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Bui S, Dancourt J, Lavieu G. Virus-Free Method to Control and Enhance Extracellular Vesicle Cargo Loading and Delivery. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2023; 6:1081-1091. [PMID: 36781171 PMCID: PMC10031566 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.2c00955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs)─including exosomes and microvesicles─are involved in cell-cell communication. EVs encapsulate different types of molecules such as proteins or nucleotides and are long-lasting contenders for the establishment of personalized drug delivery systems. Recent studies suggest that the intrinsic capacities for uptake and cargo delivery of basic EVs might be too limited to serve as a potent delivery system. Here, we develop two synergistic methods to, respectively, control EV cargo loading and enhance EV cargo delivery through fusion without requirement for any viral fusogenic protein. Briefly, cargo loading is enabled through a reversible drug-inducible system that triggers the interaction between a cargo of interest and CD63, a well-established transmembrane EV marker. Enhanced cargo delivery is promoted by overexpressing Syncytin-1, an endogenous retrovirus envelop protein with fusogenic properties encoded by the human genome. We validate our bioengineered EVs in a qualitative and quantitative manner. Finally, we utilize this method to develop highly potent killer EVs, which contain a lethal toxin responsible for protein translation arrest and acceptor cell death. These advanced methods and future downstream applications may open promising doors in the manufacture of virus-free and EV-based delivery systems.
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- Sheryl Bui
- INSERM U1316, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1316, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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- INSERM U1316, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Cité, 75006 Paris, France
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Rehman S, Bishnoi S, Roy R, Kumari A, Jayakumar H, Gupta S, Kar P, Pattnaik AK, Nayak D. Emerging Biomedical Applications of the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:32840-32848. [PMID: 36157773 PMCID: PMC9494638 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nanoparticles (NPs) made of metals, polymers, micelles, and liposomes are increasingly being used in various biomedical applications. However, most of these NPs are hazardous for long- and short-term use and hence have restricted biomedical applications. Therefore, naturally derived, biocompatible, and biodegradable nanoconstructs are being explored for such applications. Inspired by the biology of viruses, researchers are exploring the viral proteins that hold considerable promise in biomedical applications. The viral proteins are highly stable and further amenable to suit specific biological applications. Among various viral proteins, vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G) has emerged as one of the most versatile platforms for biomedical applications. Starting with their first major use in lentivirus/retrovirus packaging systems, the VSV-G-based reagents have been tested for diverse biomedical use, many of which are at various stages of clinical trials. This manuscript discusses the recent advancements in the use of the VSV-G-based reagents in medical, biological research, and clinical applications particularly highlighting emerging applications in biomedical imaging.
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- Sheeba Rehman
- Department
of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute
of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri
Bhopal 462066, Madhya
Pradesh, India
- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- School
of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- School
of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Nebraska Center for
Virology, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 109 Morrison Center, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0900, United States
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- Department
of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute
of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri
Bhopal 462066, Madhya
Pradesh, India
- Department
of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore 453552, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Munis AM, Bentley EM, Takeuchi Y. A tool with many applications: vesicular stomatitis virus in research and medicine. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2020; 20:1187-1201. [PMID: 32602788 DOI: 10.1080/14712598.2020.1787981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has long been a useful research tool in virology and recently become an essential part of medicinal products. Vesiculovirus research is growing quickly following its adaptation to clinical gene and cell therapy and oncolytic virotherapy. AREAS COVERED This article reviews the versatility of VSV as a research tool and biological reagent, its use as a viral and vaccine vector delivering therapeutic and immunogenic transgenes and an oncolytic virus aiding cancer treatment. Challenges such as the immune response against such advanced therapeutic medicinal products and manufacturing constraints are also discussed. EXPERT OPINION The field of in vivo gene and cell therapy is advancing rapidly with VSV used in many ways. Comparison of VSV's use as a versatile therapeutic reagent unveils further prospects and problems for each application. Overcoming immunological challenges to aid repeated administration of viral vectors and minimizing harmful host-vector interactions remains one of the major challenges. In the future, exploitation of reverse genetic tools may assist the creation of recombinant viral variants that have improved onco-selectivity and more efficient vaccine vector activity. This will add to the preferential features of VSV as an excellent advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP) platform.
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- Altar M Munis
- Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford , Oxford, UK.,Division of Advanced Therapies, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control , South Mimms, UK
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- Division of Virology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control , South Mimms, UK
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- Division of Advanced Therapies, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control , South Mimms, UK.,Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London , London, UK
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Rhabdoviruses are enveloped viruses with a negative-sense single strand RNA genome and are widespread among a great variety of organisms. In their membrane, they have a single glycoprotein (G) that mediates both virus attachment to cellular receptors and fusion between viral and endosomal membranes allowing viral genome release in the cytoplasm. We present structural and cellular aspects of Rhabdovirus entry into their host cell with a focus on vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and rabies virus (RABV) for which the early events of the viral cycle have been extensively studied. Recent data have shown that the only VSV receptors are the members of the LDL-R family. This is in contrast with RABV for which multiple receptors belonging to unrelated families have been identified. Despite having different receptors, after attachment, rhabdovirus internalization occurs through clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) in an actin-dependent manner. There are still debates about the exact endocytic pathway of VSV in the cell and on RABV transport in the neuronal axon. In any case, fusion is triggered in the endosomal vesicle via a low-pH induced structural rearrangement of G from its pre- to its postfusion conformation. Vesiculovirus G is one of the best characterized fusion glycoproteins as the previously reported crystal structures of the pre- and postfusion states have been recently completed by those of intermediates during the structural transition. Understanding the entry pathway of rhabdoviruses may have strong impact in biotechnologies as, for example, VSV G is used for pseudotyping lentiviruses to promote efficient transduction, and VSV is a promising oncolytic virus.
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Abou-Hamdan A, Belot L, Albertini A, Gaudin Y. Monomeric Intermediates Formed by Vesiculovirus Glycoprotein during Its Low-pH-induced Structural Transition. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1685-1695. [PMID: 29678555 PMCID: PMC7126088 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Vesiculovirus G is the prototype of class III viral fusion glycoproteins. The structures of both G pre- and post-fusion conformation have been determined. The structure of monomeric intermediates reveals the pathway of the transition. A fusion-loop-exposing antiparallel dimer may initiate the fusion process. Those data challenge the current model proposed for viral membrane fusion.
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- Abbas Abou-Hamdan
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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Chow J, Márka Z, Bartos I, Márka S, Kagan JC. Environmental Stress Causes Lethal Neuro-Trauma during Asymptomatic Viral Infections. Cell Host Microbe 2017; 22:48-60.e5. [PMID: 28704652 PMCID: PMC5560172 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Asymptomatic infections often proceed undetected, yet can still prime the host to be sensitive to secondary environmental stress. While the mechanisms underlying disease caused by asymptomatic infections are unknown, it is believed that productive pathogen replication is required. We report that the environmental stress of carbon dioxide (CO2) anesthesia converts an asymptomatic rhabdovirus infection in Drosophila to one that is lethal. This lethality results from a pool of infectious virus in glial cells and is regulated by the antiviral RNAi pathway of the host. CO2 sensitivity is caused by the fusogenic activity of the viral glycoprotein, which results in fusion of neurons and glia. Expression of the viral glycoprotein, but not a fusion defective mutant, is sufficient to cause CO2 sensitivity, which can occur even in the absence of productive viral replication. These findings highlight how viral proteins, independent of pathogen replication, may predispose hosts to life-threatening environmental stress.
