Laboratório de Genômica Estrutural, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
Departamento de Biotecnologia Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 25;9(1):2651. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39157-7.
Dengue is an important mosquito-borne disease and a global public health problem. The disease is caused by dengue virus (DENV), which is a member of the Flaviviridae family and contains a positive single-stranded RNA genome that encodes a single precursor polyprotein that is further cleaved into structural and non-structural proteins. Among these proteins, the non-structural 3 (NS3) protein is very important because it forms a non-covalent complex with the NS2B cofactor, thereby forming the functional viral protease. NS3 also contains a C-terminal ATPase/helicase domain that is essential for RNA replication. Here, we identified 47 NS3-interacting partners using the yeast two-hybrid system. Among those partners, we highlight several proteins involved in host energy metabolism, such as apolipoprotein H, aldolase B, cytochrome C oxidase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). GAPDH directly binds full-length NS3 and its isolated helicase and protease domains. Moreover, we observed an intense colocalization between the GAPDH and NS3 proteins in DENV2-infected Huh7.5.1 cells, in NS3-transfected BHK-21 cells and in hepatic tissue from a fatal dengue case. Taken together, these results suggest that the human GAPDH-DENV NS3 interaction is involved in hepatic metabolic alterations, which may contribute to the appearance of steatosis in dengue-infected patients. The interaction between GAPDH and full-length NS3 or its helicase domain in vitro as well as in NS3-transfected cells resulted in decreased GAPDH glycolytic activity. Reduced GAPDH glycolytic activity may lead to the accumulation of metabolic intermediates, shifting metabolism to alternative, non-glycolytic pathways. This report is the first to identify the interaction of the DENV2 NS3 protein with the GAPDH protein and to demonstrate that this interaction may play an important role in the molecular mechanism that triggers hepatic alterations.
登革热是一种重要的蚊媒传染病,也是一个全球性的公共卫生问题。该病由登革病毒(DENV)引起,该病毒属于黄病毒科,含有正链单股 RNA 基因组,编码一个单一的前体多蛋白,该蛋白进一步裂解为结构蛋白和非结构蛋白。在这些蛋白中,非结构蛋白 3(NS3)非常重要,因为它与 NS2B 辅助因子形成非共价复合物,从而形成功能性病毒蛋白酶。NS3 还包含一个 C 端 ATP 酶/解旋酶结构域,该结构域对于 RNA 复制是必需的。在这里,我们使用酵母双杂交系统鉴定了 47 种 NS3 相互作用的伙伴。在这些伙伴中,我们强调了几个参与宿主能量代谢的蛋白质,如载脂蛋白 H、醛缩酶 B、细胞色素 C 氧化酶和甘油醛-3-磷酸脱氢酶(GAPDH)。GAPDH 直接与全长 NS3 及其分离的解旋酶和蛋白酶结构域结合。此外,我们观察到 DENV2 感染的 Huh7.5.1 细胞、转染 NS3 的 BHK-21 细胞和致命登革热病例的肝组织中 GAPDH 和 NS3 蛋白之间存在强烈的共定位。综上所述,这些结果表明,人 GAPDH-DENV NS3 相互作用参与肝代谢改变,这可能导致登革热感染患者出现脂肪变性。体外以及在 NS3 转染细胞中,GAPDH 与全长 NS3 或其解旋酶结构域的相互作用导致 GAPDH 糖酵解活性降低。GAPDH 糖酵解活性降低可能导致代谢中间产物积累,使代谢转向替代的非糖酵解途径。本报告首次鉴定了 DENV2 NS3 蛋白与 GAPDH 蛋白的相互作用,并证实这种相互作用可能在触发肝改变的分子机制中发挥重要作用。