The assembly of a hexameric lattice of retroviral immature particles requires the involvement of cell factors such as proteins and small molecules. A small, negatively charged polyanionic molecule, myo-inositol hexaphosphate (IP6), was identified to stimulate the assembly of immature particles of HIV-1 and other lentiviruses. Interestingly, cryo-electron tomography analysis of the immature particles of two lentiviruses, HIV-1 and equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), revealed that the IP6 binding site is similar. Based on this amino acid conservation of the IP6 interacting site, it is presumed that the assembly of immature particles of all lentiviruses is stimulated by IP6. Although this specific region for IP6 binding may be unique for lentiviruses, it is plausible that other retroviral species also recruit some small polyanion to facilitate the assembly of their immature particles. To study whether the assembly of retroviruses other than lentiviruses can be stimulated by polyanionic molecules, we measured the effect of various polyanions on the assembly of immature virus-like particles of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV), a member of alpharetroviruses, Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) representative of betaretroviruses, and murine leukemia virus (MLV), a member of gammaretroviruses. RSV, M-PMV and MLV immature virus-like particles were assembled in vitro from truncated Gag molecules and the effect of selected polyanions, myo-inostol hexaphosphate, myo-inositol, glucose-1,6-bisphosphate, myo-inositol hexasulphate, and mellitic acid, on the particles assembly was quantified. Our results suggest that the assembly of immature particles of RSV and MLV was indeed stimulated by the presence of myo-inostol hexaphosphate and myo-inositol, respectively. In contrast, no effect on the assembly of M-PMV as a betaretrovirus member was observed.
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- Alpharetrovirus fyziologie MeSH
- Betaretrovirus fyziologie MeSH
- buněčná membrána chemie metabolismus MeSH
- Gammaretrovirus fyziologie MeSH
- genové produkty gag chemie metabolismus MeSH
- interakce hostitele a patogenu * MeSH
- kultivované buňky MeSH
- polyelektrolyty chemie metabolismus MeSH
- Retroviridae fyziologie ultrastruktura MeSH
- sestavení viru * MeSH
- virion MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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- antigeny MeSH
- antisérum MeSH
- autoprotilátky MeSH
- biologie MeSH
- cytogenetika MeSH
- druhová specificita MeSH
- Gammaretrovirus fyziologie MeSH
- genetika MeSH
- genotyp MeSH
- histokompatibilita MeSH
- imunologická tolerance MeSH
- králíci MeSH
- mastocyty MeSH
- myši MeSH
- nádory mikrobiologie MeSH
- reakce antigenu s protilátkou MeSH
- sexuální faktory MeSH
- slezina cytologie MeSH
- transplantační imunologie MeSH
- tvorba protilátek MeSH
- virus ptačí leukózy imunologie MeSH
- výzkum MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- králíci MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- myši MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- bibliografie MeSH