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  • Title: Estimation by radiation inactivation of the size of functional units governing Sendai and influenza virus fusion.
    Author: Bundo-Morita K, Gibson S, Lenard J.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1987 Sep 22; 26(19):6223-7. PubMed ID: 2825775.
    Abstract:
    The target sizes associated with fusion and hemolysis carried out by Sendai virus envelope glycoproteins were determined by radiation inactivation analysis. The target size for influenza virus mediated fusion with erythrocyte ghosts at pH 5.0 was also determined for comparison; a value of 57 +/- 15 kDa was found, indistinguishable from that reported previously for influenza-mediated fusion of cardiolipin liposomes [Gibson, S., Jung, C. Y., Takahashi, M., & Lenard, J. (1986) Biochemistry 25, 6264-6268]. Sendai-mediated fusion with erythrocyte ghosts at pH 7.0 was likewise inactivated exponentially with increasing radiation dose, yielding a target size of 60 +/- 6 kDa, a value consistent with the molecular weight of a single F-protein molecule. The inactivation curve for Sendai-mediated fusion with cardiolipin liposomes at pH 7.0, however, was more complex. Assuming a "multiple target-single hit" model, the target consisted of 2-3 units of ca. 60 kDa each. A similar target was seen if the liposomes contained 10% gangliosides or if the reaction was measured at pH 5.0, suggesting that fusion occurred by the same mechanism at high and low pH. A target size of 261 +/- 48 kDa was found for Sendai-induced hemolysis, in contrast with influenza, which had a more complex target size for this activity (Gibson et al., 1986). Sendai virus fusion thus occurs by different mechanisms depending upon the nature of the target membrane, since it is mediated by different functional units. Hemolysis is mediated by a functional unit different from that associated with erythrocyte ghost fusion or with cardiolipin liposome fusion.
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