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Thier, Katharina, Moeckel, Maureen, Palitzsch, Katja, Doehner, Katinka, Sodeik, Beate ORCID: 0000-0003-4650-3036 and Knebel-Moersdorf, Dagmar (2018). Entry of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 into Epidermis and Dermal Fibroblasts Is Independent of the Scavenger Receptor MARCO. J. Virol., 92 (15). WASHINGTON: AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY. ISSN 1098-5514

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Abstract

To enter host cells, herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) initially attaches to cell surface glycosammoglycans, followed by the requisite binding to one of several cellular receptors, leading to viral internalization. Although virus-receptor interactions have been studied in various cell lines, the contributions of individual receptors to uptake into target tissues such as mucosa, skin, and cornea are not well understood. We demonstrated that nectin-1 acts as a major receptor for HSV-1 entry into murine epidermis, while herpesvirus entry mediator (HVEM) can serve as an alternative receptor. Recently, the macrophage receptor with collagenous structure (MARCO) has been described to mediate adsorption of HSV-1 to epithelial cells. Here, we investigated the impact of MARCO on the entry process of HSV-1 into the two major cell types of skin, keratinocytes in the epidermis and fibroblasts in the underlying dermis. Using ex vivo infection of murine epidermis, we showed that HSV-1 entered basal keratinocytes of MARCO(-/-)epidermis as efficiently as those of control epidermis. In addition, entry into dermal fibroblasts was not impaired in the absence of MARCO. When we treated epidermis, primary keratinocytes, or fibroblasts with poly(l), a ligand for class A scavenger receptors, HSV-1 entry was strongly reduced. As we also observed reducing effects of poly(l) in the absence of both MARCO and scavenger receptor A1, we concluded that the inhibitory effects of poly(l) on HSV-1 infection are not directly linked to class A scavenger receptors. Overall, our results support that HSV-1 entry into skin cells is independent of MARCO. IMPORTANCE During entry into its host cells, the human pathogen herpes simplex virus (HSV) interacts with various cellular receptors. Initially, receptor interaction can mediate cellular adsorption, followed by receptor binding that triggers viral internalization. The intriguing question is which receptors are responsible for the various steps during entry into the natural target tissues of HSV? Previously, we demonstrated the role of nectin-1 as a major receptor and that of HVEM as an alternative receptor for HSV-1 to invade murine epidermis. As MARCO has been described to promote infection in skin, we explored the predicted role of MARCO as a receptor that mediates adsorption to epithelial cells. Our infection studies of murine skin cells indicate that the absence of MARCO does not interfere with the efficiency of HSV-1 entry and that the inhibitory effect on viral adsorption by poly(l), a ligand of MARCO, is independent of MARCO.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Thier, Katharina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Moeckel, Maureen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Palitzsch, Katja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Doehner, Katinka UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sodeik, Beate UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4650-3036 UNSPECIFIED Knebel-Moersdorf, Dagmar UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-179038
DOI:	10.1128/JVI.00490-18
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Virol.
Volume:	92
Number:	15
Date:	2018
Publisher:	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1098-5514
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GLYCOPROTEIN-C; CELLULAR RECEPTORS; MURINE EPIDERMIS; HEPARAN-SULFATE; MEDIATOR; TYPE-1; CELLS; BINDING; NECTIN-1; HERPESVIRUSES Multiple languages Virology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/17903