The CD63-Syntenin-1 Complex Controls Post-Endocytic Trafficking of Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses

Linda Gräßel, Laura Aline Fast, Konstanze D Scheffer, Fatima Boukhallouk, Gilles A Spoden, Stefan Tenzer, Klaus Boller, Ruzica Bago, Sundaresan Rajesh, Michael Overduin, Fedor Berditchevski*, Luise Florin*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Human papillomaviruses enter host cells via a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway involving tetraspanin proteins. However, post-endocytic trafficking required for virus capsid disassembly remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that the early trafficking pathway of internalised HPV particles involves tetraspanin CD63, syntenin-1 and ESCRT-associated adaptor protein ALIX. Following internalisation, viral particles are found in CD63-positive endosomes recruiting syntenin-1, a CD63-interacting adaptor protein. Electron microscopy and immunofluorescence experiments indicate that the CD63-syntenin-1 complex controls delivery of internalised viral particles to multivesicular endosomes. Accordingly, infectivity of high-risk HPV types 16, 18 and 31 as well as disassembly and post-uncoating processing of viral particles was markedly suppressed in CD63 or syntenin-1 depleted cells. Our analyses also present the syntenin-1 interacting protein ALIX as critical for HPV infection and CD63-syntenin-1-ALIX complex formation as a prerequisite for intracellular transport enabling viral capsid disassembly. Thus, our results identify the CD63-syntenin-1-ALIX complex as a key regulatory component in post-endocytic HPV trafficking.

Original languageEnglish
Article number32337
Number of pages18
JournalScientific Reports
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2016

Keywords

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins/chemistry
  • Carcinogenesis/genetics
  • Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry
  • Endocytosis/genetics
  • Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/chemistry
  • Female
  • HeLa Cells
  • Human papillomavirus 16/genetics
  • Human papillomavirus 18/genetics
  • Human papillomavirus 31/genetics
  • Humans
  • Multiprotein Complexes/chemistry
  • Papillomavirus Infections/genetics
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Transport/genetics
  • Syntenins/genetics
  • Tetraspanin 30/chemistry
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/genetics

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