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Mueller F, Witteveldt J, Macias S. Antiviral Defence Mechanisms during Early Mammalian Development. Viruses 2024; 16:173. [PMID: 38399949 PMCID: PMC10891733 DOI: 10.3390/v16020173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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The type-I interferon (IFN) response constitutes the major innate immune pathway against viruses in mammals. Despite its critical importance for antiviral defence, this pathway is inactive during early embryonic development. There seems to be an incompatibility between the IFN response and pluripotency, the ability of embryonic cells to develop into any cell type of an adult organism. Instead, pluripotent cells employ alternative ways to defend against viruses that are typically associated with safeguard mechanisms against transposable elements. The absence of an inducible IFN response in pluripotent cells and the constitutive activation of the alternative antiviral pathways have led to the hypothesis that embryonic cells are highly resistant to viruses. However, some findings challenge this interpretation. We have performed a meta-analysis that suggests that the susceptibility of pluripotent cells to viruses is directly correlated with the presence of receptors or co-receptors for viral adhesion and entry. These results challenge the current view of pluripotent cells as intrinsically resistant to infections and raise the fundamental question of why these cells have sacrificed the major antiviral defence pathway if this renders them susceptible to viruses.
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- Felix Mueller
- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK; (F.M.); (J.W.)
- Centre for Virus Research, MRC-University of Glasgow, Garscube Campus, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK; (F.M.); (J.W.)
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FL, UK; (F.M.); (J.W.)
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Epand RM. The scientific adventures of Richard Epand. Biophys Chem 2023; 292:106931. [PMID: 36434860 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This essay summarizes the many areas of science that my career has contributed to. It attempts to highlight some of the innovative concepts that developed from this work. The discussion encompasses studies I undertook from graduate school to the present but it will not attempt to be comprehensive. I apologize to individuals whose work I omitted. Because of space I cannot acknowledge all the contributions from other individuals that made these achievements possible.
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- Richard M Epand
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
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Lam A, Kirkland OO, Anderson PF, Seetharaman N, Vujovic D, Thibault PA, Azarm KD, Lee B, Rawle RJ. Single-virus assay reveals membrane determinants and mechanistic features of Sendai virus binding. Biophys J 2022; 121:956-965. [PMID: 35150620 PMCID: PMC8943810 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sendai virus (SeV, formally murine respirovirus) is a membrane-enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus in the Paramyxoviridae family and is closely related to human parainfluenza viruses. SeV has long been utilized as a model paramyxovirus and has recently gained attention as a viral vector candidate for both laboratory and clinical applications. To infect host cells, SeV must first bind to sialic acid glycolipid or glycoprotein receptors on the host cell surface via its hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein. Receptor binding induces a conformational change in HN, which allosterically triggers the viral fusion (F) protein to catalyze membrane fusion. While it is known that SeV binds to α2,3-linked sialic acid receptors, and there has been some study into the chemical requirements of those receptors, key mechanistic features of SeV binding remain unknown, in part because traditional approaches often convolve binding and fusion. Here, we develop and employ a fluorescence microscopy-based assay to observe SeV binding to supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) at the single-particle level, which easily disentangles binding from fusion. Using this assay, we investigate mechanistic questions of SeV binding. We identify chemical structural features of ganglioside receptors that influence viral binding and demonstrate that binding is cooperative with respect to receptor density. We measure the characteristic decay time of unbinding and provide evidence supporting a "rolling" mechanism of viral mobility following receptor binding. We also study the dependence of binding on target cholesterol concentration. Interestingly, we find that although SeV binding shows striking parallels in cooperative binding with a prior report of Influenza A virus, it does not demonstrate a similar sensitivity to cholesterol concentration and receptor nanocluster formation.
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- Amy Lam
- Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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- Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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Human parainfluenza virus types 1 (hPIV-1) and 3 (hPIV-3) belong to the family Paramyxoviridae, subfamily Paramyxoviridae, and genus Respirovirus. The viruses enter by utilizing glycoproteins or glycosphingolipids (gangliosides) containing sialic acid on the cell membrane. We developed a solid-phase binding assay to evaluate hPIV-1, hPIV-3, and Sendai virus' abilities to bind to different types of gangliosides. hPIV1 and hPIV3 show strong binding to neolacto-series gangliosides containing a non-reducing terminal sialic acid residue and different specificity regarding the sialic acid linkages. This solid-phase binding assay is suitable to evaluate other orthomyxoviruses and paramyxoviruses' binding specificities utilizing sialic acids.
