PMID- 22796133 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130227 LR - 20191210 IS - 1872-7492 (Electronic) IS - 0168-1702 (Linking) VI - 169 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Oct TI - Two PDZ binding motifs within NS5 have roles in Tick-borne encephalitis virus replication. PG - 54-62 LID - S0168-1702(12)00247-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.07.001 [doi] AB - The flavivirus genus includes important human neurotropic pathogens like Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) and West-Nile virus (WNV). Flavivirus replication occurs at replication complexes, where the NS5 protein provides both RNA cap methyltransferase and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities. TBEVNS5 contains two PDZ binding motifs (PBMs) important for specific targeting of human PDZ proteins including Scribble, an association important for viral down regulation of cellular defense systems and neurite outgrowth. To determine whether the PBMs of TBEVNS5 affects virus replication we constructed a DNA based sub-genomic TBEV replicon expressing firefly luciferase. The PBMs within NS5 were mutated individually and in concert and the replicons were assayed in cell culture. Our results show that the replication rate was impaired in all mutants, which indicates that PDZ dependent host interactions influence TBEV replication. We also find that the C-terminal PBMs present in TBEVNS5 and WNVNS5 are targeting various human PDZ domain proteins. TBEVNS5 has affinity to Zonula occludens-2 (ZO-2), GIAP C-terminus interacting protein (GIPC), calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK), glutamate receptor interacting protein 2, (GRIP2) and Interleukin 16 (IL-16). A different pattern was observed for WNVNS5 as it associate with a broader repertoire of putative host PDZ proteins. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Melik, Wessam AU - Melik W AD - School of Life Sciences, Sodertorn University, S-141 89 Huddinge, Sweden. FAU - Ellencrona, Karin AU - Ellencrona K FAU - Wigerius, Michael AU - Wigerius M FAU - Hedstrom, Christer AU - Hedstrom C FAU - Elvang, Annelie AU - Elvang A FAU - Johansson, Magnus AU - Johansson M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120710 PL - Netherlands TA - Virus Res JT - Virus research JID - 8410979 RN - 0 (NS5 protein, flavivirus) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - EC 1.13.12.7 (Luciferases, Firefly) SB - IM MH - *Amino Acid Motifs MH - Animals MH - COS Cells MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne/pathogenicity/*physiology MH - Genes, Reporter MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Luciferases, Firefly/analysis/genetics MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/*metabolism MH - *Virus Replication MH - West Nile virus/pathogenicity/physiology EDAT- 2012/07/17 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/28 06:00 CRDT- 2012/07/17 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/07/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/07/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S0168-1702(12)00247-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.07.001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virus Res. 2012 Oct;169(1):54-62. doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.07.001. Epub 2012 Jul 10.