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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 86, 期 4, 页码 2096-2108出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06796-11
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- European Union
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia-Ministerio da Educacao e Ciencia (FCT-MEC, Portugal) [PTDC/QUI-BIQ/112929/2009, PTDC/QUI/69937/2006]
- Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal)
- FCT-CAPES Portugal-Brazil
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolOgico (CNPq)
- Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Anwar a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
- Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP)
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Dengue (INCT-Dengue)
- Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship [MC-IOE-237373]
- FCT-MEC [SFRH/BPD/46324/2008, SFRH/BPD/74287/2010]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/QUI/69937/2006] Funding Source: FCT
Dengue virus (DENY) affects millions of people, causing more than 20,000 deaths annually. No effective treatment for the disease caused by DENV infection is currently available, partially due to the lack of knowledge on the basic aspects of the viral life cycle, including the molecular basis of the interaction between viral components and cellular compartments. Here, we characterized the properties of the interaction between the DEW capsid (C) protein and hepatic lipid droplets (LDs), which was recently shown to be essential for the virus replication cycle. Zeta potential analysis revealed a negative surface charge of LDs, with an average surface charge of -19 mV. The titration of LDs with C protein led to an increase of the surface charge, which reached a plateau at +13.7 mV, suggesting that the viral protein-LD interaction exposes the protein cationic surface to the aqueous environment. Atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based force spectroscopy measurements were performed by using C proteinfunctionalized AFM tips. The C protein-LD interaction was found to be strong, with a single (un)binding force of 33.6 pN. This binding was dependent on high intracellular concentrations of potassium ions but not sodium. The inhibition of Na+/K+-ATPase in DEW-infected cells resulted in the dissociation of C protein from LDs and a 50-fold inhibition of infectious virus production but not of RNA replication, indicating a biological relevance for the potassium-dependent interaction. Limited proteolysis of the LD surface impaired the C protein-LD interaction, and force measurements in the presence of specific antibodies indicated that perilipin 3 (TIP47) is the major DEW C protein ligand on the surface of LDs.
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