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- Takashi Suzuki
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Matveeva OV, Shabalina SA. Prospects for Using Expression Patterns of Paramyxovirus Receptors as Biomarkers for Oncolytic Virotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12123659. [PMID: 33291506 PMCID: PMC7762160 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12123659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Some non-pathogenic viruses that do not cause serious illness in humans can efficiently target and kill cancer cells and may be considered candidates for cancer treatment with virotherapy. However, many cancer cells are protected from viruses. An important goal of personalized cancer treatment is to identify viruses that can kill a certain type of cancer cells. To this end, researchers investigate expression patterns of cell entry receptors, which viruses use to bind to and enter host cells. We summarized and analyzed the receptor expression patterns of two paramyxoviruses: The non-pathogenic measles and the Sendai viruses. The receptors for these viruses are different and can be proteins or lipids with attached carbohydrates. This review discusses the prospects for using these paramyxovirus receptors as biomarkers for successful personalized virotherapy for certain types of cancer. Abstract The effectiveness of oncolytic virotherapy in cancer treatment depends on several factors, including successful virus delivery to the tumor, ability of the virus to enter the target malignant cell, virus replication, and the release of progeny virions from infected cells. The multi-stage process is influenced by the efficiency with which the virus enters host cells via specific receptors. This review describes natural and artificial receptors for two oncolytic paramyxoviruses, nonpathogenic measles, and Sendai viruses. Cell entry receptors are proteins for measles virus (MV) and sialylated glycans (sialylated glycoproteins or glycolipids/gangliosides) for Sendai virus (SeV). Accumulated published data reviewed here show different levels of expression of cell surface receptors for both viruses in different malignancies. Patients whose tumor cells have low or no expression of receptors for a specific oncolytic virus cannot be successfully treated with the virus. Recent published studies have revealed that an expression signature for immune genes is another important factor that determines the vulnerability of tumor cells to viral infection. In the future, a combination of expression signatures of immune and receptor genes could be used to find a set of oncolytic viruses that are more effective for specific malignancies.
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- Olga V. Matveeva
- Sendai Viralytics LLC, 23 Nylander Way, Acton, MA 01720, USA
- Correspondence: (O.V.M.); (S.A.S.)
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
- Correspondence: (O.V.M.); (S.A.S.)
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Kim CH. Viral Protein Interaction with Host Cells GSLs. GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS SIGNALING 2020:53-92. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-5807-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Bigham AW, Magnaye K, Dunn DM, Weiss RB, Bamshad M. Complex signatures of natural selection at GYPA. Hum Genet 2018; 137:151-160. [PMID: 29362874 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-018-1866-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The human MN blood group antigens are isoforms of glycophorin A (GPA) encoded by the gene, GYPA, and are the most abundant erythrocyte sialoglycoproteins. The distribution of MN antigens has been widely studied in human populations yet the evolutionary and/or demographic factors affecting population variation remain elusive. While the primary function of GPA is yet to be discovered, it serves as the major binding site for the 175-kD erythrocyte-binding antigen (EB-175) of the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, a major selective pressure in recent human history. More specifically, exon two of GYPA encodes the receptor-binding ligand to which P. falciparum binds. Accordingly, there has been keen interest in understanding what impact, if any, natural selection has had on the distribution of variation in GYPA and exon two in particular. To this end, we resequenced GYPA in individuals sampled from both P. falciparum endemic (sub-Saharan Africa and South India) and non-endemic (Europe and East Asia) regions of the world. Observed patterns of variation suggest that GYPA has been subject to balancing selection in populations living in malaria endemic areas and in Europeans, but no such evidence was found in samples from East Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. These results are consistent with malaria acting as a selective pressure on GYPA, but also suggest that another selective force has resulted in a similar pattern of variation in Europeans. Accordingly, GYPA has perhaps a more complex evolutionary history, wherein on a global scale, spatially varying selective pressures have governed its natural history.
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- Abigail W Bigham
- Department of Anthropology, The University of Michigan, 222C West Hall, 1085 S. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1107, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genome Sciences, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Aoki T. A Comprehensive Review of Our Current Understanding of Red Blood Cell (RBC) Glycoproteins. MEMBRANES 2017; 7:membranes7040056. [PMID: 28961212 PMCID: PMC5746815 DOI: 10.3390/membranes7040056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Human red blood cells (RBC), which are the cells most commonly used in the study of biological membranes, have some glycoproteins in their cell membrane. These membrane proteins are band 3 and glycophorins A-D, and some substoichiometric glycoproteins (e.g., CD44, CD47, Lu, Kell, Duffy). The oligosaccharide that band 3 contains has one N-linked oligosaccharide, and glycophorins possess mostly O-linked oligosaccharides. The end of the O-linked oligosaccharide is linked to sialic acid. In humans, this sialic acid is N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc). Another sialic acid, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) is present in red blood cells of non-human origin. While the biological function of band 3 is well known as an anion exchanger, it has been suggested that the oligosaccharide of band 3 does not affect the anion transport function. Although band 3 has been studied in detail, the physiological functions of glycophorins remain unclear. This review mainly describes the sialo-oligosaccharide structures of band 3 and glycophorins, followed by a discussion of the physiological functions that have been reported in the literature to date. Moreover, other glycoproteins in red blood cell membranes of non-human origin are described, and the physiological function of glycophorin in carp red blood cell membranes is discussed with respect to its bacteriostatic activity.
