Expression of Nonstructural Rotavirus Protein NSP4 Mimics Ca 2+ Homeostasis Changes Induced by Rotavirus Infection in Cultured Cells
- 15 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 82 (22), 11331-11343
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00577-08
Abstract
Rotavirus infection modifies Ca 2+ homeostasis, provoking an increase in Ca 2+ permeation, the cytoplasmic Ca 2+ concentration ([Ca 2+ ] cyto ), and total Ca 2+ pools and a decrease in Ca 2+ response to agonists. A glycosylated viral protein(s), NSP4 and/or VP7, may be responsible for these effects. HT29 or Cos-7 cells were infected by the SA11 clone 28 strain, in which VP7 is not glycosylated, or transiently transfected with plasmids coding for NSP4-enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or NSP4. The permeability of the plasma membrane to Ca 2+ and the amount of Ca 2+ sequestered in the endoplasmic reticulum released by carbachol or ATP were measured in fura-2-loaded cells at the single-cell level under a fluorescence microscope or in cell suspensions in a fluorimeter. Total cell Ca 2+ pools were evaluated as 45 Ca 2+ uptake. Infection with SA11 clone 28 induced an increase in Ca 2+ permeability and 45 Ca 2+ uptake similar to that found with the normally glycosylated SA11 strain. These effects were inhibited by tunicamycin, indicating that inhibition of glycosylation of a viral protein other than VP7 affects the changes of Ca 2+ homeostasis induced by infection. Expression of NSP4-EGFP or NSP4 in transfected cells induced the same changes observed with rotavirus infection, whereas the expression of EGFP or EGFP-VP4 showed the behavior of uninfected and untransfected cells. Increased 45 Ca 2+ uptake was also observed in cells expressing NSP4-EGFP or NSP4, as evidenced in rotavirus infection. These results indicate that glycosylated NSP4 is primarily responsible for altering the Ca 2+ homeostasis of infected cells through an initial increase of cell membrane permeability to Ca 2+ .This publication has 37 references indexed in Scilit:
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