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Xie M. Virus-Induced Cell Fusion and Syncytia Formation. Results Probl Cell Differ 2024; 71:283-318. [PMID: 37996683 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-37936-9_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Most enveloped viruses encode viral fusion proteins to penetrate host cell by membrane fusion. Interestingly, many enveloped viruses can also use viral fusion proteins to induce cell-cell fusion, both in vitro and in vivo, leading to the formation of syncytia or multinucleated giant cells (MGCs). In addition, some non-enveloped viruses encode specialized viral proteins that induce cell-cell fusion to facilitate viral spread. Overall, viruses that can induce cell-cell fusion are nearly ubiquitous in mammals. Virus cell-to-cell spread by inducing cell-cell fusion may overcome entry and post-entry blocks in target cells and allow evasion of neutralizing antibodies. However, molecular mechanisms of virus-induced cell-cell fusion remain largely unknown. Here, I summarize the current understanding of virus-induced cell fusion and syncytia formation.
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- Maorong Xie
- Division of Infection and Immunity, UCL, London, UK.
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Weiler N, Sampaio KL, Scherer M, Sinzger C. Generation of UL128-shRNA transduced fibroblasts for the release of cell-free virus from clinical human cytomegalovirus isolates. Biotechniques 2023; 75:183-194. [PMID: 37846844 DOI: 10.2144/btn-2023-0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023] Open
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Working with recent isolates of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is complicated by their strictly cell-associated growth with lack of infectivity in the supernatant. Adaptation to cell-free growth is associated with disruption of the viral UL128 gene locus. The authors transduced fibroblasts with a lentiviral vector encoding UL128-specific-shRNA to allow the release of cell-free infectivity without genetic alteration. Transduced cells were cocultured with fibroblasts containing cell-associated isolates, and knockdown of the UL128 protein was validated by immunoblotting. Cell-free infectivity increased 1000-fold in isolate cocultures with UL128-shRNA compared with controls, and virions could be purified by density gradients. Transduced fibroblasts also allowed direct isolation of HCMV from a clinical specimen and cell-free transfer to other cell types. In conclusion, UL128-shRNA-transduced fibroblasts allow applications previously unsuitable for recent isolates.
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- Nina Weiler
- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany
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Zeng J, Cao D, Yang S, Jaijyan DK, Liu X, Wu S, Cruz-Cosme R, Tang Q, Zhu H. Insights into the Transcriptome of Human Cytomegalovirus: A Comprehensive Review. Viruses 2023; 15:1703. [PMID: 37632045 PMCID: PMC10458407 DOI: 10.3390/v15081703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread pathogen that poses significant risks to immunocompromised individuals. Its genome spans over 230 kbp and potentially encodes over 200 open-reading frames. The HCMV transcriptome consists of various types of RNAs, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), circular RNAs (circRNAs), and microRNAs (miRNAs), with emerging insights into their biological functions. HCMV mRNAs are involved in crucial viral processes, such as viral replication, transcription, and translation regulation, as well as immune modulation and other effects on host cells. Additionally, four lncRNAs (RNA1.2, RNA2.7, RNA4.9, and RNA5.0) have been identified in HCMV, which play important roles in lytic replication like bypassing acute antiviral responses, promoting cell movement and viral spread, and maintaining HCMV latency. CircRNAs have gained attention for their important and diverse biological functions, including association with different diseases, acting as microRNA sponges, regulating parental gene expression, and serving as translation templates. Remarkably, HCMV encodes miRNAs which play critical roles in silencing human genes and other functions. This review gives an overview of human cytomegalovirus and current research on the HCMV transcriptome during lytic and latent infection.
