Characterization of the rotavirus assembly pathway in situ using cryoelectron tomography

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Rotavirus assembly is a complex process that involves the stepwise acquisition of protein layers in distinct intracellular locations to form the fully assembled particle. Understanding and visualization of the assembly process has been hampered by the inaccessibility of unstable intermediates. We characterize the assembly pathway of group A rotaviruses observed in situ within cryo-preserved infected cells through the use of cryoelectron tomography of cellular lamellae. Our findings demonstrate that the viral polymerase VP1 recruits viral genomes during particle assembly, as revealed by infecting with a conditionally lethal mutant. Additionally, pharmacological inhibition to arrest the transiently enveloped stage uncovered a unique conformation of the VP4 spike. Subtomogram averaging provided atomic models of four intermediate states, including a pre-packaging single-layered intermediate, the double-layered particle, the transiently enveloped double-layered particle, and the fully assembled triple-layered virus particle. In summary, these complementary approaches enable us to elucidate the discrete steps involved in forming an intracellular rotavirus particle.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Cell host & microbe - 31(2023), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 604-615.e4

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shah, Pranav N M [VerfasserIn]
Gilchrist, James B [VerfasserIn]
Forsberg, Björn O [VerfasserIn]
Burt, Alister [VerfasserIn]
Howe, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Mosalaganti, Shyamal [VerfasserIn]
Wan, William [VerfasserIn]
Radecke, Julika [VerfasserIn]
Chaban, Yuriy [VerfasserIn]
Sutton, Geoff [VerfasserIn]
Stuart, David I [VerfasserIn]
Boyce, Mark [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cellular structural biology
Cryoelectron tomography
DsRNA viruses
Electron microscopy
In situ
Journal Article
Reoviridae
Rotavirus
Subtomogram averaging
Virus assembly
Virus structure

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Date Completed 17.04.2023

Date Revised 10.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chom.2023.03.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355017334