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Journal of Virology, March 2007, p. 2149-2157, Vol. 81, No. 5
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02302-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Vaccinia Virus 4c (A26L) Protein on Intracellular Mature Virus Binds to the Extracellular Cellular Matrix Laminin{triangledown}

Wen-Ling Chiu,1,{dagger} Chi-Long Lin,1,{dagger} Min-Hsiang Yang,2 Der-Lii M. Tzou,2 and Wen Chang1*

Institute of Molecular Biology,1 Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China2

Received 20 October 2006/ Accepted 1 December 2006

Vaccinia virus intracellular mature virus (IMV) binds to glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) on cells via three virion proteins, H3L, A27L, and D8L. In this study, we demonstrated that binding of IMV to BSC40 cells was competitively inhibited by soluble laminin but not by fibronectin or collagen V, suggesting that this cell surface extracellular matrix (ECM) protein may play a role in vaccinia virus entry. Moreover, IMV infection of GAG– sog9 cells was also inhibited by laminin, demonstrating that virion binding to laminin does not involve a prior interaction with GAGs. Furthermore, comparative envelope protein analyses of wild-type vaccinia virus strain Western Reserve, which binds to laminin, and of a mutant virus, IA27L, which does not, showed that the A26L open reading frame (ORF), encoding an envelope protein, was mutated in IA27L, resulting in A26L being absent from the IMV. Expression of the wild-type A26L ORF in IA27L resulted in laminin binding activity. Moreover, recombinant A26L protein bound to laminin in vitro with a high affinity, providing direct evidence that A26L is the laminin binding protein on IMV. In summary, these results reveal a novel role for the vaccinia viral envelope protein A26L in binding to the ECM protein laminin, an association that is proposed to facilitate IMV entry.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Phone: 886-2-2789-9230. Fax: 886-2-2782-6085. E-mail: mbwen{at}ccvax.sinica.edu.tw.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 13 December 2006.

{dagger} Both authors contributed equally to the work.

Journal of Virology, March 2007, p. 2149-2157, Vol. 81, No. 5
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02302-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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