Caveolae provide a specialized membrane environment for respiratory syncytial virus assembly

Autor: Sara Sandin, Tra Huong Nguyen, Laxmi Iyer Ravi, Alexander Ludwig, Daniel Leong, Boon Huan Tan, Richard J. Sugrue
Přispěvatelé: School of Biological Sciences
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Cell Science
ISSN: 1477-9137
0021-9533
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.198853
Popis: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an enveloped virus that assembles into filamentous virus particles on the surface of infected cells. Morphogenesis of RSV is dependent upon cholesterol-rich (lipid raft) membrane microdomains, but the specific role of individual raft molecules in RSV assembly is not well defined. Here, we show that RSV morphogenesis occurs within caveolar membranes and that both caveolin-1 and cavin-1 (also known as PTRF), the two major structural and functional components of caveolae, are actively recruited to and incorporated into the RSV envelope. The recruitment of caveolae occurred just prior to the initiation of RSV filament assembly, and was dependent upon an intact actin network as well as a direct physical interaction between caveolin-1 and the viral G protein. Moreover, cavin-1 protein levels were significantly increased in RSV-infected cells, leading to a virus-induced change in the stoichiometry and biophysical properties of the caveolar coat complex. Our data indicate that RSV exploits caveolae for its assembly, and we propose that the incorporation of caveolae into the virus contributes to defining the biological properties of the RSV envelope.
Highlighted Article: The assembly of respiratory syncytial virus occurs in caveolar membranes and caveolar coat components are incorporated into the viral envelope.
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