整联蛋白与口蹄疫病毒感染

整联蛋白是一类分布广泛的细胞表面受体家族,它不仅在细胞的生长、移行、增殖和分化等许多方面发挥重要生物学功能,而且在多种病理过程中发挥重要作用。许多病毒都能利用整联蛋白分子作为病毒受体或共受体进入宿主细胞。本文主要就整联蛋白的特征及其在口蹄疫病毒感染宿主细胞过程中的作用机制进行综述。     

乙型脑炎病毒吸附与进入细胞的分子机制研究

流行性乙型脑炎病毒(Japanese encephalitis virus, JEV)为蚊媒传播的黄病毒家族成员之一,是流行性乙型脑炎(简称乙脑)的病原体,其遍布整个东南亚和南亚地区,且感染后会引起严重神经系统症状,因而对人类生命健康造成巨大威胁。JEV吸附与进入宿主细胞是其感染靶细胞的关键步骤,参与这一过程的分子主要是JEV表面的包膜蛋白以及宿主细胞表面的10余种黏附分子或病毒受体,包括被多种病毒使用的细胞表面分子、热休克蛋白以及特异性结合病毒的分子。明确参与JEV吸附与进入宿主细胞的分子,不仅能为阐明JEV与宿主细胞相互作用关系和发病机制提供新的线索,还将对乙脑的预防以及治疗提供重要信息。现对参与JEV吸附与进入细胞的相关分子作一概述。     

硫酸肝素与甲病毒感染

硫酸肝素存在于细胞膜表面、基底膜及细胞外基质,是一种高度硫酸化的、带负电荷的多糖结构。研究表明辛德毕斯病毒等甲病毒可通过与细胞表面的硫酸肝素结合进入宿主细胞,完成对细胞的感染。提示细胞表面的硫酸肝素是甲病毒感染细胞的受体或共受体。     

疱疹病毒膜融合的分子机制

囊膜病毒与宿主细胞的膜融合是病毒入侵宿主细胞的重要过程,这一过程涉及到病毒囊膜表面糖蛋白与宿主细胞表面受体之间的相互作用和构象变化．疱疹病毒有多个糖蛋白及不同类型的细胞作用受体,相应的受体-糖蛋白复合体构成方式也有多种,其引致的膜融合机制被认为是目前病毒融合机制研究中最复杂的,近年来被广泛研究并取得突破性进展．从病毒糖蛋白与相应受体的结构与功能、受体-糖蛋白复合体的形成与入侵途径,以及膜融合模式几个方面,全面综述疱疹病毒膜融合的分子机制,并展望了未来研究趋势．     

病毒受体及其研究方法进展

病毒性感染具有宿主种属特异性和组织嗜性,这主要由病毒受体决定。受体是介导病毒入侵的决定因素,研究病毒受体对了解病毒与细胞的相互作用至关重要。近年来,研究受体的方法除了传统的病毒覆盖蛋白结合法、单克隆抗体法、免疫共沉淀、亲和层析等外,出现了许多如噬菌体表面展示技术、酵母双杂交技术、cDNA文库等分子生物学新方法。简要综述了病毒受体及其研究方法的相关进展。     

轮状病毒与细胞表面受体相互作用的分子机制研究

目的轮状病毒是导致婴幼儿重症腹泻的重要病因。轮状病毒感染宿主细胞是一个多因素参与的复杂过程,包括病毒表面两种外壳蛋白与细胞表面唾液酸、整合素、热应激同源蛋白70等多种受体分子的相互作用。就轮状病毒与细胞受体相互作用的分子机制作了简要论述。     

病毒通过叶酸受体进入宿主细胞

埃博拉病毒与马堡病毒都可引起宿主出血、发热、器官衰竭与死亡 .1976年在扎伊尔 ,现在是刚果民主共和国 ,第一次描述了埃博拉病毒 ;196 7年在德国马堡暴发的大流行中发现了马堡病毒 ,它显然是由乌干达进口的猴子传染给人的 .但长期以来 ,科学家尚未发现这两种病毒进入宿主细胞的途径 .披露于 2 0 0 1年 7月13日的Ｃｅｌｌ上的一项新发现指出 ,这两种病毒表面的糖蛋白象一把分子钥匙 ,其可以与宿主细胞表面分子叶酸受体相结合 ,而打开这把锁 ,从而进入宿主细胞 .研究者用基因工程来改造淋巴细胞 ,使其能制造各种各样的受体蛋白 .其中研究者…     

口蹄疫病毒受体研究进展

口蹄疫病毒感染宿主细胞的第一步是病毒与被感染细胞表面的某种受体结合,在这种受体的介导下,病毒颗粒才能进入细胞内。细胞受体是决定口蹄疫病毒宿主特异性和组织特异性的主要因素之一。口蹄疫病毒受体的研究对于揭示口蹄疫病毒的致病免疫机理具有重要价值。就近年来已发现的αvβ1、αvβ3、αvβ6、αvβ8四种整联蛋白和硫酸乙酰肝素受体作一综述。     

