Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24905011›Full record

ArticlePloS one2014

Nonstructural protein 5A is incorporated into hepatitis C virus low-density particle through interaction with core protein and microtubules during intracellular transport.

Chao-Kuen Lai, Vikas Saxena, Chung-Hsin Tseng, King-Song Jeng, Michinori Kohara, Michael M C Lai

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Chao-Kuen LaiInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Toxicology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Vikas SaxenaInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chung-Hsin TsengDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, and Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
King-Song JengInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
Michinori KoharaDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Michael M C LaiInstitute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) serves dual functions in viral RNA replication and virus assembly. Here, we demonstrate that HCV replication complex along with NS5A and Core protein was transported to the lipid droplet (LD) through microtubules, and NS5A-Core complexes were then transported from LD through early-to-late endosomes to the plasma membrane via microtubules. Further studies by cofractionation analysis and immunoelectron microscopy of the released particles showed that NS5A-Core complexes, but not NS4B, were present in the low-density fractions, but not in the high-density fractions, of the HCV RNA-containing virions and associated with the internal virion core. Furthermore, exosomal markers CD63 and CD81 were also detected in the low-density fractions, but not in the high-density fractions. Overall, our results suggest that HCV NS5A is associated with the core of the low-density virus particles which exit the cell through a preexisting endosome/exosome pathway and may contribute to HCV natural infection.

Indexed as

Cell LineExosomesHepacivirusHepatitis CHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansLipid DropletsMicrotubulesProtein TransportRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Core ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Core ProteinsViral Nonstructural Proteins

Identifiers

PMID24905011
PMCPMC4048239
OpenAlexW1976177541

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.