Genome-Wide Analysis of Vaccinia Virus Protein–Protein Interactions
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Genome-wide analysis of vaccinia virus protein–protein interactions Stephen McCraith*, Ted Holtzman†, Bernard Moss‡, and Stanley Fields*§¶ *Departments of Genetics and Medicine, Box 357360, †Locke Computer Center, and §Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; and ‡Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0445 Contributed by Bernard Moss, February 23, 2000 To detect interactions between proteins of vaccinia virus, we Materials and Methods carried out a comprehensive two-hybrid analysis to assay every Construction of pOBD2-20. A new DNA-binding domain vector was pairwise combination. We constructed an array of yeast transfor- generated containing Gal4 residues 1 to 147 and a small portion mants that contained each of the 266 predicted viral ORFs as Gal4 of the activation domain plasmid pOAD (11) that encodes Gal4 activation domain hybrid proteins. The array was individually mated to transformants containing each ORF as a Gal4–DNA- residues 866 to 881 along with a shared multicloning site (Fig. 1A). PCR was used to amplify the Gal4 DNA-binding domain binding domain hybrid, and diploids expressing the two-hybrid Ј reporter gene were identified. Of the Ϸ70,000 combinations, we from the plasmid pCPL2 (12) by using primer P1 5 - Ј found 37 protein–protein interactions, including 28 that were (GTTCTCGTTCCCTTTCTTCCTTGT)-3 located in the previously unknown. In some cases, e.g., late transcription factors, ADH1 promoter region and primer P2 5Ј-CGATCTCTTTTT- both proteins were known to have related roles although there TTGGGTTTGGTGGGGTATCTTCATCATCGAATAGAT- was no prior evidence of physical associations. For some other AGTT(CGATACAGTCAACTGTCTTTGACC)-3Ј corre- interactions, neither protein had a known role. In the majority of sponding to residues 866–881 of the Gal4 activation domain. The cases, however, one of the interacting proteins was known to be primer sequences shown in parentheses are complementary to involved in DNA replication, transcription, virion structure, or host those present in pCPL2, and the underlined bases are an added evasion, thereby providing a clue to the role of the other unchar- sequence. The additional sequence is complementary to se- acterized protein in a specific process. quences in pOAD. In a separate PCR, a portion of the multi- cloning site and ADH1 terminator sequence was amplified from oxviruses are large, complex, double-stranded DNA viruses pOAD by using primer P3 5Ј-AACTATCTATTCGATGA- Pthat replicate in the cytoplasm of infected cells (1). Vaccinia TGAAGATACCCCACCAAACCCAAAAAAAGAGAT- virus, the best-characterized member of this large family, was CGAATTCCAGCTGACCACCATGGCAA-3Ј and primer P4 extensively used as the smallpox vaccine, has gained popularity 5Ј-AAATTTCTGGCAAGGTAGACAAGC-3Ј. These two re- as a mammalian expression vector, and is being tested as a gions were joined in a subsequent PCR amplification using recombinant vaccine against cancer and infectious diseases (2). primers P1 and P4 and a mixture of the two initial PCR products Vaccinia virus has a genome of approximately 190 kbp and can as a template. This second product was digested with HindIII and potentially express more than 200 proteins, allowing an excep- ligated into HindIII-cut and calf intestinal phosphatase-treated tional degree of independence from the host (3). Virus-encoded proteins involved in transcription include a multicomponent pCPL2. The resultant vector, pOBD2-20, was confirmed by DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, an assortment of transcrip- sequence analysis. The inserted portion contains a region com- tion factors, and enzymes that cap, methylate, and polyadeny- mon to both pOAD and pOBD2-20 (Fig. 1B), and thus a set of Ј Ј lylate mRNA (4). Of the eight virus-encoded proteins that have PCR products with appropriate 5 and 3 sequences can be been implicated in DNA replication, four are directly involved in cloned by homologous recombination into both vectors. DNA polymerization, and others (such as a type I DNA topo- isomerase, a single-stranded DNA-binding protein, a DNA Selection of Vaccinia Virus ORFs. The MAP program from the ligase, and a DNA–RNA helicase) have other roles (5). Addi- Wisconsin Package version 10.0 [Genetics Computer Group tional viral proteins are needed to maintain adequate levels of (GCG), Madison, WI] was used to identify potential coding deoxyribonucleotides for DNA replication, including a thymi- sequences in all six reading frames of 65 or more residues in the dine kinase, a thymidylate kinase, a deoxyribonucleotide reduc- genome of the WR strain of vaccinia virus. Sequence files tase, and a deoxyuridine triphosphatase. At least 30 proteins representing the coding regions for each of these ORFs were form the core and membrane components of virus particles (6, created. For each of these sequences, a list was constructed 7). Other viral proteins interact with host components to facil- containing 15 potential forward primers consisting of the 5Ј 18, itate virus