Article ; Online: Conformational Changes in Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein C.
2022 Volume 96, Issue 16, Page(s) e0016322
Abstract: Low endosomal pH facilitates herpesvirus entry in a cell-specific manner. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes significant morbidity and death in humans worldwide. HSV-1 enters cells by low-pH and neutral-pH pathways. Low-pH-induced conformational ... ...
Abstract | Low endosomal pH facilitates herpesvirus entry in a cell-specific manner. Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) causes significant morbidity and death in humans worldwide. HSV-1 enters cells by low-pH and neutral-pH pathways. Low-pH-induced conformational changes in the HSV envelope glycoprotein B (gB) may mediate membrane fusion during viral entry. HSV-1 gC, a 511-amino acid, type I integral membrane glycoprotein, mediates HSV-1 attachment to host cell surface glycosaminoglycans, but this interaction is not essential for viral entry. We previously demonstrated that gC regulates low-pH viral entry independent of its known role in cell attachment. Low-pH-triggered conformational changes in gB occur at a lower pH when gC is absent, suggesting that gC positively regulates gB conformational changes. Here, we demonstrate that mildly acidic pH triggers conformational changes in gC itself. Low-pH treatment of virions induced antigenic changes in distinct gC epitopes, and those changes were reversible. One of these gC epitopes is recognized by a monoclonal antibody that binds to a linear sequence that includes residues within gC amino acids 33 to 123. This antibody inhibited low-pH entry of HSV, suggesting that its gC N-terminal epitope is particularly important. We propose that gC plays a critical role in HSV entry through a low-pH endocytosis pathway, which is a major entry route in human epithelial cells. |
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MeSH term(s) | Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Epitopes/metabolism ; Herpes Simplex/virology ; Herpesvirus 1, Human/physiology ; Humans ; Viral Envelope Proteins/chemistry ; Virus Internalization |
Chemical Substances | Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Epitopes ; Viral Envelope Proteins ; glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-08-01 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
ZDB-ID | 80174-4 |
ISSN | 1098-5514 ; 0022-538X |
ISSN (online) | 1098-5514 |
ISSN | 0022-538X |
DOI | 10.1128/jvi.00163-22 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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