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Hepatitis B virus RNAs co-opt ELAVL1 for stabilization and CRM1-dependent nuclear export.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronically infects 296 million people worldwide, posing a major global health threat. Export of HBV RNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is indispensable for viral protein translation and genome replication, however the mechanisms regulating this critical process remain largely elusive. Here, we identify a key host factor embryonic lethal, abnormal vision, Drosophila-like 1 (ELAVL1) that binds HBV RNAs and controls their nuclear export. Using an unbiased quantitative proteomics screen, we demonstrate direct binding of ELAVL1 to the HBV pregenomic RNA (pgRNA). ELAVL1 knockdown inhibits HBV RNAs posttranscriptional regulation and suppresses viral replication. Further mechanistic studies reveal ELAVL1 recruits the nuclear export receptor CRM1 through ANP32A and ANP32B to transport HBV RNAs to the cytoplasm via specific AU-rich elements, which can be targeted by a compound CMLD-2. Moreover, ELAVL1 protects HBV RNAs from DIS3+RRP6+ RNA exosome mediated nuclear RNA degradation. Notably, we find HBV core protein is dispensable for HBV RNA-CRM1 interaction and nuclear export. Our results unveil ELAVL1 as a crucial host factor that regulates HBV RNAs stability and trafficking. By orchestrating viral RNA nuclear export, ELAVL1 is indispensable for the HBV life cycle. Our study highlights a virus-host interaction that may be exploited as a new therapeutic target against chronic hepatitis B.

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10866535 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Hepatitis B virus RNAs co-opt ELAVL1 for stabilization and CRM1-dependent nuclear export.

Zheng Yingcheng Y Wang Mengfei M Yin Jiatong J Duan Yurong Y Wu Chuanjian C Xu Zaichao Z Bu Yanan Y Wang Jingjing J Chen Quan Q Zhu Guoguo G Zhao Kaitao K Zhang Lu L Hua Rong R Xu Yanping Y Hu Xiyu X Cheng Xiaoming X Xia Yuchen Y

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronically infects 296 million people worldwide, posing a major global health threat. Export of HBV RNAs from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is indispensable for viral protein translation and genome replication, however the mechanisms regulating this critical process remain largely elusive. Here, we identify a key host factor embryonic lethal, abnormal vision, Drosophila-like 1 (ELAVL1) that binds HBV RNAs and controls their nuclear export. Using an unbiased quantitative p ...[more]

PMID: 38306394

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