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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-09-21
    Description: The Alphavirus genus of the family Togaviridae contains mosquito-vectored viruses that primarily cause either arthritogenic disease or acute encephalitis. North American eastern equine encephalitis virus (NA-EEEV) is uniquely neurovirulent among encephalitic alphaviruses, causing mortality in a majority of symptomatic cases and neurological sequelae in many survivors. Unlike many alphaviruses, NA-EEEV infection of mice yields limited signs of febrile illness typically associated with lymphoid tissue replication. Rather, signs of brain infection, including seizures, are prominent. Use of heparan sulfate (HS) as an attachment receptor increases the neurovirulence of cell culture-adapted strains of Sindbis virus, an arthritogenic alphavirus. However, this receptor is not known to be used by naturally circulating alphaviruses. We demonstrate that wild-type NA-EEEV strain FL91-4679 uses HS as an attachment receptor and that the amino acid sequence of its E2 attachment protein is identical to those of natural isolates sequenced by RT-PCR amplification of field samples. This finding unequivocally confirms the use of HS receptors by naturally circulating NA-EEEV strains. Inactivation of the major HS binding domain in NA-EEEV E2 demonstrated that the HS binding increased brain replication and neurologic disease but reduced lymphoid tissue replication, febrile illness signs, and cytokine/chemokine induction in mice. We propose that HS binding by natural NA-EEEV strains alters tropism in vivo to antagonize/evade immune responses, and the extreme neurovirulence of wild-type NA-EEEV may be a consequence. Therefore, reinvestigation of HS binding by this and other arboviruses is warranted.
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Publication Date: 2013-12-20
    Description: Currently, there is little evidence for a notable role of the vertebrate microRNA (miRNA) system in the pathogenesis of RNA viruses. This is primarily attributed to the ease with which these viruses mutate to disrupt recognition and growth suppression by host miRNAs. Here we report that the haematopoietic-cell-specific miRNA miR-142-3p potently restricts the replication of the mosquito-borne North American eastern equine encephalitis virus in myeloid-lineage cells by binding to sites in the 3' non-translated region of its RNA genome. However, by limiting myeloid cell tropism and consequent innate immunity induction, this restriction directly promotes neurologic disease manifestations characteristic of eastern equine encephalitis virus infection in humans. Furthermore, the region containing the miR-142-3p binding sites is essential for efficient virus infection of mosquito vectors. We propose that RNA viruses can adapt to use antiviral properties of vertebrate miRNAs to limit replication in particular cell types and that this restriction can lead to exacerbation of disease severity.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349380/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4349380/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Trobaugh, Derek W -- Gardner, Christina L -- Sun, Chengqun -- Haddow, Andrew D -- Wang, Eryu -- Chapnik, Elik -- Mildner, Alexander -- Weaver, Scott C -- Ryman, Kate D -- Klimstra, William B -- AI049820-10/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI060525-08/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI083383/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI095436/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI083383/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI095436/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 AI060525/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U54 AI081680/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2014 Feb 13;506(7487):245-8. doi: 10.1038/nature12869. Epub 2013 Dec 18.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. ; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555, USA. ; Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. ; Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24352241" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 3' Untranslated Regions/genetics ; Alphavirus Infections/immunology/pathology/virology ; Animals ; Binding Sites/genetics ; Cell Line ; Cricetinae ; Culicidae/virology ; Disease Models, Animal ; Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine/genetics/growth & ; development/*immunology/*pathogenicity ; Female ; *Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology ; *Immune Evasion/genetics ; Immunity, Innate/genetics/*immunology ; Insect Vectors/virology ; Male ; Mice ; MicroRNAs/*genetics/metabolism ; Myeloid Cells/immunology/virology ; Organ Specificity ; Virus Replication/genetics/immunology
    Print ISSN: 0028-0836
    Electronic ISSN: 1476-4687
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Publication Date: 2011-09-06
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
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    Publication Date: 2014-04-14
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    Publication Date: 2014-04-23
    Description: Worldwide, mosquito-borne alphaviruses are a major cause of infectious arthritis-like disease, but this has not yet significantly impacted the Americas (1). The arthritogenic alphaviruses include Ross River virus (RRV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Sindbis-like viruses (SINV), Barmah Forest virus (BFV), Mayaro virus (MAYV), and o’nyong-nyong virus (ONNV), which are typically found...
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