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Mirzakhanyan Y, Jankevics A, Scheltema RA, Gershon PD. Combination of deep XLMS with deep learning reveals an ordered rearrangement and assembly of a major protein component of the vaccinia virion. mBio 2023; 14:e0113523. [PMID: 37646531 PMCID: PMC10653903 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01135-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/01/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE An outstanding problem in the understanding of poxvirus biology is the molecular structure of the mature virion. Via deep learning methods combined with chemical cross-linking mass spectrometry, we have addressed the structure and assembly pathway of P4a, a key poxvirus virion core component.
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- Yeva Mirzakhanyan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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Gao Z, He X, Chen G, Fang Y, Meng Z, Tian H, Zhang H, Jing Z. The Viral Protein Poly(A) Polymerase Catalytic Subunit Interacts with Guanylate-Binding Proteins 2 to Antagonize the Antiviral Ability of Targeting Ectromelia Virus. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:15750. [PMID: 37958732 PMCID: PMC10648259 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242115750] [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: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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The recent spread of the monkeypox virus among humans has heightened concerns regarding orthopoxvirus infections. Consequently, conducting a comprehensive study on the immunobiology of the monkeypox virus is imperative for the development of effective therapeutics. Ectromelia virus (ECTV) closely resembles the genetic and disease characteristics of monkeypox virus, making it a valuable research tool for studying orthopoxvirus-host interactions. Guanylate-binding proteins (GBPs), highly expressed interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs), have antagonistic effects against various intracellular pathogenic microorganisms. Our previous research has shown that GBP2 has a mild but statistically significant inhibitory effect on ECTV infection. The presence of a significant number of molecules in the poxvirus genome that encode the host immune response raises questions about whether it also includes proteins that counteract the antiviral activity of GBP2. Using IP/MS and co-IP technology, we discovered that the poly(A) polymerase catalytic subunit (PAPL) protein of ECTV is a viral regulatory molecule that interacts with GBP2. Further studies have shown that PAPL antagonizes the antiviral activity of GBP2 by reducing its protein levels. Knocking out the PAPL gene of ECTV with the CRISPR/Cas9 system significantly diminishes the replication ability of the virus, indicating the indispensable role of PAPL in the replication process of ECTV. In conclusion, our study presents preliminary evidence supporting the significance of PAPL as a virulence factor that can interact with GBP2.
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- Zhenzhen Gao
- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China; (Z.G.); (X.H.); (G.C.); (Y.F.); (H.T.); (H.Z.)
- School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;
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Bidgood SR, Samolej J, Novy K, Collopy A, Albrecht D, Krause M, Burden JJ, Wollscheid B, Mercer J. Poxviruses package viral redox proteins in lateral bodies and modulate the host oxidative response. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010614. [PMID: 35834477 PMCID: PMC9282662 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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All poxviruses contain a set of proteinaceous structures termed lateral bodies (LB) that deliver viral effector proteins into the host cytosol during virus entry. To date, the spatial proteotype of LBs remains unknown. Using the prototypic poxvirus, vaccinia virus (VACV), we employed a quantitative comparative mass spectrometry strategy to determine the poxvirus LB proteome. We identified a large population of candidate cellular proteins, the majority being mitochondrial, and 15 candidate viral LB proteins. Strikingly, one-third of these are VACV redox proteins whose LB residency could be confirmed using super-resolution microscopy. We show that VACV infection exerts an anti-oxidative effect on host cells and that artificial induction of oxidative stress impacts early and late gene expression as well as virion production. Using targeted repression and/or deletion viruses we found that deletion of individual LB-redox proteins was insufficient for host redox modulation suggesting there may be functional redundancy. In addition to defining the spatial proteotype of VACV LBs, these findings implicate poxvirus redox proteins as potential modulators of host oxidative anti-viral responses and provide a solid starting point for future investigations into the role of LB resident proteins in host immunomodulation.
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- Susanna R. Bidgood
- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), Zürich, Switzerland
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Translational Medicine (ITM), Zürich, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Combined Proteomics/Genomics Approach Reveals Proteomic Changes of Mature Virions as a Novel Poxvirus Adaptation Mechanism. Viruses 2017; 9:v9110337. [PMID: 29125539 PMCID: PMC5707544 DOI: 10.3390/v9110337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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DNA viruses, like poxviruses, possess a highly stable genome, suggesting that adaptation of virus particles to specific cell types is not restricted to genomic changes. Cowpox viruses are zoonotic poxviruses with an extraordinarily broad host range, demonstrating their adaptive potential in vivo. To elucidate adaptation mechanisms of poxviruses, we isolated cowpox virus particles from a rat and passaged them five times in a human and a rat cell line. Subsequently, we analyzed the proteome and genome of the non-passaged virions and each passage. While the overall viral genome sequence was stable during passaging, proteomics revealed multiple changes in the virion composition. Interestingly, an increased viral fitness in human cells was observed in the presence of increased immunomodulatory protein amounts. As the only minor variant with increasing frequency during passaging was located in a viral RNA polymerase subunit and, moreover, most minor variants were found in transcription-associated genes, protein amounts were presumably regulated at transcription level. This study is the first comparative proteome analysis of virus particles before and after cell culture propagation, revealing proteomic changes as a novel poxvirus adaptation mechanism.
