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Lozada C, Barlow TMA, Gonzalez S, Lubin-Germain N, Ballet S. Identification and Characteristics of Fusion Peptides Derived From Enveloped Viruses. Front Chem 2021; 9:689006. [PMID: 34497798 PMCID: PMC8419435 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.689006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Membrane fusion events allow enveloped viruses to enter and infect cells. The study of these processes has led to the identification of a number of proteins that mediate this process. These proteins are classified according to their structure, which vary according to the viral genealogy. To date, three classes of fusion proteins have been defined, but current evidence points to the existence of additional classes. Despite their structural differences, viral fusion processes follow a common mechanism through which they exert their actions. Additional studies of the viral fusion proteins have demonstrated the key role of specific proteinogenic subsequences within these proteins, termed fusion peptides. Such peptides are able to interact and insert into membranes for which they hold interest from a pharmacological or therapeutic viewpoint. Here, the different characteristics of fusion peptides derived from viral fusion proteins are described. These criteria are useful to identify new fusion peptides. Moreover, this review describes the requirements of synthetic fusion peptides derived from fusion proteins to induce fusion by themselves. Several sequences of the viral glycoproteins E1 and E2 of HCV were, for example, identified to be able to induce fusion, which are reviewed here.
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- Camille Lozada
- BioCIS, CNRS, CY Cergy-Paris Université, Cergy-Pontoise, France
- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- BioCIS, CNRS, CY Cergy-Paris Université, Cergy-Pontoise, France
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- Research Group of Organic Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Sendai Virus-Vectored Vaccines That Express Envelope Glycoproteins of Respiratory Viruses. Viruses 2021; 13:v13061023. [PMID: 34072332 PMCID: PMC8230104 DOI: 10.3390/v13061023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV), and human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are leading causes of respiratory disease in young children, the elderly, and individuals of all ages with immunosuppression. Vaccination strategies against these pneumoviruses and paramyxoviruses are vast in number, yet no licensed vaccines are available. Here, we review development of Sendai virus (SeV), a versatile pediatric vaccine that can (a) serve as a Jennerian vaccine against HPIV1, (b) serve as a recombinant vaccine against HRSV, HPIV2, HPIV3, and HMPV, (c) accommodate foreign genes for viral glycoproteins in multiple intergenic positions, (d) induce durable, mucosal, B-cell, and T-cell immune responses without enhanced immunopathology, (e) protect cotton rats, African green monkeys, and chimpanzees from infection, and (f) be formulated into a vaccine cocktail. Clinical phase I safety trials of SeV have been completed in adults and 3–6-year-old children. Clinical testing of SeVRSV, an HRSV fusion (F) glycoprotein gene recombinant, has also been completed in adults. Positive results from these studies, and collaborative efforts with the National Institutes of Health and the Serum Institute of India assist advanced development of SeV-based vaccines. Prospects are now good for vaccine successes in infants and consequent protection against serious viral disease.
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Liu Y, Liu Y, Huang Y, Wen H, Zhao L, Song Y, Wang Z. The effect of the HRB linker of Newcastle disease virus fusion protein on the fusogenic activity. J Microbiol 2021; 59:513-521. [PMID: 33779959 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-021-0539-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2020] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Newcastle disease, designated a class A disease of poultry by the Office international des epizooties (OIE), is an acute infection caused by Newcastle disease virus (NDV). The merging of the envelope of NDV with the membrane of a target host cell is the key step in the infection pathway, which is driven by the concerted action of two glycoproteins: haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) protein. When the HN protein binds to the host cell surface receptor, the F protein is activated to mediate fusion. The three-dimensional structure of the F protein has been reported to have low electron density between the DIII domain and the HRB domain, and this electron-poor region is defined as the HRB linker. To clarify the contributing role of the HRB linker in the NDV F protein-mediated fusion process, 6 single amino acid mutants were obtained by site-directed mutagenesis of the HRB linker. The expression of the mutants and their abilities to mediate fusion were analysed, and the key amino acids in the HRB linker were identified as L436, E439, I450, and S453, as they can modulate the fusion ability or expression of the active form to a certain extent. The data shed light on the crucial role of the F protein HRB linker in the acquisition of a normal fusogenic phenotype.
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- Yaqing Liu
- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Jinan Central Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, 250014, China.
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Hidaka C, Soda K, Nomura F, Kashiwabara Y, Ito H, Ito T. The chicken-derived velogenic Newcastle disease virus can acquire high pathogenicity in domestic ducks via serial passaging. Avian Pathol 2021; 50:1-12. [PMID: 33576245 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2021.1889461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Velogenic Newcastle disease virus (NDV) strains, which show high mortality in chickens, generally do not cause severe disease in waterfowl such as ducks. To elucidate the difference in the pathogenic mechanisms of NDV between chickens and ducks, a chicken-derived velogenic strain (9a5b) was passaged in domestic ducks five times in their air sacs, followed by 20 times in their brains. Eventually, 9a5b acquired higher intracerebral and intranasal pathogenicity in ducks. The intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) value increased from 1.10 to 1.88. All one-week-old ducks intranasally inoculated with the passaged virus (d5a20b) died by 5 days post-inoculation, whereas 70% of the ducks inoculated with parental 9a5b survived for 8 days. The d5a20b strain replicated in broader systemic tissues in ducks compared with the 9a5b strain. The velogenic profile of 9a5b in chickens was maintained after passaging in ducks. The d5a20b suppressed IFN-β gene expression in duck embryo fibroblasts and replicated more rapidly than 9a5b. A total of 11 amino acid substitutions were found in the P, V, M, F, HN, and L proteins of d5a20b. These results suggest that chicken-derived velogenic NDVs have the potential to become virulent in both chickens and ducks during circulation in domesticated waterfowl populations. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTSChicken-derived NDV acquired high pathogenicity in ducks with serial passaging.The passaged NDV showed intracerebral and intranasal pathogenicity in ducks.The passaged NDV efficiently replicated in systemic tissues in ducks.Of 11 amino acid substitutions some or all are likely involved in pathogenicity.
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- Chiharu Hidaka
- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Joint Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Avian Zoonosis Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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Humans are infected with paramyxoviruses of different genera early in life, which induce cytotoxic T cells that may recognize conserved epitopes. This raises the question of whether cross-reactive T cells induced by antecedent paramyxovirus infections provide partial protection against highly lethal zoonotic Nipah virus infections. By characterizing a measles virus-specific but paramyxovirus cross-reactive human T cell clone, we discovered a highly conserved HLA-B*1501-restricted T cell epitope in the fusion protein. Using peptides, tetramers, and single cell sorting, we isolated a parainfluenza virus-specific T cell clone from a healthy adult and showed that both clones cleared Nipah virus-infected cells. We identified multiple conserved hot spots in paramyxovirus proteomes that contain other potentially cross-reactive epitopes. Our data suggest that, depending on HLA haplotype and history of paramyxovirus exposures, humans may have cross-reactive T cells that provide protection against Nipah virus. The effect of preferential boosting of these cross-reactive epitopes needs to be further studied in light of paramyxovirus vaccination studies.IMPORTANCE Humans encounter multiple paramyxoviruses early in life. This study shows that infection with common paramyxoviruses can induce T cells cross-reactive with the highly pathogenic Nipah virus. This demonstrates that the combination of paramyxovirus infection history and HLA haplotype affects immunity to phylogenetically related zoonotic paramyxoviruses.
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Aso J, Kimura H, Ishii H, Saraya T, Kurai D, Matsushima Y, Nagasawa K, Ryo A, Takizawa H. Molecular Evolution of the Fusion Protein ( F) Gene in Human Respirovirus 3. Front Microbiol 2020; 10:3054. [PMID: 32010105 PMCID: PMC6974460 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.03054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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To elucidate the evolution of human respirovirus 3 (HRV3), we performed detailed genetic analyses of the F gene (full-length) detected from hundreds of HRV3 strains obtained from various geographic regions. First, we performed time-scaled evolutionary analyses using the Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo method. Then, we performed analyses of phylodynamics, similarity, phylogenetic distance, selective pressure, and conformational B-cell epitope with the F-protein structural analyses. Time-scaled phylogenetic tree showed that the common ancestor of HRV3 and bovine respirovirus 3 diverged over 300 years ago and subdivided it into three major clusters and four subclusters during the most recent 100 years. The overall evolutionary rate was approximately 10-3 substitutions/site/year. Indigenous similarity was seen in the present strains, and the mean phylogenetic distance were 0.033. Many negative selection sites were seen in the ectodomain. The conformational epitopes did not correspond to the neutralizing antibody binding sites. These results suggest that the HRV3 F gene is relatively conserved and restricted in this diversity to preserve the protein function, although these strains form many branches on the phylogenetic tree. Furthermore, HRV3 reinfection may be responsible for discordances between the conformational epitopes and the neutralizing antibody binding sites of the F protein. These findings contribute to a better understanding of HRV3 virology.
