Abstract
A variety of pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and parasites, target cellular lipid droplets for their replication. Rotaviruses (RVs) infect the villous epithelium of the small intestine and are a major cause of acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children worldwide. RVs induce and require lipid droplets for the formation of viroplasms, sites of virus genome replication, and nascent particle assembly. Here we review the role of lipid droplets in RV replication. Inhibitors of fatty acid synthesis or chemicals that interfere with lipid droplet homeostasis decrease the number and size of viroplasms and the yield of infectious virus. We used a genetically engineered RV, delayed in viroplasm assembly, to show an early interaction of RV nonstructural protein NSP2 and the lipid droplet-associated protein phospho-PLIN1. The interaction between NSP2 and phospho-PLIN1 suggests that we have identified part of the mechanism of RV-induced lipid droplet formation. These studies demonstrate that RV is an excellent model to dissect the cellular process of lipid droplet formation and to determine how RV induces and usurps lipid droplet biogenesis to form viroplasm/lipid droplets for virus replication.
Introduction
Rotaviruses (RVs) infect intestinal enterocytes, enteroendocrine and tuft cells in the small intestine causing vomiting and diarrhea that can be life-threatening due to severe dehydration in infants and young children (; ; ). Prior to the introduction of RV vaccines in 2006, RV caused 500,000 deaths annually worldwide; yet, despite the positive impact of the vaccines, RV infection still results in an estimated 128,000 deaths globally and highlights the importance for the continued study of this significant pathogen ().
RVs are nonenveloped particles that have a complex architecture consisting of three concentric capsid layers surrounding a genome of 11 double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segments encoding six structural proteins (VP1/2/3/4/6/7) that form the virus particle, and six nonstructural proteins (NSP1-6; NSP6 is only present in certain virus strains) that play various roles in RV replication. RV dsRNA replication and immature double-layered particle (DLP) assembly occur in electron-dense structures, known as viroplasms, that form in the cytoplasm of infected cells. Viroplasms are composed of both viral and cellular proteins, and in 2010 components of lipid droplets were found associated with viroplasms, potentially linking viroplasm formation and lipid droplet biogenesis ().
Lipid droplets were first described in 1886 by Edmund Wilson as “oil-drops” in developing sea urchin eggs, and until relatively recently, were considered cellular organelles with the sole purpose of storing “fat”. Lipid droplets are now recognized as playing diverse roles in cellular lipid metabolism, energy metabolism and cell signaling (), and are implicated in multiple human infectious diseases including hepatitis, chlamydia, tuberculosis, and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and atherosclerosis. Lipid droplets are spherical structures with a neutral lipid core containing triacylglycerol () and sterol esters. The lipid droplet core is surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer that is decorated with various cellular proteins, in particular, the lipid droplet-associated proteins, or perilipins (PLIN 1-5). However, the mechanism by which lipid droplets form remains poorly understood (; ; ).
Several RV nonstructural (NSP2/5/6) and structural (VP1/2/3/6) proteins, as well as components of LDs, are detected in viroplasms. Viroplasm assembly requires NSP2 and NSP5; inhibition of either protein prevents viroplasm formation and profoundly reduces the yield of infectious virus (; ; ; ). The mechanism of viroplasm assembly and the association with lipid droplet remain largely unknown. Geiger et al. suggest that viroplasm assembly occurs by liquid-liquid phase separation in which the RNA-binding protein NSP2 and the intrinsically disordered NSP5 protein form protein-RNA condensates (). We previously discovered that the NSP2 protein exists in two structurally distinct forms: as a cytoplasmically dispersed form (dNSP2) and a viroplasm-localized form (vNSP2) that are distinguished by conformation-specific monoclonal antibodies (). Notably, dNSP2 and vNSP2 interact differentially with hypo- and hyper-phosphorylated NSP5, respectively, and this led to the discovery of a coordinated phosphorylation-dependent mechanism that regulates viroplasm assembly (); phosphorylation of dNSP2 on serine 313 by the cellular kinase CK1α triggers the localization of vNSP2 (formed by an as yet unidentified mechanism) to sites of viroplasm assembly and its association with hyperphosphorylated NSP5 in viroplasms (). However, a fundamental question remains: Do either NSP2 or NSP5 physically interact with lipid droplet components to trigger lipid droplet biogenesis? The goal of this review is to examine studies that support the hypothesis that rotavirus infection induces and requires lipid droplets for replication.
