This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Krey, T.
Right arrow Articles by Rümenapf, T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Krey, T.
Right arrow Articles by Rümenapf, T.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Journal of Virology, November 2006, p. 10862-10867, Vol. 80, No. 21
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01589-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Role of the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor in Entry of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus{triangledown}

Thomas Krey,1 Etienne Moussay,2 Heinz-Jürgen Thiel,1 and Till Rümenapf1*

Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Frankfurter Str. 107, 35392 Giessen, Germany,1 Institut für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten der Tiere, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Frankfurter Str. 85-89, 35392 Giessen, Germany2

Received 25 July 2006/ Accepted 15 August 2006

Among several proposed cellular receptors for bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor is of special interest because it is also considered a receptor for the related hepatitis C virus. It has been reported that an anti-LDL receptor monoclonal antibody blocked the infection of bovine cells by BVDV and that the resistance of bovine CRIB cells (cells resistant to infection with BVDV) (E. F. Flores and R. O. Donis, Virology 208:565-575, 1995) to BVDV infection was due to a lack of the LDL receptor (V. Agnello et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:12766-12771, 1999). In connection with our studies on BVDV entry, we reevaluated the putative role of the LDL receptor as a cellular receptor for BVDV. It was first clearly demonstrated that neither of two monoclonal antibodies against the LDL receptor inhibited BVDV infection of two bovine cell lines. Furthermore, the LDL receptor was detected on the surface of CRIB cells. The functionality of the LDL receptor on CRIB cells was demonstrated by the internalization of fluorescently labeled LDL. In conclusion, at present no experimental evidence supports an involvement of the LDL receptor in BVDV invasion.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Virologie, Frankfurter Str. 107, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. Phone: 49-641-99-38356. Fax: 49-641-99-38359. E-mail: Till.H.Ruemenapf{at}vetmed.uni-giessen.de.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 August 2006.

Journal of Virology, November 2006, p. 10862-10867, Vol. 80, No. 21
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.01589-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Tscherne, D. M., Evans, M. J., MacDonald, M. R., Rice, C. M. (2008). Transdominant Inhibition of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Entry. J. Virol. 82: 2427-2436 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»