柯萨奇病毒B1,B3和B5以促衰退因子作为细胞受体

病毒复制起始于病毒吸附蛋白与宿主细胞表面受体的特异性结合及此后由细胞介导的病毒穿入,而这些受体的特异性决定宿主细胞范围。应用单克隆抗体ＭＡｂ８５４阻断,免疫沉淀法以及促衰退因子基因转染细胞等方法,发现细胞ＤＡＦ是宿主细胞吸附柯萨奇病毒Ｂ１、Ｂ３和Ｂ５的受体,但这些病毒要侵入细胞及在胞内进行复制尚需依赖其他因子的存在。     

杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用的研究进展

杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用是一种基本的分子和生态问题, 不仅在农业上, 而且在真核表达系统、 基因治疗、 蛋白表面展示 系统以及基因工程疫苗等方面都有重要的实际应用。杆状病毒还是一种很有潜力的病毒杀虫剂, 而且对环境来说是安全的。研究这些相互 作用也产生了许多重要和有价值的发现。杆状病毒生命循环中存在两种不同形式的病毒, 即包埋型病毒粒子(occlusion derived virus, ODV) 和出芽型病毒粒子(budded virus, BV)。ODV包裹于多角体中, 主要负责宿主的原发感染; 而BV由感染的宿主细胞释放后引发继发 感染。病毒侵染起始于敏感的昆虫宿主食用了污染包涵体病毒的植物。在宿主中肠的碱性环境中, 多角体溶解释放ODV, ODV与宿主肠道 柱状上皮细胞细胞膜融合, 通过内吞体进入细胞。之后核衣壳从内吞体中逃脱并被转运到细胞核。病毒转录和复制在细胞核进行, 新生 的BV粒子从基底膜出芽引起全身感染。杆状病毒与宿主细胞相互作用包括从病毒结合和进入时的相互作用, 到宿主基因表达调节, 以及 修饰与调节细胞和机体所发生的生理和防御的相互作用的复杂和微妙的机制。本文主要以杆状病毒侵染昆虫宿主的过程为线索, 总结和评 述了杆状病毒与昆虫宿主相互作用方面研究的最新进展, 特别是杆状病毒基因在病毒入侵过程中所起的作用。     

Efficient Infection Mediated by Viral Receptors Incorporated into Retroviral Particles

Many host cell surface proteins, including viral receptors, are incorporated into enveloped viruses. To address the functional significance of these host proteins, murine leukemia viruses containing the cellular receptors for Rous sarcoma virus (Tva) or ecotropic murine leukemia virus (MCAT-1) were produced. These receptor-pseudotyped viruses efficiently infect cells expressing the cognate viral envelope glycoproteins, with titers of up to 10⁵ infectious units per milliliter for the Tva pseudotypes. Receptor and viral glycoprotein specificity and functional requirements are maintained, suggesting that receptor pseudotype infection recapitulates events of normal viral entry. The ability of the Tva and MCAT-1 pseudotypes to infect cells efficiently suggests that, in contrast to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 entry, neither of these retroviral receptors requires a coreceptor for membrane fusion. In addition, the ability of receptor pseudotypes to target infected cells suggests that they may be useful therapeutic reagents for directing infection of viral vectors. Receptor-pseudotyped viruses may be useful for identifying new viral receptors or for defining functional requirements of known receptors. Moreover, this work suggests that the production of receptor pseudotypes in vivo could provide a mechanism for expanded viral tropism with potential effects on the pathogenesis and evolution of the virus.     

Herpes simplex virus: receptors and ligands for cell entry

Entry of herpes simplex virus (HSV) into cells depends upon multiple cell surface receptors and multiple proteins on the surface of the virion. The cell surface receptors include heparan sulphate chains on cell surface proteoglycans, a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family and two members of the immunoglobulin superfamily related to the poliovirus receptor. The HSV ligands for these receptors are the envelope glycoproteins gB and gC for heparan sulphate and gD for the protein receptors and specific sites in heparan sulphate generated by certain 3-O-sulfotransferases. HSV gC also binds to the C3b component of complement and can block complement-mediated neutralization of virus. The purposes of this review are to summarize available information about these cell surface receptors and the viral ligands, gC and gD, and to discuss roles of these viral glycoproteins in immune evasion and cellular responses as well as in viral entry.     

The three faces of paramyxovirus attachment proteins

Enveloped viruses encode membrane-associated glycoproteins that direct the initial stages of virus infection. These usually oligomeric structures bind virions to cell surface receptors and, subsequently, direct fusion of viral membranes with cellular membranes. These structures are also the primary targets of neutralizing antibody as well as potential targets for antiviral agents. In several systems, solving the structure of a virus surface glycoprotein has been enormously valuable to our understanding of virus entry and the mechanisms of entry inhibition. The recent report of the structure of a paramyxovirus attachment protein should clarify the mechanism of cell entry by these viruses.     

