Lawrence, Scott P;
Elser, Samra E;
Torben, Workineh;
Blair, Robert;
Pahar, Bapi;
Aye, Pyone P;
Schiro, Faith;
... Hoxie, James A; + view all
(2022)
A cellular trafficking signal in the SIV envelope protein cytoplasmic domain is strongly selected for in pathogenic infection.
PLOS Pathogens
, 18
(6)
, Article e1010507. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010507.
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Abstract
The HIV/SIV envelope glycoprotein (Env) cytoplasmic domain contains a highly conserved Tyr-based trafficking signal that mediates both clathrin-dependent endocytosis and polarized sorting. Despite extensive analysis, the role of these functions in viral infection and pathogenesis is unclear. An SIV molecular clone (SIVmac239) in which this signal is inactivated by deletion of Gly-720 and Tyr-721 (SIVmac239ΔGY), replicates acutely to high levels in pigtail macaques (PTM) but is rapidly controlled. However, we previously reported that rhesus macaques and PTM can progress to AIDS following SIVmac239ΔGY infection in association with novel amino acid changes in the Env cytoplasmic domain. These included an R722G flanking the ΔGY deletion and a nine nucleotide deletion encoding amino acids 734–736 (ΔQTH) that overlaps the rev and tat open reading frames. We show that molecular clones containing these mutations reconstitute signals for both endocytosis and polarized sorting. In one PTM, a novel genotype was selected that generated a new signal for polarized sorting but not endocytosis. This genotype, together with the ΔGY mutation, was conserved in association with high viral loads for several months when introduced into naïve PTMs. For the first time, our findings reveal strong selection pressure for Env endocytosis and particularly for polarized sorting during pathogenic SIV infection in vivo.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A cellular trafficking signal in the SIV envelope protein cytoplasmic domain is strongly selected for in pathogenic infection |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010507 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010507 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Microbiology, Parasitology, Virology, SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, TYROSINE-BASED SIGNAL, TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS, SURFACE EXPRESSION, RHESUS MACAQUES, SORTING SIGNAL, GLYCOPROTEIN, TYPE-1, CLATHRIN, SPREAD |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10165724 |
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