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Lučin P, Mahmutefendić Lučin H, Blagojević Zagorac G. Cytomegaloviruses reorganize endomembrane system to intersect endosomal and amphisome-like egress pathway. Front Cell Dev Biol 2023; 11:1328751. [PMID: 38178873 PMCID: PMC10766366 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1328751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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- Pero Lučin
- Department of Physiology, Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- University North, University Center Varaždin, Varaždin, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology, Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- University North, University Center Varaždin, Varaždin, Croatia
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- Department of Physiology, Immunology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- University North, University Center Varaždin, Varaždin, Croatia
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Neutralizing Antibodies Limit Cell-Associated Spread of Human Cytomegalovirus in Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts. Viruses 2022; 14:v14020284. [PMID: 35215877 PMCID: PMC8875165 DOI: 10.3390/v14020284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can cause severe clinical disease in immunocompromised individuals, such as allograft recipients and infants infected in utero. Neutralizing activity of antibodies, measured as the ability to prevent the entry of cell-free virus, has been correlated with the reduction in HCMV transmission and the severity of HCMV-associated disease. However, in vivo HCMV amplification may occur mainly via cell-to-cell spread. Thus, quantifying the inhibition of cell-to-cell transmission could be important in the evaluation of therapeutic antibodies and/or humoral responses to infection or immunization. Here, we established a quantitative plaque reduction assay, which allowed for the measurement of the capacity of antibodies to limit HCMV spread in vitro. Using an automated fluorescence spot reader, infection progression was assayed by the expansion of viral plaques during the course of infection with various GFP-expressing viruses. We found that in contrast to non-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), neutralizing mAbs against both glycoprotein B and H (gB and gH) could significantly inhibit viral plaque expansion of different HCMV strains and was equally efficient in fibroblasts as in epithelial cells. In contrast, an anti-pentamer mAb was active only in epithelial cells. Taken together, our data demonstrate that specific anti-HCMV mAbs can significantly limit cell-associated virus spread in vitro.
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Koshizuka T, Kondo H, Kato H, Takahashi K. Human cytomegalovirus UL42 protein inhibits the degradation of glycoprotein B through inhibition of Nedd4 family ubiquitin E3 ligases. Microbiol Immunol 2021; 65:472-480. [PMID: 34260096 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a globally ubiquitous pathogen and causes congenital infection as well as opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. The HCMV UL42 gene encodes a membrane protein that regulates the function of Nedd4 family ubiquitin E3 ligases through its PPxY motif. As HCMV envelope glycoprotein B (gB) also has a PPxY motif at its C-terminal cytoplasmic domain, we examined whether there was any relationship between UL42 protein with gB. Among the Nedd4 family proteins, Nedd4, Nedd4L, and Itch induced the degradation of gB in transiently expressing cells. The degradation of gB by Nedd4 was inhibited by proteasome inhibitor MG132, lysosome inhibitor chloroquine, and the co-expression of UL42 proteins. Among those Nedd4 family proteins, Itch was re-localized by the co-expression of gB to the perinuclear region of the cytoplasm. A co-immunoprecipitation assay demonstrated an interaction between gB and Itch through its PPxY motif. The 150 kDa gB precursor was aberrantly ubiquitinated, and the total amount of gB was quickly decreased in the absence of UL42. Our results indicate that UL42 prevent the degradation of gB by the inhibition of Nedd4 family proteins. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Tetsuo Koshizuka
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan
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Interaction of Human Cytomegalovirus Tegument Proteins ppUL35 and ppUL35A with Sorting Nexin 5 Regulates Glycoprotein B (gpUL55) Localization. J Virol 2018; 92:JVI.00013-18. [PMID: 29444945 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00013-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread human pathogen that causes asymptomatic infection in healthy individuals but poses a serious threat to immunocompromised patients. During the late phase of HCMV infection, the viral capsid is transported to the cytoplasmic viral assembly center (cVAC), where it is enclosed by the tegument protein layer and the viral envelope. The cVAC consists of circularly arranged vesicles from the trans-Golgi and endosomal networks. The HCMV gene UL35 encodes ppUL35 and its shorter form, ppUL35A. We have previously shown that the UL35 gene is involved in HCMV assembly, but it is unknown how UL35 proteins regulate viral assembly. Here we show that sorting nexin 5 (SNX5), a component of the retromer and part of the retrograde transport pathway, interacts with UL35 proteins. Expression of wild-type proteins but not mutants defective in SNX5 binding resulted in the cellular redistribution of the cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor (CI-M6PR), indicating that UL35 proteins bind and negatively regulate SNX5 to modulate cellular transport pathways. Furthermore, binding of UL35 proteins to SNX5 was required for efficient viral replication and for transport of the most abundant HCMV glycoprotein B (gB; gpUL55) to the cVAC. These results indicate that ppUL35 and ppUL35A control the localization of the essential gB through the regulation of a retrograde transport pathway. Thus, this work is the first to define a molecular interaction between a tegument protein and a vesicular transport factor to regulate glycoprotein localization.IMPORTANCE Human cytomegalovirus is ubiquitously present in the healthy population, but reactivation or reinfection can cause serious, life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. For completion of its lytic cycle, human cytomegalovirus induces formation of an assembly center where mature virus particles are formed from multiple viral proteins. Viral glycoproteins use separate vesicular pathways for transport to the assembly center, which are incompletely understood. Our research identified a viral structural protein which affects the localization of one of the major glycoproteins. We could link this change in glycoprotein localization to an interaction of the structural protein with a cellular protein involved in regulation of vesicle transport. This increases our understanding of how the virus intersects into cellular regulatory pathways to enhance its own replication.