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- Janine Zeng
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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- Institute of Pathogenic Organisms, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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Chae S, Kim HS, Cho SY, Nho D, Lee R, Lee DG, Kim M, Kim Y. Genetic Variants Associated with Drug Resistance of Cytomegalovirus in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients. Viruses 2023; 15:1286. [PMID: 37376586 DOI: 10.3390/v15061286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a serious complication in hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) recipients. Drug-resistant strains make it more challenging to treat CMV infection. This study aimed to identify variants associated with CMV drug resistance in HCT recipients and assess their clinical significance. A total of 123 patients with refractory CMV DNAemia out of 2271 HCT patients at the Catholic Hematology Hospital between April 2016 and November 2021 were analyzed, which accounted for 8.6% of the 1428 patients who received pre-emptive therapy. Real-time PCR was used to monitor CMV infection. Direct sequencing was performed to identify drug-resistant variants in UL97 and UL54. Resistance variants were found in 10 (8.1%) patients, and variants of uncertain significance (VUS) were found in 48 (39.0%) patients. Patients with resistance variants had a significantly higher peak CMV viral load than those without (p = 0.015). Patients with any variants had a higher risk of severe graft-versus-host disease and lower one-year survival rates than those without (p = 0.003 and p = 0.044, respectively). Interestingly, the presence of variants reduced the rate of CMV clearance, particularly in patients who did not modify their initial antiviral regimen. However, it had no apparent impact on individuals whose antiviral regimens were changed due to refractoriness. This study highlights the importance of identifying genetic variants associated with CMV drug resistance in HCT recipients for providing appropriate antiviral treatment and predicting patient outcomes.
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- Seungwan Chae
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Genetic Laboratory Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Genetic Laboratory Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Hematology Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Hematology Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Hematology Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Vaccine Bio Research Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Hematology Hospital, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Genetic Laboratory Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
- Catholic Genetic Laboratory Center, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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Spadavecchia A, Cresi F, Leone A, Dell'Oste V, Biolatti M, Galitska G, Coscia A, Deantoni S, Valenza C, Bertino E, Peila C. Replication properties and immunomodulatory effects of human cytomegalovirus infection impact the clinical presentation in congenital patients: A case series. J Clin Virol 2023; 164:105490. [PMID: 37148675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2022] [Revised: 04/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the leading cause of congenital infections resulting in severe morbidity and mortality among newborns worldwide. Although both the host's and the virus' genetic backgrounds contribute to the outcome of infections, significant gaps remain in our understanding of the exact mechanisms that determine disease severity. OBJECTIVES In this study, we sought to identify a correlation between the virological features of different HCMV strains with the clinical and pathological features of congenitally infected newborns, therefore proposing new possible prognostic factors. STUDY DESIGN This short communication presents five newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection, whose clinical phenotype during fetal, neonatal, and follow-up periods is correlated with in-vitro growth properties, immunomodulatory abilities and genome variability of HCMV strains isolated from organic samples (urine) of the patients. RESULTS The five patients described in this short communication displayed a heterogeneous clinical phenotype and different virus replication properties, immunomodulatory abilities, and genetic polymorphisms. Interestingly, we observed that an attenuate viral replication in-vitro influences the immunomodulatory abilities of HCMV, leading to more severe congenital infections and long-term sequelae. Conversely, infection with viruses characterized by aggressive replicative behavior in-vitro resulted in asymptomatic patients' phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this case series suggests the hypothesis that genetic variability and differences in the replicative behavior of HCMV strains result in clinical phenotypes of different severity, most likely due to different immunomodulatory properties of the virus.
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- Alessia Spadavecchia
- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Zhou X, Cimato G, Zhou Y, Frascaroli G, Brune W. A Virus Genetic System to Analyze the Fusogenicity of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B Variants. Viruses 2023; 15:v15040979. [PMID: 37112959 PMCID: PMC10142178 DOI: 10.3390/v15040979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Viruses can induce the fusion of infected and neighboring cells, leading to the formation of syncytia. Cell-cell fusion is mediated by viral fusion proteins on the plasma membrane of infected cells that interact with cellular receptors on neighboring cells. Viruses use this mechanism to spread rapidly to adjacent cells or escape host immunity. For some viruses, syncytium formation is a hallmark of infection and a known pathogenicity factor. For others, the role of syncytium formation in viral dissemination and pathogenicity remains poorly understood. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in transplant patients and the leading cause of congenital infections. Clinical HCMV isolates have broad cell tropism but differ in their ability to induce cell-cell fusions, and little is known about the molecular determinants. We developed a system to analyze HCMV glycoprotein B (gB) variants in a defined genetic background. HCMV strains TB40/E and TR were used as vectors to compare the fusogenicity of six gB variants from congenitally infected fetuses with those from three laboratory strains. Five of them conferred the ability to induce the fusion of MRC-5 human embryonic lung fibroblasts to one or both backbone strains, as determined by a split GFP-luciferase reporter system. The same gB variants were not sufficient to induce syncytia in infected ARPE-19 epithelial cells, suggesting that additional factors are involved. The system described here allows a systematic comparison of the fusogenicity of viral envelope glycoproteins and may help to clarify whether fusion-promoting variants are associated with increased pathogenicity.