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- Jumpei Aso
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, Graduate School of Health Science, Gunma Paz University, Gunma, Japan.,Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of General Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Virology, Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan
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Liu Y, Xie W, Chi M, Wen H, Zhao L, Song Y, Liu N, Chi L, Wang Z. Mutations in the HRB linker of human parainfluenza virus type 3 fusion protein reveal its importance for fusion activity. Virus Res 2020; 275:197791. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.197791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mutations in the DI–DII linker of the NDV fusion protein conferred hemagglutinin-neuraminidase-independent cell fusion promotion. J Gen Virol 2019; 100:958-967. [DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Freitas LA, Leme RA, Saporiti V, Alfieri AA, Alfieri AF. Molecular analysis of the full-length F gene of Brazilian strains of canine distemper virus shows lineage co-circulation and variability between field and vaccine strains. Virus Res 2019; 264:8-15. [PMID: 30794894 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Canine distemper is a highly contagious systemic viral disease, with worldwide distribution that affects a wide variety of terrestrial carnivores. This study characterized full-length fusion (F) genes from 15 Brazilian wild-type canine distemper virus (CDV) strains collected between 2003-2004 (n = 6) and 2013-2016 (n = 9). Using deduced amino acid (aa) sequence analysis, 14 strains were classified into Europe 1/South America 1 (EU1/SA1) lineage, with a temporal clustering into past (2003-2004) and contemporary (2013-2016) strains. One strain clustered to Rockborn-like lineage, showing high similarity (98.5%) with the Rockborn vaccine strain. In analyzed strains, the fusion protein signal-peptide (Fsp) coding region was highly variable at the aa level (67.4%-96.2%). The Brazilian strains were more Fsp-divergent from the North America 1 (NA1) strains (24.5%-36.3%) than from the Rockborn (11.2%-14.9%) vaccine strain. Seventeen cysteine residues in the full-length F gene and four non-conserved glycosylation sites in the Fsp region were detected. The results reveal that past and contemporary CDV strains are currently co-circulating. This first analysis of full-length F genes from Brazilian wild-type CDV strains contributes to knowledge of molecular epidemiology of CDV viral infection and evolution.
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- Luana Almeida Freitas
- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Animal Virology, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil; Multi-User Animal Health Laboratory, Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid - Campus Universitário, CEP 86057-970 - Londrina, PO Box 10011, Paraná, Brazil
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Tsutsui R, Tsukagoshi H, Nagasawa K, Takahashi M, Matsushima Y, Ryo A, Kuroda M, Takami H, Kimura H. Genetic analyses of the fusion protein genes in human parainfluenza virus types 1 and 3 among patients with acute respiratory infections in Eastern Japan from 2011 to 2015. J Med Microbiol 2017; 66:160-168. [PMID: 28266286 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To genetically explore the fusion protein gene (F) in human parainfluenza virus type 1 (HPIV1) and type 3 (HPIV3) strains, we analysed them in patients with acute respiratory infections in Eastern Japan from 2011 to 2015. METHODOLOGY We constructed phylogenetic trees based on the HPIV and HPIV3 F gene using the maximum likelihood method and conducted P-distance and selective pressure analyses. We also predicted the linear epitopes of the protein in the prototype strains. Furthermore, we mapped the amino acid substitutions of the proteins. RESULTS Nineteen strains of HPIV1 and 53 strains of HPIV3 were detected among the clinical acute respiratory infection cases. The phylogenetic trees indicated that the HPIV1 and HPIV3 strains were classified into clusters II and III and cluster C, respectively. The P-distance values of the HPIV1 and HPIV3 F genes were <0.03. Two positive selection sites were inferred in the HPIV1 (aa 8 and aa 10), and one positive selection site was inferred in the HPIV3 (aa 108), but over 10 negative selection sites were inferred. Four epitopes were predicted for the HPIV1 prototype strains, while five epitopes were predicted for the HPIV3 prototype strain. A positive selection site (aa 108) or the HPIV3 F protein was involved in the predicted epitope. Additionally, we found that an amino acid substitution (R73K) in the LC76627 HPIV3 strain presumably may affect the resistance to neutralization by antibodies. CONCLUSION The F gene of HPIV1 and HPIV3 was relatively well conserved in the eastern part of Japan during the investigation period.
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- Rika Tsutsui
- Department of Pathologic Analysis, Division of Medical Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1, Hon-cho, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8564, Japan.,Aomori Prefecture Public Health and Environment Center, 1-1-1, Higashitsukurimichi, Aomori-shi, Aomori 030-8566, Japan
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- Gunma Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, 378 Kamioki-machi, Maebashi-shi, Gunma 371-0052, Japan
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- Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan
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- Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health of Iwate Prefecture, 1-11-16, Kitaiioka, Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-0857, Japan
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- Division of Virology, Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health, 3-25-13, Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 210-0821, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biodefence Research, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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- Pathogen Genomics Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan
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- Department of Pathologic Analysis, Division of Medical Life Sciences, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences, 66-1, Hon-cho, Hirosaki-shi, Aomori 036-8564, Japan
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- Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 4-7-1 Gakuen, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.,Department of Molecular Biodefence Research, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-0004, Japan
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Watanabe M, Hashimoto K, Abe Y, Kodama EN, Nabika R, Oishi S, Ohara S, Sato M, Kawasaki Y, Fujii N, Hosoya M. A Novel Peptide Derived from the Fusion Protein Heptad Repeat Inhibits Replication of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Virus In Vitro and In Vivo. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0162823. [PMID: 27612283 PMCID: PMC5017735 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a persistent, progressive, and fatal degenerative disease resulting from persistent measles virus (MV) infection of the central nervous system. Most drugs used to treat SSPE have been reported to have limited effects. Therefore, novel therapeutic strategies are urgently required. The SSPE virus, a variant MV strain, differs virologically from wild-type MV strain. One characteristic of the SSPE virus is its defective production of cell-free virus, which leaves cell-to-cell infection as the major mechanism of viral dissemination. The fusion protein plays an essential role in this cell-to-cell spread. It contains two critical heptad repeat regions that form a six-helix bundle in the trimer similar to most viral fusion proteins. In the case of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1), a synthetic peptide derived from the heptad repeat region of the fusion protein enfuvirtide inhibits viral replication and is clinically approved as an anti-HIV-1 agent. The heptad repeat regions of HIV-1 are structurally and functionally similar to those of the MV fusion protein. We therefore designed novel peptides derived from the fusion protein heptad repeat region of the MV and examined their effects on the measles and SSPE virus replication in vitro and in vivo. Some of these synthetic novel peptides demonstrated high antiviral activity against both the measles (Edmonston strain) and SSPE (Yamagata-1 strain) viruses at nanomolar concentrations with no cytotoxicity in vitro. In particular, intracranial administration of one of the synthetic peptides increased the survival rate from 0% to 67% in an SSPE virus-infected nude mouse model.
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- Masahiro Watanabe
- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Division of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan
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Mutagenesis of Paramyxovirus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Membrane-Proximal Stalk Region Influences Stability, Receptor Binding, and Neuraminidase Activity. J Virol 2016; 90:7778-88. [PMID: 27334593 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00896-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Paramyxoviridae consist of a large family of enveloped, negative-sense, nonsegmented single-stranded RNA viruses that account for a significant number of human and animal diseases. The fusion process for nearly all paramyxoviruses involves the mixing of the host cell plasma membrane and the virus envelope in a pH-independent fashion. Fusion is orchestrated via the concerted action of two surface glycoproteins: an attachment protein called hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN [also called H or G depending on virus type and substrate]), which acts as a receptor binding protein, and a fusion (F) protein, which undergoes a major irreversible refolding process to merge the two membranes. Recent biochemical evidence suggests that receptor binding by HN is dispensable for cell-cell fusion. However, factors that influence the stability and/or conformation of the HN 4-helix bundle (4HB) stalk have not been studied. Here, we used oxidative cross-linking as well as functional assays to investigate the role of the structurally unresolved membrane-proximal stalk region (MPSR) (residues 37 to 58) of HN in the context of headless and full-length HN membrane fusion promotion. Our data suggest that the receptor binding head serves to stabilize the stalk to regulate fusion. Moreover, we found that the MPSR of HN modulates receptor binding and neuraminidase activity without a corresponding regulation of F triggering. IMPORTANCE Paramyxoviruses require two viral membrane glycoproteins, the attachment protein variously called HN, H, or G and the fusion protein (F), to couple host receptor recognition to virus-cell fusion. The HN protein has a globular head that is attached to a membrane-anchored flexible stalk of ∼80 residues and has three activities: receptor binding, neuraminidase, and fusion activation. In this report, we have identified the functional significance of the membrane-proximal stalk region (MPSR) (HN, residues 37 to 56) of the paramyxovirus parainfluenza virus (PIV5), a region of the HN stalk that has not had its structure determined by X-ray crystallography. Our data suggest that the MPSR influences receptor binding and neuraminidase activity via an indirect mechanism. Moreover, the receptor binding head group stabilizes the 4HB stalk as part of the general mechanism to fine-tune F-activation.
