The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus
The regulation of the nucleocytoplasmic release of herpesviral capsids is defined by the process of nuclear egress. Due to their large size, nuclear capsids are unable to traverse via nuclear pores, so that herpesviruses evolved to develop a vesicular transport pathway mediating their transition thr...
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oai:doaj.org-article:46a30bdc73bf4f668ef99753bacfffe32021-11-25T17:11:42ZThe Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus10.3390/cells101131192073-4409https://doaj.org/article/46a30bdc73bf4f668ef99753bacfffe32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3119https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409The regulation of the nucleocytoplasmic release of herpesviral capsids is defined by the process of nuclear egress. Due to their large size, nuclear capsids are unable to traverse via nuclear pores, so that herpesviruses evolved to develop a vesicular transport pathway mediating their transition through both leaflets of the nuclear membrane. This process involves regulatory proteins, which support the local distortion of the nuclear envelope. For human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), the nuclear egress complex (NEC) is determined by the pUL50-pUL53 core that initiates multicomponent assembly with NEC-associated proteins and capsids. Hereby, pUL50 serves as a multi-interacting determinant that recruits several viral and cellular factors by direct and indirect contacts. Recently, we generated an ORF-UL50-deleted recombinant HCMV in pUL50-complementing cells and obtained first indications of putative additional functions of pUL50. In this study, we produced purified ΔUL50 particles under both complementing (ΔUL50C) and non-complementing (ΔUL50N) conditions and performed a phenotypical characterization. Findings were as follows: (i) ΔUL50N particle preparations exhibited a clear replicative defect in qPCR-based infection kinetics compared to ΔUL50C particles; (ii) immuno-EM analysis of ΔUL50C did not reveal major changes in nuclear distribution of pUL53 and lamin A/C; (iii) mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics showed a large concordance of protein contents in the NIEP fractions of ΔUL50C and ΔUL50N particles, but virion fraction was close to the detection limit for ΔUL50N; (iv) confocal imaging of viral marker proteins of immediate early (IE) and later phases of ΔUL50N infection indicated a very low number of cells showing an onset of viral lytic protein expression; and, finally (v) quantitative measurements of encapsidated genomes provided evidence for a substantial reduction in the DNA contents in ΔUL50N compared to ΔUL50C particles. In summary, the results point to a complex and important regulatory role of the HCMV nuclear egress protein pUL50 in the maturation of infectious virus.Sigrun HägeNicole BüscherVictoria PakulskaFriedrich HahnAnnie AdraitSteffi KrauterEva Maria BorstUrsula Schlötzer-SchrehardtYohann CoutéBodo PlachterManfred MarschallMDPI AGarticlehuman cytomegalovirusregulation of viral replicationnuclear egress complex (NEC)NEC protein pUL50functional propertiesconditional expressionBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCells, Vol 10, Iss 3119, p 3119 (2021) |
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The regulation of the nucleocytoplasmic release of herpesviral capsids is defined by the process of nuclear egress. Due to their large size, nuclear capsids are unable to traverse via nuclear pores, so that herpesviruses evolved to develop a vesicular transport pathway mediating their transition through both leaflets of the nuclear membrane. This process involves regulatory proteins, which support the local distortion of the nuclear envelope. For human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), the nuclear egress complex (NEC) is determined by the pUL50-pUL53 core that initiates multicomponent assembly with NEC-associated proteins and capsids. Hereby, pUL50 serves as a multi-interacting determinant that recruits several viral and cellular factors by direct and indirect contacts. Recently, we generated an ORF-UL50-deleted recombinant HCMV in pUL50-complementing cells and obtained first indications of putative additional functions of pUL50. In this study, we produced purified ΔUL50 particles under both complementing (ΔUL50C) and non-complementing (ΔUL50N) conditions and performed a phenotypical characterization. Findings were as follows: (i) ΔUL50N particle preparations exhibited a clear replicative defect in qPCR-based infection kinetics compared to ΔUL50C particles; (ii) immuno-EM analysis of ΔUL50C did not reveal major changes in nuclear distribution of pUL53 and lamin A/C; (iii) mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics showed a large concordance of protein contents in the NIEP fractions of ΔUL50C and ΔUL50N particles, but virion fraction was close to the detection limit for ΔUL50N; (iv) confocal imaging of viral marker proteins of immediate early (IE) and later phases of ΔUL50N infection indicated a very low number of cells showing an onset of viral lytic protein expression; and, finally (v) quantitative measurements of encapsidated genomes provided evidence for a substantial reduction in the DNA contents in ΔUL50N compared to ΔUL50C particles. In summary, the results point to a complex and important regulatory role of the HCMV nuclear egress protein pUL50 in the maturation of infectious virus. |
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Sigrun Häge Nicole Büscher Victoria Pakulska Friedrich Hahn Annie Adrait Steffi Krauter Eva Maria Borst Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt Yohann Couté Bodo Plachter Manfred Marschall |
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Sigrun Häge Nicole Büscher Victoria Pakulska Friedrich Hahn Annie Adrait Steffi Krauter Eva Maria Borst Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt Yohann Couté Bodo Plachter Manfred Marschall |
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Sigrun Häge |
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The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus |
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The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus |
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The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus |
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The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus |
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The Complex Regulatory Role of Cytomegalovirus Nuclear Egress Protein pUL50 in the Production of Infectious Virus |
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complex regulatory role of cytomegalovirus nuclear egress protein pul50 in the production of infectious virus |
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