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Three‐Dimensional Tracking of Rab5‐ and Rab7‐Associated Infection Process of Influenza Virus
Author(s) -
Liu ShuLin,
Wu QiuMei,
Zhang LiJuan,
Wang ZhiGang,
Sun EnZe,
Zhang ZhiLing,
Pang DaiWen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201400944
Subject(s) - endosome , virus , intracellular , intracellular transport , vesicle , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , tracking (education) , particle (ecology) , work (physics) , biology , physics , membrane , genetics , psychology , ecology , pedagogy , thermodynamics
Three‐dimensional (3D) single‐particle tracking (SPT) techniques have been widely reported. However, the 3D SPT technique remains poorly used for solving actual biological problems. In this work, a quantum dots (QDs)‐based single‐particle tracking technique is utilized to explore the Rab5‐ and Rab7‐associated infection behaviors of influenza virus in three dimensions with a set of easily‐attained equipment by the fast and accurate centroid method for 3D SPT. The experimental results indicate that Rab5 protein takes part in the virus infection process from the cell periphery to the perinuclear region, while Rab7 protein is mainly involved in the intermittent and confined movements of the virus in the perinuclear region. Evidently, the transition process of the virus‐containing vesicles from early to late endosomes might occur during the intermittent movement in the perinuclear region. These findings reveal distinct dynamic behaviors of Rab5‐ and Rab7‐positive endosomes in the course of the intracellular transport of viruses. This work is helpful in understanding the intracellular transport of cargoes.