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Structure and Expression of Class II Defective Herpes Simplex Virus
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY, Aug. 1982, p. 574-593 Vol. 43, No. 2 0022-538X/82/080574-20$02.00/0 Structure and Expression of Class II Defective Herpes Simplex Virus Genomes Encoding Infected Cell Polypeptide Number 8 HILLA LOCKER,1t NIZA FRENKEL,l* AND IAN HALLIBURTON2 Department ofBiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637,1 and Department of Microbiology, University ofLeeds, Leeds, England' Received 12 February 1982/Accepted 13 May 1982 Defective genomes present in serially passaged virus stocks derived from the tsLB2 mutant of herpes simplex virus type 1 were found to consist of repeat units in which sequences from the UL region, within map coordinates 0.356 and 0.429 of standard herpes simplex virus DNA, were covalently linked to sequences from the end of the S component. The major defective genome species consisted of repeat units which were 4.9 x 106 in molecular weight and contained a specific deletion within the UL segment. These tsLB2 defective genomes were stable through more than 35 sequential virus passages. The ratios of defective virus genomes to helper virus genomes present in different passages fluctuated in synchrony with the capacity of the passages to interfere with standard virus replication. Cells infected with passages enriched for defective genomes overpro- duced the infected cell polypeptide number 8, which had previously been mapped within the UL sequences present in the tsLB2 defective genomes. In contrast, the synthesis of most other infected cell polypeptides was delayed and reduced. The abundant synthesis of infected cell polypeptide number 8 followed the , regula- tory pattern, as evident from kinetic studies and from experiments in which cycloheximide, canavanine, and phosphonoacetate were used. -
A Small Molecule Compound IMB-LA Inhibits HIV-1 Infection By
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN A small molecule compound IMB-LA inhibits HIV-1 infection by preventing viral Vpu from Received: 18 May 2015 Accepted: 19 November 2015 antagonizing the host restriction Published: 16 December 2015 factor BST-2 Zeyun Mi1,5,*, Jiwei Ding1,*, Quan Zhang1,*, Jianyuan Zhao2, Ling Ma1, Haisheng Yu6, Zhenlong Liu3, Guangzhi Shan1, Xiaoyu Li1, Jinming Zhou1, Tao Wei2, Liguo Zhang6, Fei Guo4, Chen Liang3 & Shan Cen1 Human BST-2 inhibits HIV-1 replication by tethering nascent virions to the cell surface. HIV-1 codes Vpu that counteracts BST-2 by down-regulating this restriction factor from the cell surface. This important function makes Vpu a potential therapeutic target. Yet, no agents have been reported to block Vpu from antagonizing BST-2. In this study, we report a small molecule compound IMB-LA that abrogates the function of Vpu and thereby strongly suppresses HIV-1 replication by sensitizing the virus to BST-2 restriction. Further studies revealed that IMB-LA specifically inhibits Vpu-mediated degradation of BST-2 and restores the expression of BST-2 at the cell surface. Although IMB-LA does not prevent Vpu from interacting with BST-2 or β-TrCP2-containing ubiquitin E3 ligase, sorting of BST-2 into lysosomes in Vpu-expressing cells is blocked by IMB-LA. Most importantly, HIV-1 release and infection is inhibited by IMB-LA only in BST-2-expressing cells. In summary, results herein demonstrated that IMB-LA could specifically inhibit the degradation of BST-2 induced by Vpu, and impair HIV-1 replication in a BST-2 dependent manner, suggesting the feasibility of utilizing small molecule compounds to disable the antagonist function of Vpu and thereby expose HIV-1 to the restriction by BST-2. -
THE ROLE of the HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 UL28 PROTEIN in TERMINASE COMPLEX ASSEMBLY and FUNCTION by Jason Don Heming Bachelor
