Heat Shock Protein 70 Family Members Interact with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus and Hazara Virus Nucleocapsid Proteins and Perform a Functional Role in the Nairovirus Replication Cycle

Surtees, R, Dowall, SD, Shaw, A, Armstrong, S ORCID: 0000-0002-3862-1801, Hewson, R, Carroll, MW, Mankouri, J, Edwards, TA, Hiscox, JA ORCID: 0000-0002-6582-0275 and Barr, JN (2016) Heat Shock Protein 70 Family Members Interact with Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus and Hazara Virus Nucleocapsid Proteins and Perform a Functional Role in the Nairovirus Replication Cycle. JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, 90 (20). pp. 9305-9316.

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Abstract

The Nairovirus genus of the Bunyaviridae family contains serious human and animal pathogens classified within multiple serogroups and species. Of these serogroups, the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) serogroup comprises sole members CCHFV and Hazara virus (HAZV). CCHFV is an emerging zoonotic virus that causes often-fatal hemorrhagic fever in infected humans for which preventative or therapeutic strategies are not available. In contrast, HAZV is nonpathogenic to humans and thus represents an excellent model to study aspects of CCHFV biology under conditions of more-accessible biological containment. The three RNA segments that form the nairovirus genome are encapsidated by the viral nucleocapsid protein (N) to form ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes that are substrates for RNA synthesis and packaging into virus particles. We used quantitative proteomics to identify cellular interaction partners of CCHFV N and identified robust interactions with cellular chaperones. These interactions were validated using immunological methods, and the specific interaction between native CCHFV N and cellular chaperones of the HSP70 family was confirmed during live CCHFV infection. Using infectious HAZV, we showed for the first time that the nairovirus N-HSP70 association was maintained within both infected cells and virus particles, where N is assembled as RNPs. Reduction of active HSP70 levels in cells by the use of small-molecule inhibitors significantly reduced HAZV titers, and a model for chaperone function in the context of high genetic variability is proposed. These results suggest that chaperones of the HSP70 family are required for nairovirus replication and thus represent a genetically stable cellular therapeutic target for preventing nairovirus-mediated disease.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cell Line, Cell Line, Tumor, Humans, Nairovirus, Hemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-Congo, Hemorrhagic Fever, Crimean, Nucleocapsid Proteins, RNA, Virus Replication, Europe, HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, Climate Change, HEK293 Cells, A549 Cells
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2017 11:09
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:20
DOI:	10.1128/JVI.00661-16
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3005398