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Acta Virologica Vol.60, No.4, p.372-378, 2016

Title: Mouse tetherin enhances moloney murine leukemia virus-induced syncytium formation
Author: H. S. KIM, S. Y. HAN, Y. T. JUNG

Abstract: Tetherin (also referred to as BST-2 or CD317) is an antiviral cellular restriction factor that inhibits the release of many enveloped viruses. It is a 30–36 kDa type II transmembrane protein, expression of which is induced by type I interferon. Mouse tetherin inhibits nascent cell-free particle release. However, it is unclear whether mouse tetherin restricts cell-to-cell spread of moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MLV) or whether is the mouse tetherin involved in syncytium formation. To examine cell-to-cell spread and syncytium formation of Mo-MLV in the presence or absence of mouse tetherin, R peptide (the cytoplasmic tail of the transmembrane protein (TM); 16 amino acids) truncated Env expressing vector was constructed. It contained enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in the proline rich region (PRR) of Env. This R(-)Env full-length molecular clone could rule out virus-cell transmission due to the slightly reduced R(-)Env protein incorporation into the viral particles. When NIH3T3 cells stably expressing mouse tetherin were transfected with R(-)Env full-length molecular clone, syncytium formation was significantly enhanced in the tetherin-expressing cells. These data suggest that tetherin-mediated retention of R-defective virions on the cell surface could enhance syncytium formation. In addition, we found that the R(-)Env full-length molecular clone containing EGFP in the PRR of Env to be a useful tool allowing fast and convenient detection of syncytia by fluorescence microscopy.

Keywords: cell-to-cell transmission; R(-)Env full-length clone; syncytium; tetherin
Published online: 07-Dec-2016
Year: 2016, Volume: 60, Issue: 4 Page From: 372, Page To: 378
doi:10.4149/av_2016_04_372


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