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Close WL, Anderson AN, Pellett PE. Betaherpesvirus Virion Assembly and Egress. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1045:167-207. [PMID: 29896668 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-7230-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Virions are the vehicle for cell-to-cell and host-to-host transmission of viruses. Virions need to be assembled reliably and efficiently, be released from infected cells, survive in the extracellular environment during transmission, recognize and then trigger entry of appropriate target cells, and disassemble in an orderly manner during initiation of a new infection. The betaherpesvirus subfamily includes four human herpesviruses (human cytomegalovirus and human herpesviruses 6A, 6B, and 7), as well as viruses that are the basis of important animal models of infection and immunity. Similar to other herpesviruses, betaherpesvirus virions consist of four main parts (in order from the inside): the genome, capsid, tegument, and envelope. Betaherpesvirus genomes are dsDNA and range in length from ~145 to 240 kb. Virion capsids (or nucleocapsids) are geometrically well-defined vessels that contain one copy of the dsDNA viral genome. The tegument is a collection of several thousand protein and RNA molecules packed into the space between the envelope and the capsid for delivery and immediate activity upon cellular entry at the initiation of an infection. Betaherpesvirus envelopes consist of lipid bilayers studded with virus-encoded glycoproteins; they protect the virion during transmission and mediate virion entry during initiation of new infections. Here, we summarize the mechanisms of betaherpesvirus virion assembly, including how infection modifies, reprograms, hijacks, and otherwise manipulates cellular processes and pathways to produce virion components, assemble the parts into infectious virions, and then transport the nascent virions to the extracellular environment for transmission.
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- William L Close
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, & Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
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Bianchi E, Roncarati P, Hougrand O, Guérin-El Khourouj V, Boreux R, Kroonen J, Martin D, Robe P, Rogister B, Delvenne P, Deprez M. Human cytomegalovirus and primary intracranial tumours: frequency of tumour infection and lack of correlation with systemic immune anti-viral responses. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 2015; 41:e29-40. [PMID: 25041908 DOI: 10.1111/nan.12172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIMS Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous beta human herpesvirus able to influence infected cell survival and proliferation and to modulate the host immune response. As there is accumulating evidence that HCMV is detected in primary intracranial astrocytic tumours, in this study we looked for the presence of HCMV in intracranial tumours and tried to correlate this eventual presence with the anti-HCMV systemic immunoreactivity and with the detection of HCMV in peripheral blood. METHODS In this study, we analysed 43 glioblastomas (GBM), 14 oligodendrogliomas (OL) and 20 meningiomas (MG) by immunofluorescence (IF) targeting HCMV immediate early antigen (IE1) and by nested PCR (nPCR) amplifying HCMV glycoprotein B (gB). RESULTS Detection of IE1 by IF showed the presence of HCMV in 70% of GBM, 57% of OL and 85% of MG, in contrast to gB nPCR, which detected HCMV in only 50% of GBM, 38% of OL and 46% of MG. Unexpectedly, HCMV DNA and antigens were detected within GBM, OL and MG of patients that exhibit negative viral serology. More surprisingly, PCR on the peripheral blood did not detect HCMV in patients with a HCMV-positive tumour. CONCLUSIONS Our results are in agreement with previous observations demonstrating HCMV in glial tumours and highlight the presence of HCMV in meningiomas. We also showed that anti-HCMV specific systemic immunoreactivity and detection of HCMV in peripheral blood are not predictive of HCMV presence in primary intracranial tumours.
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- E Bianchi
- Department of Anatomopathology, Laboratory of Neuropathology, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium; GIGA-Neurosciences Research Center, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Patrone M, Coroadinha AS, Teixeira AP, Alves PM. Palmitoylation Strengthens Cholesterol-dependent Multimerization and Fusion Activity of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B (gB). J Biol Chem 2015; 291:4711-22. [PMID: 26694613 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.682252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Herpesviruses are a large order of animal enveloped viruses displaying a virion fusion mechanism of unusual complexity. Their multipartite machinery has a conserved core made of the gH/gL ancillary complexes and the homo-trimeric fusion protein glycoprotein B (gB). Despite its essential role in starting the viral infection, gB interaction with membrane lipids is still poorly understood. Here, evidence is provided demonstrating that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) gB depends on the S-palmitoylation of its endodomain for an efficient interaction with cholesterol-rich membrane patches. We found that, unique among herpesviral gB proteins, the HCMV fusion factor has a Cys residue in the C-terminal region that is palmitoylated and mediates methyl-β-cyclodextrin-sensitive self-association of purified gB. A cholesterol-dependent virus-like particle trap assay, based on co-expression of the HIV Gag protein, confirmed that this post-translational modification is functional in the context of cellular membranes. Mutation of the palmitoylated Cys residue to Ala or inhibition of protein palmitoylation decreased HCMV gB export via Gag particles. Moreover, purified gBC777A showed an increased kinetic sensitivity in a cholesterol depletion test, demonstrating that palmitoyl-gB limits outward cholesterol diffusion. Finally, gB palmitoylation was required for full fusogenic activity in human epithelial cells. Altogether, these results uncover the palmitoylation of HCMV gB and its role in gB multimerization and activity.
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- Marco Patrone
- From the Animal Cell Technology Unit, iBET Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal, the Biocrystallography Unit, DIBIT Fondazione Centro San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy, and
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- From the Animal Cell Technology Unit, iBET Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal, the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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- From the Animal Cell Technology Unit, iBET Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal, the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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- From the Animal Cell Technology Unit, iBET Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, 2780-901 Oeiras, Portugal, the Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2784-505 Oeiras, Portugal
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Noriega V, Redmann V, Gardner T, Tortorella D. Diverse immune evasion strategies by human cytomegalovirus. Immunol Res 2013; 54:140-51. [PMID: 22454101 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-012-8304-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Members of the Herpesviridae family have the capacity to undergo both lytic and latent infection to establish a lifelong relationship with their host. Following primary infection, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can persist as a subclinical, recurrent infection for the lifetime of an individual. This quiescent portion of its life cycle is termed latency and is associated with periodic bouts of reactivation during times of immunosuppression, inflammation, or stress. In order to exist indefinitely and establish infection, HCMV encodes a multitude of immune modulatory mechanisms devoted to escaping the host antiviral response. HCMV has become a paradigm for studies of viral immune evasion of antigen presentation by both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules. By restricting the presentation of viral antigens during both productive and latent infection, HCMV limits elimination by the human immune system. This review will focus on understanding how the virus manipulates the pathways of antigen presentation in order to modulate the host response to infection.