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- Jonathan Chow
- Harvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Harvard Medical School and Division of Gastroenterology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ortega-Villaizan M, Chico V, Martinez-Lopez A, Garcia-Valtanen P, Coll JM, Estepa A. Development of new therapeutical/adjuvant molecules by pepscan mapping of autophagy and IFN inducing determinants of rhabdoviral G proteins. Mol Immunol 2016; 70:118-24. [PMID: 26759988 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Surface glycoproteins of enveloped virus are potent elicitors of both innate and adaptive host immune responses. Therefore, the identification of viral glycoprotein determinants directly implicated in the induction of these responses might be of special interest for designing new therapeutical/adjuvant molecules. In this work we review the contribution of the "pepscan" approach to the screening of viral functions in the sequence of glycoprotein G (gpG) of the fish rhabdovirus of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHSV). Among others, by scanning gpG peptides, it has been possible to identify and validate minimal determinants for gpG directly implicated in initiating the fish type I Interferon-associated immune responses as well as in the antiviral autophagy program. Further fine-tunning of the identified peptides in the gpG of VHSV has allowed designing novel adjuvants that decrease DNA vaccine requirements and identify possible innovative antiviral molecules. In addition, these results have also contributed to improve our knowledge on how to stimulate the fish immune system.
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- IBMC, Miguel Hernandez University, 03202 Elche, Spain
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- INIA-SIGT-Biotechnology, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- IBMC, Miguel Hernandez University, 03202 Elche, Spain.
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Single-Vector, Single-Injection Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Vaccines Against High-Containment Viruses. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1403:295-311. [PMID: 27076138 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3387-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There are many avenues for making an effective vaccine against viruses. Depending on the virus these can include one of the following: inactivation of whole virions; attenuation of viruses; recombinant viral proteins; non-replication-competent virus particles; or surrogate virus vector systems such as vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). VSV is a prototypic enveloped animal virus that has been used for over four decades to study virus replication, entry, and assembly due to its ability to replicate to high titers in a wide variety of mammalian and insect cells. The use of reverse genetics to recover infectious and single-cycle replicating VSV from plasmid DNA transfected in cell culture began a revolution in the study of recombinant VSV (rVSV). This platform can be manipulated to study the viral genetic sequences and proteins important in the virus life cycle. Additionally, foreign genes can be inserted between naturally occurring or generated start/stop signals and polyadenylation sites within the VSV genome. VSV has a tolerance for foreign gene expression which has led to numerous rVSVs reported in the literature. Of particular interest are the very effective single-dose rVSV vaccine vectors against high-containment viruses such as filoviruses, henipaviruses, and arenaviruses. Herein we describe the methods for selecting foreign antigenic genes, selecting the location within the VSV genome for insertion, generation of rVSV using reverse genetics, and proper vaccine study designs.
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Characterization of the Bas-Congo virus glycoprotein and its function in pseudotyped viruses. J Virol 2013; 87:9558-68. [PMID: 23785218 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01183-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bas-Congo virus (BASV) is a novel rhabdovirus recently identified from a patient with acute hemorrhagic fever in the Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Here we show that the BASV glycoprotein (BASV-G) can be successfully used to pseudotype glycoprotein-deficient vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), allowing studies of BASV-G-driven membrane fusion and viral entry into target cells without replication-competent virus. BASV-G displayed broad tissue and species tropism in vitro, and BASV-G-mediated membrane fusion was pH dependent. The conformational changes induced in BASV-G by acidification were fully reversible and did not lead to inactivation of the viral fusion protein. Our data combined with comparative sequence similarity analyses suggest that BASV-G shares structural and functional features with other rhabdovirus glycoproteins and falls into the group of class III viral fusion proteins. However, activation of BASV-G-driven fusion required a lower pH and higher temperatures than did VSV-G-mediated fusion. Moreover, in contrast to VSV-G, mature BASV-G in VSV pseudotypes consists of a mixture of high-mannose and complex glycans that enables it to bind to certain C-type lectins, thereby enhancing its attachment to target cells. Taken together, the results presented in this study will facilitate future investigations of BASV-G-mediated cell entry and its inhibition in the absence of an infectious cell culture assay for BASV and at lower biosafety levels. Moreover, serology testing based on BASV-G pseudotype neutralization can be used to uncover the prevalence and importance of BASV as a potential novel human pathogen in the DRC and throughout Central Africa.
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Matos PM, Marin M, Ahn B, Lam W, Santos NC, Melikyan GB. Anionic lipids are required for vesicular stomatitis virus G protein-mediated single particle fusion with supported lipid bilayers. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:12416-25. [PMID: 23493401 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.462028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Viral glycoproteins mediate fusion between viral and cellular membranes upon binding to cognate receptors and/or experiencing low pH. Although activation of viral glycoproteins is thought to be necessary and sufficient for fusion, accumulating evidence suggests that additional cellular factors, including lipids, can modulate the fusion process. Understanding the role of lipids in virus entry via endocytosis is impeded by poor accessibility and the highly diverse nature of endosomes. Here we imaged fusion of single retroviral particles pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) G protein with dextran-supported lipid bilayers. Incorporation of diffusible fluorescent labels into the viral membrane and the viral interior enabled detection of the lipid mixing (hemifusion) and content transfer (full fusion) steps of VSV G-mediated fusion at low pH. Although single virus fusion with supported bilayers made of zwitterionic lipids could not be detected, inclusion of anionic lipids, phosphatidylserine, and bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP), greatly enhanced the efficiency of hemifusion and permitted full fusion. Importantly, lipid mixing always preceded the opening of a fusion pore, demonstrating that VSV G-mediated fusion proceeds through a long-lived hemifusion intermediate. Kinetic analysis of lipid and content transfer showed that the lags between lipid and content mixing defining the lifetime of a hemifusion intermediate were significantly shorter for BMP-containing compared with PS-containing bilayers. The strong fusion-enhancing effect of BMP, a late endosome-resident lipid, is consistent with the model that VSV initiates fusion in early endosomes but releases its core into the cytosol after reaching late endosomal compartments.
