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J Virol, March 1998, p. 2183-2191, Vol. 72, No. 3
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

A Retention Signal Necessary and Sufficient for Endoplasmic Reticulum Localization Maps to the Transmembrane Domain of Hepatitis C Virus Glycoprotein E2

Laurence Cocquerel, Jean-Christophe Meunier, André Pillez, Czeslaw Wychowski, and Jean Dubuisson*

Equipe Hépatite C, CNRS-UMR 319, Institut de Biologie de Lille et Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59021 Lille cédex, France

Received 8 September 1997/Accepted 4 December 1997

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome encodes two envelope glycoproteins (E1 and E2). These glycoproteins interact to form a noncovalent heterodimeric complex which is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To identify whether E1 and/or E2 contains an ER-targeting signal potentially involved in ER retention of the E1-E2 complex, these proteins were expressed alone and their intracellular localization was studied. Due to misfolding of E1 in the absence of E2, no conclusion on the localization of its native form could be drawn from the expression of E1 alone. E2 expressed in the absence of E1 was shown to be retained in the ER similarly to E1-E2 complex. Chimeric proteins in which E2 domains were exchanged with corresponding domains of a protein normally transported to the plasma membrane (CD4) were constructed to identify the sequence responsible for its ER retention. The transmembrane domain (TMD) of E2 (C-terminal 29 amino acids) was shown to be sufficient for retention of the ectodomain of CD4 in the ER compartment. Replacement of the E2 TMD by the anchor signal of CD4 or a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) moiety led to its expression on the cell surface. In addition, replacement of the E2 TMD by the anchor signal of CD4 or a GPI moiety abolished the formation of E1-E2 complexes. Together, these results suggest that, besides having a role as a membrane anchor, the TMD of E2 is involved in both complex formation and intracellular localization.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Equipe Hépatite C, CNRS-UMR 319, Institut de Biologie de Lille et Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue Calmette, BP447, 59021 Lille cédex, France. Phone: (33) 3 20 87 11 60. Fax: (33) 3 20 87 11 11. E-mail: jdubuis{at}infobiogen.fr.




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