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- Takahiko Aoki
- Laboratory of Quality in Marine Products, Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurima Machiya-cho, Mie, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
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Salas A, Marco-Puche G, Triviño JC, Gómez-Carballa A, Cebey-López M, Rivero-Calle I, Vilanova-Trillo L, Rodríguez-Tenreiro C, Gómez-Rial J, Martinón-Torres F. Strong down-regulation of glycophorin genes: A host defense mechanism against rotavirus infection. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 44:403-411. [PMID: 27491455 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The mechanisms of rotavirus (RV) infection have been analyzed from different angles but the way in which RV modifies the transcriptome of the host is still unknown. Whole transcriptome shotgun sequencing of peripheral blood samples was used to reveal patterns of expression from the genome of RV-infected patients. RV provokes global changes in the transcriptome of infected cells, involving an over-expression of genes involved in cell cycle and chromatin condensation. While interferon IFI27 was hyper-activated, interferon type II was not suggesting that RV has developed mechanisms to evade the innate response by host cells after virus infection. Most interesting was the inhibition of genes of the glycophorins A and B (GYPA/B) family, which are the major sialoglycoproteins of the human erythrocyte membrane and receptor of several viruses for host invasion. RV infection induces a complex and global response in the host. The strong inhibition of glycophorins suggests a novel defense mechanism of the host to prevent viral infection, inhibiting the expression of receptors used by the virus for infection. The present results add further support to the systemic nature of RV infection.
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- Antonio Salas
- Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GENPOB Research Group, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Galicia, Spain; Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,.
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- Unidade de Xenética, Departamento de Anatomía Patolóxica e Ciencias Forenses, Instituto de Ciencias Forenses, Facultade de Medicina, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and GENPOB Research Group, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, Galicia, Spain; Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación en Genética, Vacunas, Infecciones y Pediatría (GENVIP), Hospital Clínico Universitario, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), Galicia, Spain,; Translational Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Structure of a sialo-oligosaccharide from glycophorin in carp red blood cell membranes. MEMBRANES 2014; 4:764-77. [PMID: 25402951 PMCID: PMC4289865 DOI: 10.3390/membranes4040764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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We isolated a high-purity carp glycophorin from carp erythrocyte membranes and prepared the oligosaccharide fraction from glycophorin by β-elimination [1]. The oligosaccharide fraction was separated into two components (P-1 and P-2) using a Glyco-Pak DEAE column. These O-linked oligosaccharides (P-1 and P-2) were composed of glucose, galactose, fucose, N-acetylgalactosamine and N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc). The P-1 and P-2 contained one and two NeuGc residues, respectively, and the P-1 exhibited bacteriostatic activity [1]. Using NMR and GC-MS, we determined that the structure of the bacteriostatic P-1 was NeuGcα2→6 (Fucα1→4) (Glcα1→3) Galβ1→4GalNAc-ol. This O-linked oligosaccharide was unique for a vertebrate with respect to the hexosamine and hexose linkages and its non-chain structure.
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Isolation and characterization of glycophorin from carp red blood cell membranes. MEMBRANES 2014; 4:491-508. [PMID: 25110961 PMCID: PMC4194046 DOI: 10.3390/membranes4030491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We isolated a high-purity carp glycophorin from carp erythrocyte membranes following extraction using the lithium diiodosalicylate (LIS)-phenol method and streptomycin treatment. The main carp glycophorin was observed to locate at the position of the carp and human band-3 proteins on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. Only the N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) form of sialic acid was detected in the carp glycophorin. The oligosaccharide fraction was separated into two components (P-1 and P-2) using a Glyco-Pak DEAE column. We observed bacteriostatic activity against five strains of bacteria, including two known fish pathogens. Fractions from the carp erythrocyte membrane, the glycophorin oligosaccharide and the P-1 also exhibited bacteriostatic activity; whereas the glycolipid fraction and the glycophorin fraction without sialic acid did not show the activity. The carp glycophorin molecules attach to the flagellum of V. anguillarum or the cell surface of M. luteus and inhibited bacterial growth.
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Xia Y, Peng L. Photoactivatable Lipid Probes for Studying Biomembranes by Photoaffinity Labeling. Chem Rev 2013; 113:7880-929. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300419p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Yi Xia
- Aix-Marseille Université, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, CNRS UMR 7325, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille, CNRS UMR 7325, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, France
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Aoki T, Inoue T. Glycophorin in red blood cell membranes of healthy and diseased carp, Cyprinus carpio L. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2011; 34:573-576. [PMID: 21585396 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01262.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- T Aoki
- Laboratory of Quality in Marine Products, Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Japan.
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Yan C, Yersin A, Afrin R, Sekiguchi H, Ikai A. Single molecular dynamic interactions between glycophorin A and lectin as probed by atomic force microscopy. Biophys Chem 2009; 144:72-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2009] [Accepted: 06/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Contreras FX, Villar AV, Alonso A, Goñi FM. Ceramide-induced transbilayer (flip-flop) lipid movement in membranes. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 462:155-65. [PMID: 19160667 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-115-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Lipids in biological membranes are asymmetrically distributed across the bilayer. The choline-containing lipids, phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) and sphingomyelin (SM), are more abundant in the external leaflet. In contrast, the amino-containing glycerophospholipids, phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PtdEth), are located preferentially on the cytoplasmic leaflet. The maintenance of transbilayer lipid asymmetry is essential for normal membrane function, and disruption of this asymmetry is associated with cell activation or pathological condition. The physiological role of ceramide formation in response to cell stimulation remains controversial. Ceramide formation serves many different functions at various locations in the cell. Despite the limited capacity for spontaneous intracellular diffusion or membrane flip-flop of lipids in membranes, we have found that ceramide production, via sphingomyelinase action or addition of external ceramide, induces the transbilayer lipid motion of the lipids within the cellular membrane. This chapter outlines various commonly used assays for measuring lipid flip-flop induced by ceramide in cell and model membranes.
