Disruption of Mitochondrial Networks by the Human Cytomegalovirus UL37 Gene Product Viral Mitochondrion-Localized Inhibitor of Apoptosis
AUTOR(ES)
McCormick, A. Louise
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
By 24 h after infection with human cytomegalovirus, the reticular mitochondrial network characteristic of uninfected fibroblasts was disrupted as mitochondria became punctate and dispersed. These alterations were associated with expression of the immediate-early (α) antiapoptotic UL37x1 gene product viral mitochondrion-localized inhibitor of apoptosis (vMIA). Similar alterations in mitochondrial morphology were induced directly by vMIA in transfected cells. A 68-amino-acid antiapoptotic derivative of vMIA containing the mitochondrial localization and antiapoptotic domains also induced disruption, whereas a mutant lacking the antiapoptotic domain failed to cause disruption. These data suggest that the fission and/or fusion process that normally controls mitochondrial networks is altered by vMIA. Mitochondrial fission has been implicated in the induction of apoptosis and vMIA-mediated inhibition of apoptosis may occur subsequent to this event.
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