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- Vanessa Noriega
- Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1124, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Role of the herpes simplex virus 1 Us3 kinase phosphorylation site and endocytosis motifs in the intracellular transport and neurovirulence of envelope glycoprotein B. J Virol 2011; 85:5003-15. [PMID: 21389132 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02314-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) Us3 protein kinase phosphorylates threonine at position 887 (Thr-887) in the cytoplasmic tail of envelope glycoprotein B (gB) in infected cells. This phosphorylation downregulates cell surface expression of gB and plays a role in viral pathogenesis in the mouse herpes stromal keratitis model. In the present study, we demonstrated that Us3 phosphorylation of gB Thr-887 upregulated the accumulation of endocytosed gB from the surfaces of infected cells. We also showed that two motifs in the cytoplasmic tail of gB, tyrosine at position 889 (Tyr-889) and dileucines at positions 871 and 872, were required for efficient downregulation of gB cell surface expression and upregulation of accumulation of endocytosed gB in infected cells. A systematic analysis of mutations in these three sequences in gB suggested that the expression of gB on the surfaces of infected cells was downregulated in part by the increase in the accumulation of endocytosed gB, which was coordinately and tightly regulated by the three gB trafficking signals. Tyr-889 appeared to be of predominant importance in regulating the intracellular transport of gB and was linked to HSV-1 neurovirulence in mice following intracerebral infection. These observations support the hypothesis that HSV-1 evolved the three gB sequences for proper regulation of gB intracellular transport and that this regulation plays a critical role in diverse aspects of HSV-1 pathogenesis.
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Optimal replication of human cytomegalovirus correlates with endocytosis of glycoprotein gpUL132. J Virol 2010; 84:7039-52. [PMID: 20444903 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01644-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Envelopment of a herpesvirus particle is a complex process of which much is still to be learned. We previously identified the glycoprotein gpUL132 of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as an envelope component of the virion. In its carboxy-terminal portion, gpUL132 contains at least four motifs for sorting of transmembrane proteins to endosomes; among them are one dileucine-based signal and three tyrosine-based signals of the YXXØ and NPXY (where X stands for any amino acid, and Ø stands for any bulky hydrophobic amino acid) types. To investigate the role of each of these trafficking signals in intracellular localization and viral replication, we constructed a panel of expression plasmids and recombinant viruses in which the signals were rendered nonfunctional by mutagenesis. In transfected cells wild-type gpUL132 was mainly associated with the trans-Golgi network. Consecutive mutation of the trafficking signals resulted in increasing fractions of the protein localized at the cell surface, with gpUL132 mutated in all four trafficking motifs predominantly associated with the plasma membrane. Concomitant with increased surface expression, endocytosis of mutant gpUL132 was reduced, with a gpUL132 expressing all four motifs in mutated form being almost completely impaired in endocytosis. The replication of recombinant viruses harboring mutations in single trafficking motifs was comparable to replication of wild-type virus. In contrast, viruses containing mutations in three or four of the trafficking signals showed pronounced deficits in replication with a reduction of approximately 100-fold. Moreover, recombinant viruses expressing gpUL132 with three or four trafficking motifs mutated failed to incorporate the mutant protein into the virus particle. These results demonstrate a role of endocytosis of an HCMV envelope glycoprotein for incorporation into the virion and optimal virus replication.
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Krzyzaniak MA, Mach M, Britt WJ. HCMV-encoded glycoprotein M (UL100) interacts with Rab11 effector protein FIP4. Traffic 2010; 10:1439-57. [PMID: 19761540 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2009.00967.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The envelope of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) consists of a large number of glycoproteins. The most abundant glycoprotein in the HCMV envelope is the glycoprotein M (UL100), which together with glycoprotein N (UL73) form the gM/gN protein complex. Using yeast two-hybrid screening, we found that the gM carboxy-terminal cytoplasmic tail (gM-CT) interacts with FIP4, a Rab11-GTPase effector protein. Depletion of FIP4 expression in HCMV-infected cells resulted in a decrease in infectious virus production that was also associated with an alteration of the HCMV assembly compartment (AC) phenotype. A similar phenotype was also observed in HCMV-infected cells that expressed dominant negative Rab11(S25N). Recently, it has been shown that FIP4 interactions with Rab11 and additionally with Arf6/Arf5 are important for the vesicular transport of proteins in the endosomal recycling compartment (ERC) and during cytokinesis. Surprisingly, FIP4 interaction with gM-CT limited binding of FIP4 with Arf5/Arf6; however, FIP4 interaction with gM-CT did not prevent recruitment of Rab11 into the ternary complex. These data argued for a contribution of the ERC during cytoplasmic envelopment of HCMV and showed a novel FIP4 function independent of Arf5 or Arf6 activity.
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- Magdalena A Krzyzaniak
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CHB160, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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Beitia Ortiz de Zarate I, Cantero-Aguilar L, Longo M, Berlioz-Torrent C, Rozenberg F. Contribution of endocytic motifs in the cytoplasmic tail of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein B to virus replication and cell-cell fusion. J Virol 2007; 81:13889-903. [PMID: 17913800 PMCID: PMC2168835 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01231-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The use of endocytic pathways by viral glycoproteins is thought to play various functions during viral infection. We previously showed in transfection assays that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein B (gB) is transported from the cell surface back to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and that two motifs of gB cytoplasmic tail, YTQV and LL, function distinctly in this process. To investigate the role of each of these gB trafficking signals in HSV-1 infection, we constructed recombinant viruses in which each motif was rendered nonfunctional by alanine mutagenesis. In infected cells, wild-type gB was internalized from the cell surface and concentrated in the TGN. Disruption of YTQV abolished internalization of gB during infection, whereas disruption of LL induced accumulation of internalized gB in early recycling endosomes and impaired its return to the TGN. The growth of both recombinants was moderately diminished. Moreover, the fusion phenotype of cells infected with the gB recombinants differed from that of cells infected with the wild-type virus. Cells infected with the YTQV-mutated virus displayed reduced cell-cell fusion, whereas giant syncytia were observed in cells infected with the LL-mutated virus. Furthermore, blocking gB internalization or impairing gB recycling to the cell surface, using drugs or a transdominant negative form of Rab11, significantly reduced cell-cell fusion. These results favor a role for endocytosis in virus replication and suggest that gB intracellular trafficking is involved in the regulation of cell-cell fusion.
