Ganglioside GMia on the Cell Surface Is Involved in the Infection by Human Rotavirus KUN and MO Strains

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Integrins ␣2␤1, ␣X␤2, and ␣V␤3 have been implicated in rotavirus cell attachment and entry. The virus spike protein VP4 contains the ␣2␤1 ligand sequence DGE at amino acid positions 308 to 310, and the outer capsid protein VP7 contains the ␣X␤2 ligand sequence GPR. To determine the viral proteins and sequences involved and to define the roles of ␣2␤1, ␣X␤2, and ␣V␤3, we analyzed the ability of rotaviruses and their reassortants to use these integrins for cell binding and infection and the effect of peptides DGEA and GPRP on these events. Many laboratory-adapted human, monkey, and bovine viruses used integrins, whereas all porcine viruses were integrin independent. The integrin-using rotavirus strains each interacted with all three integrins. Integrin usage related to VP4 serotype independently of sialic acid usage. Analysis of rotavirus reassortants and assays of virus binding and infectivity in integrin-transfected cells showed that VP4 bound ␣2␤1, and VP7 interacted with ␣X␤2 and ␣V␤3 at a postbinding stage. DGEA inhibited rotavirus binding to ␣2␤1 and infectivity, whereas GPRP binding to ␣X␤2 inhibited infectivity but not binding. The truncated VP5* subunit of VP4, expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein, bound the expressed ␣2 I domain. Alanine mutagenesis of D308 and G309 in VP5* eliminated VP5* binding to the ␣2 I domain. In a novel process, integrin-using viruses bind the ␣2 I domain of ␣2␤1 via DGE in VP4 and interact with ␣X␤2 (via GPR) and ␣V␤3 by using VP7 to facilitate cell entry and infection.Rotaviruses are leading causes of acute gastroenteritis in human infants and young animals. Their restricted tropism suggests that very specific virus-host cell interactions are necessary to establish infection. The viral spike protein VP4, the major cell attachment protein, is cleaved by trypsin for enhanced infectivity into two subunits, VP5* (60 kDa) and VP8* (28 kDa). VP4 and the major outer capsid protein VP7 independently define serotype specificities. The inner capsid protein VP6 contains group-specific antigenic determinants. Reassortant rotaviruses containing combinations of the 11 double-stranded RNA genes from two parental viruses can be generated (27) which occasionally show unexpected phenotypes due to VP4-VP7 interactions (43).Integrins ␣2␤1, ␣X␤2, and ␣4␤1 were implicated in group A rotavirus cell attachment and entry (11, 23), and ␣V␤3 was proposed to mediate rotavirus cell entry (20). Integrin usage by rotaviruses was discovered when VP5* was shown to contain the type I collagen-derived, ␣2␤1 ligand sequence DGE at amino acids 308 to 310, and the fibrinogen-derived ␣X␤2 integrin ligand sequence GPR was identified in VP7 at amino acids 253 to 255 (11). Peptides containing these viral integrin ligand sequences (GPRP and RDGEE), monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to ␣2␤1 and MAbs to ␤2, inhibited the infection of monolayers of MA104 and Caco-2 cells by simian rotavirus SA11 and/or human rotavirus RV-5 by 30 to 90% in additive fashion (9, 11). Infectivity blockade in MA104 cell monolayers...

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Integrin-Using Rotaviruses Bind α2β1 Integrin α2 I Domain via VP4 DGE Sequence and Recognize αXβ2 and αVβ3 by Using VP7 during Cell Entry

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Tan

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“…Human and animal rotavirus strains representative of all P genotypes, with the exception of P genotypes [13], [15], [18], and [19], have previously been tested for their SA dependency during the initial steps of infection. In view of the fact that only animal rotavirus strains belonging to P genotypes [1], [2], [3], and [7] have been shown to be SA dependent (4,8,14,20,(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)35, 36), we tested a total of 41 additional animal and human rotavirus strains of different VP4-VP7 combinations, comprising all known P genotypes, including those never tested before, to determine if there is a correlation between SA dependency and rotavirus VP4 P genotype.…”