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- Pedro M Matos
- Emory Children's Center, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Spring-loaded model revisited: paramyxovirus fusion requires engagement of a receptor binding protein beyond initial triggering of the fusion protein. J Virol 2011; 85:12867-80. [PMID: 21976650 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05873-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During paramyxovirus entry into a host cell, receptor engagement by a specialized binding protein triggers conformational changes in the adjacent fusion protein (F), leading to fusion between the viral and cell membranes. According to the existing paradigm of paramyxovirus membrane fusion, the initial activation of F by the receptor binding protein sets off a spring-loaded mechanism whereby the F protein progresses independently through the subsequent steps in the fusion process, ending in membrane merger. For human parainfluenza virus type 3 (HPIV3), the receptor binding protein (hemagglutinin-neuraminidase [HN]) has three functions: receptor binding, receptor cleaving, and activating F. We report that continuous receptor engagement by HN activates F to advance through the series of structural rearrangements required for fusion. In contrast to the prevailing model, the role of HN-receptor engagement in the fusion process is required beyond an initiating step, i.e., it is still required even after the insertion of the fusion peptide into the target cell membrane, enabling F to mediate membrane merger. We also report that for Nipah virus, whose receptor binding protein has no receptor-cleaving activity, the continuous stimulation of the F protein by a receptor-engaged binding protein is key for fusion. We suggest a general model for paramyxovirus fusion activation in which receptor engagement plays an active role in F activation, and the continued engagement of the receptor binding protein is essential to F protein function until the onset of membrane merger. This model has broad implications for the mechanism of paramyxovirus fusion and for strategies to prevent viral entry.
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A recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus bearing a lethal mutation in the glycoprotein gene uncovers a second site suppressor that restores fusion. J Virol 2011; 85:8105-15. [PMID: 21680501 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00735-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), a prototype of the Rhabdoviridae family, contains a single surface glycoprotein (G) that is responsible for attachment to cells and mediates membrane fusion. Working with the Indiana serotype of VSV, we employed a reverse genetic approach to produce fully authentic recombinant viral particles bearing lethal mutations in the G gene. By altering the hydrophobicity of the two fusion loops within G, we produced a panel of mutants, W72A, Y73A, Y116A, and A117F, that were nonfusogenic. Propagation of viruses bearing those lethal mutations in G completely depended on complementation by expression of the glycoprotein from the heterologous New Jersey serotype of VSV. The nonfusogenic G proteins oligomerize and are transported normally to the cell surface but fail to mediate acid pH-triggered membrane fusion. The nonfusogenic G proteins also interfered with the ability of wild-type G to mediate fusion, either by formation of mixed trimers or by inhibition of trimer function during fusion. Passage of one recombinant virus, A117F, identified a second site suppressor of the fusion block, E76K. When analyzed in the absence of the A117F substitution, E76K rendered G more sensitive to acid pH-triggered fusion, suggesting that this compensatory mutation is destabilizing. Our work provides a set of authentic recombinant VSV particles bearing lethal mutations in G, confirms that the hydrophobic fusion loops of VSV G protein are critical for membrane fusion, and underscores the importance of the sequence elements surrounding the hydrophobic tips of the fusion loops in driving fusion. This study has implications for understanding dominant targets for inhibition of G-mediated fusion. Moreover, the recombinant viral particles generated here will likely be useful in dissecting the mechanism of G-catalyzed fusion as well as study steps of viral assembly.
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A spatio-temporal analysis of matrix protein and nucleocapsid trafficking during vesicular stomatitis virus uncoating. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000994. [PMID: 20657818 PMCID: PMC2904772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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To study VSV entry and the fate of incoming matrix (M) protein during virus uncoating we used recombinant viruses encoding M proteins with a C-terminal tetracysteine tag that could be fluorescently labeled using biarsenical (Lumio) compounds. We found that uncoating occurs early in the endocytic pathway and is inhibited by expression of dominant-negative (DN) Rab5, but is not inhibited by DN-Rab7 or DN-Rab11. Uncoating, as defined by the separation of nucleocapsids from M protein, occurred between 15 and 20 minutes post-entry and did not require microtubules or an intact actin cytoskeleton. Unexpectedly, the bulk of M protein remained associated with endosomal membranes after uncoating and was eventually trafficked to recycling endosomes. Another small, but significant fraction of M distributed to nuclear pore complexes, which was also not dependent on microtubules or polymerized actin. Quantification of fluorescence from high-resolution confocal micrographs indicated that after membrane fusion, M protein diffuses across the endosomal membrane with a concomitant increase in fluorescence from the Lumio label which occurred soon after the release of RNPs into the cytoplasm. These data support a new model for VSV uncoating in which RNPs are released from M which remains bound to the endosomal membrane rather than the dissociation of M protein from RNPs after release of the complex into the cytoplasm following membrane fusion.
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Sun X, Roth SL, Bialecki MA, Whittaker GR. Internalization and fusion mechanism of vesicular stomatitis virus and related rhabdoviruses. Future Virol 2010; 5:85-96. [PMID: 23516023 DOI: 10.2217/fvl.09.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Members of the Rhabdoviridae infect a wide variety of animals and plants, and are the causative agents of many important diseases. Rhabdoviruses enter host cells following internalization into endosomes, with the glycoprotein (G protein) mediating both receptor binding to host cells and fusion with the cellular membrane. The recently solved crystal structure of vesicular stomatitis virus G has allowed considerable insight into the mechanism of rhabdovirus entry, in particular the low pH-dependent conformational changes that lead to fusion activation. Rhabdovirus entry shows several distinct features compared with other enveloped viruses; first, the entry process appears to consist of two distinct fusion events, initial fusion into vesicles within endosomes followed by back-fusion into the cytosol; second, the conformational changes in the G protein that lead to fusion activation are reversible; and third, the G protein is structurally distinct from other viral fusion proteins and is not proteolytically cleaved. The internalization and fusion mechanisms of rhabdoviruses are discussed in this article, with a focus on viral systems where the G protein has been studied extensively: vesicular stomatitis virus and rabies virus, as well as viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus.
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- Xiangjie Sun
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA, Tel.: +1 607 253 4020
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Enzootic nasal tumor virus envelope requires a very acidic pH for fusion activation and infection. J Virol 2008; 82:9023-34. [PMID: 18632865 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00648-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV) is a close relative of jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV), and the two viruses use the same receptor, hyaluronidase 2 (Hyal2), for cell entry. We report here that, unlike the JSRV envelope (Env) protein, the ENTV Env protein does not induce cell fusion at pHs of 5.0 and above but requires a much lower pH (4.0 to 4.5) for fusion to occur. The entry of ENTV Env pseudovirions was substantially inhibited by bafilomycin A1 (BafA1) but was surprisingly enhanced by lysosomotropic agents and lysosomal protease inhibitors following a 4- to 6-h treatment period; of note, prolonged treatment with BafA1 or ammonium chloride completely blocked ENTV entry. Unlike typical pH-dependent viruses, ENTV Env pseudovirions were virtually resistant to inactivation at a low pH (4.5 or 5.0). Using chimeras formed from ENTV and JSRV Env proteins, we demonstrated that the transmembrane (TM) subunit of ENTV Env is primarily responsible for its unusually low pH requirement for fusion but found that the surface (SU) subunit of ENTV Env also critically influences its relatively low and pH-dependent fusion activity. Furthermore, the poor infectivity of ENTV pseudovirions in human cells was significantly improved by either replacing the SU subunit of ENTV Env with that of JSRV Env or overexpressing the functional Hyal2 receptor in target cells, suggesting that ENTV SU-Hyal2 interaction is likely to be the limiting step for viral infectivity. Collectively, our data reveal that the fusogenicity of ENTV Env is intrinsically lower than that of JSRV Env and that ENTV requires a more acidic pH for fusion, which may occur in an intracellular compartment(s) distinct from that used by JSRV.