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Das S, Vasanji A, Pellett PE. Three-dimensional structure of the human cytomegalovirus cytoplasmic virion assembly complex includes a reoriented secretory apparatus. J Virol 2007; 81:11861-9. [PMID: 17715239 PMCID: PMC2168812 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01077-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) induces profound changes in infected cell morphology, including a large cytoplasmic inclusion that corresponds to the virion assembly complex (AC). In electron micrographs, the AC is a highly vacuolated part of the cytoplasm. Markers of cellular secretory organelles have been visualized at the outer edge of the AC, and we recently showed that a marker for early endosomes (i.e., early endosome antigen 1) localizes to the center of the AC. Here, we examined the relationship between the AC and components of the secretory apparatus, studied temporal aspects of the dramatic infection-induced cytoplasmic remodeling, examined the three-dimensional structure of the AC, and considered the implications of our observations for models of HCMV virion maturation and egress. We made three major observations. First, in addition to being relocated, the expression levels of some organelle markers change markedly during the period while the AC is developing. Second, based on three-dimensional reconstructions from z-series confocal microscopic images, the observed concentric rings of vesicles derived from the several compartments (Golgi bodies, the trans-Golgi network [TGN], and early endosomes) are arranged as nested cylinders of organelle-specific vesicles. Third, the membrane protein biosynthetic and exocytic pathways from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi bodies, TGN, and early endosomes are in an unusual arrangement that nonetheless allows for a conventional order of biosynthesis and transport. Our model of AC structure suggests a mechanism by which the virus can regulate the order of tegument assembly.
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- Subhendu Das
- Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Krzyzaniak M, Mach M, Britt WJ. The cytoplasmic tail of glycoprotein M (gpUL100) expresses trafficking signals required for human cytomegalovirus assembly and replication. J Virol 2007; 81:10316-28. [PMID: 17626081 PMCID: PMC2045486 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00375-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The virion envelope of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is complex and consists of an incompletely defined number of glycoproteins. The gM/gN protein complex is the most abundant protein component of the envelope. Studies have indicated that deletion of the viral gene encoding either gM or gN is a lethal mutation. Analysis of the amino acid sequence of gM disclosed a C-terminal acidic cluster of amino acids and a tyrosine-containing trafficking motif, both of which are well-described trafficking/sorting signals in the cellular secretory pathway. To investigate the roles of these signals in the trafficking of the gM/gN complex during virus assembly, we made a series of gM (UL100 open reading frame) mutants in the AD169 strain of HCMV. Mutant viruses that lacked the entire C-terminal cytoplasmic tail of gM were not viable, suggesting that the cytoplasmic tail of gM is essential for virus replication. In addition, the gM mutant protein lacking the cytoplasmic domain exhibited decreased protein stability. Mutant viruses with a deletion of the acidic cluster or alanine substitutions in tyrosine-based motifs were viable but exhibited a replication-impaired phenotype suggestive of a defect in virion assembly. Analysis of these mutant gMs using static immunofluorescence and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching demonstrated delayed kinetics of intracellular localization of the gM/gN protein to the virus assembly compartment compared to the wild-type protein. These data suggest an important role of the glycoprotein gM during virus assembly, particularly in the dynamics of gM trafficking during viral-particle assembly.
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- Magdalena Krzyzaniak
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, and Department of Pediatrics, Room 107, Harbor Bldg. Childrens Hospital, 1600 7th Ave. South, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA
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Jarvis MA, Borton JA, Keech AM, Wong J, Britt WJ, Magun BE, Nelson JA. Human cytomegalovirus attenuates interleukin-1beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha proinflammatory signaling by inhibition of NF-kappaB activation. J Virol 2007; 80:5588-98. [PMID: 16699040 PMCID: PMC1472148 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00060-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Viral infection is associated with a vigorous inflammatory response characterized by cellular infiltration and release of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). In the present study, we identified a novel function of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) that results in inhibition of IL-1 and TNF-alpha signaling pathways. The effect on these pathways was limited to cells infected with the virus, occurred at late times of infection, and was independent of cell type or virus strain. IL-1 and TNF-alpha signaling pathways converge at a point upstream of NF-kappaB activation and involve phosphorylation and degradation of the NF-kappaB inhibitory molecule IkappaBalpha. The HCMV inhibition of IL-1 and TNF-alpha pathways corresponded to a suppression of NF-kappaB activation. Analysis of IkappaBalpha phosphorylation and degradation suggested that HCMV induced two independent blocks in NF-kappaB activation, which occurred upstream from the point of convergence of the IL-1 and TNF-alpha pathways. We believe that the ability of HCMV to inhibit these two major proinflammatory pathways reveals a critical aspect of HCMV biology, with possible importance for immune evasion, as well as establishment of infection in cell types persistently infected by this virus.
