McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2007 Jan 24;2(1):e171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000171.
The avian sarcoma and leukosis virus (ASLV) envelope glycoprotein (Env) is activated to trigger fusion by a two-step mechanism involving receptor-priming and low pH fusion activation. In order to identify regions of ASLV Env that can regulate this process, a genetic selection method was used to identify subgroup B (ASLV-B) virus-infected cells resistant to low pH-triggered fusion when incubated with cells expressing the cognate TVB receptor. The subgroup B viral Env (envB) genes were then isolated from these cells and characterized by DNA sequencing. This led to identification of two frequent EnvB alterations which allowed TVB receptor-binding but altered the pH-threshold of membrane fusion activation: a 13 amino acid deletion in the host range 1 (hr1) region of the surface (SU) EnvB subunit, and the A32V amino acid change within the fusion peptide of the transmembrane (TM) EnvB subunit. These data indicate that these two regions of EnvB can influence the pH threshold of fusion activation.
禽肉瘤和白血病病毒 (ASLV) 包膜糖蛋白 (Env) 通过涉及受体引发和低 pH 融合激活的两步机制被激活以触发融合。为了鉴定能够调节该过程的 ASLV Env 区域,使用遗传选择方法鉴定了当用表达同源 TVB 受体的细胞孵育时,对低 pH 触发的融合具有抗性的亚组 B (ASLV-B) 病毒感染的细胞。然后从这些细胞中分离出亚组 B 病毒 Env (envB) 基因,并通过 DNA 测序进行表征。这导致鉴定了两种允许 TVB 受体结合但改变膜融合激活的 pH 阈值的常见 EnvB 改变:表面 (SU) EnvB 亚基的宿主范围 1 (hr1) 区域中的 13 个氨基酸缺失,以及跨膜 (TM) EnvB 亚基融合肽内的 A32V 氨基酸变化。这些数据表明,EnvB 的这两个区域可以影响融合激活的 pH 阈值。