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Cummings JE, Vanderlick TK. Aggregation and hemi-fusion of anionic vesicles induced by the antimicrobial peptide cryptdin-4. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:1796-804. [PMID: 17531950 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2006] [Revised: 04/20/2007] [Accepted: 04/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We show that cryptdin-4 (Crp4), an antimicrobial peptide found in mice, induces the aggregation and hemi-fusion of charged phospholipid vesicles constructed of the anionic lipid POPG and the zwitterionic lipid POPC. Hemi-fusion is confirmed with positive total lipid-mixing assay results, negative inner monolayer lipid-mixing assay results, and negative results from contents-mixing assays. Aggregation, as quantified by absorbance and dynamic light scattering, is self-limiting, creating finite-sized vesicle assemblies. The rate limiting step in the formation process is the mixing of juxtaposed membrane leaflets, which is regulated by bound peptide concentration as well as vesicle radius (with larger vesicles less prone to hemi-fusion). Bound peptide concentration is readily controlled by total peptide concentration and the fraction of anionic lipid in the vesicles. As little as 1% PEGylated lipid significantly reduces aggregate size by providing a steric barrier for membrane apposition. Finally, as stable hemi-fusion is a rare occurrence, we compare properties of Crp4 to those of many peptides known to induce complete fusion and lend insight into conditions necessary for this unusual type of membrane merger.
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- Jason E Cummings
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Roche S, Rey FA, Gaudin Y, Bressanelli S. Structure of the prefusion form of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G. Science 2007; 315:843-8. [PMID: 17289996 DOI: 10.1126/science.1135710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Glycoprotein G of the vesicular stomatitis virus triggers membrane fusion via a low pH-induced structural rearrangement. Despite the equilibrium between the pre- and postfusion states, the structure of the prefusion form, determined to 3.0 angstrom resolution, shows that the fusogenic transition entails an extensive structural reorganization of G. Comparison with the structure of the postfusion form suggests a pathway for the conformational change. In the prefusion form, G has the shape of a tripod with the fusion loops exposed, which point toward the viral membrane, and with the antigenic sites located at the distal end of the molecule. A large number of G glycoproteins, perhaps organized as in the crystals, act cooperatively to induce membrane merging.
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- Stéphane Roche
- CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 2472, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR 1157, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 115, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, 91198, Gif sur Yvette, France
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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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Roche S, Bressanelli S, Rey FA, Gaudin Y. Crystal structure of the low-pH form of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G. Science 2006; 313:187-91. [PMID: 16840692 DOI: 10.1126/science.1127683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The vesicular stomatitis virus has an atypical membrane fusion glycoprotein (G) exhibiting a pH-dependent equilibrium between two forms at the virus surface. Membrane fusion is triggered during the transition from the high- to low-pH form. The structure of G in its low-pH form shows the classic hairpin conformation observed in all other fusion proteins in their postfusion conformation, in spite of a novel fold combining features of fusion proteins from classes I and II. The structure provides a framework for understanding the reversibility of the G conformational change. Unexpectedly, G is homologous to gB of herpesviruses, which raises important questions on viral evolution.
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- Stéphane Roche
- CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 2472, Institut Fédératif de Recherche (IFR) 115, Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, 91198, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Martinez I, Wertz GW. Biological differences between vesicular stomatitis virus Indiana and New Jersey serotype glycoproteins: identification of amino acid residues modulating pH-dependent infectivity. J Virol 2005; 79:3578-85. [PMID: 15731252 PMCID: PMC1075735 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.6.3578-3585.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2004] [Accepted: 10/27/2004] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We previously generated recombinant vesicular stomatitis viruses (VSV) based on the Indiana serotype genome which contained either the homologous glycoprotein gene from the Indiana serotype (VSIV-GI) or the heterologous glycoprotein gene from the New Jersey serotype (VSIV-GNJ). The virus expressing the GNJ gene was more pathogenic than the parental VSIV-GI virus in swine, a natural host (26). For the present study, we investigated the biological differences between the GI and GNJ proteins that may be related to the differences in pathogenesis between VSIV-GI and VSIV-GNJ. We show that the capacities of viruses with either the GNJ or GI glycoprotein to infect cultured cells differ depending on the pH. VSIV-GNJ could infect cells at acidic pHs, while the infectivity of VSIV-GI was severely reduced. VSIV-GNJ infection was also more sensitive to inhibition by ammonium chloride, indicating that the GNJ protein had a lower pH threshold for membrane fusion. We applied selective pressure to VSIV-GI by growing it at successively lower pH values and isolated variant viruses in which we identified amino acid changes that conferred low-pH-resistant infectivity. Repeated passage in cell culture at pH 6.8 resulted in the selection of a VSIV-GI variant (VSIV-6.8) that was similar to VSIV-GNJ regarding its pH- and ammonium chloride-dependent infectivity. Sequence analysis of VSIV-6.8 revealed that it had a single amino acid substitution in the amino-terminal region of the glycoprotein (F18L). This alteration was shown to be responsible for the observed phenotype by site-directed mutagenesis of a VSIV-GI full-length cDNA and analysis of the recovered engineered virus. A further adaptation of VSIV-6.8 to pHs 6.6 and 6.4 resulted in additional amino acid substitutions in areas of the glycoprotein that were not previously implicated in attachment or fusion.
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- Isidoro Martinez
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, BBRB Box 17, Room 366, 845 19th St. South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Rocha A, Ruiz S, Tafalla C, Coll JM. Conformation- and fusion-defective mutations in the hypothetical phospholipid-binding and fusion peptides of viral hemorrhagic septicemia salmonid rhabdovirus protein G. J Virol 2004; 78:9115-22. [PMID: 15308707 PMCID: PMC506951 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.17.9115-9122.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fourteen single and two double point mutants in the highly conserved region (positions 56 to 159) of the G gene of viral hemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV), a salmonid rhabdovirus, were selected and obtained in plasmids by site-directed mutagenesis. Fish cell monolayers transfected with the mutant plasmids were then assayed for protein G (pG) expression, conformation-dependent monoclonal antibody (MAb) reactivity, and cell-cell fusion. Some mutations located in the phospholipid-binding p2 peptide (positions 82 to 110; mutants P86A, A96E, G98A, and R107A) abolished both MAb recognition and fusion activity, while others (P79A, L85S, and R103A) abolished MAb recognition but retained fusion at similar or lower pHs compared to those for the wild type. Phospholipid-binding assays of p2-derived synthetic peptides suggested that phosphatidylserine binding was not affected by the mutations studied. On the other hand, three (P79A, L85S, and T135E) of the four mutants retaining fusion activity mapped around two locations showing amino acid variation in 22 VHSV isolates and in neutralizing MAb-resistant mutants described previously. Mutations located in the hypothetical fusion peptide (positions 142 to 159; mutants F147K, P148K, and W154K) abolished both MAb recognition and fusion activity. The existence of mutants with altered conformation and defective fusion in both p2 and fusion peptides provides further evidence in favor of the participation of these and adjacent regions in some of the steps of the VHSV fusion processes, as suggested by previous studies. In addition, because the studied region induced strong immunological responses in trout, some of the mutants described here might be used to design attenuated VHSV vaccines.
