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Cutting Edge: Inhibiting Measles Virus Infection but Promoting Reproduction: An Explanation for Splicing and Tissue-Specific Expression of CD46^{1 ,2}

Rebecca C. Riley^*, Pamela L. Tannenbaum, David H. Abbott and John P. Atkinson^3,*

^* Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110; and Wisconsin Regional Primate Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715

Membrane cofactor protein (MCP; CD46) regulates the complement cascade by inhibiting C3b and C4b deposited on self tissue. This function resides in the complement control protein repeats (CCPs), with CCPs 2–4 essential for regulation. MCP is expressed on the inner acrosomal membrane of human sperm, and Abs to CCP1 inhibit sperm-egg interactions. In somatic tissues, New World monkeys express an alternatively spliced form of MCP lacking CCP1. Although retaining complement-regulatory activity, this form is postulated to render these species less susceptible to strains of the measles virus whose hemagglutinin requires CCP1 and CCP2 for attachment. Using PCR, sequencing, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry, we characterized MCP expression in the testes and sperm of two New World monkeys. In these species, sperm express MCP bearing CCP1. The germ cell-specific expression pattern of this domain strongly suggests an evolutionarily conserved role for MCP in fertilization.

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