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ArticlePloS one2010

ICP0 dismantles microtubule networks in herpes simplex virus-infected cells.

Mingyu Liu, Edward E Schmidt, William P Halford

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mingyu LiuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
Edward E Schmidt
William P Halford
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine · USMontana State University · US

Funding

ROLE OF THE LAT-ICP0 LOCUS IN REGULATING HSV LATENCYR01AI051414 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI HALFORD, WILLIAM P · 2003 to 2006
$881k
Development of an effective genital herpes vaccineR21AI081072 · NIAID · SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCH OF MED · PI HALFORD, WILLIAM P · 2009 to 2010
$504k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051414NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI51414NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI081072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infected-cell protein 0 (ICP0) is a RING finger E3 ligase that regulates herpes simplex virus (HSV) mRNA synthesis, and strongly influences the balance between latency and replication of HSV. For 25 years, the nuclear functions of ICP0 have been the subject of intense scrutiny. To obtain new clues about ICP0's mechanism of action, we constructed HSV-1 viruses that expressed GFP-tagged ICP0. To our surprise, both GFP-tagged and wild-type ICP0 were predominantly observed in the cytoplasm of HSV-infected cells. Although ICP0 is exclusively nuclear during the immediate-early phase of HSV infection, further analysis revealed that ICP0 translocated to the cytoplasm during the early phase where it triggered a previously unrecognized process; ICP0 dismantled the microtubule network of the host cell. A RING finger mutant of ICP0 efficiently bundled microtubules, but failed to disperse microtubule bundles. Synthesis of ICP0 proved to be necessary and sufficient to disrupt microtubule networks in HSV-infected and transfected cells. Plant and animal viruses encode many proteins that reorganize microtubules. However, this is the first report of a viral E3 ligase that regulates microtubule stability. Intriguingly, several cellular E3 ligases orchestrate microtubule disassembly and reassembly during mitosis. Our results suggest that ICP0 serves a dual role in the HSV life cycle, acting first as a nuclear regulator of viral mRNA synthesis and acting later, in the cytoplasm, to dismantle the host cell's microtubule network in preparation for virion synthesis and/or egress.

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Cells, CulturedGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansImmediate-Early ProteinsMicrotubulesNocodazoleProtein TransportSimplexvirusUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVirus ReplicationGreen Fluorescent ProteinsImmediate-Early ProteinsNocodazoleUbiquitin-Protein LigasesVmw110 protein, Human herpesvirus 1

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PMID20544015
PMCPMC2882321
OpenAlexW2164287726

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