Tham khảo luận văn - đề án 'báo cáo khoa học: " expression of ebolavirus glycoprotein on the target cells enhances viral entry"', luận văn - báo cáo phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Virology Journal BioMed Central Research Expression of Ebolavirus glycoprotein on the target cells enhances viral entry Balaji Manicassamy1 2 and Lijun Rong 1 Address Department of Microbiology and Immunology College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Illinois USA and 2Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine 1 Gustave L Levy Place Box 1124 New York New York USA Email Balaji Lijun Rong - lijun@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 8 June 2009 Received I April 2009 Accepted 8 June 2009 Virology journal 2009 6 75 doi 186 1743-422X-6-75 This article is available from http content 6 1 75 2009 Manicassamy and Rong licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background Entry of Ebolavirus to the target cells is mediated by the viral glycoprotein GP. The native GP exists as a homotrimer on the virions and contains two subunits a surface subunit GP1 that is involved in receptor binding and a transmembrane subunit GP2 that mediates the virushost membrane fusion. Previously we showed that over-expression of GP on the target cells blocks GP-mediated viral entry which is mostly likely due to receptor interference by GP1. Results In this study using a tetracycline inducible system we report that low levels of GP expression on the target cells instead of interfering specifically enhance GP mediated viral entry. Detailed mapping analysis strongly suggests that the fusion subunit GP2 is primarily responsible for this novel phenomenon here referred to as trans enhancement. Conclusion Our data suggests that GP2 mediated trans enhancement