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- A Rocha
- Departamento di Biotecnología, SGIT, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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Jeetendra E, Ghosh K, Odell D, Li J, Ghosh HP, Whitt MA. The membrane-proximal region of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G ectodomain is critical for fusion and virus infectivity. J Virol 2003; 77:12807-18. [PMID: 14610202 PMCID: PMC262588 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.23.12807-12818.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2003] [Accepted: 08/22/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The glycoprotein (G) of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is responsible for binding of virus to cells and for mediating virus entry following endocytosis by inducing fusion of the viral envelope with the endosomal membrane. The fusion peptide of G is internal (residues 116 to 137) and exhibits characteristics similar to those of other internal fusion peptides, but recent studies have implicated the region adjacent to the transmembrane domain as also being important for G-mediated membrane fusion. Sequence alignment of the membrane-proximal region of G from several different vesiculoviruses revealed that this domain is highly conserved, suggesting that it is important for G function. Mutational analysis was used to show that this region is not essential for G protein oligomerization, transport to the cell surface, or incorporation into virus particles but that it is essential for acid-induced membrane fusion activity and for virus infectivity. Deletion of the 13 membrane-proximal amino acids (N449 to W461) dramatically reduced cell-cell fusion activity and reduced virus infectivity approximately 100-fold, but mutation of conserved aromatic residues (W457, F458, and W461) either singly or together had only modest effects on cell-cell fusion activity; recombinant virus encoding these mutants replicated as efficiently as wild-type (WT) VSV. Insertion of heterologous sequences in the juxtamembrane region completely abolished membrane fusion activity and virus infectivity, as did deletion of residues F440 to N449. The insertion mutants showed some changes in pH-dependent conformational changes and in virus binding, which could partially explain the defects in membrane fusion activity, but all the other mutants were similar to WT G with respect to conformational changes and virus binding. These data support the hypothesis that the membrane-proximal domain contributes to G-mediated membrane fusion activity, yet the conserved aromatic residues are not essential for membrane fusion or virus infectivity.
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- E Jeetendra
- Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. GTx, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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Yao Y, Ghosh K, Epand RF, Epand RM, Ghosh HP. Membrane fusion activity of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G is induced by low pH but not by heat or denaturant. Virology 2003; 310:319-32. [PMID: 12781719 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00146-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The fusogenic envelope glycoprotein G of the rhabdovirus vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) induces membrane fusion at acidic pH. At acidic pH the G protein undergoes a major structural reorganization leading to the fusogenic conformation. However, unlike other viral fusion proteins, the low-pH-induced conformational change of VSV G is completely reversible. As well, the presence of an alpha-helical coiled-coil motif required for fusion by a number of viral and cellular fusion proteins was not predicted in VSV G protein by using a number of algorithms. Results of pH dependence of the thermal stability of G protein as determined by intrinsic Trp fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy show that the G protein is equally stable at neutral or acidic pH. Destabilization of G structure at neutral pH with either heat or urea did not induce membrane fusion or conformational change(s) leading to membrane fusion. Taken together, these data suggest that the mechanism of VSV G-induced fusion is distinct from the fusion mechanism of fusion proteins that involve a coiled-coil motif.
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- Yi Yao
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Maillard A, Domanski M, Brunet P, Chaffotte A, Guittet E, Gaudin Y. Spectroscopic characterization of two peptides derived from the stem of rabies virus glycoprotein. Virus Res 2003; 93:151-8. [PMID: 12782363 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1702(03)00075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rabies virus glycoprotein (G) is a trimeric type I transmembrane glycoprotein that mediates both receptor recognition and low pH-induced membrane fusion. Electron microscopy has indicated that the ectodomain of protein G is made of a globular head and a stem. In order to characterize the putative stem region at the molecular level, we designed two peptides, P(S) and P(L), which were produced as GST fusion proteins in bacteria. Peptide P(S) extends from amino acid (aa) 374 to aa 428 whereas peptide P(L) extends from aa 368 down to the end of the ectodomain of G (aa 439). Their secondary and quaternary structures have been studied with spectroscopic and biophysical methods. We show that these isolated peptides are monomeric and poorly structured in aqueous solution. However, circular dichroism (CD) in presence of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol and NMR data indicate that this region may adopt a alpha-helical conformation in the complete glycoprotein.
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- Antoine Maillard
- Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire et Structurale, CNRS, 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Jeetendra E, Robison CS, Albritton LM, Whitt MA. The membrane-proximal domain of vesicular stomatitis virus G protein functions as a membrane fusion potentiator and can induce hemifusion. J Virol 2002; 76:12300-11. [PMID: 12414970 PMCID: PMC136858 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.23.12300-12311.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2002] [Accepted: 08/23/2002] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Recently we showed that the membrane-proximal stem region of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) G protein ectodomain (G stem [GS]), together with the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains, was sufficient to mediate efficient VSV budding (C. S. Robison and M. A. Whitt, J. Virol. 74:2239-2246, 2000). Here, we show that GS can also potentiate the membrane fusion activity of heterologous viral fusion proteins when GS is coexpressed with those proteins. For some fusion proteins, there was as much as a 40-fold increase in syncytium formation when GS was coexpressed compared to that seen when the fusion protein was expressed alone. Fusion potentiation by GS was not protein specific, since it occurred with both pH-dependent as well as pH-independent fusion proteins. Using a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus encoding GS that contained an N-terminal hemagglutinin (HA) tag (GS(HA) virus), we found that the GS(HA) virus bound to cells as well as the wild-type virus did at pH 7.0; however, the GS(HA) virus was noninfectious. Analysis of cells expressing GS(HA) in a three-color membrane fusion assay revealed that GS(HA) could induce lipid mixing but not cytoplasmic mixing, indicating that GS can induce hemifusion. Treatment of GS(HA) virus-bound cells with the membrane-destabilizing drug chlorpromazine rescued the hemifusion block and allowed entry and subsequent replication of GS(HA) virus, demonstrating that GS-mediated hemifusion was a functional intermediate in the membrane fusion pathway. Using a series of truncation mutants, we also determined that only 14 residues of GS, together with the VSV G transmembrane and cytoplasmic tail, were sufficient for fusion potentiation. To our knowledge, this is the first report which shows that a small domain of one viral glycoprotein can promote the fusion activity of other, unrelated viral glycoproteins.
