HveA (Herpesvirus Entry Mediator A), a Coreceptor for Herpes Simplex Virus Entry, also Participates in Virus-Induced Cell Fusion
AUTOR(ES)
Terry-Allison, Tracy
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a cell surface protein that can serve as coreceptor for herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) entry, herpesvirus entry mediator (previously designated HVEM but renamed HveA), also mediates HSV-1-induced cell-cell fusion. We found that transfection of DNA from KOS-804, a previously described HSV-1 syncytial (Syn) strain whose Syn mutation was mapped to an amino acid substitution in gK, induced numerous large syncytia on HveA-expressing Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO-HVEM12) but not on control cells (CHO-C8). Antibodies specific for gD as well as for HveA were effective inhibitors of KOS-804-induced fusion, consistent with previously described direct interactions between gD and HveA. Since mutations in gD determine the ability of HSV-1 to utilize HveA for entry, we examined whether the form of virally expressed gD also influenced the ability of HveA to mediate fusion. We produced a recombinant virus carrying the KOS-804 Syn mutation and the KOS-Rid1 gD mutation, which significantly reduces viral entry via HveA, and designated it KOS-SR1. KOS-SR1 DNA had a markedly reduced ability to induce syncytia on CHO-HVEM12 cells and a somewhat enhanced ability to induce syncytia on CHO-C8 cells. These results support previous findings concerning the relative abilities of KOS and KOS-Rid1 to infect CHO-HVEM12 and CHO-C8 cells. Thus, HveA mediates cell-cell fusion as well as viral entry and both activities of HveA are contingent upon the form of gD expressed by the virus.
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