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Structural domains involved in human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B-mediated cell-cell fusion

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Summary, in English

A novel fusion assay was established to determine fusion activity with cocultivated human foreskin fibroblasts of stable transfectants derived from human astrocytoma cells (U373) expressing authentic or mutagenized human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B (HCMV gB; gpUL55). Compared to transfectants expressing authentic HCMV gB, those expressing gB forms with a deletion of hydrophobic domain 1 (hd1; aa 714-747) or with deletions of specific segments in the cytoplasmic tail (aa 811-825 and 871-906) exhibited significantly reduced heterologous fusogenicity. HCMV gB-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) as well as MAb against cellular annexin II prevented fusion of the transfectant expressing authentic gB. Comparable surface exposure of HCMV gB or its derivatives was demonstrated in all transfectants by FAGS analysis. Our observations are compatible with the notion that indigenous fusion activity of HCMV gB depends on the extracellular hd1 domain and on the conformation of the cytoplasmic tail.

Publishing year

1996-09

Language

English

Pages

2297-2302

Publication/Series

Journal of General Virology

Volume

77

Issue

9

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Microbiology Society

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0022-1317