北京大學(xué)蛋白質(zhì)科學(xué)中心副主任,、基礎(chǔ)醫(yī)學(xué)院生物物理學(xué)系主任尹長城教授研究團(tuán)隊(duì)近日在國際著名期刊PNAS發(fā)表論文,,該文應(yīng)用冷凍電子顯微鏡/X-射線晶體學(xué)技術(shù),測定了戊型肝炎病毒顆粒的三維結(jié)構(gòu),。
戊型肝炎病毒(Hepatitis E Virus/HEV)是引起人經(jīng)腸道傳播的急性傳染性肝炎—戊型肝炎的病原體。戊型肝炎危害性大,尤其對青壯年和妊娠期婦女危害極大,,妊娠期婦女病死率高達(dá)20%。戊型肝炎主要通過糞-口途徑傳播,,因此極易在衛(wèi)生條件不發(fā)達(dá)的地區(qū)流行,。1986—1988年我國新疆曾發(fā)生世界上最大的一次戊型肝炎流行, 發(fā)病超過10萬例, 死亡近千人。由于缺乏細(xì)胞培養(yǎng)系統(tǒng)和病毒三維結(jié)構(gòu)信息,,目前對病毒如何感染細(xì)胞以及細(xì)胞如何產(chǎn)生免疫反應(yīng)所知甚少,,因此對戊型肝炎既無疫苗預(yù)防,亦無藥物治療,。
尹長城教授研究團(tuán)隊(duì)?wèi)?yīng)用冷凍電子顯微鏡/X-射線晶體學(xué)技術(shù)解析了戊型肝炎病毒顆粒原子分辨率(3.5 ?)三維結(jié)構(gòu),。結(jié)構(gòu)分析表明戊型肝炎病毒衣殼蛋白具有三個(gè)線性排列的結(jié)構(gòu)域:S結(jié)構(gòu)域、P1結(jié)構(gòu)域和P2結(jié)構(gòu)域,。S結(jié)構(gòu)域負(fù)責(zé)形成病毒顆粒核心衣殼,,和病毒裝配密切相關(guān);P1結(jié)構(gòu)域是S結(jié)構(gòu)域的延伸,,在病毒顆粒三重軸處相會,,加強(qiáng)病毒衣殼的穩(wěn)定性;P2結(jié)構(gòu)域由P1結(jié)構(gòu)域伸出,,暴露于病毒顆粒最外側(cè),;P2結(jié)構(gòu)域在病毒顆粒二重軸處相會,形成病毒顆粒的“棘”(spike),。P2結(jié)構(gòu)域上有一個(gè)糖基化位點(diǎn),,和病毒-受體結(jié)合有關(guān);P2結(jié)構(gòu)域還有3個(gè)取向朝外的、高度保守的環(huán)(loop), 和病毒-抗體結(jié)合有關(guān),。戊型肝炎病毒顆粒的三維結(jié)構(gòu)不僅為病毒如何裝配,、如何感染宿主以及如何引起宿主產(chǎn)生免疫反應(yīng)提供了結(jié)構(gòu)生物學(xué)基礎(chǔ),而且為基于結(jié)構(gòu)的藥物及疫苗設(shè)計(jì)奠定了基礎(chǔ),。
該論文是由尹長城教授的博士研究生柳正(論文共同第一作者)在尹長城教授指導(dǎo)下,,與廣東省CDC柯昌文研究員、中山大學(xué)生命學(xué)院張景強(qiáng)教授以及美國Rice大學(xué)Y.J.Tao博士合作完成的,。該研究得到北京大學(xué)“985工程”項(xiàng)目,、科技部“973計(jì)劃”和重大科技專項(xiàng)等科學(xué)基金的資助。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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PNAS July 21, 2009, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904848106
Structure of the hepatitis E virus-like particle suggests mechanisms for virus assembly and receptor binding
Tom S. Y. Guua,1, Zheng Liub,1, Qiaozhen Yea, Douglas A. Mataa, Kunpeng Lic, Changcheng Yinb, Jingqiang Zhangc,2 and Yizhi Jane Taoa,2
aDepartment of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005;
bDepartment of Biophysics, Health Science Centre, Peking University, Beijing, China 100191; and
cState Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China 510275
Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a small, non-enveloped RNA virus in the family Hepeviridae, is associated with endemic and epidemic acute viral hepatitis in developing countries. Our 3.5-? structure of a HEV-like particle (VLP) shows that each capsid protein contains 3 linear domains that form distinct structural elements: S, the continuous capsid; P1, 3-fold protrusions; and P2, 2-fold spikes. The S domain adopts a jelly-roll fold commonly observed in small RNA viruses. The P1 and P2 domains both adopt β-barrel folds. Each domain possesses a potential polysaccharide-binding site that may function in cell-receptor binding. Sugar binding to P1 at the capsid protein interface may lead to capsid disassembly and cell entry. Structural modeling indicates that native T = 3 capsid contains flat dimers, with less curvature than those of T = 1 VLP. Our findings significantly advance the understanding of HEV molecular biology and have application to the development of vaccines and antiviral medications.