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Vaccinia virus (VV), the virus smallpox vaccine, replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells. The intracellular movement of this large virus would be inefficient without specific transport mechanisms; therefore, VV uses microtubules for movement during both entry and egress. In addition, the dissemination of virus from infected cells to adjacent cells is promoted by the polymerization of actin beneath cell surface virions to drive virus particles away from the cell. Last, the roles of different VV particles in virus movement within and between hosts are discussed.
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- Geoffrey L Smith
- Department of Virology, The Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom.
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Dumonceaux J, Cormier EG, Kajumo F, Donovan GP, Roy-Chowdhury J, Fox IJ, Gardner JP, Dragic T. Expression of unmodified hepatitis C virus envelope glycoprotein-coding sequences leads to cryptic intron excision and cell surface expression of E1/E2 heterodimers comprising full-length and partially deleted E1. J Virol 2004; 77:13418-24. [PMID: 14645599 PMCID: PMC296095 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.24.13418-13424.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive-strand RNA virus that replicates exclusively in the cytoplasm of infected cells. The viral envelope glycoproteins, E1 and E2, appear to be retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, where viral budding is thought to occur. Surprisingly, we found that the expression system used to generate HCV envelope glycoproteins influences their subcellular localization and processing. These findings have important implications for optimizing novel HCV fusion and entry assays as well as for budding and virus particle formation.
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After internalization, endocytic material is actively transported through the cytoplasm, predominantly by microtubule motor proteins. Microtubule-based endocytic transport facilitates sorting of endocytic contents, vesicle fusion and fission, delivery to lysosomes, cytosolic dispersal, as well as nuclear uptake and cytosolic egress of pathogens. Endosomes, like most organelles, move bidirectionally through the cytosol and regulate their cellular location by controlling the activity of motor proteins, and potentially by controlling microtubule and actin polymerization. Control of motor protein activity is manifest by increased microtubule "run lengths", and the binding of motor proteins to organelles can be regulated by motor protein receptors. A mechanistic understanding of how organelles control motor protein activity to allow for endocytic sorting presents an exciting avenue for future research.
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- John W Murray
- Marion Bessin Liver Research Center and Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 517 Ullmann Building, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Olson AL, Eyster CA, Duggins QS, Knight JB. Insulin promotes formation of polymerized microtubules by a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-independent, actin-dependent pathway in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Endocrinology 2003; 144:5030-9. [PMID: 12959978 DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-0609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Direct demonstrations implicating the microtubule cytoskeleton in insulin-mediated adipose/muscle-specific glucose transporter (GLUT4) translocation are beginning to emerge, and one role of the microtubule network appears to be the provision of a solid support for GLUT4 vesicle movement. In the current study we show that insulin treatment increases total polymerized alpha-tubulin in microtubules in a time- and dose-dependent manner that coincides with established insulin-mediated changes in GLUT4 translocation. Insulin stimulates the growth of microtubules through a pathway that requires tyrosine kinase activity, as indicated by inhibition of the effect after treatment with genistein. Insulin-mediated growth was not inhibited by treatment with the MAPK kinase (MEK) inhibitor, PD98059 or by wortmannin, indicating that the effect does not require activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 or phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase. Depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton with latrunculin B abrogated the effect of insulin on microtubule polymerization, indicating that an intact actin network is a requirement for insulin-dependent modulation of microtubules. Using methods that measure insulin-dependent GLUT4 translocation in populations of adipocytes as opposed to individual cells, we show a statistically significant reduction in translocation (30% inhibition) in the presence of low concentrations of nocodazole (2 mum). This concentration incompletely depolymerizes the microtubule network, revealing that partial depolymerization of microtubules is sufficient to inhibit GLUT4 translocation. It is likely that stabilization of the microtubule network contributes to insulin stimulation of GLUT4 translocation.
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- Ann Louise Olson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, Room 853-BMSB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
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Chiou CT, Hu CCA, Chen PH, Liao CL, Lin YL, Wang JJ. Association of Japanese encephalitis virus NS3 protein with microtubules and tumour susceptibility gene 101 (TSG101) protein. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:2795-2805. [PMID: 13679614 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19201-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Previously reported findings by our group showed that non-structural protein 3 (NS3) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) was localized mainly in the JEV-induced convoluted membrane (CM), which has been proposed to originate from rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER), Golgi apparatus or the trans-Golgi network (TGN), and serves as a reservoir for viral proteins during virus assembly. Earlier findings indicated that NS3 of Kunjin virus interacts with microtubules. In addition, one of the Golgi-associated proteins, tumour susceptibility protein 101 (TSG101), associates with microtubules and is required for budding of retroviral particles. To clarify the association of NS3 with microtubules or with TSG101 during JEV assembly, we applied immunofluorescence, co-immunoprecipitation and immunoelectron microscopic methods. Virus infection, as well as transfection with an NS2B-NS3 expression plasmid, induced microtubule rearrangement. When cells were treated with colchicine, which interferes with microtubule polymerization, NS3 still associated with tubulin and TSG101. Furthermore, tubulin and TSG101 were co-localized with NS3 in the CM by immunogold labelling. Our observations indicate that microtubules and TSG101 associate with NS3, which is incorporated into the JEV-induced structure during JEV replication.
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- Chun-Tang Chiou
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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- Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, 161 MinChuan E. Rd Sec. 6, Taipei 114, Taiwan
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Suikkanen S, Aaltonen T, Nevalainen M, Välilehto O, Lindholm L, Vuento M, Vihinen-Ranta M. Exploitation of microtubule cytoskeleton and dynein during parvoviral traffic toward the nucleus. J Virol 2003; 77:10270-9. [PMID: 12970411 PMCID: PMC228505 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.19.10270-10279.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Canine parvovirus (CPV), a model virus for the study of parvoviral entry, enters host cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis, escapes from endosomal vesicles to the cytosol, and then replicates in the nucleus. We examined the role of the microtubule (MT)-mediated cytoplasmic trafficking of viral particles toward the nucleus. Immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopy showed that capsids were transported through the cytoplasm into the nucleus after cytoplasmic microinjection but that in the presence of MT-depolymerizing agents, viral capsids were unable to reach the nucleus. The nuclear accumulation of capsids was also reduced by microinjection of an anti-dynein antibody. Moreover, electron microscopy and light microscopy experiments demonstrated that viral capsids associate with tubulin and dynein in vitro. Coprecipitation studies indicated that viral capsids interact with dynein. When the cytoplasmic transport process was studied in living cells by microinjecting fluorescently labeled capsids into the cytoplasm of cells containing fluorescent tubulin, capsids were found in close contact with MTs. These results suggest that intact MTs and the motor protein dynein are required for the cytoplasmic transport of CPV capsids and contribute to the accumulation of the capsid in the nucleus.
