scholarly journals MARCH8 Targets Cytoplasmic Lysine Residues of Various Viral Envelope Glycoproteins

Author(s):  
Yanzhao Zhang ◽  
Seiya Ozono ◽  
Takuya Tada ◽  
Minoru Tobiume ◽  
Masanori Kameoka ◽  
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A member of the MARCH E3 ubiquitin ligase family, MARCH8, downregulates many different kinds of host transmembrane proteins, resulting in the regulation of cellular homeostasis. On the other hands, MARCH8 acts as an antiviral factor when it binds to and downregulates HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein and vesicular stomatitis virus G-glycoprotein that are viral transmembrane proteins.

Gene Therapy ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 761-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
D C J Carpentier ◽  
K Vevis ◽  
A Trabalza ◽  
C Georgiadis ◽  
S M Ellison ◽  
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Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Lydia Riepler ◽  
Annika Rössler ◽  
Albert Falch ◽  
André Volland ◽  
Wegene Borena ◽  
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Neutralizing antibodies are a major correlate of protection for many viruses including the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Thus, vaccine candidates should potently induce neutralizing antibodies to render effective protection from infection. A variety of in vitro assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies has been described. However, validation of the different assays against each other is important to allow comparison of different studies. Here, we compared four different SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assays using the same set of patient samples. Two assays used replication competent SARS-CoV-2, a focus forming assay and a TCID50-based assay, while the other two assays used replication defective lentiviral or vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-based particles pseudotyped with SARS-CoV-2 spike. All assays were robust and produced highly reproducible neutralization titers. Titers of neutralizing antibodies correlated well between the different assays and with the titers of SARS-CoV-2 S-protein binding antibodies detected in an ELISA. Our study showed that commonly used SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assays are robust and that results obtained with different assays are comparable.


2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (14) ◽  
pp. 6375-6383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Dirks ◽  
A. Dusty Miller

ABSTRACT Previous studies have suggested that Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV)-based vectors pseudotyped with the vesicular stomatitis virus G glycoprotein (VSV-G) have extensive ability to transduce nonmammalian cells. However, we have identified multiple cell lines from fish (FHM), mosquitoes (Mos-55), moths (Sf9 and High-5), flies (S2), and frogs (XPK2) that are not efficiently transduced by MoMLV-based vectors pseudotyped with many different viral envelope proteins, including VSV-G, while the same vectors are functional in these cells following transfection. A comparison of MoMLV-based vector transduction in mammalian and nonmammalian cells shows that the nonmammalian cells exhibit blocks at either entry, reverse transcription, or integration. Additionally, VSV-G-pseudotyped MoMLV-based vector transduction is attenuated in the zebrafish cell line ZF4 at entry and/or reverse transcription, whereas other transduction processes are unaffected. We show that the variation of transduction by MoMLV-based vectors in mammalian and nonmammalian cells is not due to differences in culture conditions or cell division rate but is likely the result of divergence in cellular factors required for retroviral transduction.


2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Clarke ◽  
David Cooper ◽  
Michael A. Egan ◽  
R. Michael Hendry ◽  
Christopher L. Parks ◽  
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Vaccine ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (22) ◽  
pp. 2930-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Erik Johnson ◽  
John W. Coleman ◽  
Narender K. Kalyan ◽  
Priscilla Calderon ◽  
Kevin J. Wright ◽  
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Virology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 349 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuoxiang Xiao ◽  
Elana Ehrlich ◽  
Yunkai Yu ◽  
Kun Luo ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 2611-2622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subash C. Das ◽  
Debasis Panda ◽  
Debasis Nayak ◽  
Asit K. Pattnaik

ABSTRACT A recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-PeGFP-M-MmRFP) encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein fused in frame with P (PeGFP) in place of P and a fusion matrix protein (monomeric red fluorescent protein fused in frame at the carboxy terminus of M [MmRFP]) at the G-L gene junction, in addition to wild-type (wt) M protein in its normal location, was recovered, but the MmRFP was not incorporated into the virions. Subsequently, we generated recombinant viruses (VSV-PeGFP-ΔM-Mtc and VSV-ΔM-Mtc) encoding M protein with a carboxy-terminal tetracysteine tag (Mtc) in place of the M protein. These recombinant viruses incorporated Mtc at levels similar to M in wt VSV, demonstrating recovery of infectious rhabdoviruses encoding and incorporating a tagged M protein. Virions released from cells infected with VSV-PeGFP-ΔM-Mtc and labeled with the biarsenical red dye (ReAsH) were dually fluorescent, fluorescing green due to incorporation of PeGFP in the nucleocapsids and red due to incorporation of ReAsH-labeled Mtc in the viral envelope. Transport and subsequent association of M protein with the plasma membrane were shown to be independent of microtubules. Sequential labeling of VSV-ΔM-Mtc-infected cells with the biarsenical dyes ReAsH and FlAsH (green) revealed that newly synthesized M protein reaches the plasma membrane in less than 30 min and continues to accumulate there for up to 2 1/2 hours. Using dually fluorescent VSV, we determined that following adsorption at the plasma membrane, the time taken by one-half of the virus particles to enter cells and to uncoat their nucleocapsids in the cytoplasm is approximately 28 min.


2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (9) ◽  
pp. 5616-5624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinping Ren ◽  
Joseph Sodroski ◽  
Xinzhen Yang

ABSTRACT Neutralizing antibodies often recognize regions of viral envelope glycoproteins that play a role in receptor binding or other aspects of virus entry. To address whether this is a necessary feature of a neutralizing antibody, we identified the V4 region of the gp120 envelope glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) as a sequence that is tolerant of drastic change and thus appears to play a negligible role in envelope glycoprotein function. An artificial epitope tag was inserted into the V4 region without a significant effect on virus entry or neutralization by antibodies that recognize HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein sequences. An antibody directed against the artificial epitope tag was able to neutralize the modified, but not the wild-type, HIV-1. Thus, the specific target of a neutralizing antibody need not contribute functionally to the process of virus entry.


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