流感病毒血凝素蛋白裂解机制的研究进展

血凝素(Hemagglutinin,HA)是流感病毒的主要表面抗原之一,诱导机体产生中和抗体,介导病毒囊膜与靶细胞膜融合,从而启动病毒对宿主细胞的感染过程。HA蛋白以前体形式合成,需经宿主蛋白酶水解为HA1、HA2两个亚单位,并以二硫键连接,病毒才获得感染性。研究表明宿主蛋白酶的分布与流感病毒感染后的致病力和组织嗜性有直接关系。潜在的裂解酶及其抑制因子的发现为流感的防治提供了新的思路,成为干预治疗的新潜在靶点。就当前国内外关于流感病毒血凝素的结构与功能、裂解机制及其应用的研究进展进行综述。     

Redirecting retroviral tropism by insertion of short, nondisruptive peptide ligands into envelope

A potentially powerful approach for in vivo gene delivery is to target retrovirus to specific cells through interactions between cell surface receptors and appropriately modified viral envelope proteins. Previously, relatively large (>100 residues) protein ligands to cell surface receptors have been inserted at or near the N terminus of retroviral envelope proteins. Although viral tropism could be altered, the chimeric envelope proteins lacked full activity, and coexpression of wild-type envelope was required for production of transducing virus. Here we analyze more than 40 derivatives of ecotropic Moloney murine leukemia virus (MLV) envelope, containing insertions of short RGD-containing peptides, which are ligands for integrin receptors. In many cases pseudotyped viruses containing only the chimeric envelope protein could transduce human cells. The precise location, size, and flanking sequences of the ligand affected transduction specificity and efficiency. We conclude that retroviral tropism can be rationally reengineered by insertion of short peptide ligands and without the need to coexpress wild-type envelope.     

The role of cellular adhesion molecules in virus attachment and entry

As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses must traverse the host-cell plasma membrane to initiate infection. This presents a formidable barrier, which they have evolved diverse strategies to overcome. Common to all entry pathways, however, is a mechanism of specific attachment to cell-surface macromolecules or ‘receptors’. Receptor usage frequently defines viral tropism, and consequently, the evolutionary changes in receptor specificity can lead to emergence of new strains exhibiting altered pathogenicity or host range. Several classes of molecules are exploited as receptors by diverse groups of viruses, including, for example, sialic acid moieties and integrins. In particular, many cell-adhesion molecules that belong to the immunoglobulin-like superfamily of proteins (IgSF CAMs) have been identified as viral receptors. Structural analysis of the interactions between viruses and IgSF CAM receptors has not shown binding to specific features, implying that the Ig-like fold may not be key. Both proteinaceous and enveloped viruses exploit these proteins, however, suggesting convergent evolution of this trait. Their use is surprising given the usually occluded position of CAMs on the cell surface, such as at tight junctions. Nonetheless, the reason for their widespread involvement in virus entry most probably originates in their functional rather than structural characteristics.     

Novel Insights into Cell Entry of Emerging Human Pathogenic Arenaviruses

Viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by emerging RNA viruses of the Arenavirus family are among the most devastating human diseases. Climate change, global trade, and increasing urbanization promote the emergence and re-emergence of these human pathogenic viruses. Emerging pathogenic arenaviruses are of zoonotic origin and reservoir-to-human transmission is crucial for spillover into human populations. Host cell attachment and entry are the first and most fundamental steps of every virus infection and represent major barriers for zoonotic transmission. During host cell invasion, viruses critically depend on cellular factors, including receptors, co-receptors, and regulatory proteins of endocytosis. An in-depth understanding of the complex interaction of a virus with cellular factors implicated in host cell entry is therefore crucial to predict the risk of zoonotic transmission, define the tissue tropism, and assess disease potential. Over the past years, investigation of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying host cell invasion of human pathogenic arenaviruses uncovered remarkable viral strategies and provided novel insights into viral adaptation and virus–host co-evolution that will be covered in the present review.     

Stochastic entry of enveloped viruses: fusion versus endocytosis

Infection by membrane-enveloped viruses requires the binding of receptors on the target cell membrane to glycoproteins, or "spikes," on the viral membrane. The initial entry mechanism is usually classified as fusogenic or endocytotic. However, binding of viral spikes to cell surface receptors not only initiates the viral adhesion and the wrapping process necessary for internalization, but can simultaneously initiate direct fusion with the cell membrane. Both fusion and internalization have been observed to be viable pathways for many viruses. We develop a stochastic model for viral entry that incorporates a competition between receptor-mediated fusion and endocytosis. The relative probabilities of fusion and endocytosis of a virus particle initially nonspecifically adsorbed on the host cell membrane are computed as functions of receptor concentration, binding strength, and number of spikes. We find different parameter regimes where the entry pathway probabilities can be analytically expressed. Experimental tests of our mechanistic hypotheses are proposed and discussed.