Hepatitis C virus inhibitor synergism suggests multistep interactions between heat-shock protein 90 and hepatitis C virus replication |
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Authors: | Naoko Kubota Masataka Nomoto Gi-Wook Hwang Toshihiko Watanabe Michinori Kohara Takaji Wakita Akira Naganuma Shusuke Kuge Laboratory of Molecular Biochemical Toxicology,Graduate |
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Affiliation: | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University;Department of Microbiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University;Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science;Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases; |
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Abstract: | AIM: To address the effect of heat-shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitors on the release of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a cell culture-derived HCV (JFH1/HCVcc) from Huh-7 cells was examined.METHODS: We quantified both the intracellular and extracellular (culture medium) levels of the components (RNA and core) of JFH-1/HCVcc. The intracellular HCV RNA and core levels were determined after the JFH1/HCVcc-infected Huh-7 cells were treated with radicicol for 36 h. The extracellular HCV RNA and core protein levels were determined from the medium of the last 24 h of radicicol treatment. To determine the possible role of the HSP90 inhibitor in HCV release, we examined the effect of a combined application of low doses of the HSP90 inhibitor radicicol and the RNA replication inhibitors cyclosporin A (CsA) or interferon. Finally, we statistically examined the combined effect of radicicol and CsA using the combination index (CI) and graphical representation proposed by Chou and Talalay.RESULTS: We found that the HSP90 inhibitors had greater inhibitory effects on the HCV RNA and core protein levels measured in the medium than inside the cells. This inhibitory effect was observed in the presence of a low level of a known RNA replication inhibitor (CsA or interferon-α). Treating the cells with a combination of radicicol and cyclosporin A for 24 h resulted in significant synergy (CI < 1) that affected the release of both the viral RNA and the core protein.CONCLUSION: In addition to having an inhibitory effect on RNA replication, HSP90 inhibitors may interfere with an HCV replication step that occurs after the synthesis of viral RNA, such as assembly and release. |
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Keywords: | Hepatitis C virus Inhibition of hepatitis C virus release Cell culture-derived hepatitis C virus Heat-shock protein 90 inhibitors Hepatitis C virus RNA replication |
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