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Failure to cleave measles-virus fusion protein in lymphoid-cells - a possible mechanism for viral persistence in lymphocytes

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authors

  • Fujinami, R. S.
  • Oldstone, Michael

publication date

  • 1981

journal

  • Journal of Experimental Medicine  Journal

abstract

  • The host-directed cleavage of measles virus fusion protein on infected lymphoid cells was studied to understand the mechanism of viral persistence in lymphoid cells in vivo. Several lymphoblastoid cell lines were infected with measles virus, and the viral glycoproteins expressed on the cell's surface were radiolabeled and analyzed for cleavage of fusion (F(0)) to F(1) by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Daudi and Ramos lymphoblastoid cells were deficient in their ability to cleave measles virus fusion protein and correspondingly produced low titers of infectious measles virus, Daudi cells being more defective than Ramos cells. In contrast, other lymphoblastoid cells studied, Victor, Raji, Wi-L2, RPMI 8866, and Seraphine, cleaved the fusion polypeptide and made significantly more infectious virus. Despite their defect in cleaving F protein, Daudi cells were able to assemble and release (noninfectious) measles virus particles into the fluid phase. The deficit in Daudi cells was corrected by fusing infected Daudi cells with cleavage-competent cells such as Victor or Raji. Furthermore, the cleavage event performed by competent cells could be mimicked at the plasma membrane by treating infected Daudi cells with trypsin, implicating the role of a plasma membrane enzyme in cleaving F(0) to F(1) during measles virus infection. Hence, lymphoid cells deficient in the plasma membrane enzyme required to cleave F protein are permissive for measles virus, maintain viral gene products, produce mostly noninfectious virus, and fail to place the biologic activity F(1) protein on their surfaces.

subject areas

  • Antigens, Surface
  • Cell Fusion
  • Cell Line
  • Chymotrypsin
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes
  • Measles virus
  • Mutation
  • Peptides
  • Temperature
  • Trypsin
  • Viral Fusion Proteins
  • Viral Proteins
  • Virus Replication
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-1007

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1084/jem.154.5.1489

PubMed ID

  • 6895382
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1489

end page

  • 1499

volume

  • 154

issue

  • 5

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