摘要
BST-2是最近发现的可以抑制成熟HIV-1(human immunodeficiency virus,HIV)病毒颗粒从哺乳动物细胞表面释放的宿主因子,随之发现其也可以抑制多种包膜病毒的释放。本研究采用密码子优化的表达HIV-1 gag和gag-pol蛋白的质粒所形成的病毒样颗粒作为研究对象,观测BST-2对这两种病毒样颗粒(Virus-like particle,VLP)的释放抑制情况及其作用机制。结果发现,瞬时表达和稳定表达的BST-2均可以显著抑制病毒样颗粒从哺乳动物细胞释放,同时发现这两种病毒样颗粒(gag/gag-pol)的释放都可以被BST-2抑制;而且,HIV-1中Vpu蛋白可以拮抗BST-2抑制HIV病毒样颗粒释放的作用,另外,通过化学试剂和酶学方法处理,确证BST-2可以被包装进病毒样颗粒中。
Recently,BST-2 has been identified as an effective cellular factor that prevents the release of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other enveloped viruses by tethering virus particles to the cell surface.Here,we showed that the production of HIV-1 virus-like particles was markedly inhibited by BST-2.Both the transient and stable expressing of BST-2 had the same function and Vpu rescued the release of HIV-1 VLP in the presence of human BST-2.Consistent with a direct tethering mechanism,we confirmed that proteolysis releases restricted virions and further showed that this removed the ectodomain of BST-2 from the cell surface.
出处
《病毒学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2011年第4期319-325,共7页
Chinese Journal of Virology
基金
艾滋病和病毒性肝炎等重大传染病防治科技专项(2009ZX10004-303)