THE ROLE OF THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 UL28 PROTEIN IN TERMINASE COMPLEX ASSEMBLY AND FUNCTION by Jason Don Heming Bachelor of Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2004 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the School of Medicine in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Pittsburgh 2013 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE This dissertation was presented by Jason Don Heming It was defended on April 18, 2013 and approved by Michael Cascio, Associate Professor, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences James Conway, Associate Professor, Department of Structural Biology Neal DeLuca, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Saleem Khan, Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Dissertation Advisor: Fred Homa, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics ii Copyright © by Jason Don Heming 2013 iii THE ROLE OF THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1 UL28 PROTEIN IN TERMINASE COMPLEX ASSEMBLY AND FUNCTION Jason Don Heming, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2013 Herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1) is the causative agent of several pathologies ranging in severity from the common cold sore to life-threatening encephalitic infection. During productive lytic infection, over 80 viral proteins are expressed in a highly regulated manner, resulting in the replication of viral genomes and assembly of progeny virions. Cleavage and packaging of replicated, concatemeric viral DNA into newly assembled capsids is critical to virus proliferation and requires seven viral genes: UL6, UL15, UL17, UL25, UL28, UL32, and UL33. Analogy with the well-characterized cleavage and packaging systems of double-stranded DNA bacteriophage suggests that HSV-1 encodes for a viral terminase complex to perform these essential functions, and several studies have indicated that this complex consists of the viral UL15, UL28, and UL33 proteins. -
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ICP8 Mutant Lacking Annealing Activity Is Deficient for Viral DNA Replication
Herpes simplex virus 1 ICP8 mutant lacking annealing activity is deficient for viral DNA replication Savithri Weerasooriyaa,1, Katherine A. DiScipioa,b,1, Anthar S. Darwisha,b, Ping Baia, and Sandra K. Wellera,2 aDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030; and bMolecular Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT 06030 Edited by Jack D. Griffith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, and approved December 4, 2018 (received for review October 13, 2018) Most DNA viruses that use recombination-dependent mechanisms culating in patient populations (18–22). Additionally, it has long to replicate their DNA encode a single-strand annealing protein been recognized that viral replication intermediates are com- (SSAP). The herpes simplex virus (HSV) single-strand DNA binding posed of complex X- and Y-branched structures as evidenced by protein (SSB), ICP8, is the central player in all stages of DNA electron microscopy (10, 16) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis replication. ICP8 is a classical replicative SSB and interacts physi- (15, 23, 24). ′ ′ cally and/or functionally with the other viral replication proteins. The HSV exo/SSAP, composed of a 5 -to-3 exonuclease Additionally, ICP8 can promote efficient annealing of complemen- (UL12) and an SSAP (ICP8), is capable of promoting strand ex- tary ssDNA and is thus considered to be a member of the SSAP change in vitro (25, 26). More recently, we have shown that HSV infection stimulates single-strand annealing (27), and ICP8 has family. The role of annealing during HSV infection has been been reported to promote recombineering in transfected cells difficult to assess in part, because it has not been possible to (28). -
A SARS-Cov-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing
A SARS-CoV-2-Human Protein-Protein Interaction Map Reveals Drug Targets and Potential Drug-Repurposing Supplementary Information Supplementary Discussion All SARS-CoV-2 protein and gene functions described in the subnetwork appendices, including the text below and the text found in the individual bait subnetworks, are based on the functions of homologous genes from other coronavirus species. These are mainly from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, but when available and applicable other related viruses were used to provide insight into function. The SARS-CoV-2 proteins and genes listed here were designed and researched based on the gene alignments provided by Chan et. al. 1 2020 . Though we are reasonably sure the genes here are well annotated, we want to note that not every protein has been verified to be expressed or functional during SARS-CoV-2 infections, either in vitro or in vivo. In an effort to be as comprehensive and transparent as possible, we are reporting the sub-networks of these functionally unverified proteins along with the other SARS-CoV-2 proteins. In such cases, we have made notes within the text below, and on the corresponding subnetwork figures, and would advise that more caution be taken when examining these proteins and their molecular interactions. Due to practical limits in our sample preparation and data collection process, we were unable to generate data for proteins corresponding to Nsp3, Orf7b, and Nsp16. Therefore these three genes have been left out of the following literature review of the SARS-CoV-2 proteins and the protein-protein interactions (PPIs) identified in this study. -