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Initial Interaction of Rotavirus Strains with N -Acetylneuraminic (Sialic) Acid Residues on the Cell Surface Correlates with VP4 Genotype, Not Species of Origin

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We examined 41 human and animal rotavirus strains representative of all known P genotypes for their dependency on cellular N-acetylneuraminic (sialic) acid (SA) residues for infectivity. Our results showed that all rotaviruses studied, whether of animal or human origin, belonging to P genotypes depended on SA residues on the cell surface for efficient infectivity but that all human and animal rotavirus strains representative of the remaining known P genotypes were SA independent. The SA residue requirement for efficient infectivity did not change for reassortant rotavirus strains with altered VP4-VP7 combinations. The initial interaction of rotavirus strains with SA residues on the cell surface correlated with VP4 genotype specifity, not with species of origin or VP7 G serotype specificity (P ‫؍‬ 0.001; r 2 ‫؍‬ 1.00, Pearson's correlation coefficient). In addition to being a requirement for infectivity, the presence of SA residues on the cell surface is a requirement for efficient growth in cell culture; recognition of the association of specific P genotypes with the binding of rotavirus to SA residues will facilitate our understanding of the molecular basis of the early events of rotavirus-cell interactions in cell culture models and of pathogenicity in vivo.

“…This restricted tissue-and cell-type-specific tropism is mediated by one or more specific host cell surface receptors that mediate rotavirus attachment. Numerous studies have implicated glycoconjugates (glycoproteins, glycolipids, and glycosphingolipids) as the putative rotavirus receptor(s) (4,19,32,34,41,55,58,59,66). A minority of animal rotaviruses require the presence of N-acetyl-neuraminic (sialic) acid (SA) residues on the cell surface for efficient binding and infectivity, but most animal and human rotaviruses are SA independent (13).…”

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VLA-2 (α2β1) Integrin Promotes Rotavirus Entry into Cells but Is Not Necessary for Rotavirus Attachment

Ciarlet

Crawford

Cheng

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In an attempt to identify the rotavirus receptor, we tested 46 cell lines of different species and tissue origins for susceptibility to infection by three N-acetyl-neuraminic (sialic) acid (SA)-dependent and five SA-independent rotavirus strains. Susceptibility to SA-dependent or SA-independent rotavirus infection varied depending on the cell line tested and the multiplicity of infection (MOI) used. Cells of renal or intestinal origin and transformed cell lines derived from breast, stomach, bone, or lung were all susceptible to rotavirus infection, indicating a wider host tissue range than previously appreciated. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO), baby hamster kidney (BHK-21), guinea pig colon (GPC-16), rat small intestine (Rie1), and mouse duodenum (MODE-K) cells were found to support only limited rotavirus replication even at MOIs of 100 or 500, but delivery of rotavirus particles into the cytoplasm by lipofection resulted in efficient rotavirus replication. The rotavirus cell attachment protein, the outer capsid spike protein VP4, contains the sequence GDE(A) recognized by the VLA-2 (␣2␤1) integrin, and to test if VLA-2 is involved in rotavirus attachment and entry, we measured infection in CHO cells that lack VLA-2 and CHO cells transfected with the human ␣2 subunit (CHO␣2) or with both the human ␣2 and ␤1 subunits (CHO␣2␤1) of VLA-2. Infection by SA-dependent or SA-independent rotavirus strains was 2-to 10-fold more productive in VLA-2-expressing CHO cells than in parental CHO cells, and the increased susceptibility to infection was blocked with anti-VLA-2 antibody. However, the levels of binding of rotavirus to CHO, CHO␣2, and CHO␣2␤1 cells were equivalent and were not increased over binding to susceptible monkey kidney (MA104) cells or human colonic adenocarcinoma (Caco-2, HT-29, and T-84) cells, and binding was not blocked by antibody to the human ␣2 subunit. Although the VLA-2 integrin promotes rotavirus infection in CHO cells, it is clear that the VLA-2 integrin alone is not responsible for rotavirus cell attachment and entry. Therefore, VLA-2 is not involved in the initial attachment of rotavirus to cells but may play a role at a postattachment level.