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Fusion (fusion from within) of polarized MDCK monolayer cells grown on porous membranes was examined after infection with Sendai viruses. Wild-type virus, that buds at the apical membrane domain, did not induce cell fusion even when the F glycoprotein expressed at the apical domain was activated with trypsin. On the other hand, a protease activation mutant, F 1-R, with F protein in the activated form and that buds bipolarly at the apical and basolateral domains, caused syncytia formation in the absence of exogenous protease. Anti-Sendai virus antibodies added to the basolateral side, but not at the apical side, inhibited cell fusion induced by F 1-R. In addition, T-9, a mutant with bipolar budding phenotype of F 1-R but with an uncleavable F protein phenotype like wild-type virus, induced cell fusion exclusively when trypsin was added to the basolateral medium. By electron microscopy, cell-to-cell fusion was shown to occur at the lateral domain of the plasma membrane. These results indicate that in addition to proteolytic activation of the F protein, basolateral expression of Sendai virus envelope glycoproteins is required to induce cell fusion.
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Tashiro, M., Yamakawa, M., Tobita, K. et al. Significance of basolateral domain of polarized MDCK cells for Sendai virus-induced cell fusion. Archives of Virology 125, 129–139 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309633
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