Rotavirus Infection Induces the Formation of Viroplasm/Lipid Droplets
The first evidence that RV viroplasms associate with components of lipid droplets came from immunofluorescence microscopy studies that showed that both RV viroplasm-associated proteins NSP2 and NSP5 co-localize with lipid droplet-associated proteins PLIN1 and PLIN2 (). It was also shown that viroplasms colocalize with the lipophilic stain Nile Red, further suggesting colocalization of viroplasms with lipid droplets (). However, one drawback of using Nile Red for these studies is that Nile Red non-specifically labels all cellular lipid organelles and intracellular membranes. Therefore, to confirm these results, we used LipidTOX™, a neutral lipid stain that has an extremely high affinity for neutral lipids to detect lipid droplets and guinea pig anti-NSP2 to detect viroplasms. Using immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy, we showed that the majority of lipid droplets detected with LipidTOX™ colocalized with the NSP2 in viroplasms (Figure 1). Lipid droplets detected with LipidTOX™ are not observed in neighboring cells (Figure 1, top left cell). This result confirms the earlier report that viroplasms colocalize with lipid droplets.
FIGURE 1
To determine whether viroplasms form prior to, or concomitantly, with lipid droplets we performed a time-course experiment. Viroplasms and lipid droplets were imaged in RV-infected cells at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, and 7 h post infection (hpi). We probed RV-infected cells for the lipid droplet-specific phosphorylated PLIN1 (P-PLIN1) that is only found on lipid droplets. Viroplasms were detected by the monoclonal antibody that detects viroplasmic NSP2 (vNSP2) and a polyclonal antibody anti-NSP5 (Figure 2A). At 1 hpi, small puncta of vNSP2, P-PLIN1 and NSP5 are detected in RV-infected cells. Most of these puncta do not colocalize. However, as early as 1.5 hpi, vNSP2, and NSP5 colocalize with P-PLIN1. As infection progresses, the size of both the viroplasms and lipid droplets increase (
FIGURE 2

RV viroplasmic proteins vNSP2 and NSP5 colocalize with lipid droplets early in infection. (A) Immunofluorescence confocal microscopy was used to detect lipid droplets and viroplasms in RV-infected cells at 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 5, and 7 hpi. Mouse anti-phospho-PLIN1 (red) was used to detect lipid droplets. Viroplasms were detected using mouse monoclonal antibody anti-vNSP2 (green), and guinea pig polyclonal antibody anti-NSP5 (blue). Nuclei were detected with DAPI (light blue). Scale bar = 5 µm. Previously unpublished data. Immunofluorescent assay performed as described in Criglar, 2020 (
The growth of viroplasm/lipid droplets during the virus replication cycle may include recruitment of other lipid droplet-specific proteins and increased neutral lipid in the lipid droplet core. To determine if there was a direct interaction between vNSP2 and PLIN1, PLIN1 and P-PLIN1 were immunoprecipitated using monoclonal antibodies to the unmodified or phosphorylated forms of perilipin from RV-infected cell lysates. Western blot analysis showed that vNSP2 was coimmunoprecipitated with both PLIN1 and P-PLIN1, suggesting a direct interaction between NSP2 and both forms of PLIN1 (Figure 2B) (
Inhibition or Disruption of Lipid Droplets Reduces Viroplasm Formation and Virus Replication
Cellular lipogenesis requires free fatty acid (provided to the intestine by diet or via de novo synthesis by the reiterative catalysis of acetyl-CoA with malonyl-CoA) and glycerol to form triglycerides (TAGs) (
FIGURE 3

Processes of lipogenesis and lipid droplet biogenesis, and interventions that disrupt viroplasm formation. (A) De novo fatty acid synthesis involves the conversion of acetyl-CoA into malonyl-CoA by acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 (ACC-1). Fatty acid synthase (FASN) catalyzes the synthesis of the fatty acid palmitate from acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA. Long chain acyl-CoA synthetase (ACSL) facilitates extracellular fatty acid uptake and converts fatty acids into their corresponding CoA esters for oxidation or esterification into complex lipids (e.g., triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol esters). The ER-localized enzymes diacylglycerol acyltransferases (DGAT1 and DGAT2), and acyl-coenzyme A (CoA): cholesterol acyltransferases (ACAT1 and ACAT2) synthesize triacylglycerol (
