title: Structure-function analysis of reovirus binding to junctional adhesion molecule 1. Implications for the mechanism of reovirus attachment.
abstract: Mammalian reoviruses are nonenveloped viruses with a long, filamentous attachment protein that dictates disease phenotypes following infection of newborn mice and is a structural homologue of the adenovirus attachment protein. Reoviruses use junctional adhesion molecule 1 (JAM1) as a serotype-independent cellular receptor. JAM1 is a broadly expressed immunoglobulin superfamily protein that forms stable homodimers and regulates tight-junction permeability and lymphocyte trafficking. We employed a series of structure-guided binding and infection experiments to define residues in human JAM1 (hJAM1) important for reovirus-receptor interactions and to gain insight into mechanisms of reovirus attachment. Binding and infection experiments using chimeric and domain deletion mutant receptor molecules indicate that the amino-terminal D1 domain of hJAM1 is required for reovirus attachment, infection, and replication. Reovirus binding to hJAM1 occurs more rapidly than homotypic hJAM1 association and is competed by excess hJAM1 in vitro and on cells. Cross-linking hJAM1 diminishes the capacity of reovirus to bind hJAM1 in vitro and on cells and negates the competitive effects of soluble hJAM1 on reovirus attachment. Finally, mutagenesis studies demonstrate that residues intimately associated with the hJAM1 dimer interface are critical for reovirus interactions with hJAM1. These results suggest that reovirus attachment disrupts hJAM1 dimers and highlight similarities between the attachment strategies of reovirus and adenovirus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA.
authors.forename: J Craig
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: Jacquelyn A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schelling
authors.forename: Thilo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stehle
authors.forename: Terence S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Dermody
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D019281:Dimerization; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010641:Phenotype; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D019108:Tight Junctions / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C407243:F11R protein, human; C498686:F11r protein, mouse; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface