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Journal of Virology, August 2000, p. 7137-7145, Vol. 74, No. 15
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
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Effects of Truncation of the Carboxy Terminus of
Pseudorabies Virus Glycoprotein B on Infectivity
-helical domain encompassing putative
YQRL and dileucine internalization signals, (ii) two predicted
intracytoplasmic
-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
-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
-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.
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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.
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