2008 (English)In: Cellular Microbiology, ISSN 1462-5814, E-ISSN 1462-5822, Vol. 10, no 3, p. 696-712Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) NS5 protein is a multifunctional RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that is indispensable for viral replication. TBEV is considered to be highly neurovirulent and can cause lethal encephalitis. In this study, we demonstrate a novel interaction between TBEV NS5 and the PDZ protein scribble (hScrib) affecting interferon (IFN) type I and II mediated JAK-STAT signalling. The sequence of TBEV NS5 interacting with hScrib was identified using extensive site-directed mutagenesis analysis. Two consecutive mutations in the methyltransferase (MTase) domain of NS5 were found to disrupt binding to hScrib. Colocalization studies with hScrib demonstrated that TBEV NS5 was present at the plasma membrane of mammalian cells. To address the role of viral interference with the IFN response, NS5 proteins were expressed in IFN-stimulated cells. While TBEV NS5 substantially blocked phosphorylation of STAT1, a mutated NS5 protein defective in hScrib binding failed to inhibit JAK-STAT signalling correctly. Furthermore, hScrib knock-down resulted in re-localization of NS5 to intracellular locations and abrogated the impaired STAT1 phosphorylation. These results define the TBEV NS5 protein in concert with hScrib as an antagonist of the IFN response, by demonstrating a correlation between the association and JAK-STAT interference.

National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-6062 (URN)10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01076.x (DOI)000252897000013 ()18042258 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-38849166538 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2011-02-07 Created: 2011-02-07 Last updated: 2017-12-11Bibliographically approved
2. Flavivirus NS5 associates with host-cell proteins zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis-2 (RIMS2) via an internal PDZ binding mechanism
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Flavivirus NS5 associates with host-cell proteins zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis-2 (RIMS2) via an internal PDZ binding mechanism
2009 (English)In: Biological chemistry (Print), ISSN 1431-6730, E-ISSN 1437-4315, Vol. 390, no 4, p. 319-323Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Dengue virus (DENV) and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) are flaviviruses, which can cause lethal hemorrhagic fever and encephalitis, respectively. Here, we demonstrate that the TBEV-NS5 and DENV-NS5 proteins use an internal binding mechanism to target human PDZ proteins. TBEV-NS5 has high affinity to regulating synaptic membrane exocytosis-2 (RIMS2) and Scribble, whereas DENV-NS5 binds primarily to the tight junction protein zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1). Targeting of TBEV-NS5 to the plasma membrane is stabilised by ZO-1; however, DENV-NS5 co-localises with ZO-1 in the nucleus. These interactions have potential important roles in the ability of flaviviruses to manipulate cell proliferation, junction permeability and the interferon pathways.

National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-6056 (URN)10.1515/BC.2009.041 (DOI)000265160000005 ()19199833 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-64849087370 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2011-02-07 Created: 2011-02-07 Last updated: 2017-12-11Bibliographically approved
3. Novel PDZ dependent cell associations of the NS5 proteins of Tick-borne encephalitis virus and West-Nile virus
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Novel PDZ dependent cell associations of the NS5 proteins of Tick-borne encephalitis virus and West-Nile virus
(English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
National Category
Genetics and Genomics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-14752 (URN)
Available from: 2012-01-16 Created: 2012-01-16 Last updated: 2025-02-07Bibliographically approved

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