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Protein Primary Structure of the Vaccinia Virion at Increased Resolution. J Virol 2016; 90:9905-9919. [PMID: 27558425 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01042-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Here we examine the protein covalent structure of the vaccinia virus virion. Within two virion preparations, >88% of the theoretical vaccinia virus-encoded proteome was detected with high confidence, including the first detection of products from 27 open reading frames (ORFs) previously designated "predicted," "uncharacterized," "inferred," or "hypothetical" polypeptides containing as few as 39 amino acids (aa) and six proteins whose detection required nontryptic proteolysis. We also detected the expression of four short ORFs, each of which was located within an ORF ("ORF-within-ORF"), including one not previously recognized or known to be expressed. Using quantitative mass spectrometry (MS), between 58 and 74 proteins were determined to be packaged. A total of 63 host proteins were also identified as candidates for packaging. Evidence is provided that some portion of virion proteins are "nicked" via a combination of endoproteolysis and concerted exoproteolysis in a manner, and at sites, independent of virus origin or laboratory procedures. The size of the characterized virion phosphoproteome was doubled from 189 (J. Matson, W. Chou, T. Ngo, and P. D. Gershon, Virology 452-453:310-323, 2014, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2014.01.012) to 396 confident, unique phosphorylation sites, 268 of which were within the packaged proteome. This included the unambiguous identification of phosphorylation "hot spots" within virion proteins. Using isotopically enriched ATP, 23 sites of intravirion kinase phosphorylation were detected within nine virion proteins, all at sites already partially occupied within the virion preparations. The clear phosphorylation of proteins RAP94 and RP19 was consistent with the roles of these proteins in intravirion early gene transcription. In a blind search for protein modifications, cysteine glutathionylation and O-linked glycosylation featured prominently. We provide evidence for the phosphoglycosylation of vaccinia virus proteins. IMPORTANCE Poxviruses are among the most complex and irregular virions, about whose internal structure little is known. To better understand poxvirus virion structure, imaging should be supplemented with other tools. Here, we provide a deep study of the covalent structure of the vaccinia virus virion using the various tools of contemporary mass spectrometry.
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Bidgood SR, Mercer J. Cloak and Dagger: Alternative Immune Evasion and Modulation Strategies of Poxviruses. Viruses 2015; 7:4800-25. [PMID: 26308043 PMCID: PMC4576205 DOI: 10.3390/v7082844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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As all viruses rely on cellular factors throughout their replication cycle, to be successful they must evolve strategies to evade and/or manipulate the defence mechanisms employed by the host cell. In addition to their expression of a wide array of host modulatory factors, several recent studies have suggested that poxviruses may have evolved unique mechanisms to shunt or evade host detection. These potential mechanisms include mimicry of apoptotic bodies by mature virions (MVs), the use of viral sub-structures termed lateral bodies for the packaging and delivery of host modulators, and the formation of a second, “cloaked” form of infectious extracellular virus (EVs). Here we discuss these various strategies and how they may facilitate poxvirus immune evasion. Finally we propose a model for the exploitation of the cellular exosome pathway for the formation of EVs.
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- Susanna R Bidgood
- Medical Research Council-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- Medical Research Council-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Mazzon M, Castro C, Roberts LD, Griffin JL, Smith GL. A role for vaccinia virus protein C16 in reprogramming cellular energy metabolism. J Gen Virol 2014; 96:395-407. [PMID: 25351724 PMCID: PMC4298679 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.069591-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) is a large DNA virus that replicates in the cytoplasm and encodes about 200 proteins of which approximately 50 % may be non-essential for viral replication. These proteins enable VACV to suppress transcription and translation of cellular genes, to inhibit the innate immune response, to exploit microtubule- and actin-based transport for virus entry and spread, and to subvert cellular metabolism for the benefit of the virus. VACV strain WR protein C16 induces stabilization of the hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF)-1α by binding to the cellular oxygen sensor prolylhydroxylase domain-containing protein (PHD)2. Stabilization of HIF-1α is induced by several virus groups, but the purpose and consequences are unclear. Here, 1H-NMR spectroscopy and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry are used to investigate the metabolic alterations during VACV infection in HeLa and 2FTGH cells. The role of C16 in such alterations was examined by comparing infection to WT VACV (strain WR) and a derivative virus lacking gene C16L (vΔC16). Compared with uninfected cells, VACV infection caused increased nucleotide and glutamine metabolism. In addition, there were increased concentrations of glutamine derivatives in cells infected with WT VACV compared with vΔC16. This indicates that C16 contributes to enhanced glutamine metabolism and this may help preserve tricarboxylic acid cycle activity. These data show that VACV infection reprogrammes cellular energy metabolism towards increased synthesis of the metabolic precursors utilized during viral replication, and that C16 contributes to this anabolic reprogramming of the cell, probably via the stabilization of HIF-1α.
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- Michela Mazzon
- Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulborn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK.,Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Fulborn Road, Cambridge CB1 9NL, UK.,Department of Biochemistry and Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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Li SN, Wang JY, Yuan MJ, Yang K. Disruption of the baculovirus core gene ac78 results in decreased production of multiple nucleocapsid-enveloped occlusion-derived virions and the failure of primary infection in vivo. Virus Res 2014; 191:70-82. [PMID: 25087880 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Revised: 07/19/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) ac78 gene is one of the baculovirus core genes. Recent studies showed that ac78 is essential for budded virion (BV) production and the embedding of occlusion-derived virion (ODV) into occlusion body during the AcMNPV life cycle. Here, we report that an ac78-knockout AcMNPV (vAc78KO) constructed in this study had different phenotypes than those described in the previous studies. A few infectious BVs were detected using titer assays, immunoblot analyses and plaque assays, indicating that ac78 is not essential for BV formation. Electron microscopy confirmed that the ac78 deletion did not affect nucleocapsid assembly and ODV formation. However, the numbers of multiple nucleocapsid-enveloped ODVs and ODV-embedded occlusion bodies were significantly decreased. Subsequently, the highly conserved amino acid residues 2-25 and 64-88 of Ac78, which are homologous to an oxidoreductase and cytochrome c oxidase, respectively, were demonstrated to play a crucial role in the morphogenesis of multiple nucleocapsid-enveloped ODV. Immunoblot analysis found that Ac78 was an ODV envelope-associated protein. Consistently, amino acid residues 56-93 of Ac78 were identified as an inner nuclear membrane sorting motif, which may direct the localization of Ac78 to the ODV envelope. In vivo infectivity assays showed that the occlusion bodies of vAc78KO were unable to establish primary infection in the midgut of Trichoplusia ni larvae. Taken together, our results suggest that ac78 plays an important role in BV production and proper multiple nucleocapsid-enveloped ODV formation, as well as AcMNPV primary infection in vivo.
