title: [Cellular tropism and adaptation of the measles virus].
abstract: Measles virus (MV) is a member of the genus Morbillivirus in the family Paramyxoviridae. Clinical isolates of MV use signaling lymphocyte activating molecule (SLAM) as a cellular receptor. SLAM is mainly expressed on immune cells such as immature thymocytes, activated lymphocytes and mature dendritic cells. This distribution of SLAM can account for the lymphotropism of MV. On the other hand, laboratory strains of MV use CD46 as an alternative receptor, through amino acid change(s) in the receptor binding hemagglutinin protein. Recently, several reports imply the existence of the cellular receptor(s) other than SLAM and CD46. In this review, we discuss the receptor usage of MV and its adaptation to cultured cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan. soono@virology.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yanagi
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D008459:Measles virus / Q000472:pathogenicity* / Q000502:physiology; D051916:Membrane Cofactor Protein / Q000502:physiology; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D000071177:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1; D018523:Tropism
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C497857:CD46 protein, human; D051916:Membrane Cofactor Protein; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000071177:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family Member 1