期刊
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 233, 期 12, 页码 1527-1536出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.3181/0806-RM-197
关键词
coronavirus HKU1; spike; maturation; glycoprotein; N-glycosylation; furin inhibitor; surface expression; native conformation; life cycle; seroepidemiology; virus maturation
资金
- UGC Research Grants Council [781008M]
- HKU Special Research Achievement Award
- St. Paul's Hospital professional Development Fund
We recently described the discovery, genome, clinical features, genotypes and evolution of a novel and global human respiratory virus named human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1) which is not yet culturable. We expressed a C-terminal FLAG-tagged CoV-HKU1 spike (S) protein by the Semliki Forest Virus (SFV) system and investigated its maturation profile. Pulse chase labeling revealed that S-FLAG was expressed as high-mannose N-glycans of monomers and trimers. It was predominantly cleaved into subdomains S1 and S2 during maturation. S1 was secreted into the medium. Immunofluorescence analysis visualized S along the secretory pathway from endoplasmic reticulum to plasma membrane. Cleavage of S and release of HCoV-HKU1 S pseudotyped virus were inhibited by furin or furin-like enzyme inhibitors. The cell-based expressed full-length S-FLAG could be recognized by the convalescent serum obtained from a patient with HCoV-HKU1 pneumonia. The data suggest that the native form of HCoV-HKU1 spike expressed in our system can be used in developing serological diagnostic assay and in understanding the role of S in the viral life cycle. Exp Biol Med 233:1527-1536, 2008
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