PMID- 19477088 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091201 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 138 IP - 3-4 DP - 2009 Sep 18 TI - Function of PRRSV GP5 envelope protein by using pseudotyped virus. PG - 297-303 LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.013 [doi] AB - The porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is an enveloped RNA virus. Virions of PRRSV contain six membrane proteins: the major proteins GP5 and M and the minor proteins GP2, GP3, GP4, and E. The GP5 is the major envelope proteins, which was involved in the formation and infectivity of PRRSV by coaction with other membrane proteins. Here, to determine the function of alone GP5 envelope protein in viral entry, we investigated the formation and infectivity of GP5-pseudotyped virus particles. By co-transfection of GP5 expression plasmids with murine leukemia virus (MuLV) based retroviral vectors (pHIT60, encoding MuLV Gag-Pol; pHIT111, encoding an MuLV genome with a beta-galactosidase reporter gene) into 293 T cells and analysis of the culture medium using ultracentrifugation, Western blot, and infection assay. We observed that the GP5 envelope protein was incorporated into the MuLV retroviral vectors to generate an pseudotyped murine leukemia virus, which was infectious to PAM and Mack-145 target cells and displayed the same host range with wild-type PRRSV. The infection of the pseudotyped virus on PAM target cells is effectively neutralized by polyclonal antibodies specific for PRRSV or GP5. The results suggested that the GP5 protein may play a key role in the viral entry by interacting with the host cell receptor. The GP5-pseudotyped virus will be useful in the identification of the cellular receptor binding with GP5 protein. FAU - Xia, Ping an AU - Xia Pa AD - Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China. xpa88@163.com FAU - Dang, Zhan guo AU - Dang Zg FAU - Qiu, Huang AU - Qiu H FAU - Fan, Xu AU - Fan X FAU - Zhou, Bin AU - Zhou B FAU - Cui, Bao an AU - Cui Ba FAU - Chen, Pu yan AU - Chen Py LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090419 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) RN - 0 (glycoprotein 5, PRRSV) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Viral/physiology MH - Humans MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*classification/*physiology MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/*physiology EDAT- 2009/05/30 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/16 06:00 CRDT- 2009/05/30 09:00 PHST- 2008/02/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/03/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/04/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/05/30 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0378-1135(09)00203-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2009 Sep 18;138(3-4):297-303. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.013. Epub 2009 Apr 19.