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ArticleNature communications2024

Structural basis for hepatitis B virus restriction by a viral receptor homologue.

Kaho Shionoya, Jae-Hyun Park, Toru Ekimoto, Junko S Takeuchi, Junki Mifune, Takeshi Morita, Naito Ishimoto, Haruka Umezawa, Kenichiro Yamamoto, Chisa Kobayashi and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Kaho Shionoya *Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Jae-Hyun Park *Drug Design Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5690-9705
Toru EkimotoComputational Life Science Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Junko S TakeuchiCenter for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Junki MifuneResearch Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi MoritaResearch Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Naito IshimotoDrug Design Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8976-8582
Haruka UmezawaDrug Design Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0009-0003-5055-0297
Kenichiro YamamotoComputational Life Science Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Chisa KobayashiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsuto KusunokiResearch Center for Drug and Vaccine Development, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Norimichi NomuraDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6330-2239
So IwataDepartment of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masamichi MuramatsuDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
Jeremy R H TameDrug Design Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9341-7280
Mitsunori IkeguchiComputational Life Science Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Sam-Yong ParkDrug Design Laboratory, Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan. park@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0001-6164-8896
Koichi WatashiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. kwatashi@niid.go.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-4536-9966

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP21fk0310103Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23ama121007Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23ama121023Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23fk0310504Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23fk0310511Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP23fk0310517Japan Foundation for Applied Enzymology N/AMEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJMI22G1MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H02449MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP19H05779MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H02724MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24K02290Mitsubishi Foundation N/ATakeda Science Foundation N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macaque restricts hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection because its receptor homologue, NTCP (mNTCP), cannot bind preS1 on viral surface. To reveal how mNTCP loses the viral receptor function, we here solve the cryo-electron microscopy structure of mNTCP. Superposing on the human NTCP (hNTCP)-preS1 complex structure shows that Arg158 of mNTCP causes steric clash to prevent preS1 from embedding onto the bile acid tunnel of NTCP. Cell-based mutation analysis confirms that only Gly158 permitted preS1 binding, in contrast to robust bile acid transport among mutations. As the second determinant, Asn86 on the extracellular surface of mNTCP shows less capacity to restrain preS1 from dynamic fluctuation than Lys86 of hNTCP, resulting in unstable preS1 binding. Additionally, presence of long-chain conjugated-bile acids in the tunnel induces steric hindrance with preS1 through their tailed-chain. This study presents structural basis in which multiple sites in mNTCP constitute a molecular barrier to strictly restrict HBV.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyHepatitis B virusOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-DependentSymportersAnimalsBile Acids and SaltsHepatitis BHepatitis B Surface AntigensHumansModels, MolecularMutationProtein BindingProtein PrecursorsReceptors, VirusBile Acids and SaltsHepatitis B Surface AntigensOrganic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependentpresurface protein 1, hepatitis B surface antigenProtein PrecursorsReceptors, Virussodium-bile acid cotransporterSymporters

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PMID39455604
PMCPMC11511851

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