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Journal of Virology, November 2004, p. 12047-12053, Vol. 78, No. 21
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.21.12047-12053.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Associates with Detergent-Resistant Membranes Distinct from Classical Plasma Membrane Rafts

Meirav Matto,1 Charles M. Rice,2 Benjamin Aroeti,3* and Jeffrey S. Glenn1,4*

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine,1 Veterans Administration Medical Center, Palo Alto, California,4 Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Rockefeller University, New York, New York,2 Department of Cell and Animal Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel3

Received 19 March 2004/ Accepted 23 June 2004

A subpopulation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein in cells harboring full-length HCV replicons is biochemically associated with detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs) in a manner similar to that of markers of classical lipid rafts. Core protein does not, however, colocalize in immunofluorescence studies with classical plasma membrane raft markers, such as caveolin-1 and the B subunit of cholera toxin, suggesting that core protein is bound to cytoplasmic raft microdomains distinct from caveolin-based rafts. Furthermore, while both the structural core protein and the nonstructural protein NS5A associate with membranes, they do not colocalize in the DRMs. Finally, the ability of core protein to localize to the DRMs did not require other elements of the HCV polyprotein. These results may have broad implications for the HCV life cycle and suggest that the HCV core may be a valuable probe for host cell biology.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Jeffrey S. Glenn: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CCSR Building, Room 3115, 269 Campus Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94305-5187. Phone: (650) 725-3373. Fax: (650) 723-3032. E-mail: jeffrey.glenn{at}stanford.edu. Mailing address for Benjamin Aroeti: Department of Cell and Animal Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel. Phone: 972 2 658-5915. Fax: 972 2 561-7918. E-mail: aroeti{at}cc.huji.ac.ll.

Journal of Virology, November 2004, p. 12047-12053, Vol. 78, No. 21
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.21.12047-12053.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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