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Afrin R, Ikai A. Force profiles of protein pulling with or without cytoskeletal links studied by AFM. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 348:238-44. [PMID: 16876121 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 07/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To test the capability of the atomic force microscope for distinguishing membrane proteins with/without cytoskeletal associations, we studied the pull-out mechanics of lipid tethers from the red blood cell (RBC). When wheat germ agglutinin, a glycophorin A (GLA) specific lectin, was used to pull out tethers from RBC, characteristic force curves for tether elongation having a long plateau force were observed but without force peaks which are usually attributed to the forced unbinding of membrane components from the cytoskeleton. The result was in agreement with the reports that GLA is substantially free of cytoskeletal interactions. On the contrary, when the Band 3 specific lectin, concanavalin A, was used, the force peaks were indeed observed together with a plateau supporting its reported cytoskeletal association. Based on these observations, we postulate that the state of cytoskeletal association of particular membrane proteins can be identified from the force profiles of their pull-out mechanics.
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- Rehana Afrin
- Laboratory of Biodynamics, Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Villar E, Barroso IM. Role of sialic acid-containing molecules in paramyxovirus entry into the host cell: A minireview. Glycoconj J 2006; 23:5-17. [PMID: 16575518 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-006-5433-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sialic acid-containing compounds play a key role in the initial steps of the paramyxovirus life cycle. As enveloped viruses, their entry into the host cell consists of two main events: binding to the host cell and membrane fusion. Virus adsorption occurs at the surface of the host cell with the recognition of specific receptor molecules located at the cell membrane by specific viral attachment proteins. The viral attachment protein present in some paramyxoviruses (Respirovirus, Rubulavirus and Avulavirus) is the HN glycoprotein, which binds to cellular sialic acid-containing molecules and exhibits sialidase and fusion promotion activities. Gangliosides of the gangliotetraose series bearing the sialic acid N-acetylneuraminic (Neu5Ac) on the terminal galactose attached in alpha2-3 linkage, such as GD1a, GT1b, and GQ1b, and neolacto-series gangliosides are the major receptors for Sendai virus. Much less is known about the receptors for other paramyxoviruses than for Sendai virus. Human parainfluenza viruses 1 and 3 preferentially recognize oligosaccharides containing N-acetyllactosaminoglycan branches with terminal Neu5Acalpha2-3Gal. In the case of Newcastle disease virus, has been reported the absence of a specific pattern of the gangliosides that interact with the virus. Additionally, several works have described the use of sialylated glycoproteins as paramyxovirus receptors. Accordingly, the design of specific sialic acid analogs to inhibit the sialidase and/or receptor binding activity of viral attachment proteins is an important antiviral strategy. In spite of all these data, the exact nature of paramyxovirus receptors, apart from their sialylated nature, and the mechanism(s) of viral attachment to the cell surface are poorly understood.
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- Enrique Villar
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Edificio Departamental, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza Doctores de la Reina s/n, Lab. 108, Salamanca 37007, Spain.
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Shin PK, Pawar P, Konstantopoulos K, Ross JM. Characteristics of new Staphylococcus aureus-RBC adhesion mechanism independent of fibrinogen and IgG under hydrodynamic shear conditions. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C727-34. [PMID: 15888554 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00034.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus infection begins when bacterial cells circulating in blood adhere to components of the extracellular matrix or endothelial cells of the host and initiate colonization. S. aureus is known to exhibit extensive interactions with platelets. S. aureus is also known to bind to red blood cells (RBCs) in the presence of plasma proteins, such as fibrinogen and IgG. Herein we report a new binding mechanism of S. aureus to RBC independent of those plasma proteins. To characterize the new adhesion mechanism, we experimentally examine the binding kinetics and molecular constituents mediating the new adhesive interactions between S. aureus and RBCs under defined shear conditions. The results demonstrate that the receptors for fibrinogen (clumping factor A) and IgG (protein A) of S. aureus are not involved in the adhesion. S. aureus binds to RBCs with maximal adhesion at the shear rate 100 s(-1) and decreasing adhesion with increasing shear. The heteroaggregates formed after shear are stable when subjected to the shear rate 2,000 s(-1), indicating that intercellular contact time rather than shear forces controls the adhesion at high shear. S. aureus binding to RBC requires plasma, and 10% plasma is sufficient for maximal adhesion. Plasma proteins involved in the cell-cell adhesion, such as fibrinogen, fibronectin, von Willebrand factor, IgG, thrombospondin, laminin, and vitronectin are not involved in the observed adhesion. The extent of heteroaggregation is dramatically reduced on RBC treatment with trypsin, chymotrypsin, or neuraminidase, suggesting that the receptor(s) mediating the heteroaggregation process is a sialylated glycoprotein on RBC surface. Adhesion is divalent cation dependent and also blocked by heparin. This work demonstrates a new mechanism of S. aureus-RBC binding under hydrodynamic shear conditions via unknown RBC sialoglycoprotein(s). The binding requires plasma protein(s) other than fibrinogen or IgG and does not involve the S. aureus adhesins clumping factor A or protein A.