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Xie W, Wen H, Chu F, Yan S, Lin B, Xie W, Liu Y, Ren G, Zhao L, Song Y, Sun C, Wang Z. Mutations in the DI-DII Linker of Human Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 Fusion Protein Result in Diminished Fusion Activity. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136474. [PMID: 26305905 PMCID: PMC4549179 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3) can cause severe respiratory tract diseases in infants and young children, but no licensed vaccines or antiviral agents are currently available for treatment. Fusing the viral and target cell membranes is a prerequisite for its entry into host cells and is directly mediated by the fusion (F) protein. Although several domains of F are known to have important effects on regulating the membrane fusion activity, the roles of the DI-DII linker (residues 369–374) of the HPIV3 F protein in the fusogenicity still remains ill-defined. To facilitate our understanding of the role of this domain might play in F-induced cell-cell fusion, nine single mutations were engineered into this domain by site-directed mutagenesis. A vaccinia virus-T7 RNA polymerase transient expression system was employed to express the wild-type or mutated F proteins. These mutants were analyzed for membrane fusion activity, cell surface expression, and interaction between F and HN protein. Each of the mutated F proteins in this domain has a cell surface expression level similar to that of wild-type F. All of them resulted in a significant reduction in fusogenic activity in all steps of membrane fusion. Furthermore, all these fusion-deficient mutants reduced the amount of the HN-F complexes at the cell surface. Together, the results of our work suggest that this region has an important effect on the fusogenic activity of F.
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- Wenyan Xie
- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shandong Tumor Hospital and Institute, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- The Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Eberle KC, Neill JD, Venn-Watson SK, McGill JL, Sacco RE. Novel Atlantic bottlenose dolphin parainfluenza virus TtPIV-1 clusters with bovine PIV-3 genotype B strains. Virus Genes 2015; 51:198-208. [PMID: 26174699 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-015-1224-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Parainfluenza virus 3 (PIV-3) is a common viral infection not only in humans, but also in many other species. Serological evidence suggests that nearly 100 % of children in the United States have been infected with PIV-3 by 5 years of age. Similarly, in cattle, PIV-3 is commonly associated with bovine respiratory disease complex. A novel dolphin PIV-3 (TtPIV-1) was described by Nollens et al. in 2008 from a dolphin that was diagnosed with an unknown respiratory illness. At that time, TtPIV-1 was found to be most similar to, but distinct from, bovine PIV-3 (BPIV-3). In the present study, similar viral growth kinetics and pro-inflammatory cytokine (IL-1β, IL-6, and CXCL8) production were seen between BPIV-3 and TtPIV-1 in BEAS-2B, MDBK, and Vero cell lines. Initial nomenclature of TtPIV-1 was based on partial sequence of the fusion and RNA polymerase genes. Based on the similarities we saw with the in vitro work, it was important to examine the TtPIV-1 genome in more detail. Full genome sequencing and subsequent phylogenetic analysis revealed that all six viral genes of TtPIV-1 clustered within the recently described BPIV-3 genotype B strains, and it is proposed that TtPIV-1 be re-classified with BPIV-3 genotype B strains.
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- Kirsten C Eberle
- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA.,Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.,Immunobiology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA
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- Translational Medicine & Research Program, National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA.,Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA. .,Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. .,Immunobiology Graduate Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
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Yao H, Hong M. Conformation and lipid interaction of the fusion peptide of the paramyxovirus PIV5 in anionic and negative-curvature membranes from solid-state NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:2611-24. [PMID: 24428385 PMCID: PMC3985871 DOI: 10.1021/ja4121956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Viral fusion proteins catalyze the merger of the virus envelope and the target cell membrane through multiple steps of protein conformational changes. The fusion peptide domain of these proteins is important for membrane fusion, but how it causes membrane curvature and dehydration is still poorly understood. We now use solid-state NMR spectroscopy to investigate the conformation, topology, and lipid and water interactions of the fusion peptide of the PIV5 virus F protein in three lipid membranes, POPC/POPG, DOPC/DOPG, and DOPE. These membranes allow us to investigate the effects of lipid chain disorder, membrane surface charge, and intrinsic negative curvature on the fusion peptide structure. Chemical shifts and spin diffusion data indicate that the PIV5 fusion peptide is inserted into all three membranes but adopts distinct conformations: it is fully α-helical in the POPC/POPG membrane, adopts a mixed strand/helix conformation in the DOPC/DOPG membrane, and is primarily a β-strand in the DOPE membrane. (31)P NMR spectra show that the peptide retains the lamellar structure and hydration of the two anionic membranes. However, it dehydrates the DOPE membrane, destabilizes its inverted hexagonal phase, and creates an isotropic phase that is most likely a cubic phase. The ability of the β-strand conformation of the fusion peptide to generate negative Gaussian curvature and to dehydrate the membrane may be important for the formation of hemifusion intermediates in the membrane fusion pathway.
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- Hongwei Yao
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University , Ames, Iowa 50011 United States
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In Silico Design of Multimeric HN-F Antigen as a Highly Immunogenic Peptide Vaccine Against Newcastle Disease Virus. Int J Pept Res Ther 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-013-9380-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ren G, Zhuang Y, Tian K, Li H, Diao X, Wang M, Zhou N, Wang Z. Acidic amino acids increase fusion activity in the specific fusion domain of Newcastle disease virus fusion protein. Can J Microbiol 2013; 59:641-4. [DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To explore the effects of amino acids Gln and Asn within the specific fusion domain of fusion (F) protein on the specific membrane fusion in Newcastle disease virus (NDV), the mutants Q204E–Q205E and N245D were constructed in the specific fusion domain of F protein. The mutant genes were co-expressed with homologous or heterologous hemagglutinin–neuraminidase (HN) in BHK21 cells. Cell fusion functions of mutants were analyzed with Giemsa staining and reporter gene methods. Cell surface expression efficiency was analyzed with immunofluorescence assay and fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. Co-immunoprecipitation was performed to analyze the interaction of mutant F proteins with the homotypic HN protein. Both Q204E–Q205E and N245D mutations caused increased cell–cell fusion activity when they were co-expressed with homotypic HN protein. The mutant F proteins had slight changes in cell surface expression compared with that of wild-type F protein. The interactions of Q204E–Q205E or N245D with their homotypic HN increased significantly (P < 0.01) compared with the wild-type F protein. Neither Q204–Q205E nor N245D caused cell fusion in the presence of heterologous HN protein. Our data suggested that the residues Q204, Q205, and N245 play a critical role in the regulation of cell fusion. They may decrease the interaction of wild-type NDV F and NDV HN to suppress the fusion activity for survival of the infected host, which may enable a persistent virus infection and long-term virus reproduction and spread.
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- Guijie Ren
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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- Blood Center of Shandong Province, Jinan 250014, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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- Bio-technology Department, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, People’s Republic of China
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Point mutations in the paramyxovirus F protein that enhance fusion activity shift the mechanism of complement-mediated virus neutralization. J Virol 2013; 87:9250-9. [PMID: 23785199 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01111-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) activates and is neutralized by the alternative pathway (AP) in normal human serum (NHS) but not by heat-inactivated (HI) serum. We have tested the relationship between the fusion activity within the PIV5 F protein, the activation of complement pathways, and subsequent complement-mediated virus neutralization. Recombinant PIV5 viruses with enhanced fusion activity were generated by introducing point mutations in the F fusogenic peptide (G3A) or at a distal site near the F transmembrane domain (S443P). In contrast to wild-type (WT) PIV5, the mutant G3A and S443P viruses were neutralized by both NHS and HI serum. Unlike WT PIV5, hyperfusogenic G3A and S443P viruses were potent C4 activators, C4 was deposited on NHS-treated mutant virions, and the mutants were neutralized by factor B-depleted serum but not by C4-depleted serum. Antibodies purified from HI human serum were sufficient to neutralize both G3A and S443P viruses in vitro but were ineffective against WT PIV5. Electron microscopy data showed greater deposition of purified human antibodies on G3A and S443P virions than on WT PIV5 particles. These data indicate that single amino acid changes that enhance the fusion activity of the PIV5 F protein shift the mechanism of complement activation in the context of viral particles or on the surface of virus-infected cells, due to enhanced binding of antibodies. We present general models for the relationship between enhanced fusion activity in the paramyxovirus F protein and increased susceptibility to antibody-mediated neutralization.
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Full conversion of the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase specificity of the parainfluenza virus 5 fusion protein by replacement of 21 amino acids in its head region with those of the simian virus 41 fusion protein. J Virol 2013; 87:8342-50. [PMID: 23698295 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03549-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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For most parainfluenza viruses, a virus type-specific interaction between the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and fusion (F) proteins is a prerequisite for mediating virus-cell fusion and cell-cell fusion. The molecular basis of this functional interaction is still obscure partly because it is unknown which region of the F protein is responsible for the physical interaction with the HN protein. Our previous cell-cell fusion assay using the chimeric F proteins of parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) and simian virus 41 (SV41) indicated that replacement of two domains in the head region of the PIV5 F protein with the SV41 F counterparts bestowed on the PIV5 F protein the ability to induce cell-cell fusion on coexpression with the SV41 HN protein while retaining its ability to induce fusion with the PIV5 HN protein. In the study presented here, we furthered the chimeric analysis of the F proteins of PIV5 and SV41, finding that the PIV5 F protein could be converted to an SV41 HN-specific chimeric F protein by replacing five domains in the head region with the SV41 F counterparts. The five SV41 F-protein-derived domains of this chimera were then divided into 16 segments; 9 out of 16 proved to be not involved in determining its specificity for the SV41 HN protein. Finally, mutational analyses of a chimeric F protein, which harbored seven SV41 F-protein-derived segments, revealed that replacement of at most 21 amino acids of the PIV5 F protein with the SV41 F-protein counterparts was enough to convert its HN protein specificity.
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Yao H, Hong M. Membrane-dependent conformation, dynamics, and lipid interactions of the fusion peptide of the paramyxovirus PIV5 from solid-state NMR. J Mol Biol 2012. [PMID: 23183373 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The entry of enveloped viruses into cells requires protein-catalyzed fusion of the viral and cell membranes. The structure-function relation of a hydrophobic fusion peptide (FP) in viral fusion proteins is still poorly understood. We report magic-angle-spinning solid-state NMR results of the membrane-bound conformation, dynamics, and lipid interactions of the FP of the F protein of the paramyxovirus, parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5). (13)C chemical shifts indicate that the PIV5 FP structure depends on the composition of the phospholipid membrane: the peptide is α-helical in palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylglycerol-containing anionic membranes but mostly β-sheet in neutral phosphocholine membranes. Other environmental factors, including peptide concentration, cholesterol, membrane reconstitution protocol, and a Lys solubility tag, do not affect the secondary structure. The α-helical and β-sheet states exhibit distinct dynamics and lipid interactions. The β-sheet FP is immobilized, resides on the membrane surface, and causes significant membrane curvature. In contrast, the α-helical FP undergoes intermediate-timescale motion and maintains the lamellar order of the membrane. Two-dimensional (31)P-(1)H correlation spectra show clear (31)P-water cross peaks for anionic membranes containing the α-helical FP but weak or no (31)P-water cross peak for neutral membranes containing the β-sheet FP. These results suggest that the β-sheet FP may be associated with high-curvature dehydrated fusion intermediates, while the α-helical state may be associated with the extended prehairpin state and the post-fusion state. Conformational plasticity is also a pronounced feature of the influenza and human immunodeficiency virus FPs, suggesting that these Gly-rich sequences encode structural plasticity to generate and sense different membrane morphologies.
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- Hongwei Yao
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Smith EC, Gregory SM, Tamm LK, Creamer TP, Dutch RE. Role of sequence and structure of the Hendra fusion protein fusion peptide in membrane fusion. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:30035-48. [PMID: 22761418 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.367862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Viral fusion proteins are intriguing molecular machines that undergo drastic conformational changes to facilitate virus-cell membrane fusion. During fusion a hydrophobic region of the protein, termed the fusion peptide (FP), is inserted into the target host cell membrane, with subsequent conformational changes culminating in membrane merger. Class I fusion proteins contain FPs between 20 and 30 amino acids in length that are highly conserved within viral families but not between. To examine the sequence dependence of the Hendra virus (HeV) fusion (F) protein FP, the first eight amino acids were mutated first as double, then single, alanine mutants. Mutation of highly conserved glycine residues resulted in inefficient F protein expression and processing, whereas substitution of valine residues resulted in hypofusogenic F proteins despite wild-type surface expression levels. Synthetic peptides corresponding to a portion of the HeV F FP were shown to adopt an α-helical secondary structure in dodecylphosphocholine micelles and small unilamellar vesicles using circular dichroism spectroscopy. Interestingly, peptides containing point mutations that promote lower levels of cell-cell fusion within the context of the whole F protein were less α-helical and induced less membrane disorder in model membranes. These data represent the first extensive structure-function relationship of any paramyxovirus FP and demonstrate that the HeV F FP and potentially other paramyxovirus FPs likely require an α-helical structure for efficient membrane disordering and fusion.
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- Everett Clinton Smith
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Chang A, Dutch RE. Paramyxovirus fusion and entry: multiple paths to a common end. Viruses 2012; 4:613-36. [PMID: 22590688 PMCID: PMC3347325 DOI: 10.3390/v4040613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The paramyxovirus family contains many common human pathogenic viruses, including measles, mumps, the parainfluenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, human metapneumovirus, and the zoonotic henipaviruses, Hendra and Nipah. While the expression of a type 1 fusion protein and a type 2 attachment protein is common to all paramyxoviruses, there is considerable variation in viral attachment, the activation and triggering of the fusion protein, and the process of viral entry. In this review, we discuss recent advances in the understanding of paramyxovirus F protein-mediated membrane fusion, an essential process in viral infectivity. We also review the role of the other surface glycoproteins in receptor binding and viral entry, and the implications for viral infection. Throughout, we concentrate on the commonalities and differences in fusion triggering and viral entry among the members of the family. Finally, we highlight key unanswered questions and how further studies can identify novel targets for the development of therapeutic treatments against these human pathogens.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
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Nipah (NiV) and Hendra (HeV) viruses cause cell-cell fusion (syncytia) in brain, lung, heart, and kidney tissues, leading to encephalitis, pneumonia, and often death. Membrane fusion is essential to both viral entry and virus-induced cell-cell fusion, a hallmark of henipavirus infections. Elucidiation of the mechanism(s) of membrane fusion is critical to understanding henipavirus pathobiology and has the potential to identify novel strategies for the development of antiviral therapeutic agents. Henipavirus membrane fusion requires the coordinated actions of the viral attachment (G) and fusion (F) glycoproteins. Current henipavirus fusion models posit that attachment of NiV or HeV G to its cell surface receptors releases F from its metastable pre-fusion conformation to mediate membrane fusion. The identification of ephrinB2 and ephrinB3 as henipavirus receptors has paved the way for recent advances in our understanding of henipavirus membrane fusion. These advances highlight mechanistic similarities and differences between membrane fusion for the henipavirus and other genera within the Paramyxoviridae family. Here, we review these mechanisms and the current gaps in our knowledge in the field.
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- Hector C Aguilar
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7010, USA.
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Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus GP64 protein: roles of histidine residues in triggering membrane fusion and fusion pore expansion. J Virol 2011; 85:12492-504. [PMID: 21937651 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05153-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) GP64 protein mediates membrane fusion during entry. Fusion results from a low-pH-triggered conformational change in GP64 and subsequent interactions with the membrane bilayers. The low-pH sensor and trigger of the conformational change are not known, but histidine residues are implicated because the pK(a) of histidine is near the threshold for triggering fusion by GP64. We used alanine substitutions to examine the roles of all individual and selected clusters of GP64 histidine residues in triggering and mediating fusion by GP64. Three histidine residues (H152, H155, and H156), located in fusion loop 2, were identified as important for membrane fusion. These three histidine residues were important for efficient pore expansion but were not required for the pH-triggered conformational change. In contrast, a cluster of three histidine residues (H245, H304, and H430) located near the base of the central coiled coil was identified as a putative sensor for low pH. Three alanine substitutions in cluster H245/H304/H430 resulted in dramatically reduced membrane fusion and the apparent loss of the prefusion conformation at neutral pH. Thus, the H245/H304/H430 cluster of histidines may function or participate as a pH sensor by stabilizing the prefusion structure of GP64.