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- Sanna Suikkanen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, FIN-40500 Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Fritzler MJ, Zhang M, Stinton LM, Rattner JB. Spectrum of centrosome autoantibodies in childhood varicella and post-varicella acute cerebellar ataxia. BMC Pediatr 2003; 3:11. [PMID: 14503922 PMCID: PMC222907 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-3-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2003] [Accepted: 09/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Sera from children with post-varicella infections have autoantibodies that react with centrosomes in brain and tissue culture cells. We investigated the sera of children with infections and post-varicella ataxia and related conditions for reactivity to five recombinant centrosome proteins: gammagamma-enolase, pericentrin, ninein, PCM-1, and Mob1. METHODS Sera from 12 patients with acute post-varicella ataxia, 1 with post-Epstein Barr virus (EBV) ataxia, 5 with uncomplicated varicella infections, and other conditions were tested for reactivity to cryopreserved cerebellum tissue and recombinant centrosome proteins. The distribution of pericentrin in the cerebellum was studied by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) using rabbit antibodies to the recombinant protein. Antibodies to phospholipids (APL) were detected by ELISA. RESULTS Eleven of 12 children with post-varicella ataxia, 4/5 children with uncomplicated varicella infections, 1/1 with post-EBV ataxia, 2/2 with ADEM, 1/2 with neuroblastoma and ataxia, and 2/2 with cerebellitis had antibodies directed against 1 or more recombinant centrosome antigens. Antibodies to pericentrin were seen in 5/12 children with post-varicella ataxia but not in any of the other sera tested. IIF demonstrated that pericentrin is located in axons and centrosomes of cerebellar cells. APL were detected in 75% of the sera from children with post-varicella ataxia and 50% of children with varicella without ataxia and in none of the controls. CONCLUSION This is the first study to show the antigen specificity of anti-centrosome antibodies in children with varicella. Our data suggest that children with post-varicella ataxia have unique autoantibody reactivity to pericentrin.
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- Marvin J Fritzler
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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Grieshaber SS, Grieshaber NA, Hackstadt T. Chlamydia trachomatis uses host cell dynein to traffic to the microtubule-organizing center in a p50 dynamitin-independent process. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:3793-802. [PMID: 12902405 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chlamydiae are pathogenic obligate intracellular bacteria with a biphasic developmental cycle that involves cell types adapted for extracellular survival (elementary bodies, EBs) and intracellular multiplication (reticulate bodies, RBs). The intracellular development of chlamydiae occurs entirely within a membrane-bound vacuole termed an inclusion. Within 2 hours after entry into host cells, Chlamydia trachomatis EBs are trafficked to the perinuclear region of the host cell and remain in close proximity to the Golgi apparatus, where they begin to fuse with a subset of host vesicles containing sphingomyelin. Here, we provide evidence that chlamydial migration from the cell periphery to the peri-Golgi region resembles host cell vesicular trafficking. Chlamydiae move towards the minus end of microtubules and aggregate at the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC). In mammalian cells the most important minus-end-directed microtubule motor is cytoplasmic dynein. Microinjection of antibodies to a subunit of cytoplasmic dynein inhibited movement of chlamydiae to the MTOC, whereas microinjection of antibodies to the plus-directed microtubule motor, kinesin, had no effect. Surprisingly, overexpression of the protein p50 dynamitin, a subunit of the dynactin complex that links vesicular cargo to the dynein motor in minus directed vesicle trafficking, did not abrogate chlamydial migration even though host vesicle transport was inhibited. Nascent chlamydial inclusions did, however, colocalize with the p150(Glued) dynactin subunit, which suggests that p150(Glued) may be required for dynein activation or processivity but that the cargo-binding activity of dynactin, supplied by p50 dynamitin subunits and possibly other subunits, is not. Because chlamydial transcription and translation were required for this intracellular trafficking, chlamydial proteins modifying the cytoplasmic face of the inclusion membrane are probable candidates for proteins fulfilling this function.
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- Scott S Grieshaber
- Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, NIAID, NIH, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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Carter GC, Rodger G, Murphy BJ, Law M, Krauss O, Hollinshead M, Smith GL. Vaccinia virus cores are transported on microtubules. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:2443-2458. [PMID: 12917466 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19271-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Infection with Vaccinia virus (VV) produces several distinct virions called intracellular mature virus (IMV), intracellular enveloped virus (IEV), cell-associated enveloped virus (CEV) and extracellular enveloped virus (EEV). In this report, we have investigated how incoming virus cores derived from IMV are transported within the cell. To do this, recombinant VVs (vA5L-EGFP-N and vA5L-EGFP-C) were generated in which the A5L virus core protein was fused with the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) at the N or C terminus. These viruses were viable, induced formation of actin tails and had a plaque size similar to wild-type. Immunoblotting showed the A5L-EGFP fusion protein was present in IMV particles and immunoelectron microscopy showed that the fusion protein was incorporated into VV cores. IMV made by vA5L-EGFP-N were used to follow the location and movement of cores after infection of PtK(2) cells. Confocal microscopy showed that virus cores were stained with anti-core antibody only after they had entered the cell and, once intracellular, were negative for the IMV surface protein D8L. These cores co-localized with microtubules and moved in a stop-start manner with an average speed of 51.8 (+/-3.9) microm min(-1), consistent with microtubular movement. Treatment of cells with nocodazole or colchicine inhibited core movement, but addition of cytochalasin D did not. These data show that VV cores derived from IMV use microtubules for intracellular transport after entry.
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- Gemma C Carter
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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Petit C, Giron ML, Tobaly-Tapiero J, Bittoun P, Real E, Jacob Y, Tordo N, De The H, Saib A. Targeting of incoming retroviral Gag to the centrosome involves a direct interaction with the dynein light chain 8. J Cell Sci 2003; 116:3433-42. [PMID: 12857789 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The role of cellular proteins in the replication of retroviruses, especially during virus assembly, has been partly unraveled by recent studies. Paradoxically, little is known about the route taken by retroviruses to reach the nucleus at the early stages of infection. To get insight into this stage of virus replication, we have studied the trafficking of foamy retroviruses and have previously shown that incoming viral proteins reach the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) prior to nuclear translocation of the viral genome. Here, we show that incoming viruses concentrate around the MTOC as free and structured capsids. Interestingly, the Gag protein, the scaffold component of viral capsids, targets the pericentrosomal region in transfected cells in the absence of any other viral components but in a microtubule- and dynein/dynactin-dependent manner. Trafficking of Gag towards the centrosome requires a minimal 30 amino acid coiled-coil motif in the N-terminus of the molecule. Finally, we describe a direct interaction between Gag and dynein light chain 8 that probably accounts for the specific routing of the incoming capsids to the centrosome prior to nuclear import of the viral genome.
