TY - JOUR
T1 - Cytomegalovirus restructures lipid rafts via a US28/CDC42-mediated pathway, enhancing cholesterol efflux from host cells
AU - Low, Hann
AU - Mukhamedova, Nigora
AU - Cui, Huanhuan L.
AU - McSharry, Brian P.
AU - Avdic, Selmir
AU - Hoang, Anh
AU - Ditiatkovski, Michael
AU - Liu, Yingying
AU - Fu, Ying
AU - Meikle, Peter J.
AU - Blomberg, Martin
AU - Polyzos, Konstantinos A.
AU - Miller, William E.
AU - Religa, Piotr
AU - Bukrinsky, Michael
AU - Soderberg-Naucler, Cecilia
AU - Slobedman, Barry
AU - Sviridov, Dmitri
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s)
PY - 2016/6/28
Y1 - 2016/6/28
N2 - Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) contains cholesterol, but how HCMV interacts with host cholesterol metabolism is unknown. We found that, in human fibroblasts, HCMV infection increased the efflux of cellular cholesterol, despite reducing the abundance of ABCA1. Mechanistically, viral protein US28 was acting through CDC42, rearranging actin microfilaments, causing association of actin with lipid rafts, and leading to a dramatic change in the abundance and/or structure of lipid rafts. These changes displaced ABCA1 from the cell surface but created new binding sites for apolipoprotein A-I, resulting in enhanced cholesterol efflux. The changes also reduced the inflammatory response in macrophages. HCMV infection modified the host lipidome profile and expression of several genes and microRNAs involved in cholesterol metabolism. In mice, murine CMV infection elevated plasma triglycerides but did not affect the level and functionality of high-density lipoprotein. Thus, HCMV, through its protein US28, reorganizes lipid rafts and disturbs cell cholesterol metabolism.
AB - Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) contains cholesterol, but how HCMV interacts with host cholesterol metabolism is unknown. We found that, in human fibroblasts, HCMV infection increased the efflux of cellular cholesterol, despite reducing the abundance of ABCA1. Mechanistically, viral protein US28 was acting through CDC42, rearranging actin microfilaments, causing association of actin with lipid rafts, and leading to a dramatic change in the abundance and/or structure of lipid rafts. These changes displaced ABCA1 from the cell surface but created new binding sites for apolipoprotein A-I, resulting in enhanced cholesterol efflux. The changes also reduced the inflammatory response in macrophages. HCMV infection modified the host lipidome profile and expression of several genes and microRNAs involved in cholesterol metabolism. In mice, murine CMV infection elevated plasma triglycerides but did not affect the level and functionality of high-density lipoprotein. Thus, HCMV, through its protein US28, reorganizes lipid rafts and disturbs cell cholesterol metabolism.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.070
DO - 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.05.070
M3 - Article
C2 - 27320924
AN - SCOPUS:85008350920
SN - 2211-1247
VL - 16
SP - 186
EP - 200
JO - Cell Reports
JF - Cell Reports
IS - 1
ER -