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Nuclear localization of herpesvirus proteins: potential role for the cellular framework.

ABSTRACT

Two herpes simplex virus proteins, the major capsid protein and the major DNA binding protein, are specifically localized to the nucleus of infected cells. We have found that the major proportion of these proteins is associated with the detergent-insoluble matrix or cytoskeletal framework of the infected cell from the time of their synthesis until they have matured to their final binding site in the cell nucleus. These results suggest that these two proteins may interact with or bind to the cellular cytoskeleton during or soon after their synthesis and throughout transport into the cell nucleus. In addition, the DNA binding protein remains associated with the nuclear skeleton at times when it is bound to viral DNA. Thus, viral DNA may also be attached to the nuclear framework. We have demonstrated that the DNA binding protein and the capsid protein exchange from the cytoplasmic framework to the nuclear framework, suggesting the direct movement of the proteins from one structure to the other. Inhibition of viral DNA replication enhanced the binding of the DNA binding protein to the cytoskeleton and increased the rate of exchange from the cytoplasmic framework to the nuclear framework, suggesting a functional relationship between these events. Inhibition of viral DNA replication resulted in decreased synthesis and transport of the capsid protein. We have been unable to detect any artificial binding of these proteins to the cytoskeleton when solubilized viral proteins were mixed with a cytoskeletal fraction or a cell monolayer. This suggested that the attachment of these proteins to the cytoskeleton represents the actual state of these proteins within the cell.

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