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- Michael A Jarvis
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Valés-Gómez M, Winterhalter A, Roda-Navarro P, Zimmermann A, Boyle L, Hengel H, Brooks A, Reyburn HT. The human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein UL16 traffics through the plasma membrane and the nuclear envelope. Cell Microbiol 2006; 8:581-90. [PMID: 16548884 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL16 gene encodes a glycoprotein that interferes with the immune response to the virus-infected cell. In vitro, UL16 interacts with MICB and ULBPs that are ligands for the stimulatory receptor NKG2D, expressed on NK cells and CD8(+)T cells. UL16 expression has been shown to promote intracellular accumulation of MICB, ULBP1 and 2 and thus, interfere with the immune response to HCMV-infected cells. The mechanism that has been suggested for UL16-mediated MICB downmodulation is retention in the ER. Here, we studied the intracellular localization and maturation of UL16 and MICB in HCMV-infected cells and transfectant systems. UL16 trafficked through the ER, TGN and progressed to the plasma membrane, after which the protein was internalized. Strikingly, UL16 was also observed in the inner nuclear membrane. MICB was also localized in the TGN in HCMV-infected cells. These data suggest that MICB trafficking might be affected after its transit through the ER.
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- Mar Valés-Gómez
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
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Lee GE, Murray JW, Wolkoff AW, Wilson DW. Reconstitution of herpes simplex virus microtubule-dependent trafficking in vitro. J Virol 2006; 80:4264-75. [PMID: 16611885 PMCID: PMC1472043 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.9.4264-4275.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Microtubule-mediated anterograde transport of herpes simplex virus (HSV) from the neuronal cell body to the axon terminal is crucial for the spread and transmission of the virus. It is therefore of central importance to identify the cellular and viral factors responsible for this trafficking event. In previous studies, we isolated HSV-containing cytoplasmic organelles from infected cells and showed that they represent the first and only destination for HSV capsids after they emerge from the nucleus. In the present study, we tested whether these cytoplasmic compartments were capable of microtubule-dependent traffic. Organelles containing green fluorescent protein-labeled HSV capsids were isolated and found to be able to bind rhodamine-labeled microtubules polymerized in vitro. Following the addition of ATP, the HSV-associated organelles trafficked along the microtubules, as visualized by time lapse microscopy in an imaging microchamber. The velocity and processivity of trafficking resembled those seen for neurotropic herpesvirus traffic in living axons. The use of motor-specific inhibitors indicated that traffic was predominantly kinesin mediated, consistent with the reconstitution of anterograde traffic. Immunocytochemical studies revealed that the majority of HSV-containing organelles attached to the microtubules contained the trans-Golgi network marker TGN46. This simple, minimal reconstitution of microtubule-mediated anterograde traffic should facilitate and complement molecular analysis of HSV egress in vivo.
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- Grace E Lee
- Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Many viruses express membrane proteins. For enveloped viruses in particular, membrane proteins are frequently structural components of the virus that mediate the essential tasks of receptor recognition and membrane fusion. The functional activities of these proteins require that they are sorted correctly in infected cells. These sorting events often depend on the ability of the virus to mimic cellular protein trafficking signals and to interact with the cellular trafficking machinery. Importantly, loss or modification of these signals can influence virus infectivity and pathogenesis.
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- R Byland
- MRC-LMCB and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Hegde NR, Dunn C, Lewinsohn DM, Jarvis MA, Nelson JA, Johnson DC. Endogenous human cytomegalovirus gB is presented efficiently by MHC class II molecules to CD4+ CTL. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 202:1109-19. [PMID: 16216889 PMCID: PMC2213219 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infects endothelial, epithelial, and glial cells in vivo. These cells can express MHC class II proteins, but are unlikely to play important roles in priming host immunity. Instead, it seems that class II presentation of endogenous HCMV antigens in these cells allows recognition of virus infection. We characterized class II presentation of HCMV glycoprotein B (gB), a membrane protein that accumulates extensively in endosomes during virus assembly. Human CD4+ T cells specific for gB were both highly abundant in blood and cytolytic in vivo. gB-specific CD4+ T cell clones recognized gB that was expressed in glial, endothelial, and epithelial cells, but not exogenous gB that was fed to these cells. Glial cells efficiently presented extremely low levels of endogenous gB—expressed by adenovirus vectors or after HCMV infection—and stimulated CD4+ T cells better than DCs that were incubated with exogenous gB. Presentation of endogenous gB required sorting of gB to endosomal compartments and processing by acidic proteases. Although presentation of cellular proteins that traffic into endosomes is well known, our observations demonstrate for the first time that a viral protein sorted to endosomes is presented exceptionally well, and can promote CD4+ T cell recognition and killing of biologically important host cells.
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- Nagendra R Hegde
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Turcotte S, Letellier J, Lippé R. Herpes simplex virus type 1 capsids transit by the trans-Golgi network, where viral glycoproteins accumulate independently of capsid egress. J Virol 2005; 79:8847-60. [PMID: 15994778 PMCID: PMC1168770 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.14.8847-8860.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Egress of herpes capsids from the nucleus to the plasma membrane is a complex multistep transport event that is poorly understood. The current model proposes an initial envelopment at the inner nuclear membrane of capsids newly assembled in the nucleus. The capsids are then released in cytosol by fusion with the outer nuclear membrane. They are finally reenveloped at a downstream organelle before traveling to the plasma membrane for their extracellular release. Although the trans-Golgi network (TGN) is often cited as a potential site of reenvelopment, other organelles have also been proposed, including the Golgi, endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment, aggresomes, tegusomes, and early or late endosomes. To clarify this important issue, we followed herpes simplex virus type 1 egress by immunofluorescence under conditions that slowed intracellular transport and promoted the accumulation of the otherwise transient reenvelopment intermediate. The data show that the capsids transit by the TGN and point to this compartment as the main reenvelopment site, although a contribution by endosomes cannot formally be excluded. Given that viral glycoproteins are expected to accumulate where capsids acquire their envelope, we examined this prediction and found that all tested could indeed be detected at the TGN. Moreover, this accumulation occurred independently of capsid egress. Surprisingly, capsids were often found immediately adjacent to the viral glycoproteins at the TGN.
