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Tzeng WP, Frey TK. Complementation of a deletion in the rubella virus p150 nonstructural protein by the viral capsid protein. J Virol 2003; 77:9502-10. [PMID: 12915564 PMCID: PMC187411 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.17.9502-9510.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2003] [Accepted: 06/09/2003] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Rubella virus (RUB) replicons with an in-frame deletion of 507 nucleotides between two NotI sites in the P150 nonstructural protein (DeltaNotI) do not replicate (as detected by expression of a reporter gene encoded by the replicon) but can be amplified by wild-type helper virus (Tzeng et al., Virology 289:63-73, 2001). Surprisingly, virus with DeltaNotI was viable, and it was hypothesized that this was due to complementation of the NotI deletion by one of the virion structural protein genes. Introduction of the capsid (C) protein gene into DeltaNotI-containing replicons as an in-frame fusion with a reporter gene or cotransfection with both DeltaNotI replicons and RUB replicon or plasmid constructs containing the C gene resulted in replication of the DeltaNotI replicon, confirming the hypothesis that the C gene was the structural protein gene responsible for complementation and demonstrating that complementation could occur either in cis or in trans. Approximately the 5' one-third of the C gene was necessary for complementation. Mutations that prevented translation of the C protein while minimally disturbing the C gene sequence abrogated complementation, while synonymous codon mutations that changed the C gene sequence without affecting the amino acid sequence at the 5' end of the C gene had no effect on complementation, indicating that the C protein, not the C gene RNA, was the moiety responsible for complementation. Complementation occurred at a basic step in the virus replication cycle, because DeltaNotI replicons failed to accumulate detectable virus-specific RNA.
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- Wen-Pin Tzeng
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30302-4010, USA
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Rubella virus is a small enveloped virus that assembles in association with Golgi membranes. Freeze-substitution electron microscopy of rubella virus-infected cells revealed a previously unrecognized virion polymorphism inside the Golgi stacks: homogeneously dense particles without a defined core coexisting with less dense, mature virions that contained assembled cores. The homogeneous particles appear to be a precursor form during the virion morphogenesis process as the forms with mature morphology were the only ones detected inside secretory vesicles and on the exterior of cells. In mature virions potential remnants of C protein membrane insertion were visualized as dense strips connecting the envelope with the internal core. In infected cells Golgi stacks were frequently seen close to cytopathic vacuoles, structures identified as the sites for viral RNA replication, along with the rough endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria. These associations could facilitate the transfer of viral genomes from the cytopathic vacuoles to the areas of rubella assembly in Golgi membranes.
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- Cristina Risco
- Department of Structure of Macromolecules, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Law LMJ, Everitt JC, Beatch MD, Holmes CFB, Hobman TC. Phosphorylation of rubella virus capsid regulates its RNA binding activity and virus replication. J Virol 2003; 77:1764-71. [PMID: 12525610 PMCID: PMC140988 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.3.1764-1771.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Rubella virus is an enveloped positive-strand RNA virus of the family TOGAVIRIDAE: Virions are composed of three structural proteins: a capsid and two membrane-spanning glycoproteins, E2 and E1. During virus assembly, the capsid interacts with genomic RNA to form nucleocapsids. In the present study, we have investigated the role of capsid phosphorylation in virus replication. We have identified a single serine residue within the RNA binding region that is required for normal phosphorylation of this protein. The importance of capsid phosphorylation in virus replication was demonstrated by the fact that recombinant viruses encoding hypophosphorylated capsids replicated at much lower titers and were less cytopathic than wild-type virus. Nonphosphorylated mutant capsid proteins exhibited higher affinities for viral RNA than wild-type phosphorylated capsids. Capsid protein isolated from wild-type strain virions bound viral RNA more efficiently than cell-associated capsid. However, the RNA-binding activity of cell-associated capsids increased dramatically after treatment with phosphatase, suggesting that the capsid is dephosphorylated during virus assembly. In vitro assays indicate that the capsid may be a substrate for protein phosphatase 1A. As capsid is heavily phosphorylated under conditions where virus assembly does not occur, we propose that phosphorylation serves to negatively regulate binding of viral genomic RNA. This may delay the initiation of nucleocapsid assembly until sufficient amounts of virus glycoproteins accumulate at the budding site and/or prevent nonspecific binding to cellular RNA when levels of genomic RNA are low. It follows that at a late stage in replication, the capsid may undergo dephosphorylation before nucleocapsid assembly occurs.
