scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus gE/gI Must Accumulate in the trans-Golgi Network at Early Times and Then Redistribute to Cell Junctions To Promote Cell-Cell Spread

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 3167-3179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Farnsworth ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Neuronal Tissues ◽  
Mediate Cell ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
Cell Spread ◽  
Cell Cell

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus (HSV) glycoprotein heterodimer gE/gI is necessary for virus spread in epithelial and neuronal tissues. Deletion of the relatively large gE cytoplasmic (CT) domain abrogates the ability of gE/gI to mediate HSV spread. The gE CT domain is required for the sorting of gE/gI to the trans-Golgi network (TGN) in early stages of virus infection, and there are several recognizable TGN sorting motifs grouped near the center of this domain. Late in HSV infection, gE/gI, other viral glycoproteins, and enveloped virions redistribute from the TGN to epithelial cell junctions, and the gE CT domain is also required for this process. Without the gE CT domain, newly enveloped virions are directed to apical surfaces instead of to cell junctions. We hypothesized that the gE CT domain promotes virus envelopment into TGN subdomains from which nascent enveloped virions are sorted to cell junctions, a process that enhances cell-to-cell spread. To characterize elements of the gE CT domain involved in intracellular trafficking and cell-to-cell spread, we constructed a panel of truncation mutants. Specifically, these mutants were used to address whether sorting to the TGN and redistribution to cell junctions are necessary, and sufficient, for gE/gI to promote cell-to-cell spread. gE-519, lacking 32 C-terminal residues, localized normally to the TGN early in infection and then trafficked to cell junctions at late times and mediated virus spread. By contrast, mutants gE-495 (lacking 56 C-terminal residues) and gE-470 (lacking 81 residues) accumulated in the TGN but did not traffic to cell junctions and did not mediate cell-to-cell spread. A fourth mutant, gE-448 (lacking most of the CT domain), did not localize to cell junctions and did not mediate virus spread. Therefore, the capacity of gE/gI to promote cell-cell spread requires early localization to the TGN, but this is not sufficient for virus spread. Additionally, gE CT sequences between residues 495 and 519, which contain no obvious cell sorting motifs, are required to promote gE/gI traffic to cell junctions and cell-to-cell spread.

scholarly journals Herpes Simplex Virus gE/gI Expressed in Epithelial Cells Interferes with Cell-to-Cell Spread

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 2686-2695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy J. Collins ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Neuronal Tissues ◽  
Extensive Cell ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cellular Components ◽  
Cell Spread

ABSTRACT The herpes simplex virus (HSV) glycoprotein heterodimer gE/gI plays an important role in virus cell-to-cell spread in epithelial and neuronal tissues. In an analogous fashion, gE/gI promotes virus spread between certain cell types in culture, e.g., keratinocytes and epithelial cells, cells that are polarized or that form extensive cell junctions. One mechanism by which gE/gI facilitates cell-to-cell spread involves selective sorting of nascent virions to cell junctions, a process that requires the cytoplasmic domain of gE. However, the large extracellular domains of gE/gI also appear to be involved in cell-to-cell spread. Here, we show that coexpression of a truncated form of gE and gI in a human keratinocyte line, HaCaT cells, decreased the spread of HSV between cells. This truncated gE/gI was found extensively at cell junctions. Expression of wild-type gE/gI that accumulates at intracellular sites, in the trans-Golgi network, did not reduce cell-to-cell spread. There was no obvious reduction in production of infectious HSV in cells expressing gE/gI, and virus particles accumulated at cell junctions, not at intracellular sites. Expression of HSV gD, which is known to bind virus receptors, also blocked cell-to-cell spread. Therefore, like gD, gE/gI appears to be able to interact with cellular components of cell junctions, gE/gI receptors which can promote HSV cell-to-cell spread.

scholarly journals The Extracellular Domain of Herpes Simplex Virus gE Is Indispensable for Efficient Cell-to-Cell Spread: Evidence for gE/gI Receptors

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (18) ◽  
pp. 11990-12001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarina Polcicova ◽  
Kim Goldsmith ◽  
Barb L. Rainish ◽  
Todd W. Wisner ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Extracellular Virus ◽  
Spread Function ◽  
Neuronal Tissues ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
And Function ◽  
Cell Spread