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Identification of domains on the fusion (F) protein trimer that influence the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase specificity of the f protein in mediating cell-cell fusion. J Virol 2011; 85:3153-61. [PMID: 21270148 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01666-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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For most paramyxoviruses, virus type-specific interaction between fusion (F) protein and attachment protein (hemagglutinin-neuraminidase [HN], hemagglutinin [H], or glycoprotein [G]) is a prerequisite for mediating virus-cell fusion and cell-cell fusion. Our previous cell-cell fusion assay using the chimeric F proteins of human parainfluenza virus 2 (HPIV2) and simian virus 41 (SV41) suggested that the middle region of the HPIV2 F protein contains the site(s) that determines its specificity for the HPIV2 HN protein. In the present study, we further investigated the sites of the F protein that could be critical for determining the HN protein specificity. By analyzing the reported structure of the F protein of parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), we found that four major domains (M1, M2, M3, and M4) and five minor domains (A to E) in the middle region of the PIV5 F protein were exposed on the trimer surface. We then replaced these domains with the SV41 F counterparts individually or in combination and examined whether the resulting chimeras could mediate cell-cell fusion when coexpressed with the SV41 HN protein. The results showed that a chimera designated M(1+2), which harbored SV41 F-derived domains M1 and M2, mediated cell-cell fusion with the coexpressed SV41 HN protein, suggesting that these domains are involved in determining the HN protein specificity. Intriguingly, another chimera which harbored the SV41 F-derived domain B in addition to domains M1 and M2 showed increased specificity for the SV41 HN protein compared to that of M(1+2), although it was capable of mediating cell-cell fusion by itself.
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Boutilier J, Duncan R. The reovirus fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins: virus-encoded cellular fusogens. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2011; 68:107-40. [PMID: 21771497 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385891-7.00005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Julie Boutilier
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Side chain packing below the fusion peptide strongly modulates triggering of the Hendra virus F protein. J Virol 2010; 84:10928-32. [PMID: 20702638 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01108-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Triggering of the Hendra virus fusion (F) protein is required to initiate the conformational changes which drive membrane fusion, but the factors which control triggering remain poorly understood. Mutation of a histidine predicted to lie near the fusion peptide to alanine greatly reduced fusion despite wild-type cell surface expression levels, while asparagine substitution resulted in a moderate restoration in fusion levels. Slowed kinetics of six-helix bundle formation, as judged by sensitivity to heptad repeat B-derived peptides, was observed for all H372 mutants. These data suggest that side chain packing beneath the fusion peptide is an important regulator of Hendra virus F triggering.
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Clancy EK, Barry C, Ciechonska M, Duncan R. Different activities of the reovirus FAST proteins and influenza hemagglutinin in cell–cell fusion assays and in response to membrane curvature agents. Virology 2010; 397:119-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Revised: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 10/22/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Residues in the heptad repeat a region of the fusion protein modulate the virulence of Sendai virus in mice. J Virol 2009; 84:810-21. [PMID: 19906935 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01990-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While the molecular basis of fusion (F) protein refolding during membrane fusion has been studied extensively in vitro, little is known about the biological significance of membrane fusion activity in parainfluenza virus replication and pathogenesis in vivo. Two recombinant Sendai viruses, F-L179V and F-K180Q, were generated that contain F protein mutations in the heptad repeat A region of the ectodomain, a region of the protein known to regulate F protein activation. In vitro, the F-L179V virus caused increased syncytium formation (cell-cell membrane fusion) yet had a rate of replication and levels of F protein expression and cleavage similar to wild-type virus. The F-K180Q virus had a reduced replication rate along with reduced levels of F protein expression, cleavage, and fusogenicity. In DBA/2 mice, the hyperfusogenic F-L179V virus induced greater morbidity and mortality than wild-type virus, while the attenuated F-K180Q virus was much less pathogenic. During the first week of infection, virus replication and inflammation in the lungs were similar for wild-type and F-L179V viruses. After approximately 1 week of infection, the clearance of F-L179V virus was delayed, and more extensive interstitial inflammation and necrosis were observed in the lungs, affecting entire lobes of the lungs and having significantly greater numbers of syncytial cell masses in alveolar spaces on day 10. On the other hand, the slower-growing F-K180Q virus caused much less extensive inflammation than wild-type virus, presumably due to its reduced replication rate, and did not cause observable syncytium formation in the lungs. Overall, the results show that residues in the heptad repeat A region of the F protein modulate the virulence of Sendai virus in mice by influencing both the spread and clearance of the virus and the extent and severity of inflammation. An understanding of how the F protein contributes to infection and inflammation in vivo may assist in the development of antiviral therapies against respiratory paramyxoviruses.
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Conserved leucine residue in the head region of morbillivirus fusion protein regulates the large conformational change during fusion activity. Biochemistry 2009; 48:9112-21. [PMID: 19705836 DOI: 10.1021/bi9008566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Paramyxovirus cell entry is controlled by the concerted action of two viral envelope glycoproteins, the fusion (F) and the receptor-binding (H) proteins, which together with a cell surface receptor mediate plasma membrane fusion activity. The paramyxovirus F protein belongs to class I viral fusion proteins which typically contain two heptad repeat regions (HR). Particular to paramyxovirus F proteins is a long intervening sequence (IS) located between both HR domains. To investigate the role of the IS domain in regulating fusogenicity, we mutated in the canine distemper virus (CDV) F protein IS domain a highly conserved leucine residue (L372) previously reported to cause a hyperfusogenic phenotype. Beside one F mutant, which elicited significant defects in processing, transport competence, and fusogenicity, all remaining mutants were characterized by enhanced fusion activity despite normal or slightly impaired processing and cell surface targeting. Using anti-CDV-F monoclonal antibodies, modified conformational F states were detected in F mutants compared to the parental protein. Despite these structural differences, coimmunoprecipitation assays did not reveal any drastic modulation in F/H avidity of interaction. However, we found that F mutants had significantly enhanced fusogenicity at low temperature only, suggesting that they folded into conformations requiring less energy to activate fusion. Together, these data provide strong biochemical and functional evidence that the conserved leucine 372 at the base of the HRA coiled-coil of F(wt) controls the stabilization of the prefusogenic state, restraining the conformational switch and thereby preventing extensive cell-cell fusion activity.
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Russell RS, Kawaguchi K, Meunier JC, Takikawa S, Faulk K, Bukh J, Purcell RH, Emerson SU. Mutational analysis of the hepatitis C virus E1 glycoprotein in retroviral pseudoparticles and cell-culture-derived H77/JFH1 chimeric infectious virus particles. J Viral Hepat 2009; 16:621-32. [PMID: 19302336 PMCID: PMC2770242 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Cell entry by enveloped viruses is mediated by viral glycoproteins, and generally involves a short hydrophobic peptide (fusion peptide) that inserts into the cellular membrane. An internal hydrophobic domain within E1 (aa262-290) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) may function as a fusion peptide. Retrovirus-based HCV-pseudotyped viruses (HCVpp; genotype 1a) containing Ala or Pro substitutions at conserved amino acid positions within this putative fusion peptide were generated. Mutation of conserved residues significantly reduced efficiency of HCVpp entry into Huh-7 cells. The majority of amino acid substitutions appeared to disrupt necessary interactions between E1 and E2. For some mutants, reductions in HCVpp-associated E1 were associated with the incorporation of a high molecular weight, hyperglycosylated E2 that displayed decreased CD81-binding. Other entry-deficient mutants displayed normal E1E2 incorporation into pseudoparticles and normal CD81-binding, and therefore might affect viral fusion. One mutant (S283P) consistently displayed two- to threefold higher infectivity than did wild-type. Three mutations that decreased HCVpp infectivity also reduced levels of HCVcc infectious virus production. However, the S283P mutation had a different effect in the two systems as it did not increase production of infectious HCVcc. This comprehensive mutational analysis of the putative HCV fusion peptide provides insight into the role of E1 in its interaction with E2 and in HCV entry.