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- E Jeetendra
- Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, USA
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Mas V, Pérez L, Encinar JA, Pastor MT, Rocha A, Perez-Paya E, Ferrer-Montiel A, Gonzalez Ros JM, Estepa A, Coll JM. Salmonid viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus: fusion-related enhancement of virus infectivity by peptides derived from viral glycoprotein G or a combinatorial library. J Gen Virol 2002; 83:2671-2681. [PMID: 12388802 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-11-2671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To search for enhancers and/or inhibitors of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV, a salmonid rhabdovirus) infectivity, a total of 51 peptides from a pepscan of viral envelope protein G, a recombinant peptide from protein G (frg11) and 80 peptide mixtures from an alpha-helix-favoured combinatorial library were screened. However, contrary to what occurs in many other enveloped viruses, only peptides enhancing rather than inhibiting VHSV infectivity were found. Because some of the enhancer pepscan G peptides and frg11 were derived from phospholipid-binding or fusion-related regions identified previously, it was suggested that enhancement of virus infectivity might be related to virus-cell fusion. Furthermore, enhancement was significant only when the viral peptides were pre-incubated with VHSV at the optimal low pH of fusion, before being adjusted to physiological pH and assayed for infectivity. Enhancement of VHSV infectivity caused by the pre-incubation of VHSV with peptide p5 (SAAEASAKATAEATAKG), one of the individual enhancer peptides defined from the screening of the combinatorial library, was independent of the pre-incubation pH. However, it was also related to fusion because the binding of p5 to protein G induced VHSV to bypass the endosome pathway of infection and reduced the low-pH threshold of fusion, thus suggesting an alternative virus entry pathway for p5-VHSV complexes. Further investigations into VHSV enhancer peptides might shed some light on the mechanisms of VHSV fusion.
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- V Mas
- Ctr. Biología Molecular y Cellular, UMH, Elche, Spain1
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- Ctr. Biología Molecular y Cellular, UMH, Elche, Spain1
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- Ctr. Biología Molecular y Cellular, UMH, Elche, Spain1
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- Dept Bioquimica i Biología Molecular, UV-46100, Burjasot, Valencia, Spain2
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- INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, SGIT - Dept Biotecnología, Ctr. Coruña Km 7, Madrid, Spain3
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- Dept Bioquimica i Biología Molecular, UV-46100, Burjasot, Valencia, Spain2
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- Ctr. Biología Molecular y Cellular, UMH, Elche, Spain1
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- INIA, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, SGIT - Dept Biotecnología, Ctr. Coruña Km 7, Madrid, Spain3
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is an encapsulated DNA virus, with many favourable properties for use as a gene transfer vector. For gene therapy applications, it may be desirable to restrict transgene expression to pre-defined subsets of cells. One potential method for achieving targeted transgene expression using the HSV vector system might involve dictating the cell types to which the vector will transfer the therapeutic transgene of interest. HSV delivers its genetic payload to cells directly through the plasmalemma; the mechanisms are complex and involve multiple viral and cell surface determinants. We have investigated several ways in which each component of the cell entry cascade may be manipulated in order to restrict viral DNA and transgene delivery to particular cellular populations. Our results indicate that targeted transduction may be a viable approach to achieving our goal of targeted HSV-mediated transgene expression.
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- E A Burton
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, E1240 Biomedical Sciences Tower, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Estepa AM, Rocha AI, Mas V, Pérez L, Encinar JA, Nuñez E, Fernandez A, Gonzalez Ros JM, Gavilanes F, Coll JM. A protein G fragment from the salmonid viral hemorrhagic septicemia rhabdovirus induces cell-to-cell fusion and membrane phosphatidylserine translocation at low pH. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46268-75. [PMID: 11590161 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108682200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The fusion-related properties of segments p9, p3, p4, and p9 + p2 surrounding the p2 phospholipid-binding domain of the protein G (pG) of the salmonid rhabdovirus of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) (Nuñez, E., Fernandez, A. M., Estepa, A., Gonzalez-Ros, J. M., Gavilanes, F., and Coll, J. M. (1998) Virology 243, 322-330; Estepa, A., and Coll, J. M. (1996) Virology 216, 60-70), have been studied at neutral and fusion (low) pH values by using its derived peptides. Cell-to-cell fusion, translocation of phosphatidylserine, and inhibition of fusion of pG-transfected cells defined the p9 + p2 (fragment 11, sequence 56-110) as a fragment with higher specific activity for anionic phospholipid aggregation than the previously reported p2. While fragment 11, p2, and p3 showed interactions with anionic phospholipids, p9 and p4 showed no interactions with any phospholipids. When added to a cell monolayer model at low pH, fragment 11 induced pH-dependent cell-to-cell fusion and translocated phosphatidylserine from the inner to the outer leaflet of the membrane. At low pH and in the presence of anionic phospholipids, fragment 11 showed more than 80% beta-sheet conformation (IR and CD spectroscopies). Finally, anti-fragment 11 antibodies inhibited low pH-dependent pG-transfected cell-to-cell fusion. All of the data support the conclusion that fragment 11 is a primary determinant of some of the viral cell fusion events in VHSV.
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- A M Estepa
- Centro Biologia Molecular y Celular, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain 03202
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Fusion of rabies virus with membranes is triggered at low pH and is mediated by the viral glycoprotein (G). The rabies virus-induced fusion pathway was studied by investigating the effects of exogenous lipids having various dynamic molecular shapes on the fusion process. Inverted cone-shaped lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs) blocked fusion at a stage subsequent to fusion peptide insertion into the target membrane. Consistent with the stalk-hypothesis, LPC with shorter alkyl chains inhibited fusion at lower membrane concentrations and this inhibition was compensated by the presence of oleic acid. However, under suboptimal fusion conditions, short chain LPCs, which were translocated in the inner leaflet of the membranes, considerably reduced the lag time preceding membrane merging, resulting in faster kinetics of fusion. This indicated that the rate limiting step for fusion is the formation of a fusion pore in a diaphragm of restricted hemifusion. The previously described cold-stabilized prefusion complex was also characterized. This intermediate is at a well-advanced stage of the fusion process when the hemifusion diaphragm is destabilized, but lipid mixing is still restricted, probably by a ring-like complex of glycoproteins. I provide evidence that this state has a dynamic character and that its lipid organization can reverse back to two lipid bilayers.
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- Y Gaudin
- Laboratoire de Génétique des virus du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France.
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Gaudin Y. Reversibility in fusion protein conformational changes. The intriguing case of rhabdovirus-induced membrane fusion. Subcell Biochem 2000; 34:379-408. [PMID: 10808339 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46824-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Y Gaudin
- Laboratoire de Génétique des virus, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Anderson DB, Laquerre S, Ghosh K, Ghosh HP, Goins WF, Cohen JB, Glorioso JC. Pseudotyping of glycoprotein D-deficient herpes simplex virus type 1 with vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G enables mutant virus attachment and entry. J Virol 2000; 74:2481-7. [PMID: 10666285 PMCID: PMC111736 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.5.2481-2487.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/24/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The use of herpes simplex virus (HSV) vectors for in vivo gene therapy will require the targeting of vector infection to specific cell types in certain in vivo applications. Because HSV glycoprotein D (gD) imparts a broad host range for viral infection through recognition of ubiquitous host cell receptors, vector targeting will require the manipulation of gD to provide new cell recognition specificities in a manner designed to preserve gD's essential role in virus entry. In this study, we have determined whether an entry-incompetent HSV mutant with deletions of all Us glycoproteins, including gD, can be complemented by a foreign attachment/entry protein with a different receptor-binding specificity, the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G (VSV-G). The results showed that transiently expressed VSV-G was incorporated into gD-deficient HSV envelopes and that the resulting pseudotyped virus formed plaques on gD-expressing VD60 cells, albeit at a 50-fold-reduced level compared to that of wild-type gD. This reduction may be related to differences in the entry pathways used by VSV and HSV or to the observed lower rate of incorporation of VSV-G into virus envelopes than that of gD. The rate of VSV-G incorporation was greatly improved by using recombinant molecules in which the transmembrane domain of HSV glycoprotein B or D was substituted for that of VSV-G, but these recombinant molecules failed to promote virus entry. These results show that foreign glycoproteins can be incorporated into the HSV envelope during replication and that gD can be dispensed with on the condition that a suitable attachment/entry function is provided.
