Marek's disease virus down-regulates surface expression of MHC (B complex)class 1 (BF) glycoproteins during active but not latent infection of chicken cells
Hd. Hunt et al., Marek's disease virus down-regulates surface expression of MHC (B complex)class 1 (BF) glycoproteins during active but not latent infection of chicken cells, VIROLOGY, 282(1), 2001, pp. 198-205
Infection of chicken cells with three Marek's disease Virus (MDV) serotypes
interferes with expression of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC or
B complex) class I (BF) glycoproteins. BF surface expression is blocked af
ter infection of OU2 cells with MDV serotypes 1, 2, and 3. MDV-induced T-ce
ll tumors suffer a nearly complete loss of cell surface BF upon virus react
ivation with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BUdR). The recombinant virus (RB1BUS2
gfp Delta) transforming the MDCC-UA04 cell line expresses green fluorescent
protein (GFP) during the immediate early phase of viral gene expression. O
f the UA04 cells induced to express the immediate early GFP, approximately
60% have reduced levels of BF expression. All of the reactivated UA04 and M
SB1 tumor cells expressing the major early viral protein pp38 display reduc
ed revels of BF. Thus, BF down-regulation begins in the immediate early pha
se and is complete by the early phase of viral gene expression. The intrace
llular pool of BF is not appreciably affected, indicating that the likely m
echanism is a block in BF transport and not the result of transcriptional o
r translational regulation. (C) 2001 Academic Press.