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus (HSV) spreads rapidly and efficiently within epithelial and neuronal tissues. The HSV glycoprotein heterodimer gE/gI plays a critical role in promoting cell-to-cell spread but does not obviously function during entry of extracellular virus into cells. Thus, gE/gI is an important molecular handle on the poorly understood process of cell-to-cell spread. There was previous evidence that the large extracellular (ET) domains of gE/gI might be important in cell-to-cell spread. First, gE/gI extensively accumulates at cell junctions, consistent with being tethered there. Second, expression of gE/gI in trans interfered with HSV spread between epithelial cells. To directly test whether the gE ET domain was necessary for gE/gI to promote virus spread, a panel of gE mutants with small insertions in the ET domain was constructed. Cell-to-cell spread was reduced when insertions were made within either of two regions, residues 256 to 291 or 348 to 380. There was a strong correlation between loss of cell-to-cell spread function and binding of immunoglobulin. gE ET domain mutants 277, 291, and 348 bound gI, produced mature forms of gE that reached the cell surface, and were incorporated into virions yet produced plaques similar to gE null mutants. Moreover, all three mutants were highly restricted in spread within the corneal epithelium, in the case of mutant 277 to only 4 to 6% of the number of cells compared with wild-type HSV. Therefore, the ET domain of gE is indispensable for efficient cell-to-cell spread. These observations are consistent with our working hypothesis that gE/gI can bind extracellular ligands, so-called gE/gI receptors that are concentrated at epithelial cell junctions. This fits with similarities in structure and function of gE/gI and gD, which is a receptor binding protein.

scholarly journals Mutations in Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D Distinguish Entry of Free Virus from Cell-Cell Spread

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (24) ◽  
pp. 11437-11446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Rauch ◽  
Nilda Rodriguez ◽  
Richard J. Roller
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Glycoprotein D ◽  
Free Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Mediate Cell ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cell Spread ◽  
Hsv 1 ◽  
Cell Cell

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein D (gD) is an essential component of the entry apparatus that is responsible for viral penetration and subsequent cell-cell spread. To test the hypothesis that gD may serve distinguishable functions in entry of free virus and cell-cell spread, mutants were selected for growth on US11cl19.3 cells, which are resistant to both processes due to the lack of a functional gD receptor, and then tested for their ability to enter as free virus and to spread from cell to cell. Unlike their wild-type parent, HSV-1(F), the variants that emerged from this selection, which were named SP mutants, are all capable of forming macroscopic plaques on the resistant cells. This ability is caused by a marked increase in cell-cell spread without a concomitant increase in efficiency of entry of free virus. gD substitutions that arose within these mutants are sufficient to mediate cell-cell spread in US11cl19.3 cells but are insufficient to overcome the restriction to entry of free virions. These results suggest that mutations in gD (i) are sufficient but not necessary to overcome the block to cell-cell spread exhibited by US11cl19.3 cells and (ii) are insufficient to mediate entry of free virus in the same cells.

scholarly journals Cytoplasmic Domain of Herpes Simplex Virus gE Causes Accumulation in the trans-Golgi Network, a Site of Virus Envelopment and Sorting of Virions to Cell Junctions

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 1928-1940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom N. McMillan ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Chimeric Protein ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Cytoplasmic Vesicles ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
Late Stages ◽  
Cell Spread

