Rewiring of the Host Cell Metabolome and Lipidome during Lytic Gammaherpesvirus Infection Is Essential for Infectious-Virus Production

Oncogenic virus infections are estimated to cause ~15% of all cancers. Two prevalent human oncogenic viruses are members of the gammaherpesvirus family: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV). We use murine herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68), which shares significant homology with KSHV and EBV, as a model system to study gammaherpesvirus lytic replication. Viruses implement distinct metabolic programs to support their life cycle, such as increasing the supply of lipids, amino acids, and nucleotide materials necessary to replicate. Our data define the global changes in the host cell metabolome and lipidome during gammaherpesvirus lytic replication. Our metabolomics analysis found that MHV-68 lytic infection induces glycolysis, glutaminolysis, lipid metabolism, and nucleotide metabolism. We additionally observed an increase in glutamine consumption and glutamine dehydrogenase protein expression. While both glucose and glutamine starvation of host cells decreased viral titers, glutamine starvation led to a greater loss in virion production. Our lipidomics analysis revealed a peak in triacylglycerides early during infection and an increase in free fatty acids and diacylglyceride later in the viral life cycle. Furthermore, we observed an increase in the protein expression of multiple lipogenic enzymes during infection. Interestingly, pharmacological inhibitors of glycolysis or lipogenesis resulted in decreased infectious virus production. Taken together, these results illustrate the global alterations in host cell metabolism during lytic gammaherpesvirus infection, establish essential pathways for viral production, and recommend targeted mechanisms to block viral spread and treat viral induced tumors. IMPORTANCE Viruses are intracellular parasites which lack their own metabolism, so they must hijack host cell metabolic machinery in order to increase the production of energy, proteins, fats, and genetic material necessary to replicate. Using murine herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) as a model system to understand how similar human gammaherpesviruses cause cancer, we profiled the metabolic changes that occur during lytic MHV-68 infection and replication. We found that MHV-68 infection of host cells increases glucose, glutamine, lipid, and nucleotide metabolic pathways. We also showed inhibition or starvation of glucose, glutamine, or lipid metabolic pathways results in an inhibition of virus production. Ultimately, targeting changes in host cell metabolism due to viral infection can be used to treat gammaherpesvirus-induced cancers and infections in humans.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:97

Enthalten in:

Journal of virology - 97(2023), 6 vom: 29. Juni, Seite e0050623

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clark, Sarah A [VerfasserIn]
Vazquez, Angie [VerfasserIn]
Furiya, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]
Splattstoesser, Madeleine K [VerfasserIn]
Bashmail, Abdullah K [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Haleigh [VerfasserIn]
Russell, Makaiya [VerfasserIn]
Bhark, Shun-Je [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Osvaldo K [VerfasserIn]
McGovern, Morgan [VerfasserIn]
Owsley, Eric R [VerfasserIn]
Nelson, Timothy A [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez, Erica L [VerfasserIn]
Delgado, Tracie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0RH81L854J
EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
Fatty Acids
Gammaherpesvirus
Glucose
Glutamine
Herpesvirus
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
KSHV
Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus
Lipidomics
MHV-68
Metabolism
Metabolomics
Murine herpesvirus 68
Nucleotides
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 18.07.2023

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/jvi.00506-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356941701