Viroporins: Structures and Functions Beyond Cell Membrane Permeabilization
Editorial Viroporins: Structures and Functions beyond Cell Membrane Permeabilization José Luis Nieva 1,* and Luis Carrasco 2,* Received: 17 September 2015 ; Accepted: 21 September 2015 ; Published: 29 September 2015 Academic Editor: Eric O. Freed 1 Biophysics Unit (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 2 Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC, UAM), c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain * Correspondence: [email protected] (J.L.N.); [email protected] (L.C.); Tel.: +34-94-601-3353 (J.L.N.); +34-91-497-8450 (L.C.) Viroporins represent an interesting group of viral proteins that exhibit two sets of functions. First, they participate in several viral processes that are necessary for efficient production of virus progeny. Besides, viroporins interfere with a number of cellular functions, thus contributing to viral cytopathogenicity. Twenty years have elapsed from the first review on viroporins [1]; since then several reviews have covered the advances on viroporin structure and functioning [2–8]. This Special Issue updates and revises new emerging roles of viroporins, highlighting their potential use as antiviral targets and in vaccine development. Viroporin structure. Viroporins are usually short proteins with at least one hydrophobic amphipathic helix. Homo-oligomerization is achieved by helix–helix interactions in membranes rendering higher order structures, forming aqueous pores. Progress in viroporin structures during the last 2–3 years has in some instances provided a detailed knowledge of their functional architecture, including the fine definition of binding sites for effective inhibitors. -
Opportunistic Intruders: How Viruses Orchestrate ER Functions to Infect Cells
REVIEWS Opportunistic intruders: how viruses orchestrate ER functions to infect cells Madhu Sudhan Ravindran*, Parikshit Bagchi*, Corey Nathaniel Cunningham and Billy Tsai Abstract | Viruses subvert the functions of their host cells to replicate and form new viral progeny. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) has been identified as a central organelle that governs the intracellular interplay between viruses and hosts. In this Review, we analyse how viruses from vastly different families converge on this unique intracellular organelle during infection, co‑opting some of the endogenous functions of the ER to promote distinct steps of the viral life cycle from entry and replication to assembly and egress. The ER can act as the common denominator during infection for diverse virus families, thereby providing a shared principle that underlies the apparent complexity of relationships between viruses and host cells. As a plethora of information illuminating the molecular and cellular basis of virus–ER interactions has become available, these insights may lead to the development of crucial therapeutic agents. Morphogenesis Viruses have evolved sophisticated strategies to establish The ER is a membranous system consisting of the The process by which a virus infection. Some viruses bind to cellular receptors and outer nuclear envelope that is contiguous with an intri‑ particle changes its shape and initiate entry, whereas others hijack cellular factors that cate network of tubules and sheets1, which are shaped by structure. disassemble the virus particle to facilitate entry. After resident factors in the ER2–4. The morphology of the ER SEC61 translocation delivering the viral genetic material into the host cell and is highly dynamic and experiences constant structural channel the translation of the viral genes, the resulting proteins rearrangements, enabling the ER to carry out a myriad An endoplasmic reticulum either become part of a new virus particle (or particles) of functions5. -
NSP4)-Induced Intrinsic Apoptosis