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- Xuan Zhou
- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV), 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV), 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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- Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, China
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- Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV), 20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Cadena-Mota S, Muñoz-Escalante JC, Martínez-Rodríguez LE, Bernal-Silva S, Tello-Martínez N, de la Torre-Rodríguez I, Hernández-Sánchez PG, Castillo-Martínez F, Escalante-Padrón F, Lima-Rogel V, González-Ortiz AM, Noyola DE. Incidence of congenital and postnatal cytomegalovirus infection during the first year of life in Mexican preterm infants. J Med Virol 2022; 94:3349-3358. [PMID: 35261048 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cytomegalovirus infection occurs commonly during infancy. Postnatal infection in term infants is usually asymptomatic; however, infection in preterm infants can be associated with clinical manifestations during the neonatal period. Nevertheless, few studies to assess the frequency of cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants have been performed outside of high-income countries. We analyzed the incidence of congenital and postnatal cytomegalovirus infection in a cohort of preterm infants. Cytomegalovirus infection was detected during the neonatal period in four of 178 infants; in three of them the virus was detected during the first three weeks of life and, therefore, congenital infection was confirmed (1.7% incidence). Postnatal infection was detected in 44 (36.4%) of 121 infants who were assessed after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit. Cytomegalovirus infection was significantly associated to duration of breast feeding. In addition, we characterized cytomegalovirus strains detected in infants together with sequences available at GenBank, based on sequences of the UL18 gene. Cytomegalovirus UL18-sequences clustered in five distinct clades (A-E), and sequences obtained from infants in our study were distributed in four of the five clades; 44.4% of these sequences were included in clade E. Breastfeeding duration was shorter in average (5.6 months) in infants with sequences in clade E compared to infants with sequences in the other three clades (8.2 months; P=0.07). In conclusion, we provide information regarding the high incidence of cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants. Further studies are warranted to assess if cytomegalovirus strain characteristics are associated with the risk of infection acquisition during infancy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Sandra Cadena-Mota
- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Viral and Human Genomics Laboratory, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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- Neonatology Department, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosí, México
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- Pediatrics Department, Hospital del Niño y la Mujer "Dr. Alberto López Hermosa", San Luis Potosí, México
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- Microbiology Department, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
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Objective: We determined the prevalence and relationship of glycoprotein B (gB), glycoprotein N (gN), and glycoprotein H (gH) genotypes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in CMV-associated thrombocytopenia (CAP). Methods: CMV gB, gN, and gH strains were determined by nested PCR and restriction length polymorphism from 24 CAP and 20 asymptomatic CMV infected infants. Results: The order of prevalence was gB1 (70.8%,17/24), gN4 (45.8%,11/24) and gH2 (54.2%,13/24). There was a greater prevalence of gB1(75.0%,15/20), gN4(50.0%,10/20) and gN2 (35.0%,7/20) in moderate to severe infection (p = 0.014 and p = 0.003). By logistic regression, gH2 (p = 0.031) had an elevated risk of thrombocytopenia. Reduced risks of thrombocytopenia were associated with gB2 (p = 0.020), gN1 (p = 0.018) and gN3 (p = 0.008). The most virulent were gB1 (p = 0.033) and gN2 (p = 0.038). Conclusions: There may be a potential association between the gH2 genotype of CMV and infantile thrombocytopenia.