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- Sai-Nan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; Department of Biology, Zhaoqing University, Zhaoqing 526061, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
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Hanschmann EM, Godoy JR, Berndt C, Hudemann C, Lillig CH. Thioredoxins, glutaredoxins, and peroxiredoxins--molecular mechanisms and health significance: from cofactors to antioxidants to redox signaling. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 19:1539-605. [PMID: 23397885 PMCID: PMC3797455 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 493] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Thioredoxins (Trxs), glutaredoxins (Grxs), and peroxiredoxins (Prxs) have been characterized as electron donors, guards of the intracellular redox state, and "antioxidants". Today, these redox catalysts are increasingly recognized for their specific role in redox signaling. The number of publications published on the functions of these proteins continues to increase exponentially. The field is experiencing an exciting transformation, from looking at a general redox homeostasis and the pathological oxidative stress model to realizing redox changes as a part of localized, rapid, specific, and reversible redox-regulated signaling events. This review summarizes the almost 50 years of research on these proteins, focusing primarily on data from vertebrates and mammals. The role of Trx fold proteins in redox signaling is discussed by looking at reaction mechanisms, reversible oxidative post-translational modifications of proteins, and characterized interaction partners. On the basis of this analysis, the specific regulatory functions are exemplified for the cellular processes of apoptosis, proliferation, and iron metabolism. The importance of Trxs, Grxs, and Prxs for human health is addressed in the second part of this review, that is, their potential impact and functions in different cell types, tissues, and various pathological conditions.
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- Eva-Maria Hanschmann
- Institute for Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Medicine, Ernst-Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Molecular Diagnostics, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Medicine, Ernst-Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
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Schmidt F, Bleck C, Reh L, Novy K, Wollscheid B, Helenius A, Stahlberg H, Mercer J. Vaccinia Virus Entry Is Followed by Core Activation and Proteasome-Mediated Release of the Immunomodulatory Effector VH1 from Lateral Bodies. Cell Rep 2013; 4:464-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The myristate moiety and amino terminus of vaccinia virus l1 constitute a bipartite functional region needed for entry. J Virol 2012; 86:5437-51. [PMID: 22398293 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06703-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) L1 is a myristoylated envelope protein which is required for cell entry and the fusion of infected cells. L1 associates with members of the entry-fusion complex (EFC), but its specific role in entry has not been delineated. We recently demonstrated (Foo CH, et al., Virology 385:368-382, 2009) that soluble L1 binds to cells and blocks entry, suggesting that L1 serves as the receptor-binding protein for entry. Our goal is to identify the structural domains of L1 which are essential for its functions in VACV entry. We hypothesized that the myristate and the conserved residues at the N terminus of L1 are critical for entry. To test our hypothesis, we generated mutants in the N terminus of L1 and used a complementation assay to evaluate their ability to rescue infectivity. We also assessed the myristoylation efficiency of the mutants and their ability to interact with the EFC. We found that the N terminus of L1 constitutes a region that is critical for the infectivity of VACV and for myristoylation. At the same time, the nonmyristoylated mutants were incorporated into mature virions, suggesting that the myristate is not required for the association of L1 with the viral membrane. Although some of the mutants exhibited altered structural conformations, two mutants with impaired infectivity were similar in conformation to wild-type L1. Importantly, these two mutants, with changes at A4 and A5, undergo myristoylation. Overall, our results imply dual differential roles for myristate and the amino acids at the N terminus of L1. We propose a myristoyl switch model to describe how L1 functions.
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Hakim M, Fass D. Cytosolic disulfide bond formation in cells infected with large nucleocytoplasmic DNA viruses. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010; 13:1261-71. [PMID: 20136503 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Proteins that have evolved to contain stabilizing disulfide bonds generally fold in a membrane-delimited compartment in the cell [i.e., the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or the mitochondrial intermembrane space (IMS)]. These compartments contain sulfhydryl oxidase enzymes that catalyze the pairing and oxidation of cysteine residues. In contrast, most proteins in a healthy cytosol are maintained in reduced form through surveillance by NADPH-dependent reductases and the lack of sulfhydryl oxidases. Nevertheless, one of the core functionalities that unify the broad and diverse set of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) is the ability to catalyze disulfide formation in the cytosol. The substrates of this activity are proteins that contribute to the assembly, structure, and infectivity of the virions. If the last common ancestor of NCLDVs was present during eukaryogenesis as has been proposed, it is interesting to speculate that viral disulfide bond formation pathways may have predated oxidative protein folding in intracellular organelles.
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- Motti Hakim
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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McNulty S, Bornmann W, Schriewer J, Werner C, Smith SK, Olson VA, Damon IK, Buller RM, Heuser J, Kalman D. Multiple phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases regulate vaccinia virus morphogenesis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10884. [PMID: 20526370 PMCID: PMC2878334 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Poxvirus morphogenesis is a complex process that involves the successive wrapping of the virus in host cell membranes. We screened by plaque assay a focused library of kinase inhibitors for those that caused a reduction in viral growth and identified several compounds that selectively inhibit phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K). Previous studies demonstrated that PI3Ks mediate poxviral entry. Using growth curves and electron microscopy in conjunction with inhibitors, we show that that PI3Ks additionally regulate morphogenesis at two distinct steps: immature to mature virion (IMV) transition, and IMV envelopment to form intracellular enveloped virions (IEV). Cells derived from animals lacking the p85 regulatory subunit of Type I PI3Ks (p85α−/−β−/−) presented phenotypes similar to those observed with PI3K inhibitors. In addition, VV appear to redundantly use PI3Ks, as PI3K inhibitors further reduce plaque size and number in p85α−/−β−/− cells. Together, these data provide evidence for a novel regulatory mechanism for virion morphogenesis involving phosphatidylinositol dynamics and may represent a new therapeutic target to contain poxviruses.
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- Shannon McNulty
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Graduate Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Poxvirus Team, Poxvirus and Rabies Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Viral and Enteric Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Bisht H, Brown E, Moss B. Kinetics and intracellular location of intramolecular disulfide bond formation mediated by the cytoplasmic redox system encoded by vaccinia virus. Virology 2009; 398:187-93. [PMID: 20042211 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.11.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2009] [Revised: 10/25/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Poxviruses encode a redox system for intramolecular disulfide bond formation in cytoplasmic domains of viral proteins. Our objectives were to determine the kinetics and intracellular location of disulfide bond formation. The vaccinia virus L1 myristoylated membrane protein, used as an example, has three intramolecular disulfide bonds. Reduced and disulfide-bonded forms of L1 were distinguished by electrophoretic mobility and reactivity with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. Because disulfide bonds formed during 5 min pulse labeling with radioactive amino acids, a protocol was devised in which dithiothreitol was present at this step. Disulfide bond formation was detected by 2 min after removal of reducing agent and was nearly complete in 10 min. When the penultimate glycine residue was mutated to prevent myristoylation, L1 was mistargeted to the endoplasmic reticulum and disulfide bond formation failed to occur. These data suggested that viral membrane association was required for oxidation of L1, providing specificity for the process.