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- Pyong Kyun Shin
- Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD 21250, USA
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Bose S, Basu M, Banerjee AK. Role of nucleolin in human parainfluenza virus type 3 infection of human lung epithelial cells. J Virol 2004; 78:8146-58. [PMID: 15254186 PMCID: PMC446124 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.15.8146-8158.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2003] [Accepted: 03/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV-3) is an airborne pathogen that infects human lung epithelial cells from the apical (luminal) plasma membrane domain. In the present study, we have identified cell surface-expressed nucleolin as a cellular cofactor required for the efficient cellular entry of HPIV-3 into human lung epithelial A549 cells. Nucleolin was enriched on the apical cell surface domain of A549 cells, and HPIV-3 interacted with nucleolin during entry. The importance of nucleolin during HPIV-3 replication was borne out by the observation that HPIV-3 replication was significantly inhibited following (i). pretreatment of cells with antinucleolin antibodies and (ii). preincubation of HPIV-3 with purified nucleolin prior to its addition to the cells. Moreover, HPIV-3 cellular internalization and attachment assays performed in the presence of antinucleolin antibodies and purified nucleolin revealed the requirement of nucleolin during HPIV-3 internalization but not during attachment. Thus, these results suggest that nucleolin expressed on the surfaces of human lung epithelial A549 cells plays an important role during HPIV-3 cellular entry.
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- Santanu Bose
- Department of Virology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Ohki S, Thacore H, Flanagan TD. Effects of temperature on viral glycoprotein mobility and a possible role of internal "viroskeleton" proteins in Sendai virus fusion. J Membr Biol 2004; 199:73-83. [PMID: 15383918 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0678-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2003] [Revised: 03/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effect of temperature on fusion of Sendai virus with target membranes and mobility of the viral glycoproteins was studied with fluorescence methods. When intact virus was used, the fusion threshold temperature (20-22 degrees C) was not altered regardless of the different types of target membranes. Viral glycoprotein mobility in the intact virus increased with temperature, particularly sharply at the fusion threshold temperature. This effect was suppressed by the presence of erythrocyte ghosts and/or dextran sulfate in the virus suspension. In these cases also, no change in the fusion threshold temperature was observed. On the other hand, reconstituted viral envelopes (virosomes) bearing viral glycoproteins but lacking matrix proteins were capable of fusing with erythrocyte ghosts even at temperatures lower than the fusion threshold temperature and no fusion threshold temperature was observed over the range of 10-40 degrees C. The mobility of viral glycoproteins on virosomes was much greater and virtually temperature-independent. The intact virus treated with an actin-affector, jasplakinolide, reduced the extent of fusion with erythrocyte ghosts and the mobility of viral glycoproteins, while the treatment of virosomes with the same drug did not affect the extent of fusion of virosomes with erythrocyte ghosts and the mobility of the glycoproteins. These results suggest that viral matrix proteins including actins affect viral glycoprotein mobility and may be responsible for the temperature threshold phenomenon observed in Sendai virus fusion.
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- S Ohki
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Baranowski E, Ruiz-Jarabo CM, Pariente N, Verdaguer N, Domingo E. Evolution of cell recognition by viruses: a source of biological novelty with medical implications. Adv Virus Res 2004; 62:19-111. [PMID: 14719364 PMCID: PMC7119103 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(03)62002-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The picture beginning to form from genome analyses of viruses, unicellular organisms, and multicellular organisms is that viruses have shared functional modules with cells. A process of coevolution has probably involved exchanges of genetic information between cells and viruses for long evolutionary periods. From this point of view present-day viruses show flexibility in receptor usage and a capacity to alter through mutation their receptor recognition specificity. It is possible that for the complex DNA viruses, due to a likely limited tolerance to generalized high mutation rates, modifications in receptor specificity will be less frequent than for RNA viruses, albeit with similar biological consequences once they occur. It is found that different receptors, or allelic forms of one receptor, may be used with different efficiency and receptor affinities are probably modified by mutation and selection. Receptor abundance and its affinity for a virus may modulate not only the efficiency of infection, but also the capacity of the virus to diffuse toward other sites of the organism. The chapter concludes that receptors may be shared by different, unrelated viruses and that one virus may use several receptors and may expand its receptor specificity in ways that, at present, are largely unpredictable.
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- Eric Baranowski
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal (CISA-INIA), Madrid, Spain
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Contreras FX, Villar AV, Alonso A, Kolesnick RN, Goñi FM. Sphingomyelinase activity causes transbilayer lipid translocation in model and cell membranes. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:37169-74. [PMID: 12855704 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m303206200] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ceramide is known to induce structural rearrangements in membrane bilayers, including the formation of ceramide-rich and -poor domains and the efflux of aqueous solutes. This report describes a novel effect of ceramide, namely the induction of transbilayer lipid movements. This effect was demonstrated in both model (large unilamellar vesicles) and cell (erythrocyte ghost) membranes in which ceramide generation took place in situ through the action of an externally added sphingomyelinase. Two different novel assays were developed to detect transbilayer lipid movement. One of the assays required the preparation of vesicles containing a ganglioside only in the outer monolayer and entrapped neuraminidase. Sphingomyelinase activity induced ganglioside hydrolysis under conditions in which no neuraminidase was released from the vesicles. The second assay involved the preparation of liposomes or erythrocyte ghosts labeled with a fluorescent energy donor in their inner leaflets. Sphingomyelin hydrolysis was accompanied by fluorescence energy transfer to an impermeable acceptor in the outer aqueous medium. Ceramide-induced transbilayer lipid movement is explained in terms of another well known property of ceramide, namely the facilitation of lamellar to non-lamellar lipid-phase transitions. Thus, sphingomyelinase generates ceramide on one side of the membrane; ceramide then induces the transient formation of non-lamellar structural intermediates, which cause the loss of lipid asymmetry in the bilayer, i.e. the transbilayer movement of ceramide together with other lipids. As direct targets for ceramide tend to be intracellular, these observations may be relevant to the mechanism of transmembrane signaling by means of the sphingomyelin pathway.