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- Coralie Petit
- CNRS UPR9051, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Conventionné par l'Université Paris 7, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
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Castro APV, Carvalho TMU, Moussatché N, Damaso CRA. Redistribution of cyclophilin A to viral factories during vaccinia virus infection and its incorporation into mature particles. J Virol 2003; 77:9052-68. [PMID: 12885921 PMCID: PMC167230 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.16.9052-9068.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2003] [Accepted: 05/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyclophilins are peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases involved in catalyzing conformational changes and accelerating the rate of protein folding and refolding in several cellular systems. In the present study, we analyzed the expression pattern and intracellular distribution of the cellular isomerase cyclophilin A (CypA) during vaccinia virus (VV) infection. An impressive increase in CypA stability was observed, leading to a practically unchanged accumulation of CypA during infection, although its synthesis was completely inhibited at late times. By confocal microscopy, we observed that CypA went through an intense reorganization in the cell cytoplasm and colocalized with the virosomes late in infection. CypA relocation to viral factories required the synthesis of viral postreplicative proteins, and treatment of infected cells with cyclosporine (CsA) prevented CypA relocation, clearly excluding the virosomes from CypA staining. Immunoelectron microscopy of VV-infected cells showed that CypA was incorporated into VV particles during morphogenesis. Biochemical and electron microscopic assays with purified virions confirmed that CypA was encapsidated within the virus particle and localized specifically in the core. This work suggests that CypA may develop an important role in VV replication.
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- Ana Paula V Castro
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Vírus, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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Martínez-Moreno M, Navarro-Lérida I, Roncal F, Albar JP, Alonso C, Gavilanes F, Rodríguez-Crespo I. Recognition of novel viral sequences that associate with the dynein light chain LC8 identified through a pepscan technique. FEBS Lett 2003; 544:262-7. [PMID: 12782328 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00516-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recent data from multiple laboratories indicate that upon infection, many different families of viruses hijack the dynein motor machinery and become transported in a retrograde manner towards the cell nucleus. In certain cases, one of the dynein light chains, LC8, is involved in this interaction. Using a library of overlapping dodecapeptides synthesized on a cellulose membrane (pepscan technique) we have analyzed the interaction of the dynein light chain LC8 with 17 polypeptides of viral origin. We demonstrate the strong binding of two herpesvirus polypeptides, the human adenovirus protease, vaccinia virus polymerase, human papillomavirus E4 protein, yam mosaic virus polyprotein, human respiratory syncytial virus attachment glycoprotein, human coxsackievirus capsid protein and the product of the AMV179 gene of an insect poxvirus to LC8. Our data corroborate the manipulation of the dynein macromolecular complex of the cell during viral infection and point towards the light chain LC8 as one of the most frequently used targets of virus manipulation.
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- Mónica Martínez-Moreno
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Guerra S, López-Fernández LA, Pascual-Montano A, Muñoz M, Harshman K, Esteban M. Cellular gene expression survey of vaccinia virus infection of human HeLa cells. J Virol 2003; 77:6493-506. [PMID: 12743306 PMCID: PMC154985 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.11.6493-6506.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VV) is a cytocidal virus that causes major changes in host cell machinery shortly after infecting cells. To define the consequences of virus infection on host gene expression, we used microarrays of approximately 15,000 human cDNAs to examine expression levels of mRNAs isolated at 2, 6, and 16 h postinfection from cultures of infected HeLa cells. The majority of profiling changes during VV infection corresponded to downregulation of genes at 16 h postinfection. Differentially expressed genes were clustered into seven groups to identify common regulatory pathways, with most of them (90%) belonging to clusters 6 and 7, which represent genes whose expression was repressed after infection. Cluster 1, however, contained 37 transcripts (2.81%) showing a robust pattern of induction that was maintained during the course of infection. Genes in cluster 1 included those for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) family member WASF1, thymosine, adenosine A2a receptor, glutamate decarboxylase 2, CD-80 antigen, KIAA0888 protein, selenophosphate synthetase, pericentrin, and attractin as well as several expressed sequence tags. We analyzed in more detail the fate of WASP protein in VV-infected cells, because a related family member, N-WASP, is involved in viral motility. WASP protein accumulated in the course of infection; its increase required viral DNA replication and de novo protein synthesis, and it localized in cytoplasmic structures distinct from uninfected cells. This study is the first quantitative analysis of host gene expression following VV infection of cultured human cells, demonstrating global changes in the expression profile, and identifies upregulated genes with potential roles in the virus replication cycle.
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- Susana Guerra
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Smith GA, Enquist LW. Break ins and break outs: viral interactions with the cytoskeleton of Mammalian cells. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2003; 18:135-61. [PMID: 12142276 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.18.012502.105920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The host cytoskeleton plays important roles in the entry, replication, and egress of viruses. An assortment of viruses hijack cellular motor proteins to move on microtubules toward the cell interior during the entry process; others reverse this transport during egress to move assembling virus particles toward the plasma membrane. Polymerization of actin filaments is sometimes used to propel viruses from cell to cell, while many viruses induce the destruction of select cytoskeletal filaments apparently to effect efficient egress. Indeed, the tactics used by any given virus to achieve its infectious life cycle are certain to involve multiple cytoskeletal interactions. Understanding these interactions, and their orchestration during viral infections, is providing unexpected insights into basic virology, viral pathogenesis, and the biology of the cytoskeleton.
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- Gregory A Smith
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Smith GL, Vanderplasschen A, Law M. The formation and function of extracellular enveloped vaccinia virus. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:2915-2931. [PMID: 12466468 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-12-2915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 389] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus produces four different types of virion from each infected cell called intracellular mature virus (IMV), intracellular enveloped virus (IEV), cell-associated enveloped virus (CEV) and extracellular enveloped virus (EEV). These virions have different abundance, structure, location and roles in the virus life-cycle. Here, the formation and function of these virions are considered with emphasis on the EEV form and its precursors, IEV and CEV. IMV is the most abundant form of virus and is retained in cells until lysis; it is a robust, stable virion and is well suited to transmit infection between hosts. IEV is formed by wrapping of IMV with intracellular membranes, and is an intermediate between IMV and CEV/EEV that enables efficient virus dissemination to the cell surface on microtubules. CEV induces the formation of actin tails that drive CEV particles away from the cell and is important for cell-to-cell spread. Lastly, EEV mediates the long-range dissemination of virus in cell culture and, probably, in vivo. Seven virus-encoded proteins have been identified that are components of IEV, and five of them are present in CEV or EEV. The roles of these proteins in virus morphogenesis and dissemination, and as targets for neutralizing antibody are reviewed. The production of several different virus particles in the VV replication cycle represents a coordinated strategy to exploit cell biology to promote virus spread and to aid virus evasion of antibody and complement.