ABSTRACT Alphaherpesviruses express a heterodimeric glycoprotein, gE/gI, that facilitates cell-to-cell spread between epithelial cells and neurons. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) gE/gI accumulates at junctions formed between polarized epithelial cells at late times of infection. However, at earlier times after HSV infection, or when gE/gI is expressed using virus vectors, the glycoprotein localizes to thetrans-Golgi network (TGN). The cytoplasmic (CT) domains of gE and gI contain numerous TGN and endosomal sorting motifs and are essential for epithelial cell-to-cell spread. Here, we swapped the CT domains of HSV gE and gI onto another HSV glycoprotein, gD. When the gD-gICT chimeric protein was expressed using a replication-defective adenovirus (Ad) vector, the protein was found on both the apical and basolateral surfaces of epithelial cells, as was gD. By contrast, the gD-gECT chimeric protein, gE/gI, and gE, when expressed by using Ad vectors, localized exclusively to the TGN. However, gD-gECT, gE/gI, and TGN46, a cellular TGN protein, became redistributed largely to lateral surfaces and cell junctions during intermediate to late stages of HSV infection. Strikingly, gE and TGN46 remained sequestered in the TGN when cells were infected with a gI−HSV mutant. The redistribution of gE/gI to lateral cell surfaces did not involve widespread HSV inhibition of endocytosis because the transferrin receptor and gE were both internalized from the cell surface. Thus, gE/gI accumulates in the TGN in early phases of HSV infection then moves to lateral surfaces, to cell junctions, at late stages of infection, coincident with the redistribution of a TGN marker. These results are related to recent observations that gE/gI participates in the envelopment of nucleocapsids into cytoplasmic vesicles (A. R. Brack, B. G. Klupp, H. Granzow, R. Tirabassi, L. W. Enquist, and T. C. Mettenleiter, J. Virol. 74:4004–4016, 2000) and that gE/gI can sort nascent virions from cytoplasmic vesicles specifically to the lateral surfaces of epithelial cells (D. C. Johnson, M. Webb, T. W. Wisner, and C. Brunetti, J. Virol. 75:821–833, 2000). Therefore, gE/gI localizes to the TGN, through interactions between the CT domain of gE and cellular sorting machinery, and then participates in envelopment of cytosolic nucleocapsids there. Nascent virions are then sorted from the TGN to cell junctions.

scholarly journals PREVENTION OF CELL-TO-CELL SPREAD OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS BY LEUKOCYTES

1973 ◽  
Vol 137 (3) ◽  
pp. 706-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald Louis Lodmell ◽  
Akira Niwa ◽  
Kozaburo Hayashi ◽  
Abner Louis Notkins
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Viral Antigens ◽  
Antiviral Antibody ◽  
Infected Cells ◽  
Immunological Destruction ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cell Spread

Antibody to herpes simplex virus (HSV) plus complement destroyed HSV-infected cells but did not stop the spread of the infection. Studies on the relationship between the time of appearance of viral antigens on the cell surface, immunological destruction of the cells by antiviral antibody and complement, and transfer of the virus to adjacent cells showed that the virus spread from infected to uninfected cells before the infected cells were susceptible to immunological destruction. Incubation of infected monolayers with leukocytes, however, stopped the spread of the virus by nonspecifically damaging both infected and uninfected cells and by presumably breaking intercellular bridges. When leukocytes were removed from infected monolayers, viral plaques developed. If, however, antiviral antibody and complement were added to monolayers before the leukocytes were removed, the development of plaques was prevented. These findings suggest that both antibody and leukocytes are needed to cure HSV infections.

scholarly journals The Extracellular Domain of Herpes Simplex Virus gE Is Sufficient for Accumulation at Cell Junctions but Not for Cell-to-Cell Spread

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 2278-2287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Wisner ◽  
Craig Brunetti ◽  
Kevin Dingwell ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Phosphorylation Site ◽  
Extracellular Domain ◽  
Cytoplasmic Domain ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Apical Surface ◽  
Membrane Glycoproteins ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cell Spread

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus (HSV) expresses a number of membrane glycoproteins, including gB, gD, and gH/gL, that function in both entry of virus particles and movement of virus from an infected cell to an uninfected cell (cell-to-cell spread). However, a complex of HSV glycoproteins gE and gI (gE/gI) is required for efficient cell-to-cell spread, especially between cells that form extensive cell junctions, yet it is not necessary for entry of extracellular virions. We previously showed that gE/gI has the capacity to localize specifically to cell junctions; the glycoprotein complex was found at lateral surfaces of cells in contact with other cells but not at those lateral surfaces not forming junctions or at apical surfaces. By virtue of these properties, gE/gI is an important molecular handle on the poorly understood process of cell-to-cell spread. Here, we show that the cytoplasmic domain of gE is important for the proper delivery of gE/gI to lateral surfaces of cells. Without this domain, gE/gI is found on the apical surface of epithelial cells, and more uniformly in the cytoplasm, although incorporation into the virion envelope is unaffected. However, even without proper trafficking signals, a substantial fraction of gE/gI retained the capacity to accumulate at cell junctions. Therefore, the extracellular domain of gE can mediate accumulation of gE/gI at cell junctions, if the glycoprotein can be delivered there, probably through interactions with ligands on the opposing cell. The role of phosphorylation of the cytoplasmic domain of gE was also studied. A second mutant HSV type 1 was constructed in which three serine residues that form a casein kinase II phosphorylation site were changed to alanine residues, reducing phosphorylation by 70 to 80%. This mutation did not affect accumulation at cell junctions or cell-to-cell spread.

