Bovine Herpesvirus 1-Induced Apoptotic Cell Death: Role of Glycoprotein D

Autor: Paul-Pierre Pastoret, Lorne A. Babiuk, Philip J. Griebel, Alain Vanderplasschen, Günther M. Keil, Sylvia van Drunen Littel-van den Hurk, Emmanuel Hanon, Frans A.M. Rijsewijk
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Virology, 257, 191-197
Virology 257 (1999)
ISSN: 0042-6822
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9620
Popis: Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) induces apoptotic cell death in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and in bovine B lymphoma (BL-3) cells. Attachment but not penetration of BHV-1 is necessary to induce apoptosis in target cells, suggesting that one or more BHV-1 envelope glycoproteins could be involved in the activation of the apoptotic process. In the present study, we demonstrate that, although BHV-1 virions devoid of glycoprotein D (BHV-1 gD−/−) still bind to BL-3 cells, they are no longer able to induce apoptosis. In contrast, virions that contain glycoprotein D (gD) in the viral envelope but do not genetically encode gD (BHV-1 gD−/+) induce a level of apoptosis comparable to that produced by wild-type (wt) BHV-1. In addition, monoclonal antibodies directed against gD, but not against gB or gC, strongly reduced the high levels of apoptosis induced by BHV-1. These observations demonstrate that the induction of apoptosis is directly due to BHV-1 viral particles harboring gD in the viral envelope. Interestingly, binding of affinity-purified gD to BL-3 cells did not induce apoptosis but inhibited the ability of wt BHV-1 to induce apoptosis. Altogether, these results provide evidence for the direct or indirect involvement of gD in the mechanism by which BHV-1 induces apoptosis.
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