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- Geoffrey L Smith
- Department of Virology, Room 333, The Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK1
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- Department of Virology, Room 333, The Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK1
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- Department of Virology, Room 333, The Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK1
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McKelvey TA, Andrews SC, Miller SE, Ray CA, Pickup DJ. Identification of the orthopoxvirus p4c gene, which encodes a structural protein that directs intracellular mature virus particles into A-type inclusions. J Virol 2002; 76:11216-25. [PMID: 12388681 PMCID: PMC136765 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.22.11216-11225.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2002] [Accepted: 08/07/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The orthopoxvirus gene p4c has been identified in the genome of the vaccinia virus strain Western Reserve. This gene encodes the 58-kDa structural protein P4c present on the surfaces of the intracellular mature virus (IMV) particles. The gene is disrupted in the genome of cowpox virus Brighton Red (BR), demonstrating that although the P4c protein may be advantageous for virus replication in vivo, it is not essential for virus replication in vitro. Complementation and recombination analyses with the p4c gene have shown that the P4c protein is required to direct the IMV into the A-type inclusions (ATIs) produced by cowpox virus BR. The p4c gene is highly conserved among most members of the orthopoxvirus genus, including viruses that produce ATIs, such as cowpox, ectromelia, and raccoonpox viruses, as well as those such as variola, monkeypox, vaccinia, and camelpox viruses, which do not. The conservation of the p4c gene among the orthopoxviruses, irrespective of their capacities to produce ATIs, suggests that the P4c protein provides functions in addition to that of directing IMV into ATIs. These findings, and the presence of the P4c protein in IMV but not extracellular enveloped virus (D. Ulaeto, D. Grosenbach, and D. E. Hruby, J. Virol. 70:3372-3377, 1996), suggest a model in which the P4c protein may play a role in the retrograde movement of IMV particles, thereby contributing to the retention of IMV particles within the cytoplasm and within ATIs when they are present. In this way, the P4c protein may affect both viral morphogenesis and processes of virus dissemination.
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- Terry A McKelvey
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Lange BM, Rebollo E, Herold A, González C. Cdc37 is essential for chromosome segregation and cytokinesis in higher eukaryotes. EMBO J 2002; 21:5364-74. [PMID: 12374737 PMCID: PMC129064 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cdc37 has been shown to be required for the activity and stability of protein kinases that regulate different stages of cell cycle progression. However, little is known so far regarding interactions of Cdc37 with kinases that play a role in cell division. Here we show that the loss of function of Cdc37 in Drosophila leads to defects in mitosis and male meiosis, and that these phenotypes closely resemble those brought about by the inactivation of Aurora B. We provide evidence that Aurora B interacts with and requires the Cdc37/Hsp90 complex for its stability. We conclude that the Cdc37/Hsp90 complex modulates the function of Aurora B and that most of the phenotypes brought about by the loss of Cdc37 function can be explained by the inactivation of this kinase. These observations substantiate the role of Cdc37 as an upstream regulatory element of key cell cycle kinases.
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- Bodo M.H. Lange
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme and
Gene Expression Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Corresponding author e-mail:
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme and
Gene Expression Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany Corresponding author e-mail:
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Gerrard SR, Rollin PE, Nichol ST. Bidirectional infection and release of Rift Valley fever virus in polarized epithelial cells. Virology 2002; 301:226-35. [PMID: 12359425 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rift Valley Fever (RVF) virus is an arbovirus and is responsible for large outbreaks of disease predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. However, several aspects of RVF virus transmission, such as high viremia, multiple vector species, and broad host range, result in a pathogen with high likelihood of geographic spread. RVF virus infection in humans and livestock is characterized by broad dissemination of RVF virus antigens throughout the body. We sought insight into the high pathogenicity and broad tropism of this virus through a characterization of its interaction with polarized epithelial cells. Our results indicate that infection and release of RVF virus in polarized epithelial cells occurs at both apical and basolateral membranes and hence is bidirectional. Furthermore, our results indicate that RVF virus causes disruptions in both the microfilament and the microtubule networks. These disruptions may provide a mechanism for bidirectional release of RVF virions.
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- Sonja R Gerrard
- Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
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Bearer EL, Satpute-Krishnan P. The role of the cytoskeleton in the life cycle of viruses and intracellular bacteria: tracks, motors, and polymerization machines. CURRENT DRUG TARGETS. INFECTIOUS DISORDERS 2002; 2:247-64. [PMID: 12462128 PMCID: PMC3616324 DOI: 10.2174/1568005023342407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent advances in microbiology implicate the cytoskeleton in the life cycle of some pathogens, such as intracellular bacteria, Rickettsia and viruses. The cellular cytoskeleton provides the basis for intracellular movements such as those that transport the pathogen to and from the cell surface to the nuclear region, or those that produce cortical protrusions that project the pathogen outwards from the cell surface towards an adjacent cell. Transport in both directions within the neuron is required for pathogens such as the herpesviruses to travel to and from the nucleus and perinuclear region where replication takes place. This trafficking is likely to depend on cellular motors moving on a combination of microtubule and actin filament tracks. Recently, Bearer et al. reconstituted retrograde transport of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the giant axon of the squid. These studies identified the tegument proteins as the viral proteins most likely to recruit retrograde motors for the transport of HSV to the neuronal nucleus. Similar microtubule-based intracellular movements are part of the biological behavior of vaccinia, a poxvirus, and of adenovirus. Pathogen-induced surface projections and motility within the cortical cytoplasm also play a role in the life cycle of intracellular pathogens. Such motility is driven by pathogen-mediated actin polymerization. Virulence depends on this actin-based motility, since virulence is reduced in Listeria ActA mutants that lack the ability to recruit Arp2/3 and polymerize actin and in vaccinia virus mutants that cannot stimulate actin polymerization. Inhibition of intracellular movements provides a potential strategy to limit pathogenicity. The host cell motors and tracks, as well as the pathogen factors that interact with them, are potential targets for novel antimicrobial therapy.
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- E L Bearer
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
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Parker JSL, Broering TJ, Kim J, Higgins DE, Nibert ML. Reovirus core protein mu2 determines the filamentous morphology of viral inclusion bodies by interacting with and stabilizing microtubules. J Virol 2002; 76:4483-96. [PMID: 11932414 PMCID: PMC155082 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.9.4483-4496.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2001] [Accepted: 01/22/2002] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cells infected with mammalian reoviruses often contain large perinuclear inclusion bodies, or "factories," where viral replication and assembly are thought to occur. Here, we report a viral strain difference in the morphology of these inclusions: filamentous inclusions formed in cells infected with reovirus type 1 Lang (T1L), whereas globular inclusions formed in cells infected with our laboratory's isolate of reovirus type 3 Dearing (T3D). Examination by immunofluorescence microscopy revealed the filamentous inclusions to be colinear with microtubules (MTs). The filamentous distribution was dependent on an intact MT network, as depolymerization of MTs early after infection caused globular inclusions to form. The inclusion phenotypes of T1L x T3D reassortant viruses identified the viral M1 genome segment as the primary genetic determinant of the strain difference in inclusion morphology. Filamentous inclusions were seen with 21 of 22 other reovirus strains, including an isolate of T3D obtained from another laboratory. When the mu2 proteins derived from T1L and the other laboratory's T3D isolate were expressed after transfection of their cloned M1 genes, they associated with filamentous structures that colocalized with MTs, whereas the mu2 protein derived from our laboratory's T3D isolate did not. MTs were stabilized in cells infected with the viruses that induced filamentous inclusions and after transfection with the M1 genes derived from those viruses. Evidence for MT stabilization included bundling and hyperacetylation of alpha-tubulin, changes characteristically seen when MT-associated proteins (MAPs) are overexpressed. Sequencing of the M1 segments from the different T1L and T3D isolates revealed that a single-amino-acid difference at position 208 correlated with the inclusion morphology. Two mutant forms of mu2 with the changes Pro-208 to Ser in a background of T1L mu2 and Ser-208 to Pro in a background of T3D mu2 had MT association phenotypes opposite to those of the respective wild-type proteins. We conclude that the mu2 protein of most reovirus strains is a viral MAP and that it plays a key role in the formation and structural organization of reovirus inclusion bodies.