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- Sophie Turcotte
- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Montreal, P.O. Box 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Britt WJ, Boppana S. Human cytomegalovirus virion proteins. Hum Immunol 2005; 65:395-402. [PMID: 15172437 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2003] [Revised: 01/15/2004] [Accepted: 02/03/2004] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the largest member of the family of human herpesviruses. The number of virus encoded proteins and the complexity of their functions in the life cycle of this virus are reflected in the size of its genome. There continues to be some controversy surrounding the exact protein coding capacity of the virus with estimates ranging from 160 open reading frames to more than 200 open reading frames. Very recent studies using mass spectrometry to determine the viral proteome suggests that the number of viral proteins may be even greater than previous estimates. The proteins of the virion capsid have readily identifiable homologous proteins in the capsid of the more extensively studied herpes simplex virus, likely because of similar capsid structure and assembly pathways. In contrast, the tegument and the envelope of HCMV contain a significant number of proteins that lack structural homology to proteins found in either alpha or gamma-herpesviruses. This brief overview discusses some of the general features and possible functions of the HCMV virion structural proteins in the replicative cycle of this virus.
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- William J Britt
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Maresova L, Pasieka TJ, Homan E, Gerday E, Grose C. Incorporation of three endocytosed varicella-zoster virus glycoproteins, gE, gH, and gB, into the virion envelope. J Virol 2005; 79:997-1007. [PMID: 15613328 PMCID: PMC538533 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.2.997-1007.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cytoplasmic tails of all three major varicella-zoster virus (VZV) glycoproteins, gE, gH, and gB, harbor functional tyrosine-based endocytosis motifs that mediate internalization. The aim of the present study was to examine whether endocytosis from the plasma membrane is a cellular route by which VZV glycoproteins are delivered to the final envelopment compartment. In this study, we demonstrated that internalization of the glycoproteins occurred in the first 24 h postinfection but was reduced later in infection. Using surface biotinylation of VZV-infected cells followed by a glutathione cleavage assay, we showed that endocytosis was independent of antibody binding to gE, gH, and gB. Subsequently, with this assay, we demonstrated that biotinylated gE, gH, and gB retrieved from the cell surface were incorporated into nascent virus particles isolated after density gradient sedimentation. To confirm and extend this finding, we repeated the above sedimentation step and specifically detected envelopes decorated with Streptavidin-conjugated gold beads on a majority of complete virions through examination by transmission electron microscopy. In addition, a gE-gI complex and a gE-gH complex were found on the virions. Therefore, the above studies established that VZV subsumed a postendocytosis trafficking pathway as one mechanism by which to deliver viral glycoproteins to the site of virion assembly in the cytoplasm. Furthermore, since a recombinant VZV genome lacking only endocytosis-competent gE cannot replicate, these results supported the conclusion that the endocytosis-envelopment pathway is an essential component of the VZV life cycle.
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- Lucie Maresova
- University of Iowa Hospital/2501 JCP, 200 Hawkins Dr., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Heineman TC, Connolly P, Hall SL, Assefa D. Conserved cytoplasmic domain sequences mediate the ER export of VZV, HSV-1, and HCMV gB. Virology 2004; 328:131-41. [PMID: 15380364 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2004] [Revised: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 07/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Glycoprotein B (gB) is conserved among the herpesviruses and participates in both virus entry and cell-cell spread. The ER export of VZV gB is mediated by two cytoplasmic domain regions, aa 818-826, which contains a YXXphi motif, and the C-terminal 17 aa. The current study examines whether related sequences in the cytoplasmic domains of HSV-1 and HCMV gB similarly influence the ER export of their gB homologs. Directed mutations were introduced into the cytoplasmic domains of HSV-1 and HCMV gB, and the efficiencies with which the mutated proteins acquired Golgi-dependent modifications were determined. Sequences homologous to VZV gB aa 818-826 were required for normal ER export of both HSV-1 gB and HCMV gB. However, the C-terminal regions of HSV-1 and HCMV gB had no impact on ER export. Therefore, alpha- and betaherpesvirus gB homologs share conserved ER export signals, but species-specific differences in the ER export of gB also exist.
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- Thomas C Heineman
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63110-0250, USA.
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Jones TR, Lee SW. An acidic cluster of human cytomegalovirus UL99 tegument protein is required for trafficking and function. J Virol 2004; 78:1488-502. [PMID: 14722304 PMCID: PMC321399 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.3.1488-1502.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) virion is comprised of a linear double-stranded DNA genome, proteinaceous capsid and tegument, and a lipid envelope containing virus-encoded glycoproteins. Of these components, the tegument is the least well defined in terms of both protein content and function. Several of the major tegument proteins are phosphoproteins (pp), including pp150, pp71, pp65, and pp28. pp28, encoded by the UL99 open reading frame (ORF), traffics to vacuole-like cytoplasmic structures and was shown recently to be essential for envelopment. To elucidate the UL99 amino acid sequences necessary for its trafficking and function in the HCMV replication cycle, two types of viral mutants were analyzed. Using a series of recombinant viruses expressing various UL99-green fluorescent protein fusions, we demonstrate that myristoylation at glycine 2 and an acidic cluster (AC; amino acids 44 to 57) are required for the punctate perinuclear and cytoplasmic (vacuole-like) localization observed for wild-type pp28. A second approach involving the generation of several UL99 deletion mutants indicated that at least the C-terminal two-thirds of this ORF is nonessential for viral growth. Furthermore, the data suggest that an N-terminal region of UL99 containing the AC is required for viral growth. Regarding virion incorporation or UL99-encoded proteins, we provide evidence that suggests that a hypophosphorylated form of pp28 is incorporated, myristoylation is required, and sequences within the first 57 amino acids are sufficient.
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- Thomas R Jones
- Infectious Disease Section, Wyeth Research, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA.
