PMID- 24898729 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150616 LR - 20141016 IS - 1462-5822 (Electronic) IS - 1462-5814 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 11 DP - 2014 Nov TI - Reticulon 3 interacts with NS4B of the hepatitis C virus and negatively regulates viral replication by disrupting NS4B self-interaction. PG - 1603-18 LID - 10.1111/cmi.12318 [doi] AB - The non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein comprising two consecutive amphipathic alpha-helical domains (AH1 and AH2). Its self-oligomerization via the AH2 domain is required for the formation of the membranous web that is necessary for viral replication. Previously, we reported that the host-encoded ER-associated reticulon 3 (RTN3) protein is involved in the formation of the replication-associated membranes of (+)RNA enteroviruses during viral replication. In this study, we demonstrated that the second transmembrane region of RTN3 competed for, and bound to, the AH2 domain of NS4B, thus abolishing NS4B self-interaction and leading to the downregulation of viral replication. This interaction was mediated by two crucial residues, lysine 52 and tyrosine 63, of AH2, and was regulated by the AH1 domain. The silencing of RTN3 in Huh7 and AVA5 cells harbouring an HCV replicon enhanced the replication of HCV, which was counteracted by the overexpression of recombinant RTN3. The synthesis of viral RNA was also increased in siRNA-transfected human primary hepatocytes infected with HCV derived from cell culture. Our results demonstrated that RTN3 acted as a restriction factor to limit the replication of HCV. CI - (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Wu, Ming-Jhan AU - Wu MJ AD - Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. FAU - Ke, Po-Yuan AU - Ke PY FAU - Hsu, John T-A AU - Hsu JT FAU - Yeh, Chau-Ting AU - Yeh CT FAU - Horng, Jim-Tong AU - Horng JT LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140707 PL - India TA - Cell Microbiol JT - Cellular microbiology JID - 100883691 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NS4B protein, flavivirus) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (RTN3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) SB - IM MH - Carrier Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Hepacivirus/*immunology/*physiology MH - Hepatocytes/virology MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans MH - Membrane Proteins/*metabolism MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs MH - Protein Interaction Mapping MH - *Protein Multimerization MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/*metabolism MH - *Virus Replication EDAT- 2014/06/06 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/17 06:00 CRDT- 2014/06/06 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/05/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/05/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/06/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/06/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/17 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/cmi.12318 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Microbiol. 2014 Nov;16(11):1603-18. doi: 10.1111/cmi.12318. Epub 2014 Jul 7.