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Plasma Membrane-porating Domain in Poliovirus 2B Protein. A Short Peptide Mimics Viroporin Activity

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dc.contributor Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica, DGICT (España)
dc.contributor Gobierno Vasco
dc.contributor Universidad del País Vasco
dc.contributor Fundación Ramón Areces
dc.contributor Università degli Studi di Ferrara
dc.creator Madan, Vanesa
dc.creator Sánchez-Martínez, Silvia
dc.creator Vedovato, Natascia
dc.creator Rispoli, Giorgio
dc.creator Carrasco Llamas, Luis
dc.creator Nieva, José L.
dc.date 2008-06-12T13:33:36Z
dc.date 2008-06-12T13:33:36Z
dc.date 2007-09-26
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:40:45Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:40:45Z
dc.identifier Journal of Molecular Biology Vol. 374, Issue 4, 7 December 2007, Pages 951-964
dc.identifier 0022-2836 (Print)
dc.identifier 1089-8638 (Online)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5045
dc.identifier 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.058
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5045
dc.description Picornavirus 2B, a non-structural protein required for effective viral replication, has been implicated in cell membrane permeabilization during the late phases of infection. Here, we have approached the molecular mechanism of this process by assessing the pore-forming activity of an overlapping peptide library that spanned the complete 2B sequence. At non-cytopathic concentrations, only the P3 peptide, spanning 2B residues 35–55, effectively assembled hydrophilic pores that allowed diffusion of low molecular mass solutes across the cell plasma membrane (IC50 ≈ 4 × 10−7 M) and boundary liposome bilayers (starting at peptide to lipid molar ratios > 1:104). Circular dichroism data were consistent with its capacity to fold as a helix in a membrane-like environment. Furthermore, addition of this peptide to a sealed plasma-membrane model, consisting of retinal rod outer segments patch-clamped in a whole-cell configuration, induced ion channel activity within seconds at concentrations as low as 10−8 M. Thus, we have established a “one-helix” 2B version that possesses the intrinsic pore-forming activity required to directly and effectively permeabilize the cell plasma membrane. We conclude that 2B viroporin can be classified as a genuine pore-forming toxin of viral origin, which is produced intracellularly at certain times post infection
dc.description We acknowledge the financial support of the DGICYT project numbers BFU2006-02182/BMC (to V.M. and L.C.) and BFU2005-06095/BMC (to S.S.M. and J.L.N.). Further support to J.L.N. was obtained from the Basque Government (AE2004-1-2) and the University of the Basque Country (042.310-13552). The CBM was awarded an institutional grant by the Fundación Ramón Areces. Financial support to G.R. included grants from the Ministero del'Università e della Ricerca (MIUR), Roma and from the “Comitato dei sostenitori dell'Università di Ferrara” (Project “Trasporto di carica fotoindotto in materiali funzionali”).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2007.09.058
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Virus–host interactions
dc.subject Viroporin
dc.subject Enterovirus
dc.subject Pore-forming toxin
dc.subject Transmembrane domain
dc.title Plasma Membrane-porating Domain in Poliovirus 2B Protein. A Short Peptide Mimics Viroporin Activity
dc.type Artículo


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