Identification of Cytoplasmic Chaperone Networks Relevant for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Replication

Copyright © 2022 Latorre and Geller..

RNA viruses have limited coding capacity and must therefore successfully subvert cellular processes to facilitate their replication. A fundamental challenge faced by both viruses and their hosts is the ability to achieve the correct folding and assembly of their proteome while avoiding misfolding and aggregation. In cells, this process is facilitated by numerous chaperone systems together with a large number of co-chaperones. In this work, we set out to define the chaperones and co-chaperones involved in the replication of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Using an RNAi screen, we identify multiple members of cellular protein folding networks whose knockdown alters RSV replication. The reduced number of chaperones and co-chaperones identified in this work can facilitate the unmasking of specific chaperone subnetworks required for distinct steps of the RSV life cycle and identifies new potential targets for antiviral therapy. Indeed, we show that the pharmacological inhibition of one of the genes identified in the RNAi screen, valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97), can impede the replication of RSV by interfering with the infection cycle at multiple steps.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 13(2022) vom: 23., Seite 880394

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Latorre, Victor [VerfasserIn]
Geller, Ron [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Antivirals
Chaperones
Journal Article
Mononegavirales
Respiratory syncytial virus
Valosin-containing protein

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2022.880394

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341378933