scholarly journals Differential Requirements for gE, gI, and UL16 among Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Syncytial Variants Suggest Unique Modes of Dysregulating the Mechanism of Cell-to-Cell Spread

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian C. Carmichael ◽  
John W. Wills
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Neutralizing Antibodies ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Accessory Protein ◽  
Accessory Proteins ◽  
Viral Fusion ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cell Spread

ABSTRACTLike all the herpesviruses, herpes simplex virus encodes machinery that enables it to move through cell junctions to avoid neutralizing antibodies. This cell-to-cell spread mechanism requires the viral fusion machinery (gD, gH/gL, and gB) and numerous accessory proteins. Of all of these, minor alterations to only four proteins (gB, gK, UL20, or UL24) will dysregulate the fusion machinery, allowing the formation of syncytia. In contrast, removal of individual accessory proteins will block cell-to-cell spread, forcing the virus to transmit in a cell-free manner. In the context of a Syn variant, removal of a required accessory protein will block cell fusion, again forcing cell-free spread. This has been investigated most thoroughly for gBsyn variants, which lose their syncytial phenotype in the absence of several accessory proteins, including gE, gI, UL16, and UL21, which are known to physically interact. Recently it was found that UL21 is not needed for gKsyn-, UL20syn-, or UL24syn-induced cell fusion, and hence it was of interest to ascertain whether gE, gI, and UL16 are required for Syn variants other than gBsyn. Null mutants of these were each combined with seven syncytial variants distributed among gK, UL20, and UL24. Surprisingly, very different patterns of accessory protein requirements were revealed. Indeed, for the three gKsyn variants tested, two different patterns were found. Also, three mutants were able to replicate without causing cytopathic effects. These findings show that mutations that produce Syn variants dysregulate the cell-to-cell-spread machinery in unique ways and provide clues for elucidating how this virus moves between cells.IMPORTANCEApproximately 2/3 of adults worldwide are latently infected with herpes simplex virus 1. Upon reactivation, the virus has the ability to evade neutralizing antibodies by moving through cell junctions, but the mechanism of direct cell-to-cell spread is poorly understood. The machinery that assembles between cells includes the viral fusion proteins and various accessory proteins that prevent cells from fusing. Alterations in four proteins will dysregulate the machinery, allowing neighboring cells to fuse to make syncytia, but this can be prevented by removing various individual accessory proteins to further disable the machinery. Previously, the accessory protein UL21 was found to be important for the activity of some syncytial variants but not others. In this study, we discovered that UL16, gE, and gI all act differently in how they control the fusion machinery. A better understanding of the mechanism of cell-to-cell spread may enable the development of drugs that block it.

scholarly journals Novel Mutations in gB and gH Circumvent the Requirement for Known gD Receptors in Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Entry and Cell-to-Cell Spread

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 1430-1442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Uchida ◽  
Janet Chan ◽  
Indira Shrivastava ◽  
Bonnie Reinhart ◽  
Paola Grandi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Virus Entry ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Limited Entry ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cell Spread ◽  
Primary Virus

ABSTRACTBoth entry and cell-to-cell spread of herpes simplex virus (HSV) involve a cascade of cooperative interactions among the essential glycoproteins D, B, and H/L (gD, gB, and gH/gL, respectively) initiated by the binding of gD to a cognate HSV entry receptor. We previously reported that a variant (D285N/A549T) of glycoprotein B (gB:NT) enabled primary virus entry into cells that were devoid of typical HSV entry receptors. Here, we compared the activities of the gB:NT variant with those of a newly selected variant of glycoprotein H (gH:KV) and a frequently coselected gB variant (gB:S668N). In combination, gH:KV and gB:S668N enabled primary virus entry into cells that lacked established HSV entry receptors as efficiently as did gB:NT, but separately, each variant enabled only limited entry. Remarkably, gH:KV uniquely facilitated secondary virus spread between cells that lacked canonical entry receptors. Transient expression of the four essential entry glycoproteins revealed that gH:KV, but not gB:NT, induced fusion between cells lacking the standard receptors. Because the involvement of gD remained essential for virus spread and cell fusion, we propose that gH:KV mimics a transition state of gH that responds efficiently to weak signals from gD to reach the active state. Computational modeling of the structures of wild-type gH and gH:KV revealed relatively subtle differences that may have accounted for our experimental findings. Our study shows that (i) the dependence of HSV-1 entry and spread on specific gD receptors can be reduced by sequence changes in the downstream effectors gB and gH, and (ii) the relative roles of gB and gH are different in entry and spread.

