School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Virology. 2010 Oct 10;406(1):138-48. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.06.047. Epub 2010 Aug 1.
Human noroviruses are the leading cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and are now recognised as a significant human pathogen. Whereas human noroviruses cannot be cultivated in the laboratory, mouse norovirus 1 (MNV-1) is easily cultivated and has a defined tropism for cells of a mononuclear origin. As such, MNV-1 provides an ideal opportunity to study many aspects of norovirus biology and replication. Previously, we have shown that MNV-1 RNA replication is associated with components of the early and late secretory pathway and that all six open reading frame 1 (ORF1) proteins are associated with the viral dsRNA within the replication complex (RC) during the course of infection. In this study, we further characterise the subcellular localisation of the MNV-1 ORF1 proteins when recombinantly expressed in cells. We show that two MNV-1 proteins, NS1-2 and NS4, associate with the endoplasmic reticulum and endosomes, respectively. Whereas NS6 (the viral protease) appeared to localize within the cytoplasm and to mitochondria, NS7 (the viral polymerase) was observed to localize diffusely within the cytoplasm and within the nucleus, and NS3 localized to discrete foci within the cytoplasm which were of unknown origin. Based on the localization patterns observed we propose a model by which NS1-2 and NS4 may recruit host membranes to the MNV-1 RC during replication.
人类诺如病毒是全球非细菌性肠胃炎的主要病因,现已被确认为重要的人类病原体。虽然人类诺如病毒无法在实验室中培养,但小鼠诺如病毒 1(MNV-1)很容易培养,并且对单核细胞来源的细胞具有明确的趋向性。因此,MNV-1 为研究诺如病毒生物学和复制的许多方面提供了理想的机会。此前,我们已经表明,MNV-1 RNA 复制与早期和晚期分泌途径的成分有关,并且在感染过程中,ORF1 蛋白的所有六个开放阅读框(ORF1)都与复制复合物(RC)中的病毒 dsRNA 相关联。在这项研究中,我们进一步描述了在细胞中重组表达时 MNV-1 ORF1 蛋白的亚细胞定位。我们表明,两种 MNV-1 蛋白 NS1-2 和 NS4 分别与内质网和内体相关联。而 NS6(病毒蛋白酶)似乎定位于细胞质和线粒体中,NS7(病毒聚合酶)则在细胞质和细胞核内弥散定位,NS3 则定位于细胞质中的离散焦点,其来源未知。基于观察到的定位模式,我们提出了一种模型,即 NS1-2 和 NS4 可能在复制过程中将宿主膜募集到 MNV-1 RC。