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- Lok Man J Law
- Departments of Cell Biology. Biochemistry. Signal Transduction Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Salanueva IJ, Novoa RR, Cabezas P, López-Iglesias C, Carrascosa JL, Elliott RM, Risco C. Polymorphism and structural maturation of bunyamwera virus in Golgi and post-Golgi compartments. J Virol 2003; 77:1368-81. [PMID: 12502853 PMCID: PMC140787 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.2.1368-1381.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The Golgi apparatus is the assembly site for a number of complex enveloped viruses. Using high-preservation methods for electron microscopy, we have detected two previously unknown maturation steps in the morphogenesis of Bunyamwera virus in BHK-21 cells. The first maturation takes place inside the Golgi stack, where annular immature particles transform into dense, compact structures. Megalomicin, a drug that disrupts the trans side of the Golgi complex, reversibly blocks transformation, showing that a functional trans-Golgi is needed for maturation. The second structural change seems to take place during the egress of viral particles from cells, when a coat of round-shaped spikes becomes evident. A fourth viral assembly was detected in infected cells: rigid tubular structures assemble in the Golgi region early in infection and frequently connect with mitochondria. In Vero cells, the virus induces an early and spectacular fragmentation of intracellular membranes while productive infection progresses. Assembly occurs in fragmented Golgi stacks and generates tubular structures, as well as the three spherical viral forms. These results, together with our previous studies with nonrelated viruses, show that the Golgi complex contains key factors for the structural transformation of a number of enveloped viruses that assemble intracellularly.
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- Iñigo J Salanueva
- Department of Macromolecular Structure, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Hall KT, Giles MS, Calderwood MA, Goodwin DJ, Matthews DA, Whitehouse A. The Herpesvirus Saimiri open reading frame 73 gene product interacts with the cellular protein p32. J Virol 2002; 76:11612-22. [PMID: 12388722 PMCID: PMC136780 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.22.11612-11622.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The role of the gamma-2 herpesvirus open reading frame (ORF) 73 gene product has become the focus of considerable interest. It has recently been shown that the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) is expressed during a latent infection and can modulate both viral and cellular gene expression. The herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) ORF 73 gene product has some sequence homology to LANA; however, the role of HVS ORF 73 is unknown. We have previously demonstrated that HVS ORF73 is expressed in a stably transduced human carcinoma cell line, where HVS genomes persist as nonintegrated circular episomes. This implies that there may be some functional homology between these proteins. To further investigate the role of the HVS ORF 73 protein, the yeast two-hybrid system was employed to identify interacting cellular proteins. We demonstrate that ORF 73 interacts with the cellular protein p32 and triggers the accumulation of p32 in the nucleus. Using reporter gene-based transient-transfection assays, we demonstrate that ORF 73 can transactivate a number of heterologous promoter constructs and also upregulate its own promoter. Moreover, ORF 73 and p32 act synergistically to transactivate these promoters. The binding of ORF 73 to p32 is mediated by an amino-terminal arginine-rich domain, which contains two functionally distinct nuclear localization signals. The p32 binding domains are required for ORF 73 transactivating abilities and for ORF 73 to induce nuclear accumulation of p32. These results suggest that ORF 73 can function as a regulator of gene expression and that p32 is involved in ORF 73-dependent transcriptional activation.
