title: Sin Nombre virus glycoprotein trafficking.
abstract: Sin Nombre virus (SNV) is a major representative of the New World hantaviruses and the most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) with high mortality in North America. Unlike other members of the family Bunyaviridae which mature in the Golgi complex, New World hantaviruses have been previously reported to mature at the cell surface. For family Bunyaviridae viruses, retention of the viral glycoproteins at the Golgi complex is thought to be responsible for their Golgi maturation. In our studies, the majority of SNV glycoproteins, G1 and G2, was localized in the Golgi complex when expressed from a full-length GPC clone or in SNV-infected cells, in agreement with data for other members of the family Bunyaviridae, including the Old World hantaviruses. However, the SNV glycoproteins could also be detected at the cell surface at advanced posttransfection or postinfection time points. G1 expressed in the absence of G2 did not accumulate in the Golgi, but remained predominantly associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Overexpressed amounts of apparently misfolded G1 were aggregated in a subcellular compartment likely to represent the aggresome. Unexpectedly, an additional major pool of G1 was detected intracellularly in SNV-infected and GPC-expressing transfected cells, by using a SNV G1-specific Fab antibody. This pool of G1 is predominantly localized in late endosomes-lysosomes.
authors.affiliation: Special Pathogens Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. ccs8@cdc.gov
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Spiropoulou
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Shoemaker
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Compans
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D029261:Sin Nombre virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C104008:glycoprotein G1, Hantavirus; C090197:glycoprotein G2, Hantavirus