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- John S L Parker
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Krämer A, Neben K, Ho AD. Centrosome replication, genomic instability and cancer. Leukemia 2002; 16:767-75. [PMID: 11986936 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2402454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2001] [Accepted: 01/07/2002] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Karyotypic alterations, including whole chromosome loss or gain, ploidy changes, and a variety of chromosome aberrations are common in cancer cells. If proliferating cells fail to coordinate centrosome duplication with DNA replication, this will inevitably lead to a change in ploidy, and the formation of monopolar or multipolar spindles will generally provoke abnormal segregation of chromosomes. Indeed, it has long been recognized that errors in the centrosome duplication cycle may be an important cause of aneuploidy and thus contribute to cancer formation. This view has recently received fresh impetus with the description of supernumerary centrosomes in almost all solid human tumors. As the primary microtubule organizing center of most eukaryotic cells, the centrosome assures symmetry and bipolarity of the cell division process, a function that is essential for accurate chromosome segregation. In addition, a growing body of evidence indicates that centrosomes might be important for initiating S phase and completing cytokinesis. Centrosomes undergo duplication precisely once before cell division. Recent reports have revealed that this process is linked to the cell division cycle via cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 2 activity that couples centriole duplication to the onset of DNA replication at the G(1)/S phase transition. Alterations in G(1)/S phase regulating proteins like the retinoblastoma protein, cyclins D and E, cdk4 and 6, cdk inhibitors p16(INK4A) and p15(INK4B), and p53 are among the most frequent aberrations observed in human malignancies. These alterations might not only lead to unrestrained proliferation, but also cause karyotypic instability by uncontrolled centrosome replication. Since several excellent reports on cell cycle regulation and cancer have been published, this review will focus on the role of centrosomes in cell cycle progression, as well as causes and consequences of aberrant centrosome replication in human neoplasias.
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- A Krämer
- Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik V, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Hospitalstrasse 3, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
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Lange BMH. Integration of the centrosome in cell cycle control, stress response and signal transduction pathways. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2002; 14:35-43. [PMID: 11792542 DOI: 10.1016/s0955-0674(01)00291-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The identification of cell cycle control and signal transduction components on the centrosome has fostered the idea that the centrosome is more than a microtubule-organizing center. Indeed, recent molecular evidence suggests that the centrosome plays an active role not only in the regulation of microtubule nucleation activity, but also in the coordination of centrosome duplication with cell cycle progression, in stress response and in cell cycle checkpoint control. To achieve these roles, it interacts with a multitude of signal transduction molecules. The specificity of the interactions is mediated through anchoring proteins that bring centrosomal components and regulatory proteins into close proximity. The molecular composition and organization of the centrosome thus reflects its multiple functions.
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- Bodo M H Lange
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme, Meyerhofstrasse 1, D-69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Molecular chaperones assist protein folding, and some chaperones are induced by heat, nutrient depletion, or pathogen invasion. This study investigates the role played by Hsp90 in the life cycle of vaccinia virus. The titer of vaccinia intracellular mature virions (IMV) was reduced by 2 orders of magnitude in RK13 cells treated with geldanamycin (GA), which blocks the ATPase activity of Hsp90. GA does not affect expression from the viral early promoter, but treatment with GA delays DNA replication and intermediate gene transcription and reduces expression from the viral late promoter. Vaccinia virus infection does not induce Hsp90 expression; however, intracellular distribution of Hsp90 is altered in virus-infected cells. Hsp90 is restricted to the cytoplasm of mock-infected cells; in contrast, Hsp90 is transiently associated with virosomes in virus-infected cells although it is not incorporated into IMV. In addition, Hsp90 interacts with viral core protein 4a, the mature form of the A10L gene product, in virus-infected cells. In conclusion, these results suggest that a cellular chaperone protein, Hsp90, is important for vaccinia virus growth in cultured cells and that viral core protein 4a associates with Hsp90-containing complexes in the infected cells.
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- Jan-Jong Hung
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Risco C, Rodríguez JR, López-Iglesias C, Carrascosa JL, Esteban M, Rodríguez D. Endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment membranes and vimentin filaments participate in vaccinia virus assembly. J Virol 2002; 76:1839-55. [PMID: 11799179 PMCID: PMC135913 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.4.1839-1855.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2001] [Accepted: 11/12/2001] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VV) has a complex morphogenetic pathway whose first steps are poorly characterized. We have studied the early phase of VV assembly, when viral factories and spherical immature viruses (IVs) form in the cytoplasm of the infected cell. After freeze-substitution numerous cellular elements are detected around assembling viruses: membranes, ribosomes, microtubules, filaments, and unidentified structures. A double membrane is clearly resolved in the VV envelope for the first time, and freeze fracture reveals groups of tubules interacting laterally on the surface of the viroplasm foci. These data strongly support the hypothesis of a cellular tubulovesicular compartment, related to the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC), as the origin of the first VV envelope. Moreover, the cytoskeletal vimentin intermediate filaments are found around viral factories and inside the viroplasm foci, where vimentin and the VV core protein p39 colocalize in the areas where crescents protrude. Confocal microscopy showed that ERGIC elements and vimentin filaments concentrate in the viral factories. We propose that modified cellular ERGIC membranes and vimentin intermediate filaments act coordinately in the construction of viral factories and the first VV form through a unique mechanism of viral morphogenesis from cellular elements.
