PMID- 32132633 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201109 LR - 20210304 IS - 2045-2322 (Electronic) IS - 2045-2322 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Mar 4 TI - Very-long-chain fatty acid metabolic capacity of 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 12 (HSD17B12) promotes replication of hepatitis C virus and related flaviviruses. PG - 4040 LID - 10.1038/s41598-020-61051-w [doi] LID - 4040 AB - Flaviviridae infections represent a major global health burden. By deciphering mechanistic aspects of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-host interactions, one could discover common strategy for inhibiting the replication of related flaviviruses. By elucidating the HCV interactome, we identified the 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 12 (HSD17B12) as a human hub of the very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) synthesis pathway and core interactor. Here we show that HSD17B12 knockdown (KD) impairs HCV replication and reduces virion production. Mechanistically, depletion of HSD17B12 induces alterations in VLCFA-containing lipid species and a drastic reduction of lipid droplets (LDs) that play a critical role in virus assembly. Oleic acid supplementation rescues viral RNA replication and production of infectious particles in HSD17B12 depleted cells, supporting a specific role of VLCFA in HCV life cycle. Furthermore, the small-molecule HSD17B12 inhibitor, INH-12, significantly reduces replication and infectious particle production of HCV as well as dengue virus and Zika virus revealing a conserved requirement across Flaviviridae virus family. Overall, the data provide a strong rationale for the advanced evaluation of HSD17B12 inhibition as a promising broad-spectrum antiviral strategy for the treatment of Flaviviridae infections. FAU - Mohamed, Bassim AU - Mohamed B AD - Centre de Recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM) et Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. AD - Pharmacology Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. FAU - Mazeaud, Clement AU - Mazeaud C AD - Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier Sante Biotechnologie, Universite du Quebec, Laval, Canada. FAU - Baril, Martin AU - Baril M AD - Centre de Recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM) et Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Poirier, Donald AU - Poirier D AD - Centre de recherche du CHU de Quebec et Faculte de medecine, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Sow, Aissatou Aicha AU - Sow AA AD - Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier Sante Biotechnologie, Universite du Quebec, Laval, Canada. FAU - Chatel-Chaix, Laurent AU - Chatel-Chaix L AD - Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier Sante Biotechnologie, Universite du Quebec, Laval, Canada. FAU - Titorenko, Vladimir AU - Titorenko V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5819-7545 AD - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. FAU - Lamarre, Daniel AU - Lamarre D AD - Centre de Recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM) et Faculte de Medecine, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Canada. daniel.lamarre@umontreal.ca. AD - Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA. daniel.lamarre@umontreal.ca. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200304 PL - England TA - Sci Rep JT - Scientific reports JID - 101563288 RN - 2UMI9U37CP (Oleic Acid) RN - EC 1.1.- (17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases) RN - EC 1.1.- (17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3) SB - IM MH - 17-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - HeLa Cells MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Hepacivirus/*physiology MH - Hepatitis C/*enzymology/genetics MH - Humans MH - Oleic Acid/*pharmacology MH - Vero Cells MH - Virus Replication/*drug effects/genetics PMC - PMC7055353 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2020/11/11 06:00 PMCR- 2020/03/04 CRDT- 2020/03/06 06:00 PHST- 2019/06/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/11/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-61051-w [pii] AID - 61051 [pii] AID - 10.1038/s41598-020-61051-w [doi] PST - epublish SO - Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 4;10(1):4040. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61051-w.