Viral reorganization of the secretory pathway generates distinct organelles for RNA replication

Nai-Yun Hsu, Olha Ilnytska, Georgiy Belov, Marianita Santiana, Ying-Han Chen, Peter M Takvorian, Cyrilla Pau, Hilde van der Schaar, Neerja Kaushik-Basu, Tamas Balla, Craig E Cameron, Ellie Ehrenfeld, Frank J M van Kuppeveld, Nihal Altan-Bonnet

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    Abstract

    Many RNA viruses remodel intracellular membranes to generate specialized sites for RNA replication. How membranes are remodeled and what properties make them conducive for replication are unknown. Here we show how RNA viruses can manipulate multiple components of the cellular secretory pathway to generate organelles specialized for replication that are distinct in protein and lipid composition from the host cell. Specific viral proteins modulate effector recruitment by Arf1 GTPase and its guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1, promoting preferential recruitment of phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase IIIbeta (PI4KIIIbeta) to membranes over coat proteins, yielding uncoated phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PI4P) lipid-enriched organelles. The PI4P-rich lipid microenvironment is essential for both enteroviral and flaviviral RNA replication; PI4KIIIbeta inhibition interferes with this process; and enteroviral RNA polymerases specifically bind PI4P. These findings reveal how RNA viruses can selectively exploit specific elements of the host to form specialized organelles where cellular phosphoinositide lipids are key to regulating viral RNA replication.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)799-811
    Number of pages13
    JournalCell
    Volume141
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Keywords

    • Endoplasmic Reticulum
    • Enterovirus
    • Flavivirus
    • HeLa Cells
    • Humans
    • Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates
    • RNA, Viral
    • Secretory Pathway
    • Virus Replication

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