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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

The autophagy machinery interacts with EBV capsids during viral envelope release.

Maria Pena-Francesch, Liliana Danusia Vanoaica, Gao-Feng Zhu, Michael Stumpe, Devanarayanan Siva Sankar, Heike Nowag, Alma Delia Valencia-Camargo, Wolfgang Hammerschmidt, Jörn Dengjel, Laure-Anne Ligeon and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. CD4 T cells restricted to DRB1*15:01 recognize two Epstein-Barr virus glycoproteins capable of intracellular antigen presentation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  12. The autophagy machinery interacts with EBV capsids during viral envelope release.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Pena-FranceschViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.
Liliana Danusia VanoaicaViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.
Gao-Feng ZhuViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.
Michael StumpeDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg 1700, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9443-9326
Devanarayanan Siva SankarDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg 1700, Switzerland.
Heike NowagViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.
Alma Delia Valencia-CamargoViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0005-3130-9910
Wolfgang HammerschmidtResearch Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health and German Center for Infection Research, D-81377 Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4659-0427
Jörn DengjelDepartment of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg 1700, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9453-4614
Laure-Anne Ligeon *Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.
Christian Münz *Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6419-1940
University of Zurich · CHUniversity of Fribourg · CHHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy serves as a defense mechanism against intracellular pathogens, but several microorganisms exploit it for their own benefit. Accordingly, certain herpesviruses include autophagic membranes into their infectious virus particles. In this study, we analyzed the composition of purified virions of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common oncogenic γ-herpesvirus. In these, we found several components of the autophagy machinery, including membrane-associated LC3B-II, and numerous viral proteins, such as the capsid assembly proteins BVRF2 and BdRF1. Additionally, we showed that BVRF2 and BdRF1 interact with LC3B-II via their common protein domain. Using an EBV mutant, we identified BVRF2 as essential to assemble mature capsids and produce infectious EBV. However, BdRF1 was sufficient for the release of noninfectious viral envelopes as long as autophagy was not compromised. These data suggest that BVRF2 and BdRF1 are not only important for capsid assembly but together with the LC3B conjugation complex of ATG5-ATG12-ATG15L1 are also critical for EBV envelope release.

Indexed as

CapsidEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsCapsid ProteinsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansViral EnvelopeCapsid ProteinsautophagyEBVviral capsid assemblyviral envelopexenophagy

Identifiers

PMID37579175
PMCPMC10451551
OpenAlexW4385801882

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