2010年10月14日
Non-muscle myosin IIA is a functional entry receptor for herpes simplex virus-1
Nature
- 巻
- 467
- 号
- 7317
- 開始ページ
- 859
- 終了ページ
- 862
- 記述言語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1038/nature09420
Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), the prototype of the a-herpesvirus family, causes life-long infections in humans. Although generally associated with various mucocutaneous diseases, HSV-1 is also involved in lethal encephalitis1. HSV-1 entry into host cells requires cellular receptors for both envelope glycoproteins B (gB) and D (gD)2-4. However, the gB receptors responsible for its broad host range in vitro and infection of critical targets in vivo1 remain unknown. Here we show that non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIA (NMHC-IIA), a subunit of non-muscle myosin IIA (NM-IIA), functions as an HSV-1 entry receptor by interacting with gB. A cell line that is relatively resistant to HSV-1 infection5 became highly susceptible to infection by this virus when NMHC-IIA was overexpressed. Antibody to NMHC-IIA blocked HSV-1 infection in naturally permissive target cells. Furthermore, knockdown of NMHC-IIA in the permissive cells inhibited HSV-1 infection as well as cell-cell fusion when gB, gD, gH and gL were coexpressed. Cellsurface expression of NMHC-IIA was markedly and rapidly induced during the initiation of HSV-1 entry. A specific inhibitor of myosin light chain kinase, which regulates NM-IIA by phosphorylation6, reduced the redistribution of NMHC-IIA as well as HSV-1 infection in cell culture and in a murine model for herpes stromal keratitis. NMHC-IIA is ubiquitously expressed in various human tissues and cell types7 and, therefore, is implicated as a functional gB receptor that mediates broad HSV-1 infectivity both in vitroand in vivo. The identification of NMHC-IIA as an HSV-1 entry receptor and the involvement of NM-IIA regulation in HSV-1 infection provide an insight into HSV-1 entry and identify new targets for antiviral drug development. © 2010 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1038/nature09420
- ISSN : 0028-0836
- eISSN : 1476-4687
- PubMed ID : 20944748
- SCOPUS ID : 77957960097