| Virus Name | Japanese encephalitis virus |
| Virus Short Name | JEV |
| Order | Amarillovirales |
| Virus Family | Flaviviridae |
| Virus Subfamily | N.A. |
| Genus | Flavivirus |
| Species | Japanese encephalitis virus |
| Host | Vertebrates |
| Cell Tropism | |
| Associated Disease | Encephalitis |
| Mode of Transmission | Sexual contact, blood, breast feeding |
| VIPR DB link | https://www.viprbrc.org/brc/vipr_search.do?species=Japanese_encephalitis_virus |
| ICTV DB link | https://ictv.global/report/183/flaviviridae |
| Virus Host DB link |
| Paper Title | Proteomic analyses identify intracellular targets for Japanese encephalitis virus nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) |
| Author's Name | Peng Wang 1, Xinze Liu 1, Qi Li 1, Jue Wang 1, Wenke Ruan 4 |
| Journal Name | Virus Research |
| Pubmed ID | 34175344 |
| Abstract | Japanese encephalitis is a zoonotic disease caused by Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). JEV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is involved in many crucial biological events during viral infection and immune suppression. To investigate the role of JEV NS1 in virus-infected cells, the molecules with which it interacts intracellularly were screened with a pull-down assay and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The interaction between heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K (hnRNP K), vimentin and NS1 were verified with coimmunoprecipitation and confocal assays. Our results show that JEV NS1 interacts with vimentin, hnRNP K and colocalizes with cellular vimentin and hnRNP K. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that the expression of vimentin and hnRNP K were up-regulated in both NS1-transfected and JEV-infected cells. Knocking down vimentin and hnRNP K reduced viral replication while conversely, over-expression of vimentin and hnRNP K improved viral replication, suggesting an important role for this protein in the viral life cycle. Also, We found that vimentin also interacted with hnRNP K after overexpression of NS1 or JEV infection. These findings provide insight into the molecular mechanism of JEV replication and highlight the key role the NS1 in JEV infection. |
| Used Model | Bhk 21 and pk17 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.virusres.2021.198497 |