The poxviral scrapin MV-LAP requires a myxoma viral infection context to efficiently downregulate MHC-I molecules.
Virology
; 343(2): 171-8, 2005 Dec 20.
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| ID: mdl-16185739
ABSTRACT
Downregulation of MHC class I molecules is a strategy developed by some viruses to escape cellular immune responses. Myxoma virus (MV), a poxvirus causing rabbit myxomatosis, encodes MV-LAP that is known to increase MHC-I endocytosis and degradation through a C(4)HC(3) motif critical for an E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Here, we performed a functional mapping of MV-LAP and showed that not only the C(4)HC(3) motif is necessary for a marked downregulation of MHC-I but also a conserved region in the C-terminal part of the protein. We also showed that the putative transmembrane domains are responsible for a specific subcellular localization of the protein they retain MV-LAP in the ER in transfected cells and in the endolysosomal compartments in infected cells. We observed that a specific MV infection context is necessary for a fully efficient downregulation of MHC-I. Our data suggest that the functionality of viral LAP factors, inherited by herpes- and poxviruses from mammalian cells, is more complex than anticipated.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Viral Proteins
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Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
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Membrane Proteins
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Myxoma virus
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Virology
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
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