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Plasmalemmal vesicle associated protein (PV1) modulates SV40 virus infectivity in CV-1 cells.

Abstract
Plasmalemmal vesicle associated protein (Plvap/PV1) is a structural protein required for the formation of the stomatal diaphragms of caveolae. Caveolae are plasma membrane invaginations that were implicated in SV40 virus entry in primate cells. Here we show that de novo Plvap/PV1 expression in CV-1 green monkey epithelial cells significantly reduces the ability of SV40 virus to establish productive infection, when cells are incubated with low concentrations of the virus. However, in presence of high viral titers PV1 has no effect on SV40 virus infectivity. Mechanistically, PV1 expression does not reduce the cell surface expression of known SV40 receptors such as GM1 ganglioside and MHC class I proteins. Furthermore, PV1 does not reduce the binding of virus-like particles made by SV40 VP1 protein to the CV-1 cell surface and does not impact their internalization when cells are incubated with either high or low VLP concentrations. These results suggest that PV1 protein is able to block SV40 infectivity at low but not at high viral concentration either by interfering with the infective internalization pathway at the cell surface or at a post internalization step.
AuthorsDan Tse, David A Armstrong, Ariella Oppenheim, Dmitry Kuksin, Leonard Norkin, Radu V Stan
JournalBiochemical and biophysical research communications (Biochem Biophys Res Commun) Vol. 412 Issue 2 Pg. 220-5 (Aug 26 2011) ISSN: 1090-2104 [Electronic] United States
PMID21827737 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Membrane Proteins
  • PLVAP protein, human
Topics
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Cell Line
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Membrane Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polyomavirus Infections (metabolism, virology)
  • Simian virus 40 (pathogenicity)
  • Tumor Virus Infections (metabolism, virology)

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