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- Himani Bisht
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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Disulfide bond formation at the C termini of vaccinia virus A26 and A27 proteins does not require viral redox enzymes and suppresses glycosaminoglycan-mediated cell fusion. J Virol 2009; 83:6464-76. [PMID: 19369327 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02295-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus A26 protein is an envelope protein of the intracellular mature virus (IMV) of vaccinia virus. A mutant A26 protein with a truncation of the 74 C-terminal amino acids was expressed in infected cells but failed to be incorporated into IMV (W. L. Chiu, C. L. Lin, M. H. Yang, D. L. Tzou, and W. Chang, J. Virol 81:2149-2157, 2007). Here, we demonstrate that A27 protein formed a protein complex with the full-length form but not with the truncated form of A26 protein in infected cells as well as in IMV. The formation of the A26-A27 protein complex occurred prior to virion assembly and did not require another A27-binding protein, A17 protein, in the infected cells. A26 protein contains six cysteine residues, and in vitro mutagenesis showed that Cys441 and Cys442 mediated intermolecular disulfide bonds with Cys71 and Cys72 of viral A27 protein, whereas Cys43 and Cys342 mediated intramolecular disulfide bonds. A26 and A27 proteins formed disulfide-linked complexes in transfected 293T cells, showing that the intermolecular disulfide bond formation did not depend on viral redox pathways. Finally, using cell fusion from within and fusion from without, we demonstrate that cell surface glycosaminoglycan is important for virus-cell fusion and that A26 protein, by forming complexes with A27 protein, partially suppresses fusion.
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Bacik JP, Hazes B. Crystal Structures of a Poxviral Glutaredoxin in the Oxidized and Reduced States Show Redox-correlated Structural Changes. J Mol Biol 2007; 365:1545-58. [PMID: 17137595 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2006] [Revised: 10/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Glutaredoxins act as reducing agents for the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (R1) in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes, including humans. The same relationship has been proposed for the glutaredoxin and R1 proteins expressed by all orthopoxviruses, including vaccinia, variola, and ectromelia virus. Interestingly, the orthopoxviral proteins share 45% and 78% sequence identity with human glutaredoxin-1 (Grx-1) and R1, respectively. To study structure-function relationships of the vertebrate Grx-1 family, and reveal potential viral adaptations, we have determined crystal structures of the ectromelia virus glutaredoxin, EVM053, in the oxidized and reduced states. The structures show a large redox-induced conformational rearrangement of Tyr21 and Thr22 near the active site. We predict that the movement of Tyr21 is a viral-specific adaptation that increases the redox potential by stabilizing the reduced state. The conformational switch of Thr22 appears to be shared by vertebrate Grx-1 and may affect the strictly conserved Lys20. A crystal packing-induced structural change in residues 68-70 affects the GSH-binding loop, and our structures reveal a potential interaction network that connects the GSH-binding loop and the active site. EVM053 also exhibits a novel cis-proline (Pro53) in a loop that has been shown to contribute to R1-binding in Escherichia coli Grx-1. The cis-peptide bond of Pro53 may be required to promote electrostatic interactions between Lys52 and the C-terminal carboxylate of R1. Finally, dimethylarsenite was covalently attached to Cys23 in one reduced EVM053 structure and our preliminary data show that EVM053 has dimethylarsenate reductase activity.
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- John-Paul Bacik
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, 1-15 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
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Resch W, Hixson KK, Moore RJ, Lipton MS, Moss B. Protein composition of the vaccinia virus mature virion. Virology 2006; 358:233-47. [PMID: 17005230 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2006] [Revised: 08/03/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The protein content of vaccinia virus mature virions, purified by rate zonal and isopycnic centrifugations and solubilized by SDS or a solution of urea and thiourea, was determined by the accurate mass and time tag technology which uses both tandem mass spectrometry and Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry to detect tryptic peptides separated by high-resolution liquid chromatography. Eighty vaccinia virus-encoded proteins representing 37% of the 218 genes annotated in the complete genome sequence were detected in at least three analyses. Ten proteins accounted for approximately 80% of the virion mass. Thirteen identified proteins were not previously reported as components of virions. On the other hand, 8 previously described virion proteins were not detected here, presumably due to technical reasons including small size and hydrophobicity. In addition to vaccinia virus-encoded proteins, 24 host proteins omitting isoforms were detected. The most abundant of these were cytoskeletal proteins, heat shock proteins and proteins involved in translation.
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- Wolfgang Resch
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0445, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445, USA
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Poxviruses comprise a large family of viruses characterized by a large, linear dsDNA genome, a cytoplasmic site of replication and a complex virion morphology. The most notorious member of the poxvirus family is variola, the causative agent of smallpox. The laboratory prototype virus used for the study of poxviruses is vaccinia, the virus that was used as a live, naturally attenuated vaccine for the eradication of smallpox. Both the morphogenesis and structure of poxvirus virions are unique among viruses. Poxvirus virions apparently lack any of the symmetry features common to other viruses such as helical or icosahedral capsids or nucleocapsids. Instead poxvirus virions appear as "brick shaped" or "ovoid" membrane-bound particles with a complex internal structure featuring a walled, biconcave core flanked by "lateral bodies." The virion assembly pathway involves a remarkable fabrication of membrane-containing crescents and immature virions, which evolve into mature virions in a process that is unparalleled in virology. As a result of significant advances in poxvirus genetics and molecular biology during the past 15 years, we can now positively identify over 70 specific gene products contained in poxvirus virions, and we can describe the effects of mutations in over 50 specific genes on poxvirus assembly. This review summarizes these advances and attempts to assemble them into a comprehensible and thoughtful picture of poxvirus structure and assembly.
