Anti-idiotype antibodies that mimic gp86 of human cytomegalovirus inhibit viral fusion but not attachment.
AUTOR(ES)
Keay, S
RESUMO
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infects cells by sequential processes involving attachment, fusion with the cell membrane, and penetration of the capsid. We used two monoclonal anti-idiotype that mimic one of the CMV envelope glycoproteins, gp86, to study its role in the early phases of CMV infection. Neither of two such antibodies inhibited virus binding to human embryonic lung (HEL) fibroblasts; however, both antibodies inhibited the fusion of CMV with HEL cells, as measured by an assay in which viral envelope is labeled with a fluorescent amphiphile (octadecyl rhodamine B chloride, or R18), resulting in increased fluorescence during fusion of virus with the cell membrane. Because these anti-idiotype antibodies were shown previously to bind to specific receptors on HEL cell membranes, these findings suggest that both gp86 and its cell membrane receptor may function in the fusion of human CMV with HEL cells.
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http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=248982Documentos Relacionados
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