title: Increased expression of LDL receptor-related protein 1 during human cytomegalovirus infection reduces virion cholesterol and infectivity.
abstract: In response to virus infection, cells can alter protein expression to modify cellular functions and limit viral replication. To examine host protein expression during infection with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), an enveloped DNA virus, we performed a semiquantitative, temporal analysis of the cell surface proteome in infected fibroblasts. We determined that resident low density lipoprotein related receptor 1 (LRP1), a plasma membrane receptor that regulates lipid metabolism, is elevated early after HCMV infection, resulting in decreased intracellular cholesterol. siRNA knockdown or antibody-mediated inhibition of LRP1 increased intracellular cholesterol and concomitantly increased the infectious virus yield. Virions produced under these conditions contained elevated cholesterol, resulting in increased infectivity. Depleting cholesterol from virions reduced their infectivity by blocking fusion of the virion envelope with the cell membrane. Thus, LRP1 restricts HCMV infectivity by controlling the availability of cholesterol for the virion envelope, and increased LRP1 expression is likely a defense response to infection.
authors: Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ 08544-1014, USA.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Gudleski-O'Regan
authors: Todd M
authors: TM
authors: Greco
authors: Ileana M
authors: IM
authors: Cristea
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Shenk
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020543:Proteome; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D014771:Virion / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D002784:Cholesterol