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- Richard C Condit
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610, USA
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Rodríguez I, Redrejo-Rodríguez M, Rodríguez JM, Alejo A, Salas J, Salas ML. African swine fever virus pB119L protein is a flavin adenine dinucleotide-linked sulfhydryl oxidase. J Virol 2006; 80:3157-66. [PMID: 16537584 PMCID: PMC1440384 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.7.3157-3166.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Protein pB119L of African swine fever virus belongs to the Erv1p/Alrp family of sulfhydryl oxidases and has been described as a late nonstructural protein required for correct virus assembly. To further our knowledge of the function of protein pB119L during the virus life cycle, we have investigated whether this protein possesses sulfhydryl oxidase activity, using a purified recombinant protein. We show that the purified protein contains bound flavin adenine dinucleotide and is capable of catalyzing the formation of disulfide bonds both in a protein substrate and in the small molecule dithiothreitol, the catalytic activity being comparable to that of the Erv1p protein. Furthermore, protein pB119L contains the cysteines of its active-site motif CXXC, predominantly in an oxidized state, and forms noncovalently bound dimers in infected cells. We also show in coimmunoprecipitation experiments that protein pB119L interacts with the viral protein pA151R, which contains a CXXC motif similar to that present in thioredoxins. Protein pA151R, in turn, was found to interact with the viral structural protein pE248R, which contains disulfide bridges and belongs to a class of myristoylated proteins related to vaccinia virus L1R, one of the substrates of the redox pathway encoded by this virus. These results suggest the existence in African swine fever virus of a system for the formation of disulfide bonds constituted at least by proteins pB119L and pA151R and identify protein pE248R as a possible final substrate of this pathway.
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- Irene Rodríguez
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Chung CS, Chen CH, Ho MY, Huang CY, Liao CL, Chang W. Vaccinia virus proteome: identification of proteins in vaccinia virus intracellular mature virion particles. J Virol 2006; 80:2127-40. [PMID: 16474121 PMCID: PMC1395410 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.5.2127-2140.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 12/05/2005] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Vaccinia virus is a large enveloped poxvirus with more than 200 genes in its genome. Although many poxvirus genomes have been sequenced, knowledge of the host and viral protein components of the virions remains incomplete. In this study, we used gel-free liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectroscopy to identify the viral and host proteins in purified vaccinia intracellular mature virions (IMV). Analysis of the proteins in the IMV showed that it contains 75 viral proteins, including structural proteins, enzymes, transcription factors, and predicted viral proteins not known to be expressed or present in the IMV. We also determined the relative abundances of the individual protein components in the IMV. Finally, 23 IMV-associated host proteins were also identified. This study provides the first comprehensive structural analysis of the infectious vaccinia virus IMV.
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- Che-Sheng Chung
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Chiu WL, Szajner P, Moss B, Chang W. Effects of a temperature sensitivity mutation in the J1R protein component of a complex required for vaccinia virus assembly. J Virol 2005; 79:8046-56. [PMID: 15956550 PMCID: PMC1143739 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.13.8046-8056.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Vaccinia virus J1R protein is required for virion morphogenesis (W. L. Chiu and W. Chang, J. Virol. 76:9575-9587, 2002). In this work, we further characterized the J1R protein of wild-type vaccinia virus and compared it with the protein encoded by the temperature-sensitive mutant virus Cts45. The mutant Cts45 was found to contain a Pro-to-Ser substitution at residue 132 of the J1R open reading frame, which is responsible for a loss-of-function phenotype. The half-life of the J1R-P132S mutant protein was comparable at both 31 and 39 degrees C, indicating that the P132S mutation did not affect the stability of the J1R protein. We also showed that the J1R protein interacts with itself in the virus-infected cells. The N-terminal region of the J1R protein, amino acids (aa) 1 to 77, interacted with the C-terminal region, aa 84 to 153, and the P132 mutation did not abolish this interaction, as determined by two-hybrid analysis. Furthermore, we demonstrated that J1R protein is part of a viral complex containing the A30L, G7L, and F10L proteins in virus-infected cells. In immunofluorescence analyses, wild-type J1R protein colocalized with the A30L, G7L, and F10L proteins in virus-infected cells but the loss-of-function P132 mutant did not. Furthermore, without a functional J1R protein, rapid degradation of A30L and the 15-kDa forms of the G7L and F10L proteins was observed in cells infected with Cts45 at 39 degrees C. This study thus demonstrated the importance of the J1R protein in the formation of a viral assembly complex required for morphogenesis.
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- Wen-Ling Chiu
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 11529, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Kim HG, Kim JH, Kim BC, Park EH, Lim CJ. Carbon source-dependent regulation of a second gene encoding glutaredoxin from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Biol Rep 2005; 32:15-24. [PMID: 15865206 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-004-3213-0] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Glutaredoxin (Grx), also known as thioltransferase (TTase), is an enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a variety of disulfide compounds, including protein disulfides, in the presence of reduced glutathione. A second gene encoding Grx (Grx2) was cloned from the chromosomal DNA of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The determined DNA sequence contains 1645 bp which is able to encode a polypeptide of 110 amino acids with a molecular mass of 12.2 kDa. The genomic DNA consists of 4 exons and 3 introns. The isolated gene was found to produce functional glutaredoxin that could accelerate the growth of the fission yeast, and is highly expressed at the mid- and late exponential phases. Aluminum, cadmium and hydrogen peroxide marginally enhanced the synthesis of beta-galactosidase from the Grx2-lacZ fusion gene. Shifts to lower concentrations (0.2, 0.4 or 0.8%) of D-glucose significantly enhanced the synthesis of beta-galactosidase from the Grx2-lacZ fusion gene. And shifts to sucrose (0.2, 0.4, 0.8 or 1.6%) as a sole carbon source markedly enhanced the synthesis of beta-galactosidase from the Grx2-lacZ fusion gene, the degree of which was inversely dependent on concentration. However, nonfermentable carbon sources reduced the expression of the Grx2 gene due to their growth arrest. The transcription factor Pap1 is not involved in the basal expression and induction of the Grx2 gene. The Grx2 protein was subcellularly localized in the nucleus of the yeast cells. Our results indicate that the Grx2 protein, located in the nucleus, is linked with the yeast growth, and that the gene is regulated by carbon sources.