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- Hongbo Hu
- Department of Laboratory, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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Reuter N, Kropff B, Britt WJ, Mach M, Thomas M. Neutralizing Antibodies Limit Cell-Associated Spread of Human Cytomegalovirus in Epithelial Cells and Fibroblasts. Viruses 2022; 14:284. [PMID: 35215877 PMCID: PMC8875165 DOI: 10.3390/v14020284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can cause severe clinical disease in immunocompromised individuals, such as allograft recipients and infants infected in utero. Neutralizing activity of antibodies, measured as the ability to prevent the entry of cell-free virus, has been correlated with the reduction in HCMV transmission and the severity of HCMV-associated disease. However, in vivo HCMV amplification may occur mainly via cell-to-cell spread. Thus, quantifying the inhibition of cell-to-cell transmission could be important in the evaluation of therapeutic antibodies and/or humoral responses to infection or immunization. Here, we established a quantitative plaque reduction assay, which allowed for the measurement of the capacity of antibodies to limit HCMV spread in vitro. Using an automated fluorescence spot reader, infection progression was assayed by the expansion of viral plaques during the course of infection with various GFP-expressing viruses. We found that in contrast to non-neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), neutralizing mAbs against both glycoprotein B and H (gB and gH) could significantly inhibit viral plaque expansion of different HCMV strains and was equally efficient in fibroblasts as in epithelial cells. In contrast, an anti-pentamer mAb was active only in epithelial cells. Taken together, our data demonstrate that specific anti-HCMV mAbs can significantly limit cell-associated virus spread in vitro.
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Hu H, Cheng Y, Peng Q, Chen K. Clinical Features, Treatment Courses, and Distribution of Cytomegalovirus Genotypes among Thrombocytopenia Patients Aged Younger than 12 Months. Am J Perinatol 2021; 38:1403-1411. [PMID: 32526777 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and treatment of the cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated thrombocytopenia in infants aged younger than 12 months and to investigate the possible relationship between genotypes of glycoprotein B (gB) and glycoprotein H (gH) and CMV-associated thrombocytopenia. STUDY DESIGN Infants with positive identification of cytomegalovirus (CMV) and thrombocytopenia, being treated at Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital from January 2015 to June 2019 were included. Genotype of gB and gH analysis were done by nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR) and restrictions length polymorphism. RESULTS The prevalence of CMV congenital, perinatal, and postnatal infection were 1.4% (76/5428), 29.1% (378/1301), and 41.8% (243/581), respectively. A total of 29 immunocompetent patients with CMV-associated thrombocytopenia were analyzed, including 7 (9.2%, 7/76) congenital infections, 14 (3.7%, 14/378) perinatal infections, and 8 (3.3%, 8/243) postnatal infections. Platelet count at diagnosis <20 × 109/L was the common hematologic finding of CMV-associated thrombocytopenia in perinatal infection (1/7 congenital infection vs. 10/14 perinatal infection vs. 3/8 postnatal infection, Chi-square (χ2) = 6.616, p = 0.037). Notably, significantly higher frequency of hepatobiliary symptoms was found in congenital and perinatal infections groups (4/7 congenital infection vs. 10/14 perinatal infection vs. 1/8 postnatal infection, χ2 = 7.188, p = 0.027). Intravenous immunoglobulin was prescribed for 24 (82.8%, 24/29) patients, and antiviral agents were prescribed for 9 (31.0%, 9/29) patients. The most prevalent genotypes of CMV in the study were gB1 (60.7%, 17/28) and gH2 (57.1%, 16/28). CONCLUSION There was a substantial percentage of symptomatic CMV infection in patients aged younger than 12 months. Thrombocytopenia is one of the common clinical manifestations in congenital CMV infection. The gB1 genotype had more virulence in infants with acquired CMV infection. There might be an association between gH2 genotype of CMV and CMV-associated thrombocytopenia.
