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Journal of Virology, February 2000, p. 1736-1741, Vol. 74, No. 4
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Interacts with 14-3-3 Protein and Activates the Kinase Raf-1

Hiroshi Aoki,1,2 Junpei Hayashi,1,2 Mitsuhiko Moriyama,2 Yasuyuki Arakawa,2 and Okio Hino1,*

Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 1-37-1 Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8455,1 and Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1, Oyaguchi Kami-machi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610,2 Japan

Received 10 May 1999/Accepted 19 November 1999

Persistent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver dysfunction in humans and is epidemiologically closely associated with the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Among HCV components, core protein has been reported to be implicated in cell growth regulation both in vitro and in vivo, although mechanisms explaining those effects are still unclear. In the present study, we identified that members of the 14-3-3 protein family associate with HCV core protein. 14-3-3 protein bound to HCV core protein in a phosphoserine-dependent manner. Introduction of HCV core protein caused a substantial increase in Raf-1 kinase activity in HepG2 cells and in a yeast genetic assay. Furthermore, the HCV core-14-3-3 interaction was essential for Raf-1 kinase activation by HCV core protein. These results suggest that HCV core protein may represent a novel type of Raf-1 kinase-activating protein through its interaction with 14-3-3 protein and may contribute to hepatocyte growth regulation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Experimental Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, 1-37-1 Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8455, Japan. Phone and fax: 81-3-5394-3815. E-mail: ohino{at}ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Journal of Virology, February 2000, p. 1736-1741, Vol. 74, No. 4
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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