Full assembly of HIV-1 particles requires assistance of the membrane curvature factor IRSp53

  1. Kaushik Inamdar
  2. Feng-Ching Tsai
  3. Rayane Dibsy
  4. Aurore de Poret
  5. John Manzi
  6. Peggy Merida
  7. Remi Muller
  8. Pekka Lappalainen
  9. Philippe Roingeard
  10. Johnson Mak
  11. Patricia Bassereau
  12. Cyril Favard
  13. Delphine M Muriaux  Is a corresponding author
  1. CNRS, France
  2. Institut Curie, France
  3. University of Helsinki, Finland
  4. Faculté de Medecine, University of Tours, France
  5. Griffith University, Australia
  6. CNRS Délégation Languedoc Roussillon - Montpellier University, France

Abstract

During HIV-1 particle formation, the requisite plasma membrane curvature is thought to be solely driven by the retroviral Gag protein. Here, we reveal that the cellular I-BAR protein IRSp53 is required for the progression of HIV-1 membrane curvature to complete particle assembly. SiRNA-mediated knockdown of IRSp53 gene expression induces a decrease in viral particle production and a viral bud arrest at half completion. Single molecule localization microscopy at the cell plasma membrane shows a preferential localization of IRSp53 around HIV-1 Gag assembly sites. In addition, we observe the presence of IRSp53 in purified HIV-1 particles. Finally, HIV-1 Gag protein preferentially localizes to curved membranes induced by IRSp53 I-BAR domain on giant unilamellar vesicles. Overall, our data reveal a strong interplay between IRSp53 I-BAR and Gag at membranes during virus assembly. This highlights IRSp53 as a crucial host factor in HIV-1 membrane curvature and its requirement for full HIV-1 particle assembly.

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  1. Kaushik Inamdar

    IRIM UMR9004, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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  2. Feng-Ching Tsai

    Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  3. Rayane Dibsy

    IRIM UMR9004, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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  4. Aurore de Poret

    IRIM UMR9004, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  5. John Manzi

    Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  6. Peggy Merida

    IRIM UMR9004, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  7. Remi Muller

    CEMIPAI, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  8. Pekka Lappalainen

    Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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    Pekka Lappalainen, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  9. Philippe Roingeard

    MAVIVH, Faculté de Medecine, University of Tours, Tours, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  10. Johnson Mak

    Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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    No competing interests declared.
  11. Patricia Bassereau

    Laboratoire Physico Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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    Patricia Bassereau, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  12. Cyril Favard

    IRIM UMR9004, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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    No competing interests declared.
  13. Delphine M Muriaux

    Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), CNRS Délégation Languedoc Roussillon - Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
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    delphine.muriaux@irim.cnrs.fr
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Funding

Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le Sida et les Hépatites Virales (ECTZ35754)

  • Delphine M Muriaux

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR10-INBS-04)

  • Patricia Bassereau

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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© 2021, Inamdar et al.

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  1. Kaushik Inamdar
  2. Feng-Ching Tsai
  3. Rayane Dibsy
  4. Aurore de Poret
  5. John Manzi
  6. Peggy Merida
  7. Remi Muller
  8. Pekka Lappalainen
  9. Philippe Roingeard
  10. Johnson Mak
  11. Patricia Bassereau
  12. Cyril Favard
  13. Delphine M Muriaux
(2021)
Full assembly of HIV-1 particles requires assistance of the membrane curvature factor IRSp53
eLife 10:e67321.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.67321

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