The complex formation of viroplasm/lipid droplets are essential for RV replication as knockdown of NSP2 or NSP5 proteins, or disruption of lipolysis, significantly decrease the number and size of viroplasms and the amount of infectious progeny produced (
Lipidome Analyses Show the Total Lipid Content of RV-Infected Cells Is Significantly Higher When Compared to Uninfected Cells
In mammalian cells, the lipid droplet surface is composed of a phospholipid monolayer. The most abundant phospholipid in the monolayer is phosphatidylcholine (PC), followed by phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol, lysoPE, and lysoPC, but the membrane is deficient in sphingomyelin (SM), phosphatidylserine (PS), and phosphatidic acid (PA) (
The increase in other, non-lipid droplet associated phospholipids in RV-infected cells may be explained by the increase of other membranes that associate with viroplasms. In a morphogenic step that is exceedingly rare for nonenveloped viruses, RV virion intermediate, double-layered particles (DLPs), form in and emerge from the periphery of the viroplasm and bud through viroplasm-associated cytoplasmic cellular membranes to acquire the outer capsid proteins, VP4 and VP7, resulting in mature, infectious particle assembly. This morphogenic step is mediated by the RV nonstructural protein NSP4. NSP4, synthesized as an ER transmembrane glycoprotein, is a viroporin that releases calcium from the ER store into the cytoplasm that in turn activates the cellular process of autophagy (
Many RNA viruses dramatically remodel and accumulate host cellular membranes required for viral replication (
Viroplasm/Lipid Droplets Form in Human Intestine Stem Cell-Derived Enteroids
Much has been learned of human host–enteric pathogen interactions from studies using cancer cells, animal models, clinical data, and occasionally, controlled human infection models. However, in-depth interrogation of the complex interactions between human viruses and the human intestinal epithelium are now possible with the advent of human intestine stem cell-derived enteroids (HIEs). These nontransformed, multicellular, physiologically active, and organotypic cultures recapitulate the relevant heterogenous cell types that comprise the intestinal villus epithelium. Recent studies using HIEs are revealing previously unknown host-microbe interactions that affect pathogen replication and outcomes of human infections (
FIGURE 4

RV-infection of human intestinal enteroids induces lipid droplets. Human jejunal enteroids were metabolically labeled with fluorescently-tagged BODIPY-fatty acid for 1 h prior to mock or RV infection. Enteroids imaged by epifluorescence at 16 hpi show BODIPY-fatty acid is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum lipid bilayer of mock-infected enteroids (top panel). In contrast, RV infection induces lipid droplet formation indicated by the round, red lipid droplets (bottom panel, arrows). The inset on the right is a magnification of the boxed area. [From Foulke-Abel et al., 2014 (
FIGURE 5

Viroplasm/lipid droplets form in RV-infected HIEs. Electron micrograph of an infected cell within an enteroid. RV particles adjacent to a lipid droplet (LD) and viroplasm (V) are shown (bar = 250 nm). [From Saxena et al., 2016 (
A Genetically Engineered RV Reveals an Early Interaction Between NSP2 and Lipid Droplets
We previously reported that phosphorylation of NSP2 on serine 313 by the cellular kinase CK1α triggers the localization of vNSP2 to sites of viroplasm assembly and its association with hyperphosphorylated NSP5 (
FIGURE 6

