Jin Zhang, Xing Gao, Yuan Yuan, Chao Sun, Yuanlin Zhao, Liming Xiao, Ying Yang, Yu Gu, Risheng Yang, Peizhen Hu, Lijun Zhang, Chao Wang, Jing Ye
BACKGROUND: The homeostasis of lipid droplets (LDs) plays a crucial role in maintaining the physical metabolic processes in cells, and is regulated by many LD-associated proteins, including perilipin 5 (Plin5) in liver. As the putative sites of hepatitis C virus (HCV) virion assembly, LDs are vital to viral infection. In addition, the hepatic LD metabolism can be disturbed by non-structural HCV proteins, such as NS5A, but the details are still inexplicit. METHODS: HCV NS5A was overexpressed in the livers and hepatocytes of wild-type and Plin5-null mice...
April 6, 2019: Lipids in Health and Disease