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- R. S. Russell
- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA,Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, and Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Hepatitis Viruses, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Molecular Hepatitis Sections, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Bimolecular complementation of paramyxovirus fusion and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase proteins enhances fusion: implications for the mechanism of fusion triggering. J Virol 2009; 83:10857-68. [PMID: 19710150 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01191-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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For paramyxoviruses, entry requires a receptor-binding protein (hemagglutinin-neuraminidase [HN], H, or G) and a fusion protein (F). Like other class I viral fusion proteins, F is expressed as a prefusion metastable protein that undergoes a refolding event to induce fusion. HN binding to its receptor triggers F refolding by an unknown mechanism. HN may serve as a clamp that stabilizes F in its prefusion state until HN binds the target cell (the "clamp model"). Alternatively, HN itself may undergo a conformational change after receptor binding that destabilizes F and causes F to trigger (the "provocateur model"). To examine F-HN interactions by bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC), the cytoplasmic tails of parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) F and HN were fused to complementary fragments of yellow fluorescent protein (YFP). Coexpression of the BiFC constructs resulted in fluorescence; however, coexpression with unrelated BiFC constructs also produced fluorescence. The affinity of the two halves of YFP presumably superseded the F-HN interaction. Unexpectedly, coexpression of the BiFC F and HN constructs greatly enhanced fusion in multiple cell types. We hypothesize that the increase in fusion occurs because the BiFC tags bring F and HN together more frequently than occurs in a wild-type (wt) scenario. This implies that normally much of wt F is not associated with wt HN, in conflict with the clamp model for activation. Correspondingly, we show that wt PIV5 fusion occurs in an HN concentration-dependent manner. Also inconsistent with the clamp model are the findings that BiFC F does not adopt a postfusion conformation when expressed in the absence of HN and that HN coexpression does not provide resistance to the heat-induced triggering of F. In support of a provocateur model of F activation, we demonstrate by analysis of the morphology of soluble F trimers that the hyperfusogenic mutation S443P has a destabilizing effect on F.
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Ito M, Nishio M, Kawano M, Komada H, Ito Y, Tsurudome M. Effects of multiple amino acids of the parainfluenza virus 5 fusion protein on its haemagglutinin-neuraminidase-independent fusion activity. J Gen Virol 2009; 90:405-413. [PMID: 19141450 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.006437-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The fusion (F) protein of parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV-5) strain W3A is able to induce cell fusion when it is expressed alone in baby hamster kidney cells, whilst the F protein of PIV-5 strain WR induces cell fusion only when co-expressed with the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein. It has been shown previously that when Leu-22 of the WR F protein is replaced with the W3A F counterpart (Pro-22), the resulting mutant L22P exhibits HN-independent fusion activity. Furthermore, previous chimeric analysis between L22P and the F protein of PIV-5 strain T1 has suggested that Glu-132 also contributes to the HN-independent fusion activity of L22P. It was shown here that substitution of Glu-132 of L22P with various amino acids including the T1 F protein counterpart (Lys-132) resulted in a reduction in fusion activity, whereas substitution with Asp was the exception in being tolerated. Interestingly, reduced fusion activity of an L22P mutant that harboured the E132K substitution could be restored by an additional D416K substitution but not by a D416E mutation, suggesting that the presence of the same charge at positions 132 and 416 is important for the HN-independent fusion activity. In contrast, substitution of Leu-22 of the WR F protein with various amino acids except those with aliphatic side chains resulted in acquisition of fusion activity, suggesting that the HN dependence of the WR F protein in the induction of cell fusion is attributable to the hydrophobicity of Leu-22. These results indicate that at least three amino acids are involved in the HN-independent fusion activity of the PIV-5 F protein.
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- Morihiro Ito
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-Cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Suzuka University of Medical Science and Technology, 1001-1 Kishioka-Cho, Suzuka, Mie 510-0226, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Chubu University, 1200 Matsumoto-Cho, Kasugai, Aichi 487-8501, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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Bissonnette MLZ, Donald JE, DeGrado WF, Jardetzky TS, Lamb RA. Functional analysis of the transmembrane domain in paramyxovirus F protein-mediated membrane fusion. J Mol Biol 2008; 386:14-36. [PMID: 19121325 PMCID: PMC2750892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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To enter cells, enveloped viruses use fusion-mediating glycoproteins to facilitate the merger of the viral and host cell membranes. These glycoproteins undergo large-scale irreversible refolding during membrane fusion. The paramyxovirus parainfluenza virus 5 mediates membrane merger through its fusion protein (F). The transmembrane (TM) domains of viral fusion proteins are typically required for fusion. The TM domain of F is particularly interesting in that it is potentially unusually long; multiple calculations suggest a TM helix length between 25 and 48 residues. Oxidative cross-linking of single-cysteine substitutions indicates the F TM trimer forms a helical bundle within the membrane. To assess the functional role of the paramyxovirus parainfluenza virus 5 F protein TM domain, alanine scanning mutagenesis was performed. Two residues located in the outer leaflet of the bilayer are critical for fusion. Multiple amino acid substitutions at these positions indicate the physical properties of the side chain play a critical role in supporting or blocking fusion. Analysis of intermediate steps in F protein refolding indicated that the mutants were not trapped at the open stalk intermediate or the prehairpin intermediate. Incorporation of a known F protein destabilizing mutation that causes a hyperfusogenic phenotype restored fusion activity to the mutants. Further, altering the curvature of the lipid bilayer by addition of oleic acid promoted fusion of the F protein mutants. In aggregate, these data indicate that the TM domain plays a functional role in fusion beyond merely anchoring the protein in the viral envelope and that it can affect the structures and steady-state concentrations of the various conformational intermediates en route to the final postfusion state. We suggest that the unusual length of this TM helix might allow it to serve as a template for formation of or specifically stabilize the lipid stalk intermediate in fusion.
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- Mei Lin Z Bissonnette
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, USA
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Jeon WJ, Lee EK, Kwon JH, Choi KS. Full-length genome sequence of avain paramyxovirus type 4 isolated from a mallard duck. Virus Genes 2008; 37:342-50. [PMID: 18770019 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-008-0267-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Avian paramyxovirus (APMV) consists of nine serotypes, APMV-1 through -9, of which only APMV-1 and APMV-6 have been fully sequenced. Here, we present the complete 15,054 nt RNA genome of APMV-4 isolated from a mallard duck, which conformed to the "rule of six." The APMV-4 genome had six transcriptional units in the order 3'-NP-P/V-M-F-HN-L-5', which coded for the nucleocapsid (N), phospho- (P), matrix (M), fusion (F), hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN), and large (L) proteins. Similar to APMV-1 but unlike APMV-6, APMV-4 lacked a small hydrophobic protein. The leader and trailer sequences were 55 and 17 nt in length, respectively, and the 12 nt-terminal regions of both ends of the APMV-4 genome were complementary. Using phylogenetic analysis, APMV-4 was classified as a member of the genus Avulavirus, and was more closely related to APMV-1 than to APMV-2 or APMV-6. These results may help establish the taxonomic position of Paramyxoviridae, Avulavirus members.
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- Woo-Jin Jeon
- Avian Diseases Division, Veterinary Research Institute, National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, 480 Anyang-6, Anyang, Gyeonggi, 430-824, South Korea
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Characterization of naturally occurring parainfluenza virus type 2 (hPIV-2) variants. J Clin Virol 2008; 43:86-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 05/05/2008] [Accepted: 05/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A hyperfusogenic F protein enhances the oncolytic potency of a paramyxovirus simian virus 5 P/V mutant without compromising sensitivity to type I interferon. J Virol 2008; 82:9369-80. [PMID: 18667520 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01054-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Viral fusogenic membrane proteins have been proposed as tools to increase the potency of oncolytic viruses, but there is a need for mechanisms to control the spread of fusogenic viruses in normal versus tumor cells. We have previously shown that a mutant of the paramyxovirus simian virus 5 (SV5) that harbors mutations in the P/V gene from the canine parainfluenza virus (P/V-CPI(-)) is a potent inducer of type I interferon (IFN) and apoptosis and is restricted for spread through normal but not tumor cells in vitro. Here, we have used the cytopathic P/V-CPI(-) as a backbone vector to test the hypothesis that a virus expressing a hyperfusogenic glycoprotein will be a more effective oncolytic vector but will retain sensitivity to IFN. A P/V mutant virus expressing an F protein with a glycine-to-alanine substitution in the fusion peptide (P/V-CPI(-)-G3A) was more fusogenic than the parental P/V-CPI(-) mutant. In two model prostate tumor cell lines which are defective in IFN production (LNCaP and DU145), the hyperfusogenic P/V-CPI(-)-G3A mutant had normal growth properties at low multiplicities of infection and was more effective than the parental P/V-CPI(-) mutant at cell killing in vitro. However, in PC3 cells which produce and respond to IFN, the hyperfusogenic P/V-CPI(-)-G3A mutant was attenuated for growth and spread. Killing of PC3 cells was equivalent between the parental P/V-CPI(-) mutant and the hyperfusogenic P/V-CPI(-)-G3A mutant. In a nude mouse model using LNCaP cells, the hyperfusogenic P/V-CPI(-)-G3A mutant was more effective than P/V-CPI(-) at reducing tumor burden. In the case of DU145 tumors, the two vectors based on P/V-CPI(-) were equally effective at limiting tumor growth. Together, our results provide proof of principle that a cytopathic SV5 P/V mutant can serve as an oncolytic virus and that the oncolytic effectiveness of P/V mutants can be enhanced by a fusogenic membrane protein without compromising sensitivity to IFN. The potential advantages of SV5-based oncolytic vectors are discussed.