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- F-Xabier Contreras
- Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU), Universidad del País Vasco, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
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Marionneau S, Ruvoën N, Le Moullac-Vaidye B, Clement M, Cailleau-Thomas A, Ruiz-Palacois G, Huang P, Jiang X, Le Pendu J. Norwalk virus binds to histo-blood group antigens present on gastroduodenal epithelial cells of secretor individuals. Gastroenterology 2002; 122:1967-77. [PMID: 12055602 PMCID: PMC7172544 DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.33661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 365] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Norwalk Virus (NV) is a member of the Caliciviridae family, which causes acute epidemic gastroenteritis in humans of all ages and its cellular receptors have not yet been characterized. Another calicivirus, Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, attaches to H type 2 histo-blood group oligosaccharide present on rabbit epithelial cells. Our aim was to test if, by analogy, recombinant NV-like particles (rNV VLPs) use carbohydrates present on human gastroduodenal epithelial cells as ligands. METHODS Attachment of rNV VLPs was tested on tissue sections of the gastroduodenal junction and on saliva from individuals of known ABO, Lewis, and secretor phenotypes. It was also tested on human Caco-2 cells and on animal cell lines transfected with glycosyltransferases complementary DNA (cDNA). Competition experiments were performed with synthetic oligosaccharides and anticarbohydrate antibodies. Internalization was monitored by confocal microscopy. RESULTS Attachment of rNV VLPs to surface epithelial cells of the gastroduodenal junction as well as to saliva was detected, yet only from secretor donors. It was abolished by alpha1,2fucosidase treatment, and by competition with the H types 1 and 3 trisaccharides or with anti-H type 1 and anti-H types (3/4) antibodies. Transfection of CHO and TS/A cells with an alpha1,2fucosyltransferase cDNA allowed attachment of VLPs. These transfectants as well as differentiated Caco-2 cells expressing H type 1 structures internalized the bound particles. CONCLUSIONS rNV VLPs use H type 1 and/or H types (3/4) as ligands on gastroduodenal epithelial cells of secretor individuals.
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Key Words
- bsa, bovine serum albumin
- fitc, fluorescein isothiocyanate
- gal, galactose
- hucv, human calicivirus
- mab, monoclonal antibody
- nlv, norwalk-like virus
- nv, norwalk virus
- race-pcr, rapid amplification cdna end polymerase chain reaction
- rhdv, rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus
- rnv vlps, recombinant norwalk virus–like particles
- uea-i, agglutinin i from ulex europeus
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Surface glycoproteins are principal receptors used by pathogens to invade target cells. It has been suggested that mammalian erythrocyte surface glycoproteins function as decoy receptors attracting pathogens to the anucleated erythrocyte and away from their target tissues. Glycophorin A (GYPA) is solely expressed on the erythrocyte surface where it is the most abundant sialoglycoprotein, although its function is unknown. The pathogen decoy hypothesis may be relevant here, as GYPA has been shown in vitro to bind numerous viruses and bacteria, which do not infect erythrocytes. However, it is also a receptor for erythrocyte invasion by the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Analyses of gypa sequence variation among six higher primates and within a human population show that there is a large excess of replacement (nonsynonymous) substitutions along each primate lineage (particularly on exons 2-4 encoding the extracellular glycosylated domain of GYPA) and a significant excess of polymorphisms in exon 2 (encoding the terminal portion of the extracellular domain) within humans. These two signatures suggest that there has been exceptionally strong positive selection on this receptor driving GYPA divergence during primate evolution and balancing selection maintaining allelic variation within human populations. The pathogen decoy hypothesis alone is adequate to explain both these signatures of between-species and within-species diversifying selection. This has implications for understanding the functions of erythrocyte surface components and their roles in health and disease.
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- Jake Baum
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Institute of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford.
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Rocheleau JV, Petersen NO. The Sendai virus membrane fusion mechanism studied using image correlation spectroscopy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 268:2924-30. [PMID: 11358509 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The mechanism of Sendai virus membrane fusion to cultured cell membranes was studied. Viral lipids were labeled with the lipophilic dye, 4-(4-(dihexadecylamino)styryl-N-methylquinolinium iodine) (DiQ), and viral proteins were labeled using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC). The redistribution of these probes from the virus to cultured cells was followed using the technique of image correlation spectroscopy. This technique assayed the intensity change and the redistribution of these probes as fusion progressed from a more to less aggregated state. The lipid probe DiQ dispersed into the membrane of the target membrane at both 22 and 37 degrees C, while the FITC-labeled proteins dispersed only at 37 degrees C. Simultaneous labeling of virus with both of these probes showed that at 37 degrees C their redistribution proceeded at different rates. These data were consistent with the formation of a hemifusion intermediate during the fusion process.