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- Hong-Gyum Kim
- Division of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea
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Yao XD, Evans DH. High-frequency genetic recombination and reactivation of orthopoxviruses from DNA fragments transfected into leporipoxvirus-infected cells. J Virol 2003; 77:7281-90. [PMID: 12805426 PMCID: PMC164822 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.13.7281-7290.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Poxvirus DNA is not infectious because establishing an infection requires the activities of enzymes packaged in the virion. This barrier can be overcome by transfecting virus DNA into cells previously infected with another poxvirus, since the resident virus can provide the trans-acting systems needed to reactivate transfected DNA. In this study we show that cells infected with a leporipoxvirus, Shope fibroma virus (SFV), can reactivate vaccinia virus DNA. Similar heterologous packaging systems which used fowlpox-infected cells to reactivate vaccinia virus have been described, but SFV-infected cells promoted a far more efficient reaction that can produce virus titers exceeding 10(6) PFU/ micro g of transfected DNA. SFV-promoted reactions also exploit the hyperrecombinogenic systems previously characterized in SFV-infected cells, and these coupled recombination and reactivation reactions could be used to delete nonessential regions of the vaccinia virus genome and to reconstruct vaccinia virus from overlapping DNA fragments. SFV-catalyzed recombination reactions need only two 18- to 20-bp homologies to target PCR amplicons to restriction enzyme-cut vaccinia virus vectors, and this reaction feature was used to rapidly clone and express a gene encoding fluorescent green protein without the need for plaque purification or selectable markers. The ability of SFV-infected cells to reactivate fragments of vaccinia virus was ultimately limited by the number of recombinational exchanges required and one cannot reconstruct vaccinia virus from multiple PCR fragments spanning essential portions of the genome. These observations suggest that recombination is an integral part of poxvirus reactivation reactions and provide a useful new technique for altering the structure of poxvirus genomes.
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- Xiao-Dan Yao
- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Otsuka M, Aizaki H, Kato N, Suzuki T, Miyamura T, Omata M, Seki N. Differential cellular gene expression induced by hepatitis B and C viruses. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 300:443-7. [PMID: 12504104 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02861-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a hepatotropic virus that causes acute and chronic hepatocellular injury and hepatocellular carcinoma. To clarify how HBV proteins regulate host cellular gene expression, we used our in-house cDNA microarray and HepG2.2.15 cells, which are derived from HepG2 cells and produce all HBV proteins. Of 2304 genes investigated, several genes were differentially expressed in HepG2.2.15 cells compared with HepG2 cells. These genes included insulin-like growth factor II and alpha-fetoprotein, consistent with previous reports. Furthermore, we previously performed similar microarray analyses to clarify the effects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins on host cells, using a HepG2-derivative cell line, which produces all HCV proteins. Using these two microarray results, we compared the differences in cellular gene expression induced by HBV and HCV proteins. The expression of the majority of genes investigated differed only slightly between HBV and HCV protein-producing cells. However, HBV and HCV proteins clearly regulated several genes in a reciprocal manner. Combined, these microarray results shed new light on the effects of HBV proteins on cellular gene expression and on the differences in the pathogenic activities of these two hepatitis viruses.
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- Motoyuki Otsuka
- Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
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Chiu WL, Chang W. Vaccinia virus J1R protein: a viral membrane protein that is essential for virion morphogenesis. J Virol 2002; 76:9575-87. [PMID: 12208937 PMCID: PMC136503 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.19.9575-9587.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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, a member of the poxvirus family, contains a conserved J1R open reading frame that encodes a late protein of 17.8 kDa. The 18-kDa J1R protein is associated mainly with the membrane fraction of intracellular mature virus particles. This study examines the biological function of J1R protein in the vaccinia virus life cycle. A recombinant vaccinia virus was constructed to conditionally express J1R protein in an isopropyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside (IPTG)-inducible manner. When J1R is not expressed during vaccinia virus infection, the virus titer is reduced approximately 100-fold. In contrast, J1R protein is not required for viral gene expression, as indicated by protein pulse-labeling. J1R protein is also not required for DNA processing, as the resolution of the concatemer junctions of replicated viral DNA was detected without IPTG. A deficiency of J1R protein caused a severe delay in the processing of p4a and p4b into mature core proteins 4a and 4b, indicating that J1R protein participates in virion morphogenesis. Infected cells grown in the absence of IPTG contained very few intracellular mature virions in the cytoplasm, and enlarged viroplasm structures accumulated with viral crescents attached at the periphery. Abundant intermediate membrane structures of abnormal shapes were observed, and many immature virions were either empty or partially filled, indicating that J1R protein is important for DNA packaging into immature virions. J1R protein also coimmunoprecipited with A45R protein in infected cells. In summary, these results indicate that vaccinia virus J1R is a membrane protein that is required for virus growth and plaque formation. J1R protein interacts with A45R protein and performs an important role during immature virion formation in cultured cells.
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- Wen-Ling Chiu
- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center. Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Senkevich TG, White CL, Weisberg A, Granek JA, Wolffe EJ, Koonin EV, Moss B. Expression of the vaccinia virus A2.5L redox protein is required for virion morphogenesis. Virology 2002; 300:296-303. [PMID: 12350360 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this article we report the initial biochemical, genetic, and electron microscopic analysis of a previously uncharacterized, 8.9-kDa, predicted thiol-redox protein. The name A2.5L was assigned to the corresponding vaccinia virus gene, which is conserved in all sequenced poxviruses. Multiple alignment analysis and secondary structure prediction indicated that the A2.5L gene product is an all-alpha-helical protein with a conserved Cxx(x)C motif in the N-terminal alpha-helix. The DNA replication requirement and kinetics of A2.5L protein accumulation in virus-infected cells were typical of a late gene product, in agreement with the predicted promoter sequence. The A2.5L protein was a monomer under reducing conditions, but was mostly associated with the vaccinia virus E10R redox protein as a heterodimer under nonreducing conditions. The A2.5L protein was detected in virus particles at various stages of assembly, suggesting that it is an integral component of intracellular virions. An inducer-dependent A2.5L null mutant was constructed: in the absence of inducer, infectious virus formation was abolished and electron microscopy revealed an assembly block with an accumulation of crescent membranes and immature virions. This stage of assembly block was similar to that occurring when the E10R and G4L redox proteins were repressed, which is compatible with the involvement of E10R, A2.5L, and G4L in the same redox pathway.