dissemination, prevent apoptosis, and attenuate im- 19,..., or32 nucleotides of coding region starting with the mune responses (8, 9). The study of vaccinia virus thus provides predicted ATG, and 15 potential reverse primers containing the important information that will help us to understand the nature of more pathogenic members of the family, such as the agents of reverse complement of the last 18, 19, ..., or32 nucleotides smallpox, monkeypox, and molluscum contagiosum (10), as well ending with the predicted stop codons. Using the GCG PRIME as insights into many areas of molecular and cellular biology and program, we selected the most promising primer pairs on the immunology. basis of limited folding parameters and with optimal annealing Although 10 years have passed since the genome of vaccinia temperatures of Ϸ55°C. Twenty ORFs whose primer sets did not virus was sequenced (3), the roles of about half of the genes meet these criteria were further analyzed by using OLIGO 4.0 MICROBIOLOGY remain entirely unknown. A similar situation exists for other large DNA viruses, including members of the herpesvirus family. ¶To whom reprint requests should be addressed at: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, To increase our understanding of the poxvirus life cycle and to Departments of Genetics and Medicine, University of Washington, Box 357360, Seattle, evaluate an approach that would be generally applicable to other WA 98195. E-mail: fi[email protected]. large viruses, we initiated a genome-wide yeast two-hybrid The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge payment. This analysis to identify vaccinia virus protein–protein interactions. article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Each of the Ϸ70,000 potential pairwise combinations of proteins §1734 solely to indicate this fact. was assayed, identifying putative interactions among both char- Article published online before print: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 10.1073͞pnas.080078197. acterized viral proteins and those of unknown function. Article and publication date are at www.pnas.org͞cgi͞doi͞10.1073͞pnas.080078197 PNAS ͉ April 25, 2000 ͉ vol. 97 ͉ no. 9 ͉ 4879–4884 Downloaded by guest on September 30, 2021 The products were analyzed by electrophoresis on a 0.8% agarose gel and ethidium bromide staining. The size of each ORF was estimated by comparison with DNA standards. Two ORFs that failed to amplify were successfully amplified on another attempt. Generation of the Activation Domain Array. The reamplified PCR products were cotransformed with linearized pOAD into PJ69- 4A, and with linearized pOBD2-20 into PJ69-4␣, as described (11, 14). Transformants were grown overnight in yeast extract͞ peptone͞dextrose (YEPD) medium (15) and stored in 15% glycerol at Ϫ70°C. Transformants were recovered by regrowth in YEPD for 6 h, followed by selection on 35-mm synthetic plates (15) lacking either leucine (pOAD transformants) or tryptophan (pOBD2-20 transformants). Each activation domain transformation was represented by four individual clonal isolates in the array. Additionally, four isolates of transformants carrying activation domain hybrids of either the yeast Mec3 or Rad17 proteins, or human lamin, as well as four transformants of the vector pOAD, were used as control positions in the array. Colonies were transferred to 2 ml of YEPD for overnight growth in 96-deep-well dishes (USA͞ Scientific, Ocala, FL). Cultures in PJ69-4A were then transferred to a 384-well dish and stamped onto three Omnitrays (Nalgene Nunc) containing synthetic medium lacking leucine. The trans- fers were done with a Biomek 2000 Laboratory Automation Workstation (Beckman Coulter) equipped with a high density replicating tool. Thus, the vaccinia virus array consisted of 1,076 colonies on three Omnitrays. One ORF, K7R (a protein of unknown function), appeared to be toxic, as yeast containing this gene were not able to grow on selective medium. Two-Hybrid Screens. For each ORF, two pOBD2-20 transformants in PJ69-4␣ were selected on synthetic plates lacking tryptophan and grown for 48 h in 2.5 ml of YEPD medium. The two cultures were pooled and mated on YEPD plates to the PJ69-4A acti- Fig. 1. Scheme for construction of pOBD2-20. (A) A small portion of the Gal4 vation domain array by using a 384-pin high density replicating activation domain was PCR amplified and transferred to the Gal4–DNA- tool. After 3 days of growth at 30°C, diploids containing both an binding domain vector pOBD1 (11) to create the new vector pOBD2-20. (B) activation domain and a DNA-binding domain plasmid were Common sequence flanking the multicloning site of pOAD1 and pOBD2-20. A selected by transfer to synthetic medium lacking leucine and portion of this shared sequence was added to each vaccinia ORF by PCR tryptophan and incubated 3 days more. Two-hybrid selection was amplification to allow recombinational cloning of these ORFs into pOBD2-20. performed by replicating the diploid array onto medium lacking leucine, tryptophan, and histidine and supplemented with 3 mM 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole.