Liquid-liquid phase separation underpins the formation of replication factories in rotaviruses

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RNA viruses induce the formation of subcellular organelles that provide microenvironments conducive to their replication. Here we show that replication factories of rotaviruses represent protein-RNA condensates that are formed via liquid-liquid phase separation of the viroplasm-forming proteins NSP5 and rotavirus RNA chaperone NSP2. Upon mixing, these proteins readily form condensates at physiologically relevant low micromolar concentrations achieved in the cytoplasm of virus-infected cells. Early infection stage condensates could be reversibly dissolved by 1,6-hexanediol, as well as propylene glycol that released rotavirus transcripts from these condensates. During the early stages of infection, propylene glycol treatments reduced viral replication and phosphorylation of the condensate-forming protein NSP5. During late infection, these condensates exhibited altered material properties and became resistant to propylene glycol, coinciding with hyperphosphorylation of NSP5. Some aspects of the assembly of cytoplasmic rotavirus replication factories mirror the formation of other ribonucleoprotein granules. Such viral RNA-rich condensates that support replication of multi-segmented genomes represent an attractive target for developing novel therapeutic approaches.

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CommentIn: EMBO J. 2021 Nov 2;40(21):e109558. - PMID 34569635

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

The EMBO journal - 40(2021), 21 vom: 02. Nov., Seite e107711

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Geiger, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Acker, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Papa, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinyu [VerfasserIn]
Arter, William E [VerfasserIn]
Saar, Kadi L [VerfasserIn]
Erkamp, Nadia A [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Runzhang [VerfasserIn]
Bravo, Jack Pk [VerfasserIn]
Strauss, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Krainer, Georg [VerfasserIn]
Burrone, Oscar R [VerfasserIn]
Jungmann, Ralf [VerfasserIn]
Knowles, Tuomas Pj [VerfasserIn]
Engelke, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Borodavka, Alexander [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

138414-65-0
147336-22-9
6DC9Q167V3
Biomolecular condensates
Enhanced green fluorescent protein
Glycols
Green Fluorescent Proteins
Hexamethylene glycol
Journal Article
Microfluidics
NS35 protein, rotavirus
NSP5 protein, rotavirus group A
Propylene Glycol
RNA-Binding Proteins
RNP granules
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viral Nonstructural Proteins
Viral genome assembly
ZIA319275I

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Date Completed 14.12.2021

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: EMBO J. 2021 Nov 2;40(21):e109558. - PMID 34569635

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15252/embj.2021107711

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330667637