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- Hongbo Hu
- Department of Laboratory, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Laboratory, Wuhan Ninth Hospital, Wuhan, China
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Tang J, Frascaroli G, Zhou X, Knickmann J, Brune W. Cell Fusion and Syncytium Formation in Betaherpesvirus Infection. Viruses 2021; 13:v13101973. [PMID: 34696402 PMCID: PMC8537622 DOI: 10.3390/v13101973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cell–cell fusion is a fundamental and complex process that occurs during reproduction, organ and tissue growth, cancer metastasis, immune response, and infection. All enveloped viruses express one or more proteins that drive the fusion of the viral envelope with cellular membranes. The same proteins can mediate the fusion of the plasma membranes of adjacent cells, leading to the formation of multinucleated syncytia. While cell–cell fusion triggered by alpha- and gammaherpesviruses is well-studied, much less is known about the fusogenic potential of betaherpesviruses such as human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (HHV-6 and HHV-7). These are slow-growing viruses that are highly prevalent in the human population and associated with several diseases, particularly in individuals with an immature or impaired immune system such as fetuses and transplant recipients. While HHV-6 and HHV-7 are strictly lymphotropic, HCMV infects a very broad range of cell types including epithelial, endothelial, mesenchymal, and myeloid cells. Syncytia have been observed occasionally for all three betaherpesviruses, both during in vitro and in vivo infection. Since cell–cell fusion may allow efficient spread to neighboring cells without exposure to neutralizing antibodies and other host immune factors, viral-induced syncytia may be important for viral dissemination, long-term persistence, and pathogenicity. In this review, we provide an overview of the viral and cellular factors and mechanisms identified so far in the process of cell–cell fusion induced by betaherpesviruses and discuss the possible consequences for cellular dysfunction and pathogenesis.
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- Jiajia Tang
- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
- Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
- Correspondence:
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Brenner S, Braun B, Read C, Weil T, Walther P, Schrader T, Münch J, von Einem J. The Molecular Tweezer CLR01 Inhibits Antibody-Resistant Cell-to-Cell Spread of Human Cytomegalovirus. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091685. [PMID: 34578265 PMCID: PMC8472163 DOI: 10.3390/v13091685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) uses two major ways for virus dissemination: infection by cell-free virus and direct cell-to-cell spread. Neutralizing antibodies can efficiently inhibit infection by cell-free virus but mostly fail to prevent cell-to-cell transmission. Here, we show that the ‘molecular tweezer’ CLR01, a broad-spectrum antiviral agent, is not only highly active against infection with cell-free virus but most remarkably inhibits antibody-resistant direct cell-to-cell spread of HCMV. The inhibition of cell-to-cell spread by CLR01 was not limited to HCMV but was also shown for the alphaherpesviruses herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1, -2). CLR01 is a rapid acting small molecule that inhibits HCMV entry at the attachment and penetration steps. Electron microscopy of extracellular virus particles indicated damage of the viral envelope by CLR01, which likely impairs the infectivity of virus particles. The rapid inactivation of viral particles by CLR01, the viral envelope as the main target, and the inhibition of virus entry at different stages are presumably the key to inhibition of cell-free virus infection and cell-to-cell spread by CLR01. Importance: While cell-free spread enables the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and other herpesviruses to transmit between hosts, direct cell-to-cell spread is thought to be more relevant for in vivo dissemination within infected tissues. Cell-to-cell spread is resistant to neutralizing antibodies, thus contributing to the maintenance of virus infection and virus dissemination in the presence of an intact immune system. Therefore, it would be therapeutically interesting to target this mode of spread in order to treat severe HCMV infections and to prevent dissemination of virus within the infected host. The molecular tweezer CLR01 exhibits broad-spectrum antiviral activity against a number of enveloped viruses and efficiently blocks antibody-resistant cell-to-cell spread of HCMV, thus representing a novel class of small molecules with promising antiviral activity.
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- Sina Brenner
- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (S.B.); (B.B.); (C.R.)
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- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (S.B.); (B.B.); (C.R.)
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- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (S.B.); (B.B.); (C.R.)
- Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany;
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (T.W.); (J.M.)
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- Central Facility for Electron Microscopy, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45117 Essen, Germany;
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- Institute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (T.W.); (J.M.)
