| Effect of the alterations in the fusion protein of measles virus isolated from brains of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis on syncytium formation. | |
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PMID: 17825451 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Measles virus (MV) is the causative agent of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and viruses isolated from brains of the patients contain numerous mutations. We have previously demonstrated that the hemagglutinin (H) protein of MV SSPE strains can interact with the signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) and an unidentified molecule on Vero cells, but not with CD46, as a receptor. The mechanism by which MV SSPE strains can induce cell-cell fusion in SLAM-negative Vero cells is not understood. We report here on the effect of mutations in the fusion (F) proteins of three MV SSPE strains on syncytium formation. The F proteins of the three SSPE strains were functional and co-expression with H protein from the MV wild-type or SSPE strains in this study induced formation of large syncytia in Vero cells as well as in cell lines expressing SLAM or CD46. Expression of chimeric F proteins of SSPE strains showed that amino acid substitutions in the F protein extracellular as well as cytoplasmic domain contributed to enhanced cell-cell fusion in Vero cells. These findings suggest a common molecular mechanism and a key role of the F protein for syncytium formation in cells expressing an unidentified third receptor for MV. |
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Authors:
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Minoru Ayata; Masashi Shingai; Xiaojun Ning; Misako Matsumoto; Tsukasa Seya; Sanae Otani; Toshiyuki Seto; Shinji Ohgimoto; Hisashi Ogura |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2007-09-07 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Virus research Volume: 130 ISSN: 0168-1702 ISO Abbreviation: Virus Res. Publication Date: 2007 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-11-12 Completed Date: 2008-01-22 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8410979 Medline TA: Virus Res Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 260-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Virology, Osaka City University Medical School, Asahimachi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan. maverick@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp |
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Amino Acid Substitution
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genetics Animals Cercopithecus aethiops Giant Cells / virology* Humans Measles virus / genetics*, isolation & purification, pathogenicity* Mutant Proteins / genetics, metabolism Mutation Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / virology* Vero Cells Viral Fusion Proteins / genetics*, metabolism* |
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0/Mutant Proteins; 0/Viral Fusion Proteins |
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