Majhen Dragomira, Stojanović Nikolina, Vukić Dunja, Pichon Chantal, Leduc Chloé, Osmak Maja, Ambriović-Ristov Andreja
Division of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire CNRS-UPR4301 Affiliated to the Université d'Orléans, Orléans, France.
PLoS One. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86698. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086698. eCollection 2014.
Adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) is a non-enveloped DNA virus frequently used as a gene transfer vector. Efficient Ad5 cell entry depends on the availability of its primary receptor, coxsackie and adenovirus receptor, which is responsible for attachment, and integrins, secondary receptors responsible for adenovirus internalization via clathrin-mediated endocytosis. However, efficacious adenovirus-mediated transgene expression also depends on successful trafficking of Ad5 particles to the nucleus of the target cell. It has been shown that changes occurring in tumor cells during development of resistance to anticancer drugs can be beneficial for adenovirus mediated transgene expression. In this study, using an in vitro model consisting of a parental cell line, human laryngeal carcinoma HEp2 cells, and a cisplatin-resistant clone CK2, we investigated the cause of increased Ad5-mediated transgene expression in CK2 as compared to HEp2 cells. We show that the primary cause of increased Ad5-mediated transgene expression in CK2 cells is not modulation of receptors on the cell surface or change in Ad5wt attachment and/or internalization, but is rather the consequence of decreased RhoB expression. We propose that RhoB plays an important role in Ad5 post-internalization events and more particularly in Ad5 intracellular trafficking. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study showing changed Ad5 trafficking pattern between cells expressing different amount of RhoB, indicating the role of RhoB in Ad5 intracellular trafficking.
5型腺病毒(Ad5)是一种无包膜的DNA病毒,常被用作基因传递载体。Ad5高效进入细胞取决于其主要受体柯萨奇病毒和腺病毒受体的可用性,该受体负责病毒附着,以及整合素,即通过网格蛋白介导的内吞作用负责腺病毒内化的次要受体。然而,腺病毒介导的转基因有效表达还取决于Ad5颗粒成功转运至靶细胞核。研究表明,肿瘤细胞在对抗癌药物产生耐药性的过程中发生的变化可能有利于腺病毒介导的转基因表达。在本研究中,我们使用了一个体外模型,该模型由亲本细胞系人喉癌HEp2细胞和顺铂耐药克隆CK2组成,研究了与HEp2细胞相比,CK2细胞中Ad5介导的转基因表达增加的原因。我们发现,CK2细胞中Ad5介导的转基因表达增加的主要原因不是细胞表面受体的调节或Ad5野生型附着和/或内化的改变,而是RhoB表达降低的结果。我们提出,RhoB在Ad5内化后事件中发挥重要作用,尤其是在Ad5细胞内运输中。据我们所知,这是第一项显示表达不同量RhoB的细胞之间Ad5运输模式发生变化的研究,表明RhoB在Ad5细胞内运输中的作用。