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ArticleJournal of virology2017

Pseudorabies Virus US3-Induced Tunneling Nanotubes Contain Stabilized Microtubules, Interact with Neighboring Cells via Cadherins, and Allow Intercellular Molecular Communication.

Robert J J Jansens, Wim Van den Broeck, Steffi De Pelsmaeker, Jochen A S Lamote, Cliff Van Waesberghe, Liesbeth Couck, Herman W Favoreel

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Article in Journal of virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. A role for tunneling nanotubes in virus spread.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert J J JansensDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Wim Van den BroeckDepartment of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Steffi De PelsmaekerDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Jochen A S LamoteDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Cliff Van WaesbergheDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Liesbeth CouckDepartment of Morphology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
Herman W FavoreelDepartment of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium herman.favoreel@ugent.be.
Ghent University · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are long bridge-like structures that connect eukaryotic cells and mediate intercellular communication. We found earlier that the conserved alphaherpesvirus US3 protein kinase induces long cell projections that contact distant cells and promote intercellular virus spread. In this report, we show that the US3-induced cell projections constitute TNTs. In addition, we report that US3-induced TNTs mediate intercellular transport of information (e.g., green fluorescent protein [GFP]) in the absence of other viral proteins. US3-induced TNTs are remarkably stable compared to most TNTs described in the literature. In line with this, US3-induced TNTs were found to contain stabilized (acetylated and detyrosinated) microtubules. Transmission electron microscopy showed that virus particles are individually transported in membrane-bound vesicles in US3-induced TNTs and are released along the TNT and at the contact area between a TNT and the adjacent cell. Contact between US3-induced TNTs and acceptor cells is very stable, which correlated with a marked enrichment in adherens junction components beta-catenin and E-cadherin at the contact area. These data provide new structural insights into US3-induced TNTs and how they may contribute to intercellular communication and alphaherpesvirus spread.

Indexed as

cadherinsherpesmicrotubulesPRVpseudorabiespseudorabies virusTNTtunneling nanotubesUS3

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PMID28747498
PMCPMC5599745
OpenAlexW2737495337

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