Hepatitis C virus p7 mediates membrane-to-membrane adhesion
- Authors
- Lee, Gi Young; Lee, Sora; Lee, Hye-Ra; Yoo, Young Do
- Issue Date
- 9월-2016
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Hepatitis C virus p7; Membrane adhesion; Lipid raft
- Citation
- BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS, v.1861, no.9, pp.1096 - 1101
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
- Volume
- 1861
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1096
- End Page
- 1101
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/87717
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.06.011
- ISSN
- 1388-1981
- Abstract
- Viroporin p7 of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) acts as an ion channel for pH equilibration to stabilize HCV particles; most studies of p7 have focused on this role. However, pH equilibration by p7 via its ion channel activity does not fully explain the importance of p7 in HCV particle production. Indeed, several researchers have suggested p7 to have an unidentified ion channel-independent function. Here, we show that p7 has a novel role as a lipid raft adhesion factor, which is independent of its ion channel activity. We found that p7 targets not only the liquid disordered (Ld) phase, but also the negatively-charged liquid-ordered (Lo) phase that can be represented as a lipid raft. p7 clusters at the phase boundary of the neutral Ld phase and the negatively-charged Lo phase. Interestingly, p7 targeting the Lo phase facilitates membrane-to-membrane adhesion, and this activity is not inhibited by p7 ion channel inhibitors. Our results demonstrated that HCV p7 has dual roles as a viroporin and as a lipid raft adhesion factor. This ion channel-independent function of p7 might be an attractive target for development of anti-HCV compounds. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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