Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I and Hepatitis C Virus Infection of Primary Tupaia Hepatocytes
| Autor: | Marco Hoffmann, Mirko Arcuri, Thomas Baumert, Alessandra Vitelli, Valeria Ghisetti, B. Gissler, Peter Schürmann, Raffaele Cerino, Hubert E. Blum, Heidi Barth, Fritz von Weizsäcker, Elisa Scarselli, Xiping Zhao, Mohammed I. Adah, Bruna Lavezzo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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CD36 Antigens
Virus genetics Tupaia Hepatitis C virus Immunology Molecular Sequence Data Hepacivirus 12E7 Antigen medicine.disease_cause Virus Replication Microbiology Antigens CD Virology medicine Animals Amino Acid Sequence Scavenger receptor Receptors Immunologic Receptor Cells Cultured Receptors Scavenger biology Sequence Homology Amino Acid Transfection Scavenger Receptors Class B biology.organism_classification Molecular biology Hepatitis C digestive system diseases Virus-Cell Interactions Viral replication Insect Science biology.protein Hepatocytes Receptors Virus Antibody Cell Adhesion Molecules Sequence Alignment |
| Popis: | Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis worldwide. The study of early steps during HCV infection has been hampered by the lack of suitable in vitro or in vivo models. Primary Tupaia hepatocytes (PTH) have been shown to be susceptible to HCV infection in vitro and in vivo. Human scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) represents an HCV receptor candidate mediating the cellular binding of E2 glycoprotein to HepG2 hepatoma cells. However, the function of SR-BI for viral infection of hepatocytes is unknown. In this study, we used PTH to assess the functional role of SR-BI as a putative HCV receptor. Sequence analysis of cloned tupaia SR-BI revealed a high homology between tupaia and human SR-BI. Transfection of CHO cells with human or tupaia SR-BI but not mouse SR-BI cDNA resulted in cellular E2 binding, suggesting that E2-binding domains between human and tupaia SR-BI are highly conserved. Preincubation of PTH with anti-SR-BI antibodies resulted in marked inhibition of E2 or HCV-like particle binding. However, anti-SR-BI antibodies were not able to block HCV infection of PTH. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that SR-BI represents an important cell surface molecule for the binding of the HCV envelope to hepatocytes and suggest that other or additional cell surface molecules are required for the initiation of HCV infection. Furthermore, the structural and functional similarities between human and tupaia SR-BI indicate that PTH represent a useful model system to characterize the molecular interaction of the HCV envelope and SR-BI on primary hepatocytes. |
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