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Determination of host proteins composing the microenvironment of coronavirus replicase complexes by proximity-labeling

  1. Philip V'kovski
  2. Markus Gerber
  3. Jenna Kelly
  4. Stephanie Pfaender
  5. Nadine Ebert
  6. Sophie Braga Lagache
  7. Cedric Simillion
  8. Jasmine Portmann
  9. Hanspeter Stalder
  10. Véronique Gaschen
  11. Rémy Bruggmann
  12. Michael H Stoffel
  13. Manfred Heller
  14. Ronald Dijkman Dijkman
  15. Volker Thiel  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Switzerland
  2. University of Bern, Switzerland
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Cite this article as: eLife 2019;8:e42037 doi: 10.7554/eLife.42037

Abstract

Positive-sense RNA viruses hijack intracellular membranes that provide niches for viral RNA synthesis and a platform for interactions with host proteins. However, little is known about host factors at the interface between replicase complexes and the host cytoplasm. We engineered a biotin ligase into a coronaviral replication/transcription complex (RTC) and identified >500 host proteins constituting the RTC microenvironment. siRNA-silencing of each RTC-proximal host factor demonstrated importance of vesicular trafficking pathways, ubiquitin-dependent and autophagy-related processes, and translation initiation factors. Notably, detection of translation initiation factors at the RTC was instrumental to visualize and demonstrate active translation proximal to replication complexes of several coronaviruses. Collectively, we establish a spatial link between viral RNA synthesis and diverse host factors of unprecedented breadth. Our data may serve as a paradigm for other positive-strand RNA viruses and provide a starting point for a comprehensive analysis of critical virus-host interactions that represent targets for therapeutic intervention.

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  1. Philip V'kovski

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  2. Markus Gerber

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  3. Jenna Kelly

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  4. Stephanie Pfaender

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  5. Nadine Ebert

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  6. Sophie Braga Lagache

    Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  7. Cedric Simillion

    Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  8. Jasmine Portmann

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  9. Hanspeter Stalder

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  10. Véronique Gaschen

    Division Veterinary Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  11. Rémy Bruggmann

    Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-4733-7922

  12. Michael H Stoffel

    Division of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-4699-5125

  13. Manfred Heller

    Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility, Department for BioMedical Research (DBMR), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  14. Ronald Dijkman Dijkman

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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  15. Volker Thiel

    Institute of Virology and Immunology IVI, Bern, Switzerland
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    volker.thiel@vetsuisse.unibe.ch
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Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (173085)

  • Philip V'kovski
  • Volker Thiel

European Commission (748627)

  • Stephanie Pfaender
  • Volker Thiel

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (160780)

  • Jenna Kelly
  • Nadine Ebert
  • Volker Thiel

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Karla Kirkegaard, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States

Publication history

  1. Received: September 14, 2018
  2. Accepted: January 11, 2019
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: January 11, 2019 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: February 12, 2019 (version 2)

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© 2019, V'kovski et al.

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.

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