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- D B Anderson
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Roberts PC, Kipperman T, Compans RW. Vesicular stomatitis virus G protein acquires pH-independent fusion activity during transport in a polarized endometrial cell line. J Virol 1999; 73:10447-57. [PMID: 10559363 PMCID: PMC113100 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.10447-10457.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/1999] [Accepted: 08/19/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Entry of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), the prototype member of the rhabdovirus family, occurs by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Subsequently, during traversal through the endosomal compartments, the VSV G protein acquires a low-pH-induced fusion-competent form, allowing for fusion of the viral membrane with endosomal and lysosomal membranes. This fusion event releases genomic RNA into the cytoplasm of the cell. Here we provide evidence that the VSV G protein acquires a fusion-competent form during exocytosis in a polarized endometrial cell line, HEC-1A. VSV infection of HEC-1A cells results in high viral yields and giant cell formation. Syncytium formation is blocked in a concentration-dependent manner by treatment with the lysosomotropic weak base ammonium chloride, which raises intravesicular pH. Virus release is somewhat delayed by treatment with ammonium chloride, but virus yields gradually reach those of control cells. In addition, inhibition of vacuolar H(+)-ATPases by treatment with bafilomycin A1 also inhibited cell to cell fusion without altering virus yields. Virions released from infected HEC cells were themselves not fusion competent, since viral entry required an active H(+)-ATPase and a low-pH-induced conformational change in the viral G protein. Thus, the conformation change leading to fusion competence during exocytotic transport is reversible and reverts during or after release of the virion from the infected cell.
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- P C Roberts
- Department of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Shokralla S, Chernish R, Ghosh HP. Effects of double-site mutations of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G on membrane fusion activity. Virology 1999; 256:119-29. [PMID: 10087232 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Site-directed mutagenesis of specific amino acids within a conserved amino-terminal region (H2) and a conserved carboxyl-terminal region (H10/A4) of the fusion protein G of vesicular stomatitis virus have previously identified these two segments as an internal fusion peptide and a region influencing low-pH induced conformational change, respectively. Here, we combined a number of the substitution mutants in the H2 and H10/A4 regions to produce a series of double-site mutants and determined the effect of these mutations on membrane fusion activity at acid pH and on pH-dependent conformational change. The results show that most of the double-site mutants have decreased cell-cell fusion activity and that the effects appeared to be additive in terms of inhibition of fusion, except for one mutant, which appeared to be a revertant. The double-site mutants also had pH optima for fusion that were lower than those observed with wild-type G but same as the pH optima for the parent fusion peptide (H2) mutants. The results suggest that although the H2 and H10/A4 sites may affect membrane fusion independently, a possible interaction between these two sites cannot be ruled out.
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- S Shokralla
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
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Gaudin Y, Tuffereau C, Durrer P, Brunner J, Flamand A, Ruigrok R. Rabies virus-induced membrane fusion. Mol Membr Biol 1999; 16:21-31. [PMID: 10332734 DOI: 10.1080/096876899294724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Rabies virus is a member of the rhabdovirus family. It enters cells by a process of receptor mediated endocytosis. Following this step, the viral envelope fuses with the endosomal membrane to allow release of the viral nucleocapsid into the cytoplasm. Fusion is induced by the low pH of the endosomal compartment and is mediated by the single viral glycoprotein G, a homotrimeric integral membrane protein. Rabies virus fusion properties are related to different conformational states of G. By different biochemical and biophysical approaches, it has been demonstrated that G can assume at least three different states: the native (N) state detected at the viral surface above pH 7, the activated (A) hydrophobic state which interacts with the target membrane as a first step of the fusion process, and the fusion inactive (I) conformation. Differently from other fusogenic viruses for which low pH-induced conformational changes are irreversible, there is a pH dependent equilibrium between these states, the equilibrium being shifted toward the I-state at low pH. The objective of this review is to detail recent findings on rhabdovirus-induced membrane fusion and to underline the differences that exist between this viral family and influenza virus which is the best known fusogenic virus. These differences have to be taken into consideration if one wants to have a global understanding of virus-induced membrane fusion.
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- Y Gaudin
- Laboratoire de Génétique des Virus, CNRS, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Spielhofer P, Bächi T, Fehr T, Christiansen G, Cattaneo R, Kaelin K, Billeter MA, Naim HY. Chimeric measles viruses with a foreign envelope. J Virol 1998; 72:2150-9. [PMID: 9499071 PMCID: PMC109510 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.2150-2159.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/1997] [Accepted: 11/14/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Measles virus (MV) and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) are both members of the Mononegavirales but are only distantly related. We generated two genetically stable chimeric viruses. In MGV, the reading frames of the MV envelope glycoproteins H and F were substituted by a single reading frame encoding the VSV G glycoprotein; MG/FV is similar but encodes a G/F hybrid in which the VSV G cytoplasmic tail was replaced by that of MV F. In contrast to MG/FV, MGV virions do not contain the MV matrix (M) protein. This demonstrates that virus assembly is possible in the absence of M; conversely, the cytoplasmic domain of F allows incorporation of M and enhances assembly. The formation of chimeric viruses was substantially delayed and the titers obtained were reduced about 50-fold in comparison to standard MV. In the novel chimeras, transcription and replication are mediated by the MV ribonucleoproteins but the envelope glycoproteins dictate the host range. Mice immunized with the chimeric viruses were protected against lethal doses of wild-type VSV. These findings suggest that it is feasible to construct MV variants bearing a variety of different envelopes for use as vaccines or for gene therapeutic purposes.
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- P Spielhofer
- Institute of Molecular Biology Division I, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Shokralla S, He Y, Wanas E, Ghosh HP. Mutations in a carboxy-terminal region of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G that affect membrane fusion activity. Virology 1998; 242:39-50. [PMID: 9501039 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The envelope glycoprotein G of vesicular stomatitis virus induces membrane fusion at acidic pH. A highly conserved amino terminal region spanning residues 123 to 137 has previously been identified as an internal fusion domain. Here we have substituted specific amino acids within a carboxy terminal region, conserved in five vesiculoviruses encompassing residues 395 to 418, and studied the effect of these mutations on membrane fusion at acid pH and pH-dependent conformational change. Substitution of conserved Gly 395, Gly 404, Gly 406, Asp 409, and Asp 411 with Glu, Ala, Ala, Asn, and Asn, respectively, decreased the cell-cell fusion efficiency, as well as reduced the pH threshold of membrane fusion. Mutation of Gly 404 and Asp 409 to Lys and Ala, respectively, abolished the fusion activity. Mutant Gly 404 Lys also showed markedly altered resistance to trypsin digestion at acidic pH. These results suggest that the region between amino acids 395 to 418 is important for the fusogenic activity of the G protein. The possible role of this domain in conformational changes involved in fusion activity of VSV G is also discussed.
