Characterization of the poliovirus 147S particle: new insights into poliovirus uncoating.

Isabelle Pelletier (1) , Laurent Ouzilou (1) , Minetaro Arita (2) , Akio Nomoto (3) , Florence Colbère-Garapin (1)

1 NRSN - Neurovirologie et régénération du système nerveux
2 Department of Virology II [Tokyo]
3 Graduate School of Medicine

A Sabin 1 strain poliovirus (PV) mutant, S1(2Y-1I), carrying a Tyr at amino acid position VP2(142) and an Ile at position VP1(160), can establish persistent infections in HEp-2c cells. This mutant forms atypical 147S particles upon interaction at 0 degrees C with either cells expressing PV receptor (PVR) CD155, or PVR-IgG2a, a chimeric molecule consisting of an extracellular moiety of PVR and the hinge and Fc portion of a mouse IgG2a. Upon interaction with PVR at 37 degrees C, S1(2Y-1I), similar to the parental strain, forms both 135S A particles and 80S empty capsids. At 0 degrees C, surprisingly, at a concentration equal to or greater than 5 nM, PVR-IgG2a induced both the extrusion of VP4 from the capsid of S1(2Y-1I) and the formation of 80S particles. The same transitions were observed at 0 degrees C with the parental strain Sabin 1 at 40 nM PVR-IgG2a. Thus, the formation of 80S particles and VP4 extrusion, considered as one of the steps of PV uncoating, can be temperature-independent at high PVR concentration. This implies that structural changes of the PV capsid occurred following adsorption at low temperature.

Domains: Virology

Isabelle Pelletier, Laurent Ouzilou, Minetaro Arita, Akio Nomoto, Florence Colbère-Garapin. Characterization of the poliovirus 147S particle: new insights into poliovirus uncoating.. Virology, 2003, 305 (1), pp.55-65. ⟨10.1006/viro.2002.1736⟩. ⟨pasteur-00166937⟩