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ArticleACS chemical biology2016

Hepatitis C Virus Selectively Alters the Intracellular Localization of Desmosterol.

Valerie A Villareal, Dan Fu, Deirdre A Costello, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Priscilla L Yang

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valerie A VillarealDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School , 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Dan FuDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Deirdre A CostelloDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School , 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Xiaoliang Sunney XieDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Priscilla L YangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School , 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Validation of Src kinases as Anti-Dengue Viral TargetsR01AI076442 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI YANG, PRISCILLA LI-NING · 2008 to 2012
$2.1M
Mechanistic Studies of the Function of Desmosterol Homeostasis in HCV ReplicationF32AI106178 · NIAID · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI VILLAREAL, VALERIE ANNE AGUSTINO · 2013 to 2015
$151k
NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI106178NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) increases intracellular desmosterol without affecting the steady-state abundance of other sterols, and the antiviral activity of inhibitors of desmosterol synthesis is suppressed by the addition of exogenous desmosterol. These observations suggest a model in which desmosterol has a specific function, direct or indirect, in HCV replication and that HCV alters desmosterol homeostasis to promote viral replication. Here, we use stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy in combination with isotopically labeled sterols to show that HCV causes desmosterol to accumulate in lipid droplets that are closely associated with the viral NS5A protein and that are visually distinct from the broad distribution of desmosterol in mock-infected cells and the more heterogeneous and disperse lipid droplets to which cholesterol traffics. Localization of desmosterol in NS5A-associated lipid droplets suggests that desmosterol may affect HCV replication via a direct mechanism. We anticipate that SRS microscopy and similar approaches can provide much needed tools to study the localization of specific lipid molecules in cellulo and in vivo.

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Cell Line, TumorDesmosterolHepacivirusHomeostasisHumansMicroscopy, FluorescenceVirus ReplicationDesmosterol

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PMID27128812
PMCPMC5025300
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