vNSP2 expressed by the RV NSP2 S313D phospho-mimetic mutant virus colocalizes with nascent lipid droplets before association with NSP5. (A) Growth curves of recombinant RV (rRV) wild type compared to phosphomutant rRV NSP2 S313D virus showing the delay in virus replication as a consequence of delayed viroplasm formation. (B) Representative images of MA104 cells infected with rRV WT (top panel) or rRV NSP2 S313D (bottom panel) virus at 4 hpi. vNSP2, P-PLIN1, and NSP5 colocalize in rRV WT-infected cells; whereas, in rRV NSP2 S313D virus-infected cells vNSP2 colocalizes with RV-induced P-PLIN1 decorated lipid droplets before interacting with NSP5 (examples are indicated with white arrowheads). Scale bar = 5 µm vNSP2 was detected with mouse monoclonal antibody anti-vNSP2 (green). Mouse anti-phospho-PLIN1 (blue) was used to detect lipid droplets. NSP5 detected with guinea pig polyclonal antibody anti-NSP5 (red). Nuclei were detected with DAPI (light blue). Scale bar = 5 μm [From Criglar et al., 2020 (
Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
Viruses exploit host cells by remodeling membranes, subverting host proteins and co-opting cellular metabolic pathways to create a cellular environment conducive to infection, replication, evasion of host defense and facilitate viral egress. Here we review how RV exploits lipid droplet metabolism during the RV replication cycle. Lipid droplets are now recognized as crucial organelles for the replication of many pathogens: members of the Flaviviridae family (
Clinically, we do not understand why RV-induced gastroenteritis causes more severe, life-threatening disease compared to other enteric infections. In addition, children in poor environmental conditions who develop repeat infections might sustain long-term damage to the gut, which can lead to consequences on physical, and cognitive development (
TABLE 1
| Do pathogens use common mechanisms to induce lipid droplets? |
| Which cellular and pathogen proteins are required for pathogen-induced lipid droplet biogenesis? |
| Can cellular proteins or mechanisms common in pathogen-induced lipid droplet biogenesis be targeted to provide pan-antimicrobial therapeutics? |
| Does lipid droplet lipolysis play a role in pathogen replication or disease? |
| How do rotaviruses induce lipid droplet biogenesis? |
| Do rotaviruses induce lipid droplet biogenesis simply as a replication platform or do lipid droplets play other roles in rotavirus replication and pathogenesis? |
| What is the role of the PLIN proteins in rotavirus-induced lipid droplet biogenesis? |
| Which rotavirus proteins interact with lipid droplets and how? |
Current questions for pathogen-induced lipid droplet biogenesis research.
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Funding
This study was supported by NIH grants R01 AI080656, U19 AI116497. This project was also supported by Advanced Technology Core Laboratories (Baylor College of Medicine), specifically, the Integrated Microscopy Core and the Protein and Monoclonal Antibody Production Core with funding from P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (NCI-CA125123), P30 Digestive Disease Center Gastrointestinal Experimental Model Systems (GEMS) Core (NIH P30DK056338), CPRIT (RP150578), and the John S. Dunn Gulf Coast Consortium for Chemical Genomics.
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Keywords
lipid droplets, rotavirus, viroplasm, fatty acid synthesis, pathogen
Citation
Criglar JM, Estes MK and Crawford SE (2022) Rotavirus-Induced Lipid Droplet Biogenesis Is Critical for Virus Replication. Front. Physiol. 13:836870. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2022.836870
Received
16 December 2021
Accepted
02 March 2022
Published
23 March 2022
Volume
13 - 2022
Edited by
Hester Gertruida O'Neill, University of the Free State, South Africa
Reviewed by
Ulrich Desselberger, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Catherine Eichwald, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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*Correspondence: Sue E. Crawford, crawford@bcm.edu
This article was submitted to Lipid and Fatty Acid Research, a section of the journal Frontiers in Physiology
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