title: Comparative processing of bovine leukemia virus envelope glycoprotein gp72 by subtilisin/kexin-like mammalian convertases.
abstract: Intracellular proteolytic processing of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) envelope glycoprotein precursor (gp72) at the C-terminal end of the RVRR268 / site is an essential step for virus infectivity. Subtilisin/kexin-like convertases cleave proproteins at preferred RX(K/R)R / sites, including those commonly found in viral envelope glycoprotein precursors. We first demonstrated that gp72 is processed into gp51/gp30 in both CV1 cells and the furin-deficient LoVo cells, leading us to compare the ability of mammalian convertases to cleave BLV gp72 in vitro. In contrast to the inability of the neuroendocrine PC1 to cleave gp72, the convertases furin, PACE4, PC5-A and PC5-B, which process constitutively secreted precursors, can effectively cleave gp72 into gp51/gp30. N-terminal sequence analysis of the convertase-generated gp30 demonstrated that cleavage occurs at the in vivo-utilized RVRR / SPV site. Such furin-, PACE4- and PC5-mediated processing was completely inhibited by the alpha1-antitrypsin variant alpha1-PDX. Mutagenesis of the gp72 cleavage site into RVRG-TPV resulted in complete abrogation of gp72 processing by endogenous CV-1 cells and by convertases in vitro. Since our in vitro data suggest a redundancy in the ability of the convertases to cleave gp72, RT-PCR analysis was used to define the convertases expressed in B-lymphocytes, representing one of the major targets of BLV infection. Our data revealed that only furin and the newly discovered PC7 mRNAs are expressed in Raji, B-Jab and LG2 cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Physique des Macromolécules aux Interfaces (LCPMI) CP206/2, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zarkik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Decroly
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wattiez
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Seidah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burny
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ruysschaert
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D043484:Proprotein Convertases; D013381:Subtilisins; C058751:KEX2 protein, S cerevisiae