Binding of complement component C3b to glycoprotein C is modulated by sialic acid on herpes simplex virus type 1-infected cells.

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Smiley, M L

RESUMO

Neuraminidase treatment of cells infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) markedly enhanced the binding of complement component C3b to HSV 1 glycoprotein C (gC). When HSV-1 was grown in BHK RicR14 cells in which glycoproteins had reduced amounts of N-linked complex oligosaccharides, including sialic acid, the binding of C3b to gC was markedly enhanced. We used neuraminidase treatment to demonstrate that cloning the gC gene from the HSV-1 F strain into an HSV-1 mutant which fails to express gC converted the mutant virus from C3b receptor negative to receptor positive. These results further support a role for gC as a C3b receptor and indicate that sialic acid modifies receptor activity.

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