title: Expression of herpes simplex virus glycoproteins in polarized epithelial cells.
abstract: Members of the herpesvirus family mature at inner nuclear membranes, although a fraction of the viral glycoproteins is expressed on the cell surface. In this study, we investigated the localization of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) glycoproteins in virus-infected epithelial cells by using a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against each of the major viral glycoproteins. All of the HSV-2 glycoproteins were localized exclusively on the basolateral membranes of Vero C1008, Madin-Darby bovine kidney, and mouse mammary epithelial cells. Using a monoclonal antibody to HSV-2 gD which cross-reacts with HSV-1 strains, we could also localize HSV-1 gD on the basolateral membranes of Madin-Darby bovine kidney cells. These results indicate that these molecules contain putative sorting signals that direct them to basolateral membrane domains.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004848:Epithelium; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D051379:Mice; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C044525:glycoprotein B, herpes simplex virus type 2; C040570:glycoprotein D-herpes simplex virus type 2; C048621:glycoprotein E, herpes simplex-virus type 2; C045464:glycoprotein G, herpes simplex virus type 2; C038535:glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1