PMID- 22173307 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120405 LR - 20211021 IS - 1869-1889 (Electronic) IS - 1674-7305 (Print) IS - 1674-7305 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 11 DP - 2011 Nov TI - Cellular membrane cholesterol is required for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus entry and release in MARC-145 cells. PG - 1011-8 LID - 10.1007/s11427-011-4236-0 [doi] AB - Cholesterol represents one of the key constituents of small, dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched domains on the plasma membrane. It has been reported that many viruses depend on plasma membrane cholesterol for efficient infection. In this study, the role of the plasma membrane cholesterol in porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection of MARC-145 cells was investigated. Pretreatment of MARC-145 cells with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD), a drug used to deplete cholesterol from cellular membrane, significantly reduced PRRSV infection in a dose-dependent manner. This inhibition was partially reversed by supplementing exogenous cholesterol following MbetaCD treatment, suggesting that the inhibition of PRRSV infection was specifically mediated by removal of cellular cholesterol. Further detailed studies showed that depletion of cellular membrane cholesterol significantly inhibited virus entry, especially virus attachment and release. These results indicate that the presence of cholesterol in the cellular membrane is a key component of PRRSV infection. FAU - Sun, Ying AU - Sun Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Xiao, ShaoBo AU - Xiao S FAU - Wang, Dang AU - Wang D FAU - Luo, Rui AU - Luo R FAU - Li, Bin AU - Li B FAU - Chen, HuanChun AU - Chen H FAU - Fang, LiuRong AU - Fang L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111216 PL - China TA - Sci China Life Sci JT - Science China. Life sciences JID - 101529880 RN - 0 (beta-Cyclodextrins) RN - 0 (methyl-beta-cyclodextrin) RN - 97C5T2UQ7J (Cholesterol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Membrane/*chemistry/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cell Survival MH - Cholesterol/*metabolism MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/metabolism MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*metabolism/pathogenicity MH - Swine MH - *Virus Internalization MH - *Virus Release MH - beta-Cyclodextrins/pharmacology PMC - PMC7088586 EDAT- 2011/12/17 06:00 MHDA- 2012/04/06 06:00 PMCR- 2011/12/16 CRDT- 2011/12/17 06:00 PHST- 2010/12/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/12/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/04/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/12/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 4236 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11427-011-4236-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci China Life Sci. 2011 Nov;54(11):1011-8. doi: 10.1007/s11427-011-4236-0. Epub 2011 Dec 16.