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- Cristina Risco
- Department of Macromolecular Structure, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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Alvarez J, Viñas J, Alonso JMM, Albar JP, Ashman K, Domínguez P. Characterization and cloning of two isoforms of heteroglobin, a novel heterodimeric glycoprotein of the secretoglobin-uteroglobin family showing tissue-specific and sex differential expression. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:233-42. [PMID: 11684684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106678200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Heteroglobin (HGB) is a 39-kDa heterodimeric protein detected under non-reducing conditions in harderian, parotid, and submaxillary glands and saliva of the Syrian hamster with antiserum raised against the carboxyl end deduced from the female harderian gland cDNA FHG22 (Dominguez, P. (1995) FEBS Lett. 376, 257-261). After reduction, only one 5.6-kDa polypeptide, named HGB.A, was immunodetected and identified by sequencing as the mature FHG22 product. Tissue-specific expression of HGB.A and HGB mimics that of FHG22 mRNA, with sex differences in submaxillary and harderian glands. Purification of HGB revealed it consists of HGB.A disulfide bonded to HGB.B, a 33.5-kDa N-glycosylated subunit that yields a 9-kDa core polypeptide after deglycosylation. Two highly homologous (96.2%) cDNA clones (HGB.B1 and HGB.B2) encoding 94 amino acid-long isoforms were identified by screening a female harderian gland library with an HGB.B probe. The corresponding mature polypeptides are 78 amino acids long with 12 differences, but 3 putative N-glycosylation sites are maintained. The expression of HGB.B mRNAs is parallel to that of HGB and HGB.A, but no HGB.B2 mRNA was detected in submaxillary glands. Homology studies indicate that HGB.A and HGB.B1/HGB.B2 belong to different subfamilies of the secretoglobin-uteroglobin family and form heterodimers as previously described.
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- Javier Alvarez
- Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Edificio Santiago Gascón, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Mallardo M, Schleich S, Krijnse Locker J. Microtubule-dependent organization of vaccinia virus core-derived early mRNAs into distinct cytoplasmic structures. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:3875-91. [PMID: 11739787 PMCID: PMC60762 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.12.3875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus (vv) early transcription can be reconstituted in vitro from purified virions; in this assay mRNAs are made inside the viral core and subsequently extruded. Although the in vitro process has been extensively characterized, relatively little is known about vv early transcription in vivo. In the present study the fate of vv early mRNAs in infected HeLa cells was followed by BrUTP transfection and confocal and electron microscopy. The extruded vv early mRNAs were found to be organized into unique granular cytoplasmic structures that reached a size up to 1 microm. By EM these structures appeared as amorphous electron-dense cytoplasmic aggregates that were surrounded by ribosomes. Confocal images showed that the RNA structures were located some distance away from intracellular cores and that both structures appeared to be aligned on microtubules (MTs), implying that MT tracks connected mRNAs and cores. Accordingly, intact MTs were found to be required for the typical punctate organization of viral mRNAs. Biochemical evidence supported the notion that vv mRNAs were MT associated and that MT depletion severely affected viral (but not cellular) mRNA synthesis and stability. By confocal microscopy the viral mRNA structures appeared to be surrounded by molecules of the translation machinery, showing that they were active in protein synthesis. Finally, our data suggest a role for a MT and RNA-binding viral protein of 25 kDa (gene L4R), in mRNA targeting away from intracellular cores to their sites of cytoplasmic accumulation.
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- M Mallardo
- EMBL, Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Ward BM, Moss B. Vaccinia virus intracellular movement is associated with microtubules and independent of actin tails. J Virol 2001; 75:11651-63. [PMID: 11689647 PMCID: PMC114752 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.23.11651-11663.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two mechanisms have been proposed for the intracellular movement of enveloped vaccinia virus virions: rapid actin polymerization and microtubule association. The first mechanism is used by the intracellular pathogens Listeria and Shigella, and the second is used by cellular vesicles transiting from the Golgi network to the plasma membrane. To distinguish between these models, two recombinant vaccinia viruses that express the B5R membrane protein fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) were constructed. One had Tyr(112) and Tyr(132) of the A36R membrane protein, which are required for phosphorylation and the nucleation of actin tails, conservatively changed to Phe residues; the other had the A36R open reading frame deleted. Although the Tyr mutant was impaired in Tyr phosphorylation and actin tail formation, digital video and time-lapse confocal microscopy demonstrated that virion movement from the juxtanuclear region to the periphery was saltatory with maximal speeds of >2 microm/s and was inhibited by the microtubule-depolymerizing drug nocodazole. Moreover, this actin tail-independent movement was indistinguishable from that of a control virus with an unmutated A36R gene and closely resembled the movement of vesicles on microtubules. However, in the absence of actin tails, the Tyr mutant did not induce the formation of motile, virus-tipped microvilli and had a reduced ability to spread from cell to cell. The deletion mutant was more severely impaired, suggesting that the A36R protein has additional roles. Optical sections of unpermeabilized, B5R antibody-stained cells that expressed GFP-actin and were infected with wild-type vaccinia virus revealed that all actin tails were associated with virions on the cell surface. We concluded that the intracellular movement of intracellular enveloped virions occurs on microtubules and that the motile actin tails enhance extracellular virus spread to neighboring cells.
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- B M Ward
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0445, USA
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McCrossan M, Windsor M, Ponnambalam S, Armstrong J, Wileman T. The trans Golgi network is lost from cells infected with African swine fever virus. J Virol 2001; 75:11755-65. [PMID: 11689656 PMCID: PMC114761 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.23.11755-11765.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cellular secretory pathway is important during the assembly and envelopment of viruses and also controls the transport of host proteins, such as cytokines and major histocompatibility proteins, that function during the elimination of viruses by the immune system. African swine fever virus (ASFV) encodes at least 26 proteins with stretches of hydrophobic amino acids suggesting entry into the secretory pathway (R. J. Yanez, J. M. Rodriguez, M. L. Nogal, L. Yuste, C. Enriquez, J. F. Rodriguez, and E. Vinuela, Virology 208:249-278, 1995). To predict how and where these potential membrane proteins function, we have studied the integrity of the secretory pathway in cells infected with ASFV. Remarkably, ASFV caused complete loss of immunofluorescence signal for the trans Golgi network (TGN) marker protein TGN46 and dispersed the AP1 TGN adapter complex. Loss of TGN46 signal was not due to degradation of TGN46, suggesting redistribution of TGN46 to other membrane compartments. ASFV markedly slowed transport of cathepsin D to lysosomes, demonstrating that loss of TGN structure correlated with loss of TGN function. ASFV shows a tropism for macrophages, and it is possible that ASFV compromises TGN function to augment the activity of viral membrane proteins or to suppress the function of host immunoregulatory proteins.
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- M McCrossan
- Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratories, Woking, Surrey, University of Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Rietdorf J, Ploubidou A, Reckmann I, Holmström A, Frischknecht F, Zettl M, Zimmermann T, Way M. Kinesin-dependent movement on microtubules precedes actin-based motility of vaccinia virus. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 3:992-1000. [PMID: 11715020 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1101-992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Vaccinia virus, a close relative of the causative agent of smallpox, exploits actin polymerization to enhance its cell-to-cell spread. We show that actin-based motility of vaccinia is initiated only at the plasma membrane and remains associated with it. There must therefore be another form of cytoplasmic viral transport, from the cell centre, where the virus replicates, to the periphery. Video analysis reveals that GFP-labelled intracellular enveloped virus particles (IEVs) move from their perinuclear site of assembly to the plasma membrane on microtubules. We show that the viral membrane protein A36R, which is essential for actin-based motility of vaccinia, is also involved in microtubule-mediated movement of IEVs. We further show that conventional kinesin is recruited to IEVs via the light chain TPR repeats and is required for microtubule-based motility of the virus. Vaccinia thus sequentially exploits the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons to enhance its cell-to-cell spread.