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- Kersten T Hall
- Institute of Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Hogue DL, Nash C, Ling V, Hobman TC. Lysosome-associated protein transmembrane 4 alpha (LAPTM4 alpha) requires two tandemly arranged tyrosine-based signals for sorting to lysosomes. Biochem J 2002; 365:721-30. [PMID: 11980562 PMCID: PMC1222723 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2002] [Revised: 03/13/2002] [Accepted: 04/29/2002] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Lysosome-associated protein transmembrane 4 alpha (LAPTM4 alpha) and homologues comprise a family of conserved proteins, which are found in mammals, insects and nematodes. LAPTM4 alpha functions to regulate the intracellular compartmentalization of amphipathic solutes and possibly the sensitivity of cells toward anthracyclines, antibiotics, ionophores, nucleobases and organic cations. This is similar to the multidrug-resistance phenotype exhibited by cells synthesizing high levels of P-glycoprotein. Accordingly, it is possible that LAPTM4 alpha may be a suitable target for development of novel chemotherapeutic agents. LAPTM4 alpha contains four putative membrane-spanning domains and a 55 amino acid C-terminal region that faces the cytoplasm. Localization of LAPTM4 alpha to endosomes and lysosomes appears to be tightly controlled as transient high-level expression of LAPTM4 alpha in cultured cells resulted in no detectable protein on the cell surface. Mutagenic analysis of the C-terminus of LAPTM4 alpha indicated that two tandomly arranged tyrosine-containing motifs in the cytoplasmic domain are required for efficient localization of LAPTM4 alpha to vesicles containing the lysosomal marker lysosomal glycoprotein 120. Although a number of membrane proteins that localize to endosomes/lysosomes contain more than one independently functioning sorting signal, to our knowledge, LAPTM4 alpha is the first example of a membrane protein that requires two tandemly arranged tyrosine-based sorting signals for efficient localization in these compartments.
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- Douglas L Hogue
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Charles Tupper Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4H7
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Mohan KVK, Ghebrehiwet B, Atreya CD. The N-terminal conserved domain of rubella virus capsid interacts with the C-terminal region of cellular p32 and overexpression of p32 enhances the viral infectivity. Virus Res 2002; 85:151-61. [PMID: 12034482 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(02)00030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cellular 'defense collagens' are produced to launch virus-specific responses to clear the invading viruses. Cellular p32, the C1q binding protein is one such protein. In this report, we identified the interaction of p32 derived from a human lung diploid cell line (WI-38) with rubella virus capsid (RVCP from Therien strain) N-terminal 28-amino acid domain, which is conserved among several RV strains including the vaccine strains. We further identified that the C-terminal 69 aa of the mature p32 is sufficient to interact with the CP. In addition, we observed that in three independent Vero 76-derived cell lines constitutively overexpressing p32, the RV infectivity was enhanced. Our results suggest that RV has evolved a strategy whereby one of its proteins is recruited to interact with, and exploit the cellular defense machinery to its advantage.
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- Ketha V Krishna Mohan
- Laboratory of Pediatric and Respiratory Viral diseases, Division of Viral Products, Section of Viral Pathogenesis and Adverse Reactions, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Majumdar M, Meenakshi J, Goswami SK, Datta K. Hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1)/C1QBP/p32 is an endogenous substrate for MAP kinase and is translocated to the nucleus upon mitogenic stimulation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 291:829-37. [PMID: 11866440 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The role of hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1) in cell signaling was investigated and in vitro kinase assay demonstrated that it is a substrate for MAP kinase. Phosphorylation of endogenous HABP1 was also observed following treatment of J774 cells with PMA. HABP1 was coimmunoprecipitated with activated ERK, confirming their physical interaction in the cellular context. Upon PMA stimulation of normal rat fibroblast (F111) and transformed (HeLa) cells, the HABP1 level in the cytoplasm gradually decreased with a parallel increase in the nucleus. In HeLa cells, within 6 h of PMA treatment, HABP1 was completely translocated to the nucleus, which was prevented by PD98059, a selective inhibitor of ERK. We also observed that the nuclear translocation of HABP1 is concurrent with that of ERK, suggesting that ERK activation is a requirement for the translocation of HABP1. It is thus established for the first time that HABP1 is a substrate for ERK and an integral part of the MAP kinase cascade.
