Inner tegument protein pUL37 of herpes simplex virus type 1 is involved in directing capsids to the trans-Golgi network for envelopment

David Pasdeloup (1, 2) , Frauke Beilstein (1, 3) , Ashley P. E. Roberts (1, 4) , Marion Mcelwee (1) , David Mcnab (1) , Frazer J. Rixon (1)

1 University of Glasgow
2 LVMS - Laboratoire de virologie moléculaire et structurale
3 UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6
4 UON - University of Nottingham, UK

Secondary envelopment of herpes simplex virus type 1 has been demonstrated as taking place at the trans-Golgi network (TGN). The inner tegument proteins pUL36 and pUL37 and the envelope glycoproteins gD and gE are known to be important for secondary envelopment We compared the cellular localizations of capsids from a virus mutant lacking the UL37 gene with those of a virus mutant lacking the genes encoding gD and gE. Although wild-type capsids accumulated at the TGN, capsids of the pUL37(-) mutant were distributed throughout the cytoplasm and showed no association with TGN-derived vesicles. This was in contrast to capsids from a gD(-)gE(-) mutant, which accumulated in the vicinity of TGN vesicles, but did not colocalize with them, suggesting that they were transported to the TGN but were unable to undergo envelopment. We conclude that the inner tegument protein pUL37 is required for directing capsids to the TGN, where secondary envelopment occurs

Mots clés: UL37 GENE-PRODUCT; VIRAL EGRESS; VP16; IDENTIFICATION; LOCALIZATION

Mots clés: PSEUDORABIES VIRUS; VIRION MATURATION; NULL MUTATION; CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS

Domaines: Virologie

David Pasdeloup, Frauke Beilstein, Ashley P. E. Roberts, Marion Mcelwee, David Mcnab, et al.. Inner tegument protein pUL37 of herpes simplex virus type 1 is involved in directing capsids to the trans-Golgi network for envelopment. Journal of General Virology, 2010, 91 (9), pp.2145 - 2151. ⟨10.1099/vir.0.022053-0⟩. ⟨hal-02661938⟩