Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.

Current models of HIV-1 morphogenesis hold that newly synthesized viral Gag polyproteins traffic to and assemble at the cell membrane into spherical protein shells. The resulting late-budding structure is thought to be released by the cellular ESCRT machinery severing the membrane tether connecting...

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Main Authors: Carlson, L, Briggs, J, Glass, B, Riches, J, Simon, M, Johnson, M, Müller, B, Grünewald, K, Kräusslich, H
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008
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author Carlson, L
Briggs, J
Glass, B
Riches, J
Simon, M
Johnson, M
Müller, B
Grünewald, K
Kräusslich, H
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Briggs, J
Glass, B
Riches, J
Simon, M
Johnson, M
Müller, B
Grünewald, K
Kräusslich, H
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description Current models of HIV-1 morphogenesis hold that newly synthesized viral Gag polyproteins traffic to and assemble at the cell membrane into spherical protein shells. The resulting late-budding structure is thought to be released by the cellular ESCRT machinery severing the membrane tether connecting it to the producer cell. Using electron tomography and scanning transmission electron microscopy, we find that virions have a morphology and composition distinct from late-budding sites. Gag is arranged as a continuous but incomplete sphere in the released virion. In contrast, late-budding sites lacking functional ESCRT exhibited a nearly closed Gag sphere. The results lead us to propose that budding is initiated by Gag assembly, but is completed in an ESCRT-dependent manner before the Gag sphere is complete. This suggests that ESCRT functions early in HIV-1 release--akin to its role in vesicle formation--and is not restricted to severing the thin membrane tether.
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spelling oxford-uuid:775a38e7-1e08-4379-a145-3b7ded493d192022-03-26T20:23:27ZThree-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:775a38e7-1e08-4379-a145-3b7ded493d19EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Carlson, LBriggs, JGlass, BRiches, JSimon, MJohnson, MMüller, BGrünewald, KKräusslich, HCurrent models of HIV-1 morphogenesis hold that newly synthesized viral Gag polyproteins traffic to and assemble at the cell membrane into spherical protein shells. The resulting late-budding structure is thought to be released by the cellular ESCRT machinery severing the membrane tether connecting it to the producer cell. Using electron tomography and scanning transmission electron microscopy, we find that virions have a morphology and composition distinct from late-budding sites. Gag is arranged as a continuous but incomplete sphere in the released virion. In contrast, late-budding sites lacking functional ESCRT exhibited a nearly closed Gag sphere. The results lead us to propose that budding is initiated by Gag assembly, but is completed in an ESCRT-dependent manner before the Gag sphere is complete. This suggests that ESCRT functions early in HIV-1 release--akin to its role in vesicle formation--and is not restricted to severing the thin membrane tether.
spellingShingle Carlson, L
Briggs, J
Glass, B
Riches, J
Simon, M
Johnson, M
Müller, B
Grünewald, K
Kräusslich, H
Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title_full Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title_fullStr Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title_full_unstemmed Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title_short Three-dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for HIV-1 morphogenesis.
title_sort three dimensional analysis of budding sites and released virus suggests a revised model for hiv 1 morphogenesis
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