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- J V Rocheleau
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Building, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Suzuki T, Portner A, Scroggs RA, Uchikawa M, Koyama N, Matsuo K, Suzuki Y, Takimoto T. Receptor specificities of human respiroviruses. J Virol 2001; 75:4604-13. [PMID: 11312330 PMCID: PMC114213 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.10.4604-4613.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Through their hemagglutinin-neuraminidase glycoprotein, parainfluenza viruses bind to sialic acid-containing glycoconjugates to initiate infection. Although the virus-receptor interaction is a key factor of infection, the exact nature of the receptors that human parainfluenza viruses recognize has not been determined. We evaluated the abilities of human parainfluenza virus types 1 (hPIV-1) and 3 (hPIV-3) to bind to different types of gangliosides. Both hPIV-1 and hPIV-3 preferentially bound to neolacto-series gangliosides containing a terminal N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc) linked to N-acetyllactosamine (Galbeta1-4GlcNAc) by the alpha2-3 linkage (NeuAcalpha2-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAc). Unlike hPIV-1, hPIV-3 bound to gangliosides with a terminal NeuAc linked to Galbeta1-4GlcNAc through an alpha2-6 linkage (NeuAcalpha2-6Galbeta1-4GlcNAc) or to gangliosides with a different sialic acid, N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc), linked to Galbeta1-4GlcNAc (NeuGcalpha2-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAc). These results indicate that the molecular species of glycoconjugate that hPIV-1 recognizes are more limited than those recognized by hPIV-3. Further analysis using purified gangliosides revealed that the oligosaccharide core structure is also an important element for binding. Gangliosides that contain branched N-acetyllactosaminoglycans in their core structure showed higher avidity than those without them. Agglutination of human, cow, and guinea pig erythrocytes but not equine erythrocytes by hPIV-1 and hPIV-3 correlated well with the presence or the absence of sialic acid-linked branched N-acetyllactosaminoglycans on the cell surface. Finally, NeuAcalpha2-3I, which bound to both viruses, inhibited virus infection of Lewis lung carcinoma-monkey kidney cells in a dose-dependent manner. We conclude that hPIV-1 and hPIV-3 preferentially recognize oligosaccharides containing branched N-acetyllactosaminoglycans with terminal NeuAcalpha2-3Gal as receptors and that hPIV-3 also recognizes NeuAcalpha2-6Gal- or NeuGcalpha2-3Gal-containing receptors. These findings provide important information that can be used to develop inhibitors that prevent human parainfluenza virus infection.
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- T Suzuki
- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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Villar AV, Alonso A, Pañeda C, Varela-Nieto I, Brodbeck U, Goñi FM. Towards the in vitro reconstitution of caveolae. Asymmetric incorporation of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) and gangliosides into liposomal membranes. FEBS Lett 1999; 457:71-4. [PMID: 10486566 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Large unilamellar vesicles consisting of phospholipids with or without cholesterol have been prepared containing GPI and/or gangliosides asymmetrically located in the outer leaflet of the bilayer. Such asymmetric distribution of GPI and gangliosides is found in 'rafts' and caveolae. Using these vesicles, GPI can be readily hydrolysed by phospholipases. Both cholesterol and ganglioside are seen to inhibit, in an additive way, the hydrolytic activity of GPI-specific phospholipase D.
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- A V Villar
- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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Martin I, Ruysschaert J, Epand RM. Role of the N-terminal peptides of viral envelope proteins in membrane fusion. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 1999; 38:233-255. [PMID: 10837759 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-409x(99)00031-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Membrane fusion is an important biological process that is observed in a wide variety of intra and intercellular events. In this review, work done in the last few years on the molecular mechanism of viral membrane fusion is highlighted, focusing in particular on the role of the fusion peptide and the modification of the lipid bilayer structure. While the Influenza hemagglutinin is currently the best understand fusion protein, there is still much to be learned about the key events in enveloped virus fusion reactions. This review compares our current understanding of the membrane fusion activity of Influenza and retrovirus viruses. We shall be concerned especially with the studies that lead to interpretations at the molecular level, so we shall concentrate on model membrane systems where the molecular components of the membrane and the environment are strictly controlled.
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- I Martin
- Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique des Macromolécules aux Interfaces (LCPMI) CP206/2, Université Libre de Bruxelles. 1050, Brussels, Belgium
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Gagneux P, Varki A. Evolutionary considerations in relating oligosaccharide diversity to biological function. Glycobiology 1999; 9:747-55. [PMID: 10406840 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.8.747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The oligosaccharide chains (glycans) attached to cell surface and extracellular proteins and lipids are known to mediate many important biological roles. However, for many glycans, there are still no evident functions that are of obvious benefit to the organism that synthesizes them. There is also no clear explanation for the extreme complexity and diversity of glycans that can be found on a given glycoconjugate or cell type. Based on the limited information available about the scope and distribution of this diversity among taxonomic groups, it is difficult to see clear trends or patterns consistent with different evolutionary lineages. It appears that closely related species may not necessarily share close similarities in their glycan diversity, and that more derived species may have simpler as well as more complex structures. Intraspecies diversity can also be quite extensive, often without obvious functional relevance. We suggest one general explanation for these observations, that glycan diversification in complex multicellular organisms is driven by evolutionary selection pressures of both endogenous and exogenous origin. We argue that exogenous selection pressures mediated by viral and microbial pathogens and parasites that recognize glycans have played a more prominent role, favoring intra- and interspecies diversity. This also makes it difficult to appreciate and elucidate the specific endogenous roles of the glycans within the organism that synthesizes them.