viruses Article Viperin, an IFN-Stimulated Protein, Delays Rotavirus Release by Inhibiting Non-Structural Protein 4 (NSP4)-Induced Intrinsic Apoptosis Rakesh Sarkar †, Satabdi Nandi †, Mahadeb Lo, Animesh Gope and Mamta Chawla-Sarkar * Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C.I.T. Road Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India; [email protected] (R.S.); [email protected] (S.N.); [email protected] (M.L.); [email protected] (A.G.) * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +91-33-2353-7470; Fax: +91-33-2370-5066 † These authors contributed equally to this work. Abstract: Viral infections lead to expeditious activation of the host’s innate immune responses, most importantly the interferon (IFN) response, which manifests a network of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) that constrain escalating virus replication by fashioning an ill-disposed environment. Interestingly, most viruses, including rotavirus, have evolved numerous strategies to evade or subvert host immune responses to establish successful infection. Several studies have documented the induction of ISGs during rotavirus infection. In this study, we evaluated the induction and antiviral potential of viperin, an ISG, during rotavirus infection. We observed that rotavirus infection, in a stain independent manner, resulted in progressive upregulation of viperin at increasing time points post-infection. Knockdown of viperin had no significant consequence on the production of total Citation: Sarkar, R.; Nandi, S.; Lo, infectious virus particles. Interestingly, substantial escalation in progeny virus release was observed M.; Gope, A.; Chawla-Sarkar, M. upon viperin knockdown, suggesting the antagonistic role of viperin in rotavirus release. Subsequent Viperin, an IFN-Stimulated Protein, studies unveiled that RV-NSP4 triggered relocalization of viperin from the ER, the normal residence Delays Rotavirus Release by Inhibiting of viperin, to mitochondria during infection. -
An Exploration of the Interplay Between HSV-1 and the Non-Homologous End Joining Proteins PAXX and DNA-Pkcs
An exploration of the interplay between HSV-1 and the non-homologous end joining proteins PAXX and DNA-PKcs Benjamin James Trigg Gonville and Caius College This dissertation is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy September 2017 2. Abstract An exploration of the interplay between HSV-1 and the non-homologous end joining proteins PAXX and DNA-PKcs Benjamin James Trigg Abstract DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are essential in maintaining genomic integrity in cells, but many DDR proteins have other important functions such as in the innate immune sensing of cytoplasmic DNA. Some DDR proteins are known to be beneficial or restrictive to viral infection, but most remain uncharacterised in this respect. Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is a mechanism of double stranded DNA (dsDNA) repair that functions to rapidly mend broken DNA ends. The NHEJ machinery is well characterised in the context of DDR but recent studies have linked the same proteins to innate immune DNA sensing and, hence, anti-viral responses. The aim of this thesis is to further investigate the interplay between herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1), a dsDNA virus, and two NHEJ proteins, DNA protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA- PKcs) and paralogue of XRCC4 and XLF (PAXX). PAXX was first described in the literature as a NHEJ protein in 2015, but whether it has any role in the regulation of virus infection has not been established. Here we show that PAXX acts as a restriction factor for HSV-1 because PAXX-/- (KO) cells produce a consistently higher titre of HSV-1 than the respective wild type (WT) cells. -
Mechanisms of Action of Novel Influenza A/M2 Viroporin Inhibitors Derived from Hexamethylene Amiloride S
Supplemental material to this article can be found at: http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/suppl/2016/05/18/mol.115.102731.DC1 1521-0111/90/2/80–95$25.00 http://dx.doi.org/10.1124/mol.115.102731 MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY Mol Pharmacol 90:80–95, August 2016 Copyright ª 2016 by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Mechanisms of Action of Novel Influenza A/M2 Viroporin Inhibitors Derived from Hexamethylene Amiloride s Pouria H. Jalily, Jodene Eldstrom, Scott C. Miller, Daniel C. Kwan, Sheldon S. -H. Tai, Doug Chou, Masahiro Niikura, Ian Tietjen, and David Fedida Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (P.H.J., J.E., S.C.M., D.C.K., D.C., I.T., D.F.), and Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby (S.S.