PMID- 24625230 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140916 LR - 20211021 IS - 1471-2180 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2180 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2014 Mar 13 TI - Inhibition of HSP70 reduces porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus replication in vitro. PG - 64 LID - 10.1186/1471-2180-14-64 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Successful viral infection requires the involvement of host cellular factors in their life cycle. Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) can be recruited by numerous viruses to promote the folding, maturation, or assembly of viral proteins. We have previously shown that HSP70 is significantly elevated in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)-infected lungs, suggesting HSP70 may play a potential role during PRRSV infection. In this study, we tried to investigate the role of HSP70 during PRRSV infection. RESULTS: In this study, we observed that PRRSV infection induced the expression of HSP70. The down-regulation of HSP70 using quercetin, a HSPs synthesis inhibitor, or small interfering RNAs (siRNA) reduced the viral protein level and viral production. Notably, these inhibitory effects on PRRSV infection could be attenuated by heat shock treatment. In addition, HSP70 was found to colocalize with the viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and knockdown of HSP70 decreased the dsRNA levels, suggesting HSP70 is involved in the formation of viral replication and transcription complex (RTC) and thus affects the viral replication. CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that HSP70 is an essential host factor required for the replication of PRRSV. The inhibition of HSP70 significantly reduced PRRSV replication, which may be applied as an effective antiviral strategy. FAU - Gao, Jintao AU - Gao J FAU - Xiao, Shuqi AU - Xiao S FAU - Liu, Xiaohong AU - Liu X FAU - Wang, Liangliang AU - Wang L FAU - Ji, Qianqian AU - Ji Q FAU - Mo, Delin AU - Mo D FAU - Chen, Yaosheng AU - Chen Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, P, R, China. chyaosh@mail.sysu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140313 PL - England TA - BMC Microbiol JT - BMC microbiology JID - 100966981 RN - 0 (HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 9IKM0I5T1E (Quercetin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*physiology MH - Quercetin/metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Swine MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC3984673 EDAT- 2014/03/15 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/17 06:00 PMCR- 2014/03/13 CRDT- 2014/03/15 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/03/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1471-2180-14-64 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1471-2180-14-64 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Microbiol. 2014 Mar 13;14:64. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-64.