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Journal of Virology, December 2001, p. 11384-11391, Vol. 75, No. 23
Department of Virology and Molecular Biology,
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
38105,1 and Department of Pathology, The
Health Science Center, University of Tennessee
Received 31 May 2001/Accepted 5 September 2001
Paramyxoviruses are assembled at the surface of infected cells,
where virions are formed by the process of budding. We investigated the
roles of three Sendai virus (SV) membrane proteins in the production of virus-like particles. Expression of matrix (M) proteins from cDNA induced the budding and release of virus-like particles that
contained M, as was previously observed with human parainfluenza virus
type 1 (hPIV1). Expression of SV fusion (F) glycoprotein from cDNA
caused the release of virus-like particles bearing surface F, although
their release was less efficient than that of particles bearing M
protein. Cells that expressed only hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN)
released no HN-containing vesicles. Coexpression of M and F proteins
enhanced the release of F protein by a factor greater than 4. The
virus-like particles containing F and M were found in different density
gradient fractions of the media of cells that coexpressed M and F, a
finding that suggests that the two proteins formed separate vesicles
and did not interact directly. Vesicles released by M or F proteins
also contained cellular actin; therefore, actin may be involved in the
budding process induced by viral M or F proteins. Deletion of
C-terminal residues of M protein, which has a sequence similar to that
of an actin-binding domain, significantly reduced release of the
particles into medium. Site-directed mutagenesis of the cytoplasmic
tail of F revealed two regions that affect the efficiency of budding:
one domain comprising five consecutive amino acids conserved in SV and
hPIV1 and one domain that is similar to the actin-binding domain
required for budding induced by M protein. Our results indicate that
both M and F proteins are able to drive the budding of SV and propose the possible role of actin in the budding process.
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.23.11384-11391.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Role of Matrix and Fusion Proteins in Budding of
Sendai Virus
Memphis, Memphis,
Tennessee 381632
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale, Memphis, TN 38105-2794. Phone: (901) 495-3438. Fax:
(901) 523-2622. E-mail: toru.takimoto{at}stjude.org
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