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Human herpesvirus 1 protein US3 induces an inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport.

School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK.
Journal of General Virology (impact factor: 3.36). 09/2006; 87(Pt 8):2155-9. DOI:10.1099/vir.0.81949-0 pp.2155-9
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ABSTRACT Previous studies have identified virus proteins that traffic to mitochondria and may affect mitochondrial function. Here, it is reported that Human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1, herpes simplex virus 1) and influenza virus reduced mitochondrial respiration, whilst Measles virus, cytomegalovirus, coxsackievirus B4 and Feline calicivirus did not. The inhibition of total cellular respiration was caused by a block in the mitochondrial electron-transport chain. This effect occurred during beta-phase protein synthesis and the inhibition of mitochondrial respiration could be reproduced by ectopic expression of the beta-phase protein US3. An HHV-1 mutant lacking this protein failed to inhibit oxygen consumption in infected cells relative to controls. It was concluded that US3 was mediating the suppression of mitochondrial respiration following HHV-1 infection. The integrity of the electron-transport chain in HHV-1-infected cells was analysed further and the site of the block in electron transport was located between complexes II and III, a site previously shown to be affected by Poliovirus.

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Keywords

beta-phase protein synthesis
 
beta-phase protein US3
 
cytomegalovirus
 
ectopic expression
 
electron transport
 
electron-transport chain
 
herpes simplex virus 1
 
HHV-1
 
HHV-1 infection
 
HHV-1 mutant
 
HHV-1-infected cells
 
Human herpesvirus 1
 
mitochondrial electron-transport chain
 
mitochondrial function
 
mitochondrial respiration
 
Previous studies
 
total cellular respiration
 
virus proteins
 

Mohammad Derakhshan