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ArticleVirology2013

A soluble form of Epstein-Barr virus gH/gL inhibits EBV-induced membrane fusion and does not function in fusion.

Cynthia L Rowe, Sarah A Connolly, Jia Chen, Theodore S Jardetzky, Richard Longnecker

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Article in Virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Cynthia L RoweDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, United States.
Sarah A Connolly
Jia Chen
Theodore S Jardetzky
Richard Longnecker

Funding

Structural and Functional Studies of gp42 and HLA Class II in EBV EntryR01AI076183 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI JARDETZKY, THEODORE S, LONGNECKER, RICHARD M · 2008 to 2017
$4.6M
Inhibitors of the Epstein-Barr Virus Entry MachineryR01CA117794 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI JARDETZKY, THEODORE S, LONGNECKER, RICHARD M · 2006 to 2016
$3.0M
Discovery of New Treatment Options for EBV-associated Lymphoma and PTLDR01CA133063 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LONGNECKER, RICHARD M · 2008 to 2012
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA117794NCI NIH HHS CA133063NCI NIH HHS R01 CA117794NCI NIH HHS R01 CA133063NIAID NIH HHS AI076183NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated whether soluble EBV gH/gL (sgH/gL) functions in fusion and made a series of truncations of gH/gL domains based on the gH/gL crystal structure. We found sgH/gL failed to mediate cell-cell fusion both when co-expressed with the other entry glycoproteins and when added exogenously to fusion assays. Interestingly, sgH/gL inhibited cell-cell fusion in a dose dependent manner when co-expressed. sgH/gL from HSV was unable to inhibit EBV fusion, suggesting the inhibition was specific to EBV gH/gL. sgH/gL stably binds gp42, but not gB nor gH/gL. The domain mutants, DI/gL, DI-II/gL and DI-II-III/gL were unable to bind gp42. Instead, DI-II/gL, DI-II-III/gL and sgH/gL but not DI/gL decreased the expression of gp42, resulting in decreased overall fusion. Overall, our results suggest that domain IV may be required for proper folding and the transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic tail of EBV gH/gL are required for the most efficient fusion.

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Cell FusionAnimalsCell LineCell MembraneCHO CellsCricetinaeHerpesvirus 4, HumanMembrane FusionProtein BindingProtein FoldingProtein Structure, TertiaryViral Envelope ProteinsVirus AttachmentViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID23200314
PMCPMC3545092

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