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- M Majumdar
- Biochemistry Laboratory, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110 067, India
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 300 million people and is a leading cause of liver cancer and disease. The HBV HBx protein is essential for infection; HBx activation of Src is important for HBV DNA replication. In our study, HBx activated cytosolic calcium-dependent proline-rich tyrosine kinase-2 (Pyk2), a Src kinase activator. HBx activation of HBV DNA replication was blocked by inhibiting Pyk2 or calcium signaling mediated by mitochondrial calcium channels, which suggests that HBx targets mitochondrial calcium regulation. Reagents that increased cytosolic calcium substituted for HBx protein in HBV DNA replication. Thus, alteration of cytosolic calcium was a fundamental requirement for HBV replication and was mediated by HBx protein.
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Tahbaz N, Carmichael JB, Hobman TC. GERp95 belongs to a family of signal-transducing proteins and requires Hsp90 activity for stability and Golgi localization. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43294-9. [PMID: 11553639 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107808200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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GERp95 (Golgi-endoplasmic reticulum protein 95 kDa) is part of a large family of highly conserved proteins found in all metazoans and the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetic studies suggest that homologs of GERp95 are components of signaling pathways that regulate cellular differentiation, development, and RNA interference. However, the precise molecular functions of these proteins remain unknown. Genetic analysis of GERp95 homologs has been complicated by the presence of multiple genes with overlapping functions in most organisms. Binding partners for members of this protein family have not been identified. The purpose of this study was to identify proteins that associate with GERp95. Glutathione S-transferase-GERp95 fusions were expressed in transfected cells, and proteins that bound to GERp95 were co-purified using glutathione-agarose beads. The amino-terminal region of GERp95 was found to interact with the specialized chaperone Hsp90 and a number of its cognate binding proteins. Inhibition of Hsp90 activity with geldanamycin or radicicol resulted in rapid degradation of newly synthesized GERp95. The membrane-associated pool of GERp95 was not bound to Hsp90, although activity of this chaperone was required for stable association of GERp95 with the Golgi in normal rat kidney cells. These results indicate that GERp95 engages an Hsp90 chaperone complex prior to association with intracellular membranes.
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- N Tahbaz
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2H7, Canada
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Erhardt M, Dunoyer P, Guilley H, Richards K, Jonard G, Bouzoubaa S. Beet necrotic yellow vein virus particles localize to mitochondria during infection. Virology 2001; 286:256-62. [PMID: 11485394 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.0931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fluorescent beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) particles were produced by replacing part of the readthrough domain of the minor coat protein P75 with the green fluorescent protein (GFP). The recombinant virus was functional in plants and P75-GFP was incorporated at one end of the rod-shaped virions. Laser scanning confocal microscopy and transmission electron microscopy showed that virus-like particles, almost certainly authentic BNYVV virions, localized to the cytoplasmic surface of mitochondria at early times postinfection but relocated at later times to semiordered clusters in the cytoplasm. This is the first report of specific targeting of plant virus particles to the mitochondria in vivo.
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- M Erhardt
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, CNRS and Université Louis Pasteur, 12 Rue du Général Zimmer, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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Nanda SK, Leibowitz JL. Mitochondrial aconitase binds to the 3' untranslated region of the mouse hepatitis virus genome. J Virol 2001; 75:3352-62. [PMID: 11238861 PMCID: PMC114128 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.7.3352-3362.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), a member of the Coronaviridae, contains a polyadenylated positive-sense single-stranded genomic RNA which is 31 kb long. MHV replication and transcription take place via the synthesis of negative-strand RNA intermediates from a positive-strand genomic template. A cis-acting element previously identified in the 3' untranslated region binds to trans-acting host factors from mouse fibroblasts and forms at least three RNA-protein complexes. The largest RNA-protein complex formed by the cis-acting element and the lysate from uninfected mouse fibroblasts has a molecular weight of about 200 kDa. The complex observed in gel shift assays has been resolved by second-dimension sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis into four proteins of approximately 90, 70, 58, and 40 kDa after RNase treatment. Specific RNA affinity chromatography also has revealed the presence of a 90-kDa protein associated with RNA containing the cis-acting element bound to magnetic beads. The 90-kDa protein has been purified from uninfected mouse fibroblast crude lysates. Protein microsequencing identified the 90-kDa protein as mitochondrial aconitase. Antibody raised against purified mitochondrial aconitase recognizes the RNA-protein complex and the 90-kDa protein, which can be released from the complex by RNase digestion. Furthermore, UV cross-linking studies indicate that highly purified mitochondrial aconitase binds specifically to the MHV 3' protein-binding element. Increasing the intracellular level of mitochondrial aconitase by iron supplementation resulted in increased RNA-binding activity in cell extracts and increased virus production as well as viral protein synthesis at early hours of infection. These results are particularly interesting in terms of identification of an RNA target for mitochondrial aconitase, which has a cytoplasmic homolog, cytoplasmic aconitase, also known as iron regulatory protein 1, a well-recognized RNA-binding protein. The binding properties of mitochondrial aconitase and the functional relevance of RNA binding appear to parallel those of cytoplasmic aconitase.