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- S Shokralla
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Fredericksen BL, Whitt MA. Attenuation of recombinant vesicular stomatitis viruses encoding mutant glycoproteins demonstrate a critical role for maintaining a high pH threshold for membrane fusion in viral fitness. Virology 1998; 240:349-58. [PMID: 9454708 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A plasmid-based recovery system was used to generate four unique vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) mutants that encode glycoproteins (G proteins) with single or double amino acid substitutions in two conserved acidic residues adjacent to the putative G protein fusion domain. Previously we demonstrated that three of the mutant G proteins (D137-L, E139-L, and DE-SS) have slightly reduced pH thresholds for membrane fusion activity. In this report we show that even though the viruses encoding D137-L, E139-L, and DE-SS were recovered with high efficiency, these mutants were attenuated for growth in cell culture. Plaque formation was significantly delayed with these mutants and the plaques were smaller and more diffuse than those produced by wild type VSV. In addition, cells infected with these mutants produced approximately 5- to 10-fold less infectious virus than cells infected with a similarly recovered VSV encoding the wild-type G protein. Using R18-labeled virus we found that the mutant G proteins had approximately 50% of the fusion activity of wild-type G at pH 6.3 and only 75% activity at pH 5.8. We also show that the mutant viruses were more sensitive to chloroquine inhibition of infection than either wild-type VSV or the mutant E139-T, which has a fusion phenotype similar to wild-type G protein. Reduced fusion activity and attenuation of infectivity was not due to differences in the amount of G protein incorporated into virions, nor to differences in the amount of virus binding to cells at physiological pH. Although infectivity was assayed at neutral pH, we observed an increase in virus binding with both mutant and wild-type virions as the pH was lowered, and the increase in binding occurred near the pH threshold for membrane fusion activity. From these data we propose a model in which VSV entry involves an increase in virus binding to the inner leaflet of the endosomal membrane during endosome acidification. Concomitant with this higher affinity binding, G protein becomes primed to initiate fusion of the viral envelope with the endosomal membrane. Viruses with mutations that delay the onset of increased binding and fusion lag behind wild-type VSV in their ability to initiate a productive infection, potentially because the location within the cytoplasm where these viruses ultimately fuse is not optimal for either virus uncoating or replication of the viral genome.
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- B L Fredericksen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tennessee-Memphis 38163, USA
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Odell D, Wanas E, Yan J, Ghosh HP. Influence of membrane anchoring and cytoplasmic domains on the fusogenic activity of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G. J Virol 1997; 71:7996-8000. [PMID: 9311894 PMCID: PMC192161 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7996-8000.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Chimeric proteins in which the transmembrane anchoring sequence (TM) or both the TM and the cytoplasmic tail (CT) of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G were replaced with corresponding domains of viral or cellular integral membrane proteins were used to examine the influence of these domains on acidic-pH-induced membrane fusion by G protein. The TM and CT of G were also replaced with the lipid anchor glycosylphosphatidylinositol. Hybrids containing foreign TM or TM and CT sequences were fusogenic at acidic pH but glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored G was nonfusogenic at acidic pH. The results suggest that the fusogenic activity of G protein requires membrane anchoring by a hydrophobic peptide sequence and the specific amino acid sequence of the TM has no influence on fusogenic activity.
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- D Odell
- Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Gaudin Y, Raux H, Flamand A, Ruigrok RW. Identification of amino acids controlling the low-pH-induced conformational change of rabies virus glycoprotein. J Virol 1996; 70:7371-8. [PMID: 8892855 PMCID: PMC190804 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.11.7371-7378.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The glycoprotein (G) of rabies virus assumes at least three different conformations: the native state detected at the viral surface above pH 7, the activated state involved in the first step of the fusion process, and the fusion-inactive conformation (I). A new category of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) which recognized specifically the I conformation at the viral surface has recently been described. These MAbs (17A4 and 29EC2) became neutralizing when the virus was preincubated at acidic pH to induce the conformational change toward the I state of G. Mutants escaping neutralization were then selected. In this study, we have investigated the fusion and the low-pH-induced fusion inactivation properties of these mutants. All of these mutants have fusion properties similar to those of the CVS parental strain, but five mutants (E282K, M44I, M44V, V392G, and M396T) were considerably slowed in their conformational change leading to the I state. These mutants allow us to define regions that control this conformational change. These results also reinforce the idea that structural transition toward the I state is irrelevant to the fusion process. Other mutations in amino acids 10, 13, and 15 are probably located in the epitopes of selecting MAbs. Furthermore, in electron microscopy, we observed a hexagonal lattice of glycoproteins at the viral surface of mutants M44I and V392G as well as strong cooperativity in the conformational change toward the I state. This finding demonstrates the existence of lateral interactions between the spikes of a rhabdovirus.
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- Y Gaudin
- Laboratoire de Génétique des Virus, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif sur Yvette, France.
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Kielian M, Klimjack MR, Ghosh S, Duffus WA. Mechanisms of mutations inhibiting fusion and infection by Semliki Forest virus. J Cell Biol 1996; 134:863-72. [PMID: 8769412 PMCID: PMC2120960 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.4.863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Semliki Forest virus (SFV) infects cells by an acid-dependent membrane fusion reaction catalyzed by the virus spike protein, a complex containing E1 and E2 transmembrane subunits. E1 carries the putative virus fusion peptide, and mutations in this domain of the spike protein were previously shown to shift the pH threshold of cell-cell fusion (G91A), or block cell-cell fusion (G91D). We have used an SFV infectious clone to characterize virus particles containing these mutations. In keeping with the previous spike protein results, G91A virus showed limited secondary infection and an acid-shifted fusion threshold, while G91D virus was noninfectious and inactive in both cell-cell and virus-liposome fusion assays. During the low pH- induced SFV fusion reaction, the E1 subunit exposes new epitopes for monoclonal antibody (mAb) binding and forms an SDS-resistant homotrimer, the virus associates hydrophobically with the target membrane, and fusion of the virus and target membranes occurs. After low pH treatment, G91A spike proteins were shown to bind conformation-specific mAbs, associate with target liposome membranes, and form the E1 homotrimer. However, both G91A membrane association and homotrimer formation had an acid-shifted pH threshold and reduced efficiency compared to wt virus. In contrast, studies of the fusion-defective G91D mutant showed that the virus efficiently reacted with low pH as assayed by mAb binding and liposome association, but was essentially inactive in homotrimer formation. These results suggest that the G91D mutant is noninfectious due to a block in a late step in membrane fusion, separate from the initial reaction to low pH and interaction with the target membrane, and involving the lack of efficient formation of the E1 homotrimer.
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- M Kielian
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
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