A Tyrosine-Based Motif in the Cytoplasmic Tail of Pseudorabies Virus Glycoprotein B Is Important for both Antibody-Induced Internalization of Viral Glycoproteins and Efficient Cell-to-Cell Spread

AUTOR(ES)

Favoreel, Herman W.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Pseudorabies virus (PRV), a swine alphaherpesvirus, is capable of causing viremia in vaccinated animals. Two mechanisms that may help PRV avoid recognition by the host immune system during this viremia are direct cell-to-cell spread in tissue and antibody-induced internalization of viral cell surface glycoproteins in PRV-infected blood monocytes, the carrier cells of the virus in the blood. PRV glycoprotein B (gB) is crucial during both processes. Here we show that mutating a tyrosine residue located in a YXXΦ motif in the gB cytoplasmic tail results in decreased efficiency of cell-to-cell spread and a strong reduction in antibody-induced internalization of viral cell surface glycoproteins. Mutating the dileucine motif in the gB tail led to an increased cell-to-cell spread of the virus and the formation of large syncytia.

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