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* Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College School of Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, U.K.;
MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, London W12 0NN, U.K.;
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia; and
§ Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre, Royal Childrens Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, Australia
1Correspondence: SASVRC, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia QLD 4072, Australia. E-mail: p.young{at}mailbox.uq.edu.au
Dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) is expressed on the surface of infected cells and is a target of human antibody responses to dengue virus infection. We show here that dengue virus uses the cellular glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage pathway to express a GPI-anchored form of NS1 and that GPI anchoring imparts a capacity for signal transduction in response to binding of NS1-specific antibody. This study is the first to identify GPI linkage of a virus-encoded protein. The GPI anchor addition signal for NS1 was identified, by transfection of HeLa cells with dengue cDNA constructs, as a downstream hydrophobic domain in NS2A. GPI linkage of NS1 in both transfected and infected cells was demonstrated by cleavage of NS1 from the surface by PI-specific phospholipase C and by metabolic incorporation of the GPI-specific components ethanolamine and inositol. In common with other GPI-anchored proteins, addition of specific antibody resulted in signal transduction, as evidenced by tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins. Antibody-induced signal transduction by GPI-linked NS1 suggests a mechanism of cellular activation that may contribute to the pathogenesis of human dengue disease. Signal transduction by a GPI-anchored viral antigen interacting with a specific antibody that it induces is a new concept in the pathogenesis of viral disease.Jacobs, M. G., Robinson, P. J., Bletchly, C., Mackenzie, J. M., Young, P. R. Dengue virus nonstructural protein 1 is expressed in a glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol-linked form that is capable of signal transduction
Key Words: flavivirus dengue viral nonstructural proteins GPI antibody
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