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Vaccinia virus hijacks EGFR signalling to enhance virus spread through rapid and directed infected cell motility

Beerli, C; Yakimovich, A; Kilcher, S; Reynoso, GV; Fläschner, G; Müller, DJ; Hickman, HD; (2018) Vaccinia virus hijacks EGFR signalling to enhance virus spread through rapid and directed infected cell motility. Nature Microbiology , 4 pp. 216-225. 10.1038/s41564-018-0288-2. Green open access

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Abstract

Cell motility is essential for viral dissemination1. Vaccinia virus (VACV), a close relative of smallpox virus, is thought to exploit cell motility as a means to enhance the spread of infection1. A single viral protein, F11L, contributes to this by blocking RhoA signalling to facilitate cell retraction2. However, F11L alone is not sufficient for VACV-induced cell motility, indicating that additional viral factors must be involved. Here, we show that the VACV epidermal growth factor homologue, VGF, promotes infected cell motility and the spread of viral infection. We found that VGF secreted from early infected cells is cleaved by ADAM10, after which it acts largely in a paracrine manner to direct cell motility at the leading edge of infection. Real-time tracking of cells infected in the presence of EGFR, MAPK, FAK and ADAM10 inhibitors or with VGF-deleted and F11-deleted viruses revealed defects in radial velocity and directional migration efficiency, leading to impaired cell-to-cell spread of infection. Furthermore, intravital imaging showed that virus spread and lesion formation are attenuated in the absence of VGF. Our results demonstrate how poxviruses hijack epidermal growth factor receptor-induced cell motility to promote rapid and efficient spread of infection in vitro and in vivo.

Type: Article
Title: Vaccinia virus hijacks EGFR signalling to enhance virus spread through rapid and directed infected cell motility
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0288-2
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0288-2
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062539
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