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Journal of Virology, August 2000, p. 7137-7145, Vol. 74, No. 15
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Effects of Truncation of the Carboxy Terminus of Pseudorabies Virus Glycoprotein B on Infectivity

Ralf Nixdorf, Barbara G. Klupp, Axel Karger, and Thomas C. Mettenleiter*

Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institutes, Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, D-17498 Insel Riems, Germany

Received 22 February 2000/Accepted 28 April 2000

Glycoproteins homologous to the type I membrane glycoprotein B (gB) of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) are the most highly conserved glycoproteins within the family Herpesviridae and are present in members of each herpesvirus subfamily. In the alphaherpesvirus pseudorabies virus (PrV), gB is required for entry into target cells and for direct viral cell-to-cell spread. These processes, though related, appear to be distinct, and thus it was interesting to analyze whether they require different functions of gB. To this end, we established cell lines stably expressing different carboxy-terminally truncated versions of PrV gB by deleting either (i) one predicted intracytoplasmic alpha -helical domain encompassing putative YQRL and dileucine internalization signals, (ii) two predicted intracytoplasmic alpha -helical domains, (iii) the complete intracytoplasmic domain, or (iv) the intracytoplasmic domain and the transmembrane anchor region. Confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that gB derivatives lacking at least the last 29 amino acids (aa) localize close to the plasma membrane, while the full-length protein accumulates in intracellular aggregations. Trans-complementation studies with a gB-deleted PrV (PrV-gB-) demonstrated that the 29-aa truncated form lacking the putative internalization signals and the C-terminal alpha -helical domain (gB-008) was efficiently incorporated into PrV-gB- virions and efficiently complemented infectivity and cell-to-cell spread. Moreover, gB-008 exhibited an enhanced fusogenic activity. In contrast, gB proteins lacking both alpha -helical domains (gB-007), the complete intracytoplasmic domain, or the intracytoplasmic domain and transmembrane anchor were only inefficiently or not at all incorporated into PrV-gB- virions and did not complement infectivity. However, gB-007 was able to mediate cell-to-cell spread of PrV-gB-. Similar phenotypes were observed when virus recombinants expressing gB-008 or gB-007, respectively, instead of wild-type gB were isolated and analyzed. Thus, our data show that internalization of gB is not required for gB incorporation into virions nor for its function in either entry or cell-to-cell spread. Moreover, they indicate different requirements for gB in these membrane fusion processes.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, D-17498 Insel Riems, Germany. Phone: 49-38351-7250. Fax: 49-38351-7151. E-mail: mettenleiter{at}rie.bfav.de.


Journal of Virology, August 2000, p. 7137-7145, Vol. 74, No. 15
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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