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Mutagenesis and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses of the fusion peptide of Helicoverpa armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus F protein. J Virol 2008; 82:8138-48. [PMID: 18524820 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00368-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The entry of enveloped viruses into cells is normally mediated by fusion between viral and cellular membranes, in which the fusion peptide plays a crucial role. The fusion peptides of group II nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) F proteins are quite conserved, with a hydrophobic region located at the N terminal of the F(1) fragment. For this report, we used mutagenesis and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study the structure and function of the fusion peptide of the Helicoverpa armigera single-nucleocapsid NPV (HearNPV) F protein (HaF). Five mutations in the fusion peptide of HaF, N(1)G, N(1)L, I(2)N, G(3)L, and D(11)L, were generated separately, and the mutated f genes were transformed into the f-null HearNPV bacmid. The mutations N(1)L, I(2)N, and D(11)L were found to completely abolish the ability of the recombinant bacmids to produce infectious budded virus, while the mutations N(1)G and G(3)L did not. The low-pH-induced envelope fusion assay demonstrated that the N(1)G substitution increased the fusogenicity of HaF, while the G(3)L substitution reduced its fusogenicity. NMR spectroscopy was used to determine the structure of a synthetic fusion peptide of HaF in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles at pH 5.0. The fusion peptide appeared to be an amphiphilic structure composed of a flexible coil in the N terminus from N(1) to N(5), a 3(10)-helix from F(6) to G(8), a turn at S(9), and a regular alpha-helix from V(10) to D(19). The data provide the first NMR structure of a baculovirus fusion peptide and allow us to further understand the relationship of structure and function of the fusion peptide.
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Lamb RA, Jardetzky TS. Structural basis of viral invasion: lessons from paramyxovirus F. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2007; 17:427-36. [PMID: 17870467 PMCID: PMC2086805 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 08/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The structures of glycoproteins that mediate enveloped virus entry into cells have revealed dramatic structural changes that accompany membrane fusion and provided mechanistic insights into this process. The group of class I viral fusion proteins includes the influenza hemagglutinin, paramyxovirus F, HIV env, and other mechanistically related fusogens, but these proteins are unrelated in sequence and exhibit clearly distinct structural features. Recently determined crystal structures of the paramyxovirus F protein in two conformations, representing pre-fusion and post-fusion states, reveal a novel protein architecture that undergoes large-scale, irreversible refolding during membrane fusion, extending our understanding of this diverse group of membrane fusion machines.
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- Robert A Lamb
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Gardner AE, Martin KL, Dutch RE. A conserved region between the heptad repeats of paramyxovirus fusion proteins is critical for proper F protein folding. Biochemistry 2007; 46:5094-105. [PMID: 17417875 PMCID: PMC2525568 DOI: 10.1021/bi6025648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Paramyxoviruses are a diverse family that utilizes a fusion (F) protein to enter cells via fusion of the viral lipid bilayer with a target cell membrane. Although certain regions of the F protein are known to play critical roles in membrane fusion, the function of much of the protein remains unclear. Sequence alignment of a set of paramyxovirus F proteins and analysis utilizing Block Maker identified a region of conserved amino acid sequence in a large domain between the heptad repeats of F1, designated CBF1. We employed site-directed mutagenesis to analyze the function of completely conserved residues of CBF1 in both the simian virus 5 (SV5) and Hendra virus F proteins. The majority of CBF1 point mutants were deficient in homotrimer formation, proteolytic processing, and transport to the cell surface. For some SV5 F mutants, proteolytic cleavage and surface expression could be restored by expression at 30 degrees C, and varying levels of fusion promotion were observed at this temperature. In addition, the mutant SV5 F V402A displayed a hyperfusogenic phenotype at both 30 and 37 degrees C, indicating that this mutation allows for efficient fusion with only an extremely small amount of cleaved, active protein. The recently published prefusogenic structure of PIV5/SV5 F (Yin, H. S., et al. (2006) Nature 439, 38-44) indicates that residues within and flanking CBF1 interact with the fusion peptide domain. Together, these data suggest that CBF1-fusion peptide interactions are critical for the initial folding of paramyxovirus F proteins from this important viral family and can also modulate subsequent membrane fusion promotion.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Phone: (859) 323-1795; Fax: (859) 323-1037; E-mail:
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Luque LE, Russell CJ. Spring-loaded heptad repeat residues regulate the expression and activation of paramyxovirus fusion protein. J Virol 2007; 81:3130-41. [PMID: 17251293 PMCID: PMC1866055 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02464-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During viral entry, the paramyxovirus fusion (F) protein fuses the viral envelope to a cellular membrane. Similar to other class I viral fusion glycoproteins, the F protein has two heptad repeat regions (HRA and HRB) that are important in membrane fusion and can be targeted by antiviral inhibitors. Upon activation of the F protein, HRA refolds from a spring-loaded, crumpled structure into a coiled coil that inserts a hydrophobic fusion peptide into the target membrane and binds to the HRB helices to form a fusogenic hairpin. To investigate how F protein conformational changes are regulated, we mutated in the Sendai virus F protein a highly conserved 10-residue sequence in HRA that undergoes major structural changes during protein refolding. Nine of the 15 mutations studied caused significant defects in F protein expression, processing, and fusogenicity. Conversely, the remaining six mutations enhanced the fusogenicity of the F protein, most likely by helping spring the HRA coil. Two of the residues that were neither located at "a" or "d" positions in the heptad repeat nor conserved among the paramyxoviruses were key regulators of the folding and fusion activity of the F protein, showing that residues not expected to be important in coiled-coil formation may play important roles in regulating membrane fusion. Overall, the data support the hypothesis that regions in the F protein that undergo dramatic changes in secondary and tertiary structure between the prefusion and hairpin conformations regulate F protein expression and activation.
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- Laura E Luque
- Department of Infectious Diseases, MS 320, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA
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Connolly SA, Lamb RA. Paramyxovirus fusion: real-time measurement of parainfluenza virus 5 virus-cell fusion. Virology 2006; 355:203-12. [PMID: 16916528 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2006] [Revised: 06/30/2006] [Accepted: 07/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Although cell-cell fusion assays are useful surrogate methods for studying virus fusion, differences between cell-cell and virus-cell fusion exist. To examine paramyxovirus fusion in real time, we labeled viruses with fluorescent lipid probes and monitored virus-cell fusion by fluorimetry. Two parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) isolates (W3A and SER) and PIV5 containing mutations within the fusion protein (F) were studied. Fusion was specific and temperature-dependent. Compared to many low pH-dependent viruses, the kinetics of PIV5 fusion was slow, approaching completion within several minutes. As predicted from cell-cell fusion assays, virus containing an F protein with an extended cytoplasmic tail (rSV5 F551) had reduced fusion compared to wild-type virus (W3A). In contrast, virus-cell fusion for SER occurred at near wild-type levels, despite the fact that this isolate exhibits a severely reduced cell-cell fusion phenotype. These results support the notion that virus-cell and cell-cell fusion have significant differences.
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- Sarah A Connolly
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, USA
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Porotto M, Doctor L, Carta P, Fornabaio M, Greengard O, Kellogg GE, Moscona A. Inhibition of hendra virus fusion. J Virol 2006; 80:9837-49. [PMID: 16973588 PMCID: PMC1617219 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00736-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hendra virus (HeV) is a recently identified paramyxovirus that is fatal in humans and could be used as an agent of bioterrorism. The HeV receptor-binding protein (G) is required in order for the fusion protein (F) to mediate fusion, and analysis of the triggering/activation of HeV F by G should lead to strategies for interfering with this key step in viral entry. HeV F, once triggered by the receptor-bound G, by analogy with other paramyxovirus F proteins, undergoes multistep conformational changes leading to a six-helix bundle (6HB) structure that accomplishes fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. The ectodomain of paramyxovirus F proteins contains two conserved heptad repeat regions (HRN and HRC) near the fusion peptide and the transmembrane domains, respectively. Peptides derived from the HRN and HRC regions of F are proposed to inhibit fusion by preventing F, after the initial triggering step, from forming the 6HB structure that is required for fusion. HeV peptides have previously been found to be effective at inhibiting HeV fusion. However, we found that a human parainfluenza virus 3 F-peptide is more effective at inhibiting HeV fusion than the comparable HeV-derived peptide.
