PMID- 21835792 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111107 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 20 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Rab5 and class III phosphoinositide 3-kinase Vps34 are involved in hepatitis C virus NS4B-induced autophagy. PG - 10561-71 LID - 10.1128/JVI.00173-11 [doi] AB - Autophagy has been shown to facilitate replication or production of hepatitis C virus (HCV); nevertheless, how HCV induces autophagy remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that HCV nonstructural protein 4B (NS4B) alone can induce autophagy signaling; amino acid residues 1 to 190 of NS4B are sufficient for this induction. Further studies showed that the phosphorylation levels of S6K and 4E-BP1 were not altered, suggesting that the mTOR/S6 kinase pathway and mTOR/4E-BP1 pathway did not contribute to NS4B- or HCV-induced autophagy. Inhibition of Rab5 function by silencing Rab5 or overexpressing dominant-negative Rab5 mutant (S34N) resulted in significant reduction of NS4B- or HCV-induced autophagic vesicle formation. Moreover, the autophagy induction was impaired by inhibition of class III phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) Vps34 function. Finally, the coimmunoprecipitation assay indicated that NS4B formed a complex with Rab5 and Vps34, supporting the notion that Rab5 and Vps34 are involved in NS4B-induced autophagy. Taken together, these results not only reveal a novel role of NS4B in autophagy but also offer a clue to the mechanism of HCV-induced autophagy. FAU - Su, Wen-Chi AU - Su WC AD - Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan. FAU - Chao, Ti-Chun AU - Chao TC FAU - Huang, Yih-Leh AU - Huang YL FAU - Weng, Shih-Che AU - Weng SC FAU - Jeng, King-Song AU - Jeng KS FAU - Lai, Michael M C AU - Lai MM LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110810 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Mutant Proteins) RN - 0 (NS4B protein, flavivirus) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - *Autophagy MH - Cell Line MH - Class III Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Gene Silencing MH - Hepacivirus/*pathogenicity MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Mutant Proteins/metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/*metabolism MH - rab5 GTP-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3187495 EDAT- 2011/08/13 06:00 MHDA- 2011/11/08 06:00 PMCR- 2012/04/01 CRDT- 2011/08/13 06:00 PHST- 2011/08/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/11/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.00173-11 [pii] AID - 0173-11 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.00173-11 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2011 Oct;85(20):10561-71. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00173-11. Epub 2011 Aug 10.