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- J Rietdorf
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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Geada MM, Galindo I, Lorenzo MM, Perdiguero B, Blasco R. Movements of vaccinia virus intracellular enveloped virions with GFP tagged to the F13L envelope protein. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:2747-2760. [PMID: 11602786 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-11-2747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus produces several forms of infectious virions. Intracellular mature virions (IMV) assemble in areas close to the cell nucleus. Some IMV acquire an envelope from intracellular membranes derived from the trans-Golgi network, producing enveloped forms found in the cytosol (intracellular enveloped virus; IEV), on the cell surface (cell-associated enveloped virus) or free in the medium (extracellular enveloped virus; EEV). Blockage of IMV envelopment inhibits transport of virions to the cell surface, indicating that enveloped virus forms are required for virion movement from the Golgi area. To date, the induction of actin tails that propel IEV is the only well-characterized mechanism for enveloped virus transport. However, enveloped virus transport and release occur under conditions where actin tails are not formed. In order to study these events, recombinant vaccinia viruses were constructed with GFP fused to the most abundant protein in the EEV envelope, P37 (F13L). The P37-GFP fusion, like normal P37, accumulated in the Golgi area and was incorporated efficiently into enveloped virions. These recombinants allowed the monitoring of enveloped virus movements in vivo. In addition to a variety of relatively slow movements (<0.4 microm/s), faster, saltatory movements both towards and away from the Golgi area were observed. These movements were different from those dependent on actin tails and were inhibited by the microtubule-disrupting drug nocodazole, but not by the myosin inhibitor 2,3-butanedione monoxime. Video microscopy (5 frames per s) revealed that saltatory movements had speeds of up to, and occasionally more than, 3 microm/s. These results suggest that a second, microtubule-dependent mechanism exists for intracellular transport of enveloped vaccinia virions.
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- María M Geada
- Departamento de Biotecnología - INIA, Ctra La Coruña km 7·5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain1
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- Departamento de Biotecnología - INIA, Ctra La Coruña km 7·5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain1
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- Departamento de Biotecnología - INIA, Ctra La Coruña km 7·5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain1
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- Departamento de Biotecnología - INIA, Ctra La Coruña km 7·5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain1
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- Departamento de Biotecnología - INIA, Ctra La Coruña km 7·5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain1
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Graves TK, Patel S, Dannies PS, Hinkle PM. Misfolded growth hormone causes fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus and disrupts endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi traffic. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:3685-94. [PMID: 11707520 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.20.3685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In some individuals with autosomal dominant isolated growth hormone deficiency, one copy of growth hormone lacks amino acids 32-71 and is severely misfolded. We transfected COS7 cells with either wild-type human growth hormone or Δ32-71 growth hormone and investigated subcellular localization of growth hormone and other proteins. Δ32-71 growth hormone was retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, whereas wild-type hormone accumulated in the Golgi apparatus. When cells transfected with wild-type or Δ32-71 growth hormone were dually stained for growth hormone and the Golgi markers β-COP, membrin or 58K, wild-type growth hormone was colocalized with the Golgi markers, but β-COP, membrin and 58K immunoreactivity was highly dispersed or undetectable in cells expressing Δ32-71 growth hormone. Examination of α-tubulin immunostaining showed that the cytoplasmic microtubular arrangement was normal in cells expressing wild-type growth hormone, but microtubule-organizing centers were absent in nearly all cells expressing Δ32-71 growth hormone. To determine whether Δ32-71 growth hormone would alter trafficking of a plasma membrane protein, we cotransfected the cells with the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) receptor and either wild-type or Δ32-71 growth hormone. Cells expressing Δ32-71 growth hormone, unlike those expressing wild-type growth hormone, failed to show normal TRH receptor localization or binding. Expression of Δ32-71 growth hormone also disrupted the trafficking of two secretory proteins, prolactin and secreted alkaline phosphatase. Δ32-71 growth hormone only weakly elicited the unfolded protein response as indicated by induction of BiP mRNA. Pharmacological induction of the unfolded protein response partially prevented deletion mutant-induced Golgi fragmentation and partially restored normal TRH receptor trafficking. The ability of some misfolded proteins to block endoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi traffic may explain their toxic effects on host cells and suggests possible strategies for therapeutic interventions.
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- T K Graves
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Alonso C, Miskin J, Hernáez B, Fernandez-Zapatero P, Soto L, Cantó C, Rodríguez-Crespo I, Dixon L, Escribano JM. African swine fever virus protein p54 interacts with the microtubular motor complex through direct binding to light-chain dynein. J Virol 2001; 75:9819-27. [PMID: 11559815 PMCID: PMC114554 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.20.9819-9827.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Dynein is a minus-end-directed microtubule-associated motor protein involved in cargo transport in the cytoplasm. African swine fever virus (ASFV), a large DNA virus, hijacks the microtubule motor complex cellular transport machinery during virus infection of the cell through direct binding of virus protein p54 to the light chain of cytoplasmic dynein (LC8). Interaction of p54 and LC8 occurs both in vitro and in cells, and the two proteins colocalize at the microtubular organizing center during viral infection. p50/dynamitin, a dominant-negative inhibitor of dynein-dynactin function, impeded ASFV infection, suggesting an essential role for dynein during virus infection. A 13-amino-acid domain of p54 was sufficient for binding to LC8, an SQT motif within this domain being critical for this binding. Direct binding of a viral structural protein to LC8, a small molecule of the dynein motor complex, could constitute a molecular mechanism for microtubule-mediated virus transport.
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- C Alonso
- Departamento de Biotecnología, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
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Husain M, Moss B. Vaccinia virus F13L protein with a conserved phospholipase catalytic motif induces colocalization of the B5R envelope glycoprotein in post-Golgi vesicles. J Virol 2001; 75:7528-42. [PMID: 11462025 PMCID: PMC114988 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.16.7528-7542.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The wrapping of intracellular mature vaccinia virions by modified trans-Golgi or endosomal cisternae to form intracellular enveloped virions is dependent on at least two viral proteins encoded by the B5R and F13L open reading frames. B5R is a type I integral membrane glycoprotein, whereas F13L is an unglycosylated, palmitylated protein with a motif that is conserved in a superfamily of phospholipid-metabolizing enzymes. Microscopic visualization of the F13L protein was achieved by fusing it to the enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP). F13L-GFP was functional when expressed by a recombinant vaccinia virus in which it replaced the wild-type F13L gene or by transfection of uninfected cells with a plasmid vector followed by infection with an F13L deletion mutant. In uninfected or infected cells, F13L-GFP was associated with Golgi cisternae and post-Golgi vesicles containing the LAMP 2 late endosomal-lysosomal marker. Association of F13L-GFP with vesicles was dependent on an intact phospholipase catalytic motif and sites of palmitylation. The B5R protein was also associated with LAMP2-containing vesicles when F13L-GFP was coexpressed, but was largely restricted to Golgi cisternae in the absence of F13L-GFP or when the F13L moiety was mutated. We suggest that the F13L protein, like its human phospholipase D homolog, regulates vesicle formation and that this process is involved in intracellular enveloped virion membrane formation.