scholarly journals Redistribution of Cellular and Herpes Simplex Virus Proteins from the Trans-Golgi Network to Cell Junctions without Enveloped Capsids

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (21) ◽  
pp. 11519-11535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd W. Wisner ◽  
David C. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Epithelial Cell ◽  
Cellular Protein ◽  
Cell Junctions ◽  
Specific Cell ◽  
Trans Golgi Network ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Golgi Network ◽  
Virus Egress

ABSTRACT Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and other alphaherpesviruses assemble enveloped virions in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) or endosomes. Enveloped particles are formed when capsids bud into TGN/endosomes and virus particles are subsequently ferried to the plasma membrane in TGN-derived vesicles. Little is known about the last stages of virus egress from the TGN/endosomes to cell surfaces except that the HSV directs transport of nascent virions to specific cell surface domains, i.e., epithelial cell junctions. Previously, we showed that HSV glycoprotein gE/gI accumulates extensively in the TGN at early times after infection and also when expressed without other viral proteins. At late times of infection, gE/gI and a cellular membrane protein, TGN46, were redistributed from the TGN to epithelial cell junctions. We show here that gE/gI and a second glycoprotein, gB, TGN46, and another cellular protein, carboxypeptidase D, all moved to cell junctions after infection with an HSV mutant unable to produce cytoplasmic capsids. This redistribution did not involve L particles. In contrast to TGN membrane proteins, several cellular proteins that normally adhere to the cytoplasmic face of TGN, Golgi, and endosomal membranes remained primarily dispersed throughout the cytoplasm. Therefore, cellular and viral membrane TGN proteins move to cell junctions at late times of HSV infection when the production of enveloped particles is blocked. This is consistent with the hypothesis that there are late HSV proteins that reorganize or redistribute TGN/endosomal compartments to promote virus egress and cell-to-cell spread.

scholarly journals Requirement of Interaction of Nectin-1α/HveC with Afadin for Efficient Cell-Cell Spread of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 4734-4743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Sakisaka ◽  
Tomokuni Taniguchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Nakanishi ◽  
Kenichi Takahashi ◽  
Masako Miyahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Virus Type ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus Type ◽  
L Cells ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Cell Spread ◽  
Hsv 1 ◽  
Cell Cell

ABSTRACT We recently found a novel cell-cell adhesion system at cadherin-based adherens junctions (AJs), consisting at least of nectin, a Ca2+-independent homophilic immunoglobulin-like adhesion molecule, and afadin, an actin filament-binding protein that connects nectin to the actin cytoskeleton. Nectin is associated with cadherin through afadin and α-catenin. The cadherin-catenin system increases the concentration of nectin at AJs in an afadin-dependent manner. Nectin constitutes a family consisting of three members: nectin-1, -2, and -3. Nectin-1 serves as an entry and cell-cell spread mediator of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). We studied here a role of the interaction of nectin-1α with afadin in entry and/or cell-cell spread of HSV-1. By the use of cadherin-deficient L cells overexpressing the full length of nectin-1α capable of interacting with afadin and L cells overexpressing a truncated form of nectin-1α incapable of interacting with afadin, we found that the interaction of nectin-1α with afadin increased the efficiency of cell-cell spread, but not entry, of HSV-1. This interaction did not affect the binding to nectin-1α of glycoprotein D, a viral component mediating entry of HSV-1 into host cells. Furthermore, the cadherin-catenin system increased the efficiency of cell-cell spread of HSV-1, although it also increased the efficiency of entry of HSV-1. It is likely that efficient cell-cell spread of HSV-1 is caused by afadin-dependent concentrated localization of nectin-1α at cadherin-based AJs.

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