期刊
VIROLOGY
卷 388, 期 2, 页码 335-343出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.03.030
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EBV BMRF-2; EBV cell-to-cell spread
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资金
- NIH [R01 DE14894, R21 DE016009]
We previously reported that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BMRF-2 protein plays an important role in EBV infection of polarized oral epithelial cells by interacting with beta 1 and alpha v family integrins. Here we show that infection of polarized oral epithelial cells with B27-BMRF-2(low) recombinant virus, expressing a low level of BMRF-2, resulted in significantly smaller plaques compared with infection by parental B95-8 virus. BMRF-2 localized in the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and basolateral sorting vesicles and was transported to the basolateral membranes of polarized epithelial cells. Mutation of the tyrosine- and dileucine-containing basolateral sorting signal, YLLV, in the cytoplasmic domain of BMRF-2 led to the failure of its accumulation in the TGN and its basolateral transport. These data show that BMRF-2 may play an important role in promoting the spread of EBV progeny virions through lateral membranes of oral epithelial cells. (c) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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