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- Tatiana G Senkevich
- Laboratory of viral Deseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Desseases, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Damaso CRA, Oliveira MF, Massarani SM, Moussatché N. Azathioprine inhibits vaccinia virus replication in both BSC-40 and RAG cell lines acting on different stages of virus cycle. Virology 2002; 300:79-91. [PMID: 12202208 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In the present study we demonstrate that azathioprine (AZA) inhibits vaccinia virus (VV) replication in both BSC-40 and RAG cell lines, acting on different stages of virus cycle. In BSC-40 cells, early protein synthesis was not significantly affected, but late gene expression was severely impaired. In RAG cells all stages of gene expression were completed during synchronous infection in the presence of the drug. The onset of DNA replication was not affected in RAG cells, but a severe inhibition was observed in BSC-40 cells. Electron microscopic analysis of VV-infected RAG cells treated with AZA revealed brick-shaped particles presenting abnormal definition of the internal structure. Purified virions from AZA-treated RAG cells presented several modifications of the protein content, a lesser amount of DNA, and a lower PFU:particle ratio. Our results suggest that in VV-infected RAG cells AZA interfered with virus morphogenesis, whereas in BSC-40 cells the replicative cycle was inhibited at the DNA replication stage.
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- Clarissa R A Damaso
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Vi;rus, Instituto de Biofi;sica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Shchelkunov SN, Totmenin AV, Safronov PF, Mikheev MV, Gutorov VV, Ryazankina OI, Petrov NA, Babkin IV, Uvarova EA, Sandakhchiev LS, Sisler JR, Esposito JJ, Damon IK, Jahrling PB, Moss B. Analysis of the monkeypox virus genome. Virology 2002; 297:172-94. [PMID: 12083817 PMCID: PMC9534300 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Monkeypox virus (MPV) belongs to the orthopoxvirus genus of the family Poxviridae, is endemic in parts of Africa, and causes a human disease that resembles smallpox. The 196,858-bp MPV genome was analyzed with regard to structural features and open reading frames. Each end of the genome contains an identical but oppositely oriented 6379-bp terminal inverted repetition, which similar to that of other orthopoxviruses, includes a putative telomere resolution sequence and short tandem repeats. Computer-assisted analysis was used to identify 190 open reading frames containing >/=60 amino acid residues. Of these, four were present within the inverted terminal repetition. MPV contained the known essential orthopoxvirus genes but only a subset of the putative immunomodulatory and host range genes. Sequence comparisons confirmed the assignment of MPV as a distinct species of orthopoxvirus that is not a direct ancestor or a direct descendent of variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox.
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- S N Shchelkunov
- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region, Russia
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Senkevich TG, White CL, Koonin EV, Moss B. Complete pathway for protein disulfide bond formation encoded by poxviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:6667-72. [PMID: 11983854 PMCID: PMC124460 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.062163799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We show that three cytoplasmic thiol oxidoreductases encoded by vaccinia virus comprise a complete pathway for formation of disulfide bonds in intracellular virion membrane proteins. The pathway was defined by analyzing conditional lethal mutants and effects of cysteine to serine substitutions and by trapping disulfide-bonded heterodimer intermediates for each consecutive step. The upstream component, E10R, belongs to the ERV1/ALR family of FAD-containing sulfhydryl oxidases that use oxygen as the electron acceptor. The second component, A2.5L, is a small alpha-helical protein with a CxxxC motif that forms a stable disulfide-linked heterodimer with E10R and a transient disulfide-linked complex with the third component, G4L. The latter is a thioredoxin-like protein that directly oxidizes thiols of L1R, a structural component of the virion membrane with three stable disulfide bonds, and of the related protein F9L. These five proteins are conserved in all poxviruses, suggesting that the pathway is an ancestral mechanism for direct thiol-disulfide interchanges between proteins even in an unfavorable reducing environment.
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- Tatiana G Senkevich
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Cao JX, Teoh MLT, Moon M, McFadden G, Evans DH. Leporipoxvirus Cu-Zn superoxide dismutase homologs inhibit cellular superoxide dismutase, but are not essential for virus replication or virulence. Virology 2002; 296:125-35. [PMID: 12036324 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vertebrate poxviruses encode homologs of cellular cupro-zinc superoxide dismutases (Cu-Zn SOD). In this study we have examined the molecular genetic properties of two Cu-Zn SOD homologs encoded by the Shope fibroma virus (SFV) and myxoma virus. These Leporipoxvirus proteins should be catalytically inactive as judged by the point mutations which alter a key catalytic arginine and restructure the predicted Cu-binding domain. This prediction was confirmed using in situ gel assays and recombinant proteins produced both in bacteria and in mammalian cells. Western blot analysis showed that these proteins are produced in abundance late in infection and can, upon exposure to oxidizing conditions, form disulfide cross-linked dimers. They are also virion components and not essential for growth in culture or virulence. Leporipoxvirus Cu-Zn SOD homologs affected two phenotypes. First, deletion of the myxoma M131R gene caused the mutant virus to grow better ( approximately 10-fold) in culture than does the wild-type parent. Second, expression of either native or recombinant Leporipoxvirus proteins is accompanied by a decline in cellular Cu-Zn SOD activity. We concluded that these gene products can somehow modulate the activity of host Cu-Zn SODs, but what advantage is thus gained by the virus remains to be established.
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- Jing Xin Cao
- Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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White CL, Senkevich TG, Moss B. Vaccinia virus G4L glutaredoxin is an essential intermediate of a cytoplasmic disulfide bond pathway required for virion assembly. J Virol 2002; 76:467-72. [PMID: 11752136 PMCID: PMC136847 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.2.467-472.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Our previous studies provided evidence that E10R, a vaccinia virus protein belonging to the ERV1/ALR family, has a redox function and is required for virion assembly. Repression of E10R prevented the formation of intramolecular disulfide bonds of the G4L glutaredoxin, the L1R membrane protein, and the structurally related F9L protein. Here, we demonstrate an oxidation pathway (E10R(SS) --> G4L(SS) --> L1R(SS), F9L(SS)) in which G4L occupies an intermediate position. By reacting free thiols with 4-acetamido-4'-malemideylstilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, alkylated and nonalkylated disulfide-bonded forms of G4L could be resolved from each other by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The cysteines of intracellular G4L were in both disulfide and reduced forms, whereas those of E10R, L1R, and F9L and virion-associated G4L were mostly disulfide bonded. Repression of G4L expression prevented the formation of disulfide bonds in both L1R and F9L but not E10R. Both cysteines of G4L were required for L1R and F9L disulfide bond formation or for trans-complementation of virus infectivity when G4L expression was repressed. No role in the E10R-G4L redox pathway was found for O2L, a nonessential glutaredoxin encoded by vaccinia virus. We suggest that cytoplasmic G4L is a redox shuttle between membrane-associated E10R and L1R or F9L.
