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Role of multivesicular bodies and their components in the egress of enveloped RNA viruses
Author(s) -
Calistri A.,
Salata C.,
Parolin C.,
Palù G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
reviews in medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.06
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1099-1654
pISSN - 1052-9276
DOI - 10.1002/rmv.588
Subject(s) - virology , rna , biology , genetics , gene
As an enveloped virus buds, the nascent viral capsid becomes wrapped in a plasma membrane‐derived lipid envelope, and a membrane fission event is thus necessary to separate the virion from the host cell. This membrane fission event is well characterised in the case of enveloped RNA viruses, where it is promoted by late assembly domains (L‐domains) present at the level of specific viral structural proteins. Research conducted over the past 10 years has demonstrated that L‐domains represent docking sites for cellular proteins essential for the biogenesis of a cellular organelle, the multivesicular body (MVB). In this way, enveloped RNA viruses hijack the MVB components to the cellular site where the budding is executed. This review will focus on the cellular machinery exploited by enveloped RNA viruses in order to be released from infected cells. The role of ubiquitin and lipids in viral budding will also be discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.