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- S K Nanda
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1114, USA
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Brokstad KA, Kalland KH, Russell WC, Matthews DA. Mitochondrial protein p32 can accumulate in the nucleus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:1161-9. [PMID: 11243856 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human p32 was first isolated associated with the splicing factor ASF/SF-2. The p32 protein is translated as pre-protein from which a mitochondrial import signal is cleaved off to create the mature p32. The majority of p32 is consequently found in the mitochondria. In this study we investigated extramitochondrial p32. An increased nuclear localisation of endogenous p32 was demonstrated as a response to leptomycin B or actinomycin D treatment of cells. Mature p32 gene and deletion mutants were cloned into enhanced green fluorescence protein reporter plasmids. On transfection, EGFP-p32 protein was mainly localised to the cytoplasm and to a lesser extent to the nucleus of transfected COS cells. Upon treatment with actinomycin D or leptomycin B, the EGFP-p32 protein accumulated in the nucleus. Deletion analysis indicated which regions of EGFP-p32 are involved in nuclear export and nuclear import.
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- K A Brokstad
- Broegelmann Research Laboratory, University of Bergen, Bergen, N-5021, Norway
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Law LM, Duncan R, Esmaili A, Nakhasi HL, Hobman TC. Rubella virus E2 signal peptide is required for perinuclear localization of capsid protein and virus assembly. J Virol 2001; 75:1978-83. [PMID: 11160697 PMCID: PMC115144 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.4.1978-1983.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The rubella virus (RV) structural proteins capsid, E2, and E1 are synthesized as a polyprotein precursor. The signal peptide that initiates translocation of E2 into the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum remains attached to the carboxy terminus of the capsid protein after cleavage by signal peptidase. Among togaviruses, this feature is unique to RV. The E2 signal peptide has previously been shown to function as a membrane anchor for the capsid protein. In the present study, we demonstrate that this domain is required for RV glycoprotein-dependent localization of the capsid protein to the juxtanuclear region and subsequent virus assembly at the Golgi complex.
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- L M Law
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Duncan R, Esmaili A, Law LM, Bertholet S, Hough C, Hobman TC, Nakhasi HL. Rubella virus capsid protein induces apoptosis in transfected RK13 cells. Virology 2000; 275:20-9. [PMID: 11017784 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rubella virus is an enveloped positive-strand RNA virus that can cause mild to severe birth defects or death in an infected fetus. RV induction of programmed cell death, demonstrated in cell culture, has been implicated in the pathogenesis. The timing of apoptosis, 48 h p.i., suggested that accumulation of RV structural proteins might induce cell death in infected cells. Expression of RV structural proteins, capsid, envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2, in transiently transfected RK13 cells was as potent an inducer of cell death as RV infection. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that RV structural protein transfected cells exhibited the condensed nuclei typical of apoptotic cell death. Transfection with the capsid protein construct, but not E2 and E1, resulted in as much cell death as joint expression of all three RV structural proteins. Capsid required a membrane-anchoring domain to induce cell death, but a heterologous polypeptide fused to the capsid membrane anchor did not cause apoptosis. Deletion mutants demonstrated that the apoptosis-inducing activity resides in the N-terminal 170 amino acids of capsid. Though apoptosis-inducing capsid constructs appear to have an ER sub-cellular localization, disruption of the ER calcium storage capacity does not correlate with cell death. Mechanisms consistent with these results are discussed.
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- R Duncan
- Laboratory of Parasitic Biology and Biochemistry, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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