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- Christine L White
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0445, USA
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Sodeik B, Krijnse-Locker J. Assembly of vaccinia virus revisited: de novo membrane synthesis or acquisition from the host? Trends Microbiol 2002; 10:15-24. [PMID: 11755081 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(01)02256-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In 1968 it was proposed that the first membrane structures that assemble in vaccinia virus-infected cells, the crescents, are formed by a unique viral mechanism in which a single membrane bilayer is synthesized de novo. 25 years later it was suggested that the vaccinia membranes are derived from an organelle that is part of the host cell's secretory pathway, the intermediate compartment (IC), and that the viral crescents are made of two tightly apposed membranes rather than a single bilayer. Several independent studies have subsequently shown that membrane proteins of the intracellular mature virus (IMV) insert co-translationally into endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes, and are targeted to and retained in the IC, the compartment from which the virus acquires its membranes. Furthermore, a recent study on the entry of both the IMV and extracellular enveloped virus (EEV) suggests that these viruses do not enter by a simple fusion mechanism, consistent with the idea that both are surrounded by more than one lipid bilayer.
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- Beate Sodeik
- Institute of Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, OE 4310, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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Rahlfs S, Fischer M, Becker K. Plasmodium falciparum possesses a classical glutaredoxin and a second, glutaredoxin-like protein with a PICOT homology domain. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:37133-40. [PMID: 11479312 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105524200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The genes coding for two different proteins with homologies to glutaredoxins have been identified in the genome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Both genes were amplified from a gametocytic cDNA and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The smaller protein (named PfGrx-1) with 12.4 kDa in size exhibits the typical glutaredoxin active site motif "CPYC," shows glutathione-dependent glutaredoxin activity in the beta-hydroxyethyl disulfide (HEDS) assay, and reduces Trypanosoma brucei ribonucleotide reductase. Glutathione:HEDS transhydrogenase activity (approximately 60 milliunits/mg of protein) was clearly detectable in trophozoite extracts from eight different P. falciparum strains and did not differ between chloroquine-resistant and -sensitive parasites. Five different antimalarial drugs at 100 microm did not significantly influence isolated PfGrx-1 activity. In contrast, the second protein (deduced mass 19.9 kDa) with homology to glutaredoxins (31% identity to Schizosaccharomyces pombe in a 140-amino acid overlap) was not active in the HEDS assay; however, its general dithiol reducing activity was demonstrated in the insulin assay in the presence of dithiothreitol. Interestingly, the sequence contains a PICOT (for protein kinase C-interacting cousin of thioredoxin) homology domain, which might suggest regulatory functions of the protein. We named this protein PfGLP-1, for P. falciparum 1-Cys-glutaredoxin-like protein-1. In contrast to glutaredoxins, PfGLP-1 could not be reduced by glutathione. This is the first report on glutaredoxin-like proteins in the family of Plasmodia.
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- S Rahlfs
- Interdisciplinary Research Center, Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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Senkevich TG, Weisberg AS, Moss B. Vaccinia virus E10R protein is associated with the membranes of intracellular mature virions and has a role in morphogenesis. Virology 2000; 278:244-52. [PMID: 11112499 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study provides the initial biochemical, microscopic, and genetic characterization of the product of the vaccinia virus E10R gene, which belongs to the ERV1/ALR family of eukaryotic proteins, is conserved in all poxviruses and has homologs in other cytoplasmic DNA viruses. DNA encoding a short epitope tag was appended to the C-terminus of the 95-amino-acid open-reading frame without affecting virus reproduction. The E10R protein was synthesized after DNA replication and was associated with purified intracellular mature virions (IMV), from which it could be extracted with a nonionic detergent. Antibody to the tag decorated the surface of IMV, consistent with the anchorage of the E10R protein to the membrane via its hydrophobic N-terminus. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that the E10R protein was associated with crescent membranes, immature virions, IMV, and extracellular particles. To investigate the role of E10R in the virus life cycle, we constructed an inducer-dependent null mutant. In the absence of inducer, the formation of infectious virus was severely inhibited and electron microscopy revealed an assembly block with accumulation of crescent membranes and immature virions. Cysteines 43 and 46, comprising a putative redox motif common to all poxvirus E10R homologs, were essential for complementation of the mutant virus by transfected E10R DNA.
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- T G Senkevich
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 4 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0445, USA
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Senkevich TG, White CL, Koonin EV, Moss B. A viral member of the ERV1/ALR protein family participates in a cytoplasmic pathway of disulfide bond formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:12068-73. [PMID: 11035794 PMCID: PMC17295 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.210397997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proteins of the ERV1/ALR family are encoded by all eukaryotes and cytoplasmic DNA viruses for which substantial sequence information is available. Nevertheless, the roles of these proteins are imprecisely known. Multiple alignments of ERV1/ALR proteins indicated an invariant C-X-X-C motif, but no similarity to the thioredoxin fold was revealed by secondary structure predictions. We chose a virus model to investigate the role of these proteins as thiol oxidoreductases. When cells were infected with a mutant vaccinia virus in which the E10R gene encoding an ERV1/ALR family protein was repressed, the disulfide bonds of three other viral proteins-namely, the L1R and F9L proteins and the G4L glutaredoxin-were completely reduced. The same outcome occurred when Cys-43 or Cys-46, the putative redox cysteines of the E10R protein, was mutated to serine. These two cysteines were disulfide bonded during a normal virus infection but not if the synthesis of other viral late proteins was inhibited or the E10R protein was expressed by itself in uninfected cells, suggesting a requirement for an upstream viral thiol oxidoreductase. Remarkably, the cysteine-containing domains of the E10R and L1R viral membrane proteins and the glutaredoxin are in the cytoplasm, in which assembly of vaccinia virions occurs, rather than in the oxidizing environment of the endoplasmic reticulum. These data indicated a viral pathway of disulfide bond formation in which the E10R protein has a central role. By extension, the ERV1/ALR family may represent a ubiquitous class of cellular thiol oxidoreductases that interact with glutaredoxins or thioredoxins.
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- T G Senkevich
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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