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- M Porotto
- Department of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 515 E. 71st St., 6th Floor, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Plassmeyer ML, Soldan SS, Stachelek KM, Roth SM, Martín-García J, González-Scarano F. Mutagenesis of the La Crosse Virus glycoprotein supports a role for Gc (1066-1087) as the fusion peptide. Virology 2006; 358:273-82. [PMID: 17027056 PMCID: PMC1820767 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2006] [Revised: 05/09/2006] [Accepted: 08/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The La Crosse Virus (LACV) M segment encodes two glycoproteins (Gn and Gc), and plays a critical role in the neuropathogenesis of LACV infection as the primary determinant of neuroinvasion. A recent study from our group demonstrated that the region comprising the membrane proximal two-thirds of Gc, amino acids 860-1442, is critical in mediating LACV fusion and entry. Furthermore, computational analysis identified structural similarities between a portion of this region, amino acids 970-1350, and the E1 fusion protein of two alphaviruses: Sindbis virus and Semliki Forrest virus (SFV). Within the region 970-1350, a 22-amino-acid hydrophobic segment (1066-1087) is predicted to correlate structurally with the fusion peptides of class II fusion proteins. We performed site-directed mutagenesis of key amino acids in this 22-amino acid segment and determined the functional consequences of these mutations on fusion and entry. Several mutations within this hydrophobic domain affected glycoprotein expression to some extent, but all mutations either shifted the pH threshold of fusion below that of the wild-type protein, reduced fusion efficiency, or abrogated cell-to-cell fusion and pseudotype entry altogether. These results, coupled with the aforementioned computational modeling, suggest that the LACV Gc functions as a class II fusion protein and support a role for the region Gc 1066-1087 as a fusion peptide.
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- Matthew L. Plassmeyer
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
- Graduate Group Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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- Graduate Group Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
- *Corresponding author. Department of Neurology, 3 West Gates, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. Fax: (215) 662-3362. Email address:
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Martín D, Calder LJ, García-Barreno B, Skehel JJ, Melero JA. Sequence elements of the fusion peptide of human respiratory syncytial virus fusion protein required for activity. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:1649-1658. [PMID: 16690930 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81715-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have reported previously the expression and purification of an anchorless form of the human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) F protein (F(TM-)) representing the ectodomain of the full-length F. F(TM-) molecules are seen as unaggregated cones by electron microscopy but completion of proteolytic cleavage of the F0 monomers in the F(TM-) trimer leads to a change in shape from cones to lollipops that aggregate into rosettes. This aggregation apparently occurs by interaction of the fusion peptides of F(TM-) molecules that are exposed after cleavage. Since exposure of the fusion peptide is a key event in the process of membrane fusion, changes associated with F(TM-) cleavage may reflect those occurring in full-length F during membrane fusion. Deletions or substitutions that changed either the length, charge or hydrophobicity of the fusion peptide inhibited aggregation of F(TM-), and these mutants remained as unaggregated cones after cleavage. In contrast, more conservative changes did not inhibit the change of shape and aggregation of F(TM-). When the same changes were introduced in the fusion peptide of full-length F, only the mutations that inhibited aggregation of F(TM-) prevented membrane fusion. Thus, the conformational changes that follow completion of cleavage of the F(TM-) protein require a functional fusion peptide. These sequence constraints may restrict accumulation of sequence changes in the fusion peptide of HRSV F when compared with other hydrophobic regions of the molecule.
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- Diana Martín
- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, 28220 Madrid, Spain
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Russell CJ, Luque LE. The structural basis of paramyxovirus invasion. Trends Microbiol 2006; 14:243-6. [PMID: 16678421 PMCID: PMC7119026 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2006] [Revised: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 04/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To deliver their genetic material into host cells, enveloped viruses have surface glycoproteins that actively cause the fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. Recently determined X-ray crystal structures of the paramyxovirus fusion (F) protein in its pre-fusion and post-fusion conformations reveal the dramatic structural transformation that this protein undergoes while causing membrane fusion. Conformational changes in key regions of the F protein suggest the mechanism by which the F protein is activated and refolds.
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- Charles J Russell
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA.
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Desselberger U. International symposium: RNA viruses shuttling between animal and man. Future Virol 2006. [DOI: 10.2217/17460794.1.3.305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Ulrich Desselberger
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Molecular Immunology, Padriciano 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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Tsurudome M. [Viral fusion mechanisms]. Uirusu 2006; 55:207-19. [PMID: 16557006 DOI: 10.2222/jsv.55.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The majority of viral fusion proteins can be divided into two classes. The influenza hemagglutinin (HA) belongs to the class I fusion proteins and undergoes a series of conformational changes at acidic pH, leading to membrane fusion. The crystal structures of the prefusion and the postfusion forms of HA have been revealed in 1981 and 1994, respectively. On the basis of these structures, a model for the mechanism of membrane fusion mediated by the conformational changes of HA has been proposed. The flavivirus E and alphavirus E1 proteins belong to the class II fusion proteins and mediate membrane fusion at acidic pH. Their prefusion structures are distinct from that of HA. Last year, however, it has become evident that the postfusion structures of these class I and class II fusion proteins are similar. The paramyxovirus F protein belongs to the class I fusion proteins. In contrast to HA, an interaction between F and its homologous attachment protein is required for F to undergo the conformational changes. Since F mediates fusion at neutral pH, the infected cells can fuse with neighboring uninfected cells. The crystal structures of F and the attachment protein HN have recently been clarified, which will facilitate studies of the molecular mechanism of F-mediated membrane fusion.
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- Masato Tsurudome
- Department of Microbiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan.
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Lamb RA, Paterson RG, Jardetzky TS. Paramyxovirus membrane fusion: lessons from the F and HN atomic structures. Virology 2006; 344:30-7. [PMID: 16364733 PMCID: PMC7172328 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2005] [Accepted: 09/07/2005] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Paramyxoviruses enter cells by fusion of their lipid envelope with the target cell plasma membrane. Fusion of the viral membrane with the plasma membrane allows entry of the viral genome into the cytoplasm. For paramyxoviruses, membrane fusion occurs at neutral pH, but the trigger mechanism that controls the viral entry machinery such that it occurs at the right time and in the right place remains to be elucidated. Two viral glycoproteins are key to the infection process—an attachment protein that varies among different paramyxoviruses and the fusion (F) protein, which is found in all paramyxoviruses. For many of the paramyxoviruses (parainfluenza viruses 1–5, mumps virus, Newcastle disease virus and others), the attachment protein is the hemagglutinin/neuraminidase (HN) protein. In the last 5 years, atomic structures of paramyxovirus F and HN proteins have been reported. The knowledge gained from these structures towards understanding the mechanism of viral membrane fusion is described.
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- Robert A Lamb
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3500, USA.
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Sauder CJ, Vandenburgh KM, Iskow RC, Malik T, Carbone KM, Rubin SA. Changes in mumps virus neurovirulence phenotype associated with quasispecies heterogeneity. Virology 2006; 350:48-57. [PMID: 16494912 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Revised: 01/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mumps virus is a highly neurotropic virus with evidence of central nervous system invasion (CNS) in approximately half of all cases of infection. In countries where live attenuated mumps virus vaccines were introduced, the number of mumps cases declined dramatically; however, recently, the safety of some vaccine strains has been questioned. For example, one of the most widely used vaccines, the Urabe AM9 strain, was causally associated with meningitis, leading to the withdrawal of this product from the market in several countries. This highlights the need for a better understanding of the attenuation process and the identification of markers of attenuation. To this end, we further attenuated the Urabe AM9 strain by serial passage in cell culture and compared the complete nucleotide sequences of the parental and passaged viruses. Interestingly, despite a dramatic decrease in virus virulence (as assayed in rats), the only genomic changes were in the form of changes in the level of genetic heterogeneity at specific genome sites, i.e., either selection of one nucleotide variant at positions where the starting material exhibited nucleotide heterogeneity or the evolution of an additional nucleotide to create a heterogenic site. This finding suggests that changes in the level of genetic heterogeneity at specific genome sites can have profound neurovirulence phenotypic consequences and, therefore, caution should be exercised when evaluating genetic markers of virulence or attenuation based only on a consensus sequence.
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- Christian J Sauder
- DVP/Office of Vaccines Research and Review, Center for Biologics, Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Building 29A, Room 1A-21, 8800 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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