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Beitia Ortiz de Zarate I, Kaelin K, Rozenberg F. Effects of mutations in the cytoplasmic domain of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein B on intracellular transport and infectivity. J Virol 2004; 78:1540-51. [PMID: 14722308 PMCID: PMC321396 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.3.1540-1551.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2003] [Accepted: 10/15/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a human pathogen of the alphaherpesvirus family which infects and spreads in the nervous system. Glycoproteins play a key role in the process of assembly and maturation of herpesviruses, which is essential for neuroinvasion and transneuronal spread. Glycoprotein B (gB) is a main component of the HSV-1 envelope and is necessary for the production of infectious particles. The cytoplasmic domain of gB, the longest one among HSV-1 glycoproteins, contains several highly conserved peptide sequences homologous to motifs involved in intracellular sorting. To determine the specific roles of these motifs in processing, subcellular localization, and the capacity of HSV-1 gB to complement a gB-null virus, we generated truncated or point mutated forms of a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged gB. GFP-gB with a deletion in the acidic cluster DGDADEDDL (amino acids [aa] 896 to 904) behaved the same as the parental form. Deletion or disruption of the YTQV motif (aa 889 to 892) abolished internalization and reduced complementation by 60%. Disruption of the LL motif (aa 871 to 872) impaired the return of the protein to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) while enhancing its recycling to the plasma membrane. Truncations from residue E 857 abolished transport and processing of the truncated proteins, which had null complementation activity, through the Golgi complex. Altogether, our results favor a model in which HSV-1 gets its final envelope in the TGN, and they suggest that endocytosis, albeit not necessary, might play a role in infectivity.
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- Igor Beitia Ortiz de Zarate
- UPRES EA 3622, Faculté Cochin, Université Paris V, and INSERM U 567, CNRS UMR 8104, IFR 116, 75014 Paris, France
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Jarvis MA, Jones TR, Drummond DD, Smith PP, Britt WJ, Nelson JA, Baldick CJ. Phosphorylation of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (gB) at the acidic cluster casein kinase 2 site (Ser900) is required for localization of gB to the trans-Golgi network and efficient virus replication. J Virol 2004; 78:285-93. [PMID: 14671110 PMCID: PMC303410 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.1.285-293.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2003] [Accepted: 09/15/2003] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) glycoprotein B (gB), encoded by the UL55 open reading frame, is an essential envelope glycoprotein involved in cell attachment and entry. Previously, we identified residue serine 900 (Ser900) as a unique site of reversible casein kinase 2 phosphorylation in the cytoplasmic domain of HCMV gB. We have also recently shown that gB is localized to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) in HCMV-permissive cells, thereby identifying the TGN as a possible site of virus envelopment. The aim of the current study was to determine the role of Ser900 phosphorylation in transport of gB to the TGN and in HCMV biogenesis. Recombinant HCMV strains were constructed that expressed gB molecules containing either an aspartic acid (gBAsp900) or alanine residue (gBAla900) substitution at Ser900 to mimic the phosphorylated or nonphosphorylated form, respectively. Immunofluorescence analysis of the trafficking of gB mutant molecules in fibroblasts infected with the HCMV recombinants revealed that gBAsp900 was localized to the TGN. In contrast, gBAla900 was partially mislocalized from the TGN, indicating that phosphorylation of gB at Ser900 was necessary for TGN localization. The increased TGN localization of gBAsp900 was due to a decreased transport of the molecule to post-TGN compartments. Remarkably, the substitution of an aspartic acid residue for Ser900 also resulted in an increase in levels of progeny virus production during HCMV infection of fibroblasts. Together, these results demonstrate that phosphorylation of gB at Ser900 is necessary for gB localization to the TGN, as well as for efficient viral replication, and further support the TGN as a site of HCMV envelopment.
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- Michael A Jarvis
- Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Crump CM, Hung CH, Thomas L, Wan L, Thomas G. Role of PACS-1 in trafficking of human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B and virus production. J Virol 2003; 77:11105-13. [PMID: 14512558 PMCID: PMC224974 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.20.11105-11113.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2003] [Accepted: 07/18/2003] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The final envelopment of herpesviruses during assembly of new virions is thought to occur by the budding of core viral particles into a late secretory pathway organelle, the trans-Golgi network (TGN), or an associated endosomal compartment. Several herpesvirus envelope glycoproteins have been previously shown to localize to the TGN when expressed independently from other viral proteins. In at least some cases this TGN localization has been shown to be dependent on clusters of acidic residues within their cytoplasmic domains. Similar acidic cluster motifs are found in endogenous membrane proteins that also localize to the TGN. These acidic cluster motifs interact with PACS-1, a connector protein that is required for the trafficking of proteins containing such motifs from endosomes to the TGN. We show here that PACS-1 interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of the HCMV envelope glycoprotein B (gB) and that PACS-1 function is required for normal TGN localization of HCMV gB. Furthermore, inhibition of PACS-1 activity in infected cells leads to a decrease in HCMV titer, whereas an increase in expression of functional PACS-1 leads to an increase in HCMV titer, suggesting that PACS-1 is required for efficient production of HCMV.
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- Colin M Crump
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Baillie J, Sahlender DA, Sinclair JH. Human cytomegalovirus infection inhibits tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) signaling by targeting the 55-kilodalton TNF-alpha receptor. J Virol 2003; 77:7007-16. [PMID: 12768019 PMCID: PMC156201 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.12.7007-7016.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) results in complex interactions between viral and cellular factors which perturb many cellular functions. HCMV is known to target the cell cycle, cellular transcription, and immunoregulation, and it is believed that this optimizes the cellular environment for viral DNA replication during productive infection or during carriage in the latently infected host. Here, we show that HCMV infection also prevents external signaling to the cell by disrupting the function of TNFRI, the 55-kDa receptor for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), one of the receptors for a potent cytokine involved in eliciting a wide spectrum of cellular responses, including antiviral responses. HCMV infection of fully permissive differentiated monocytic cell lines and U373 cells resulted in a reduction in cell surface expression of TNFRI. The reduction appeared to be due to relocalization of TNFRI from the cell surface and was reflected in the elimination of TNF-alpha-induced Jun kinase activity. Analysis of specific phases of infection suggested that viral early gene products were responsible for this relocalization. However, a mutant HCMV in which all viral gene products known to be involved in down-regulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I were deleted still resulted in relocalization of TNFRI. Consequently, TNFRI relocalization by HCMV appears to be mediated by a novel viral early function not involved in down-regulation of cell surface MHC class I expression. We suggest that upon infection, HCMV isolates the cell from host-mediated signals, forcing the cell to respond only to virus-specific signals which optimize the cell for virus production and effect proviral responses from bystander cells.