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- P Gagneux
- Glycobiology Program and UCSD Cancer Center, Divisions of Hematology-Oncology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine,University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0687, USA
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Complete Deficiency of Glycophorin A in Red Blood Cells From Mice With Targeted Inactivation of the Band 3 (AE1) Gene. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.6.2146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractGlycophorin A is the major transmembrane sialoglycoprotein of red blood cells. It has been shown to contribute to the expression of the MN and Wright blood group antigens, to act as a receptor for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and Sendai virus, and along with the anion transporter, band 3, may contribute to the mechanical properties of the red blood cell membrane. Several lines of evidence suggest a close interaction between glycophorin A and band 3 during their biosynthesis. Recently, we have generated mice where the band 3 expression was completely eliminated by selective inactivation of the AE1 anion exchanger gene, thus allowing us to study the effect of band 3 on the expression of red blood cell membrane proteins. In this report, we show that the band 3 −/− red blood cells contain protein 4.1, adducin, dematin, p55, and glycophorin C. In contrast, the band 3 −/− red blood cells are completely devoid of glycophorin A (GPA), as assessed by Western blot and immunocytochemistry techniques, whereas the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed the presence of GPA mRNA. Pulse-label and pulse-chase experiments show that GPA is not incorporated in the membrane and is rapidly degraded in the cytoplasm. Based on these findings and other published evidence, we propose that band 3 plays a chaperone-like role, which is necessary for the recruitment of GPA to the red blood cell plasma membrane.
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Complete Deficiency of Glycophorin A in Red Blood Cells From Mice With Targeted Inactivation of the Band 3 (AE1) Gene. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v91.6.2146.2146_2146_2151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glycophorin A is the major transmembrane sialoglycoprotein of red blood cells. It has been shown to contribute to the expression of the MN and Wright blood group antigens, to act as a receptor for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and Sendai virus, and along with the anion transporter, band 3, may contribute to the mechanical properties of the red blood cell membrane. Several lines of evidence suggest a close interaction between glycophorin A and band 3 during their biosynthesis. Recently, we have generated mice where the band 3 expression was completely eliminated by selective inactivation of the AE1 anion exchanger gene, thus allowing us to study the effect of band 3 on the expression of red blood cell membrane proteins. In this report, we show that the band 3 −/− red blood cells contain protein 4.1, adducin, dematin, p55, and glycophorin C. In contrast, the band 3 −/− red blood cells are completely devoid of glycophorin A (GPA), as assessed by Western blot and immunocytochemistry techniques, whereas the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed the presence of GPA mRNA. Pulse-label and pulse-chase experiments show that GPA is not incorporated in the membrane and is rapidly degraded in the cytoplasm. Based on these findings and other published evidence, we propose that band 3 plays a chaperone-like role, which is necessary for the recruitment of GPA to the red blood cell plasma membrane.
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Epand RF, Moroder L, Lutz J, Flanagan TD, Nir S, Epand RM. Lipogastrins as potent inhibitors of viral fusion. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1327:259-68. [PMID: 9271268 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(97)00074-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The rate and extent of membrane fusion is markedly sensitive to membrane interfacial properties. Lipopeptides with hydrophilic peptide moieties will insert into membranes, leaving the peptide portion at the membrane-water interface. In this work, we have used a lipopeptide composed of the peptide [Nle15]-gastrin-(2-17)-amide covalently linked to 1,2-diacyl-3-mercaptoglycerol-N(alpha)-maleoyl-beta-alanine to give DM-gastrin or DP-gastrin having 14 or 16 carbon atom acyl chains, respectively. The fluorescence emission from the two Trp residues of these lipopeptides exhibited little or no blue shift upon addition of liposomes of egg-phosphatidylethanolamine containing 5 mol% G(D1a). Iodide quenching of DP-gastrin fluorescence was also independent of lipid. These results indicate that the peptide moiety is exposed to the aqueous environment even though the lipopeptide is firmly anchored to the membrane. Both DM and DP-gastrin markedly raise the bilayer to hexagonal phase transition temperature of dipalmitoleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine. However, DM-E5 lowers this phase transition temperature. These lipopeptides have effects on the overall fusion of Sendai virus to liposomes in accord with their opposite effects on lipid curvature. The lipogastrins are potent inhibitors of viral fusion, while DM-E5 slightly promotes this process. Truncated forms of DM-gastrin are also inhibitory to viral fusion, but are less inhibitory than the full lipopeptide. Analysis of the fusion kinetics shows that DP-gastrin causes a reduction in the final extent of fusion and a marked lowering of the fusion rate constant. Binding of Sendai virus to the ganglioside receptor-containing liposomes was not affected. Consideration of the various contributions to the mechanism of inhibition of viral fusion suggests that effects of lipogastrin on membrane intrinsic monolayer curvature is of primary importance.
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- R F Epand
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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