Journal article
Old World and Clade C New World Arenaviruses Mimic the Molecular Mechanism of Receptor Recognition Used by α-Dystroglycan's Host-Derived Ligands
Journal of virology, Vol.81(11), pp.5685-5695
06/2007
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02574-06
PMCID: PMC1900301
PMID: 17360738
Abstract
α-Dystroglycan (DG) is an important cellular receptor for extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and also serves as the receptor for Old World arenaviruses Lassa fever virus (LFV) and lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) and clade C New World arenaviruses. In the host cell, α-DG is subject to a remarkably complex pattern of O glycosylation that is crucial for its interactions with ECM proteins. Two of these unusual sugar modifications, protein O mannosylation and glycan modifications involving the putative glycosyltransferase LARGE, have recently been implicated in arenavirus binding. Considering the complexity of α-DG O glycosylation, our present study was aimed at the identification of the specific O-linked glycans on α-DG that are recognized by arenaviruses. As previously shown for LCMV, we found that protein O mannosylation of α-DG is crucial for the binding of arenaviruses of distinct phylogenetic origins, including LFV, Mobala virus, and clade C New World arenaviruses. In contrast to the highly conserved requirement for O mannosylation, more generic O glycans present on α-DG are dispensable for arenavirus binding. Despite the critical role of
O
-mannosyl glycans for arenavirus binding under normal conditions, the overexpression of LARGE in cells deficient in O mannosylation resulted in highly glycosylated α-DG that was functional as a receptor for arenaviruses. Thus, modifications by LARGE but not
O
-mannosyl glycans themselves are most likely the crucial structures recognized by arenaviruses. Together, the data demonstrate that arenaviruses recognize the same highly conserved O-glycan structures on α-DG involved in ECM protein binding, indicating a strikingly similar mechanism of receptor recognition by pathogen- and host-derived ligands.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Old World and Clade C New World Arenaviruses Mimic the Molecular Mechanism of Receptor Recognition Used by α-Dystroglycan's Host-Derived Ligands
- Creators
- Jillian M Rojek - Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037Christina F Spiropoulou - Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037Kevin P Campbell - Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037Stefan Kunz - Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of virology, Vol.81(11), pp.5685-5695
- DOI
- 10.1128/JVI.02574-06
- PMID
- 17360738
- PMCID
- PMC1900301
- NLM abbreviation
- J Virol
- ISSN
- 0022-538X
- eISSN
- 1098-5514
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2007
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984020715602771
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