-H.T., M.N., I.T.), British Columbia, Canada Received December 7, 2015; accepted May 12, 2016 Downloaded from ABSTRACT The increasing prevalence of influenza viruses with resistance to [1,19-biphenyl]-4-carboxylate (27) acts both on adamantane- approved antivirals highlights the need for new anti-influenza sensitive and a resistant M2 variant encoding a serine to asparagine therapeutics. Here we describe the functional properties of hexam- 31 mutation (S31N) with improved efficacy over amantadine and – 5 m m ethylene amiloride (HMA) derived compounds that inhibit the wild- HMA (IC50 0.6 Mand4.4 M, respectively). Whereas 9 inhibited molpharm.aspetjournals.org type and adamantane-resistant forms of the influenza A M2 ion in vitro replication of influenza virus encoding wild-type M2 (EC50 5 channel. -
(Infected Cell Protein 8) of Herpes Simplex Virus L*
THEJOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Vol. 262, No. 9, Issue of March 25, pp. 4260-4266, 1987 0 1987 by The American Society of Biological Chemists, Inc Printed in U.S. A. Interaction between theDNA Polymerase and Single-stranded DNA- binding Protein (Infected Cell Protein 8) of Herpes Simplex Virus l* (Received for publication, September 22, 1986) Michael E. O’DonnellS, Per EliasQ,Barbara E. Funnellll, and I. R. Lehman From the Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305 The herpes virus-encoded DNA replication protein, ICP8 completely inhibits replication of singly primed ssDNA infected cell protein 8 (ICPS), binds specifically to templates by the herpespolymerase. On the other hand, ICP8 single-stranded DNA with a stoichiometry of one ICPS strongly stimulates replication of duplex DNA. It does so, molecule/l2 nucleotides. In the absence of single- however, onlyin the presence of anuclear extract from stranded DNA, it assembles into long filamentous herpes-infected cells. structures. Binding of ICPS inhibits DNA synthesis by the herpes-induced DNA polymerase on singly primed EXPERIMENTALPROCEDURES single-stranded DNA circles. In contrast, ICPS greatly Materials-DNase I and venom phosphodiesterase were obtained stimulates replication of circular duplex DNA by the from Worthington. The syntheticoligodeoxynucleotide (44-mer) was polymerase. Stimulation occurs only in the presence of synthesized by the solid-phase coupling of protected phosphoramidate a nuclear extract from herpes-infected cells. Appear- nucleoside derivatives (11).3H-Labeled #X ssDNA was a gift from ance of the stimulatory activity in nuclear extracts Dr. R. Bryant (this department). pMOB45 (10.5 kilobases) linear coincides closely with the time of appearance of her- duplex plasmid DNA was a gift from Dr. -
The Neural F-Box Protein NFB42 Mediates the Nuclear Export of the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Replication Initiator Protein (UL9 Protein) After Viral Infection
The neural F-box protein NFB42 mediates the nuclear export of the herpes simplex virus type 1 replication initiator protein (UL9 protein) after viral infection Chi-Yong Eom*, Won Do Heo†, Madeleine L. Craske†, Tobias Meyer†, and I. Robert Lehman*‡ Departments of *Biochemistry and †Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5307 Contributed by I. Robert Lehman, February 3, 2004 The neural F-box 42-kDa protein (NFB42) is a component of the in nonneural tissues (11). The factors required for ubiquitination SCFNFB42 E3 ubiquitin ligase that is expressed in all major areas of and subsequent degradation of target proteins are found the brain; it is not detected in nonneuronal tissues. We previously throughout the cell, including the cytosol, nucleus, endoplasmic identified NFB42 as a binding partner for the herpes simplex virus reticulum, and cell-surface membranes (9, 12). 1 (HSV-1) UL9 protein, the viral replication-initiator, and showed Because NFB42 is found primarily in the cytosol (11), whereas that coexpression of NFB42 and UL9 in human embryonic kidney the UL9 protein is located predominantly in the nucleus (13), it (293T) cells led to a significant decrease in the level of UL9 protein. was important to determine the mechanism that permits their We have now found that HSV-1 infection promotes the shuttling interaction. We report here that HSV-1 infection promotes the of NFB42 between the cytosol and the nucleus in both 293T cells shuttling of NFB42 between the cytosol and the nucleus in both and primary hippocampal neurons, permitting NFB42 to bind to the 293T cells and in primary hippocampal neurons, and that NFB42 phosphorylated UL9 protein, which is localized in the nucleus.