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- M Husain
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0445, USA
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Hollinshead M, Rodger G, Van Eijl H, Law M, Hollinshead R, Vaux DJ, Smith GL. Vaccinia virus utilizes microtubules for movement to the cell surface. J Cell Biol 2001; 154:389-402. [PMID: 11470826 PMCID: PMC2150758 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200104124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VV) egress has been studied using confocal, video, and electron microscopy. Previously, intracellular-enveloped virus (IEV) particles were proposed to induce the polymerization of actin tails, which propel IEV particles to the cell surface. However, data presented support an alternative model in which microtubules transport virions to the cell surface and actin tails form beneath cell-associated enveloped virus (CEV) particles at the cell surface. Thus, VV is unique in using both microtubules and actin filaments for egress. The following data support this proposal. (a) Microscopy detected actin tails at the surface but not the center of cells. (b) VV mutants lacking the A33R, A34R, or A36R proteins are unable to induce actin tail formation but produce CEV and extracellular-enveloped virus. (c) CEV formation is inhibited by nocodazole but not cytochalasin D or 4-amino-5-(4-methylphenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo(3,4-d)pyrimidine (PP1). (d) IEV particles tagged with the enhanced green fluorescent protein fused to the VV B5R protein moved inside cells at 60 microm/min. This movement was stop-start, was along defined pathways, and was inhibited reversibly by nocodazole. This velocity was 20-fold greater than VV movement on actin tails and consonant with the rate of movement of organelles along microtubules.
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- M Hollinshead
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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Duensing S, Münger K. Centrosome abnormalities, genomic instability and carcinogenic progression. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1471:M81-8. [PMID: 11342187 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-419x(00)00025-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Centrosome abnormalities are a frequent finding in various malignant tumors. Since centrosomes form the poles of the mitotic spindle, these abnormalities have been implicated in chromosome missegregation and the generation of aneuploid cells which is commonly found in many human neoplasms. It is a matter of debate, however, whether centrosome alterations can drive cells into aneuploidy or simply reflect loss of genomic integrity by other mechanisms. Since these two models have fundamentally different implications for the diagnostic and prognostic value of centrosome abnormalities, we will discuss the relevance of abnormal centrosomes in the context of different oncogenic events as exemplified by high-risk human papillomavirus-associated carcinogenesis.
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- S Duensing
- Department of Pathology and Center for Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Armenise Research Building, D2 544A, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-5701, USA
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Ward BM, Moss B. Visualization of intracellular movement of vaccinia virus virions containing a green fluorescent protein-B5R membrane protein chimera. J Virol 2001; 75:4802-13. [PMID: 11312352 PMCID: PMC114235 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.10.4802-4813.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We produced an infectious vaccinia virus that expressed the B5R envelope glycoprotein fused to the enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP), allowing us to visualize intracellular virus movement in real time. Previous transfection studies indicated that fusion of GFP to the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of B5R did not interfere with Golgi localization of the viral protein. To determine whether B5R-GFP was fully functional, we started with a B5R deletion mutant that made small plaques and inserted the B5R-GFP gene into the original B5R locus. The recombinant virus made normal-sized plaques and acquired the ability to form actin tails, indicating reversal of the mutant phenotype. Moreover, immunogold electron microscopy revealed that both intracellular enveloped virions (IEV) and extracellular enveloped virions contained B5R-GFP. By confocal microscopy of live infected cells, we visualized individual fluorescent particles, corresponding to IEV in size and shape, moving from a juxtanuclear location to the periphery of the cell, where they usually collected prior to association with actin tails. The fluorescent particles could be seen emanating from cells at the tips of microvilli. Using a digital camera attached to an inverted fluorescence microscope, we acquired images at 1 frame/s. At this resolution, IEV movement appeared saltatory; in some frames there was no net movement, whereas in others movement exceeded 2 microm/s. Further studies indicated that IEV movement was reversibly arrested by the microtubule-depolymerizing drug nocodazole. This result, together with the direction, speed, and saltatory motion of IEV, was consistent with a role for microtubules in intracellular transport of IEV.
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- B M Ward
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0445, USA
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The large cytoplasmic DNA viruses such as poxviruses, iridoviruses, and African swine fever virus (ASFV) assemble in discrete perinuclear foci called viral factories. Factories exclude host proteins, suggesting that they are novel subcellular structures induced by viruses. Novel perinuclear structures, called aggresomes are also formed by cells in response to misfolded protein (Johnston, J.A., C.L. Ward, and R.R. Kopito. 1998. J. Cell Biol. 143:1883--1898; García-Mata, R., Z. Bebök, E.J. Sorscher, and E.S. Sztul. 1999. J. Cell Biol. 146:1239--1254). In this study, we have investigated whether aggresomes and viral factories are related structures. Aggresomes were compared with viral factories produced by ASFV. Aggresomes and viral factories were located close to the microtubule organizing center and required an intact microtubular network for assembly. Both structures caused rearrangement of intermediate filaments and the collapse of vimentin into characteristic cages, and both recruited mitochondria and cellular chaperones. Given that ASFV factories resemble aggresomes, it is possible that a cellular response originally designed to reduce the toxicity of misfolded proteins is exploited by cytoplasmic DNA viruses to concentrate structural proteins at virus assembly sites.
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- Colin M. Heath
- Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratories, Surrey GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratories, Surrey GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratories, Surrey GU24 0NF, United Kingdom
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In the past decade, studies into the way in which intracellular bacterial pathogens hijack and subvert their hosts have provided many important insights into regulation of the actin cytoskeleton and cell motility, in addition to increasing our understanding of the infection process. Viral pathogens, however, may ultimately unlock more cellular secrets as they are even more dependent on their hosts during their life cycle.
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- A Ploubidou
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Analogous to the spread of viruses within the host animal during pathogenesis, from their site of entry to distant sites via the bloodstream, lymphatic system and nervous system, there is also movement within infected cells. As cytoplasmic diffusion only operates within very small volumes, active membrane traffic and cytosolic transport of viral genome-protein complexes are required, which involve both the actin and microtubule cytoskeleton.
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- B Sodeik
- B. Sodeik is in the Center for Biochemistry, Medical School Hannover, OE 4310, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30623, Hannover, Germany.
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