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- J Baillie
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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Rahbar A, Boström L, Lagerstedt U, Magnusson I, Söderberg-Naucler C, Sundqvist VA. Evidence of active cytomegalovirus infection and increased production of IL-6 in tissue specimens obtained from patients with inflammatory bowel diseases. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2003; 9:154-61. [PMID: 12792220 DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200305000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Recent reports have focused interest on human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Our aim in this study was to examine the frequency of HCMV-infected intestinal cells in tissue sections obtained from patients with IBD, and to investigate if HCMV-infected intestinal cells produce the proinflammatory cytokine IL-6. We studied intestinal tissue sections from 13 patients with ulcerative colitis, 10 with Crohn's disease, 10 cancer patients without intestinal inflammation, and 10 samples from HCMV-infected AIDS patients. HCMV-DNA was detected by in situ hybridization in sections obtained from 12/13 patients with ulcerative colitis, in 10 with Crohn's disease, in 10/10 samples from HCMV-infected AIDS patients, but not in any of the 10 samples that were obtained from uninflamed tissues. HCMV-specific antigens were detected in samples from all HCMV-infected AIDS patients, in 11/13 sections from patients with ulcerative colitis, in 10/10 samples from patients with Crohn's disease, but not in sections from uninflamed tissues. Cells were double positive for an HCMV early antigen and IL-6 in 10/13 sections from patients with ulcerative colitis, in all patients with Crohn's disease, and in 4/10 samples from AIDS patients. In conclusion, these results suggest that active HCMV infection in the intestine is very frequent in patients with IBD, and may contribute to the inflammatory process through an increased production of IL-6.
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- Afsar Rahbar
- Department of Microbiology, Pathology and Immunology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pasieka TJ, Maresova L, Grose C. A functional YNKI motif in the short cytoplasmic tail of varicella-zoster virus glycoprotein gH mediates clathrin-dependent and antibody-independent endocytosis. J Virol 2003; 77:4191-204. [PMID: 12634377 PMCID: PMC150655 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.7.4191-4204.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The trafficking of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) gH was investigated under both infection and transfection conditions. In initial endocytosis assays performed in infected cells, the three glycoproteins gE, gI, and gB served as positive controls for internalization from the plasma membrane. Subsequently, we discovered that gH in VZV-infected cells was also internalized and followed a similar trafficking pattern. This observation was unexpected because all herpesvirus gH homologues have short endodomains not known to contain trafficking motifs. Further investigation demonstrated that VZV gH, when expressed alone with its chaperone gL, was capable of endocytosis in a clathrin-dependent manner, independent of gE, gI, or gB. Upon inspection of the short gH cytoplasmic tail, we discovered a putative tyrosine-based endocytosis motif (YNKI). When the tyrosine was replaced with an alanine, endocytosis of gH was blocked. Utilizing an endocytosis assay dependent on biotin labeling, we further documented that endocytosis of VZV gH was antibody independent. In control experiments, we showed that gE, gI, and gB also internalized in an antibody-independent manner. Alignment analysis of the VZV gH cytoplasmic tail to other herpesvirus gH homologues revealed two important findings: (i) herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 homologues lacked an endocytosis motif, while all other alphaherpesvirus gH homologues contained a potential motif, and (ii) the VZV gH and simian varicella virus gH cytoplasmic tails were likely longer in length (18 amino acids) than predicted in the original sequence analyses (12 and 16 amino acids, respectively). The longer tails provided the proper context for a functional endocytosis motif.
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Homman-Loudiyi M, Hultenby K, Britt W, Söderberg-Nauclér C. Envelopment of human cytomegalovirus occurs by budding into Golgi-derived vacuole compartments positive for gB, Rab 3, trans-golgi network 46, and mannosidase II. J Virol 2003; 77:3191-203. [PMID: 12584343 PMCID: PMC149787 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.5.3191-3203.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2002] [Accepted: 11/26/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Although considerable progress has been made towards characterizing virus assembly processes, assignment of the site of tegumentation and envelopment for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is still not clear. In this study, we examined the envelopment of HCMV particles in human lung fibroblasts (HF) HL 411 and HL 19, human umbilical vein endothelial cells, human pulmonary arterial endothelial cells, and arterial smooth muscle cells at different time points after infection by electron microscopy (EM), immunohistochemistry, and confocal microscopy analysis. Double-immunofluorescence labeling experiments demonstrated colocalization of the HCMV glycoprotein B (gB) with the Golgi resident enzyme mannosidase II, the Golgi marker TGN (trans-Golgi network) 46, and the secretory vacuole marker Rab 3 in all cell types investigated. Final envelopment of tegumented capsids was observed at 5 days postinfection by EM, when tegumented capsids budded into subcellular compartments located in the cytoplasm, in close proximity to the Golgi apparatus. Immunogold labeling and EM analysis confirmed staining of the budding compartment with HCMV gB, Rab 3, and mannosidase II in HL 411 cells. However, the markers Rab 1, Rab 2, Rab 7, Lamp 1 (late endosomes and lysosomes), and Lamp 2 (lysosomes) neither showed specific staining of the budding compartment in the immunogold labeling experiments nor colocalized with gB in the immunofluorescent colocalization experiments in any cell type studied. Together, these results suggest that the final envelopment of HCMV particles takes place mainly into a Golgi-derived secretory vacuole destined for the plasma membrane, which may release new infectious virus particles by fusion with the plasma membrane.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Homman-Loudiyi
- Department of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, SE 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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