- Core Facility Functional Peptidomics, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, 89081 Ulm, Germany; (S.B.); (B.B.); (C.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-(0)731-500-65104; Fax: +49-(0)731-500-65102
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Bair CR, Zhang W, Gonzalez G, Kamali A, Stylos D, Blanco JCG, Kajon AE. HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 4 COMPRISES TWO MAJOR PHYLOGROUPS WITH DISTINCT REPLICATIVE FITNESS AND VIRULENCE PHENOTYPES. J Virol 2021;:JVI0109021. [PMID: 34232735 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01090-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human adenovirus type 4 (HAdV-E4) is the only type (and serotype) classified within species Human mastadenovirus E that has been isolated from a human host to the present. Recent phylogenetic analysis of whole genome sequences of strains representing the spectrum of intratypic genetic diversity described to date identified two major evolutionary lineages designated phylogroups (PG) I, and II, and validated the early clustering of HAdV-E4 genomic variants into two major groups by low resolution restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. In this study we expanded our original analysis of intra- and inter-PG genetic variability, and used a panel of viruses representative of the spectrum of genetic diversity described for HAdV-E4 to examine the magnitude of inter- and intra-PG phenotypic diversity using an array of cell-based assays and a cotton rat model of HAdV respiratory infection. Our proteotyping of HAdV-E strains using concatenated protein sequences in selected coding regions including E1A, E1B-19K and -55K, DNA polymerase, L4-100K, various E3 proteins, and E4-34K confirmed that the two clades encode distinct variants/proteotypes at most of these loci. Our in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that PG I and PG II differ in their growth, spread, and cell killing phenotypes in cell culture and in their pulmonary pathogenic phenotypes. Surprisingly, the differences in replicative fitness documented in vitro between PGs did not correlate with the differences in virulence observed in the cotton rat model. This body of work is the first reporting phenotypic correlates of naturally occurring intratypic genetic variability for HAdV-E4. IMPORTANCE Human adenovirus type 4 (HAdV-E4) is a prevalent causative agent of acute respiratory illness of variable severity and of conjunctivitis and comprises two major phylogroups that carry distinct coding variations in proteins involved in viral replication and modulation of host responses to infection. Our data show that PG I and PG II are intrinsically different regarding their ability to grow and spread in culture and to cause pulmonary disease in cotton rats. This is the first report of phenotypic divergence among naturally occurring known genetic variants of a HAdV type of medical importance. This research reveals readily detectable phenotypic differences between strains representing phylogroups I and II, and it introduces a unique experimental system for the elucidation of the genetic basis of adenovirus fitness and virulence and thus for increasing our understanding of the implications of intratypic genetic diversity in the presentation and course of HAdV-E4-associated disease.
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Galitska G, Coscia A, Forni D, Steinbrueck L, De Meo S, Biolatti M, De Andrea M, Cagliani R, Leone A, Bertino E, Schulz T, Santoni A, Landolfo S, Sironi M, Cerboni C, Dell'Oste V. Genetic Variability of Human Cytomegalovirus Clinical Isolates Correlates With Altered Expression of Natural Killer Cell-Activating Ligands and IFN-γ. Front Immunol 2021; 12:532484. [PMID: 33897679 PMCID: PMC8062705 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.532484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection often leads to systemic disease in immunodeficient patients and congenitally infected children. Despite its clinical significance, the exact mechanisms contributing to HCMV pathogenesis and clinical outcomes have yet to be determined. One of such mechanisms involves HCMV-mediated NK cell immune response, which favors viral immune evasion by hindering NK cell-mediated cytolysis. This process appears to be dependent on the extent of HCMV genetic variation as high levels of variability in viral genes involved in immune escape have an impact on viral pathogenesis. However, the link between viral genome variations and their functional effects has so far remained elusive. Thus, here we sought to determine whether inter-host genetic variability of HCMV influences its ability to modulate NK cell responses to infection. For this purpose, five HCMV clinical isolates from a previously characterized cohort of pediatric patients with confirmed HCMV congenital infection were evaluated by next-generation sequencing (NGS) for genetic polymorphisms, phylogenetic relationships, and multiple-strain infection. We report variable levels of genetic characteristics among the selected clinical strains, with moderate variations in genome regions associated with modulation of NK cell functions. Remarkably, we show that different HCMV clinical strains differentially modulate the expression of several ligands for the NK cell-activating receptors NKG2D, DNAM-1/CD226, and NKp30. Specifically, the DNAM-1/CD226 ligand PVR/CD155 appears to be predominantly upregulated by fast-replicating (“aggressive”) HCMV isolates. On the other hand, the NGK2D ligands ULBP2/5/6 are downregulated regardless of the strain used, while other NK cell ligands (i.e., MICA, MICB, ULBP3, Nectin-2/CD112, and B7-H6) are not significantly modulated. Furthermore, we show that IFN-γ; production by NK cells co-cultured with HCMV-infected fibroblasts is directly proportional to the aggressiveness of the HCMV clinical isolates employed. Interestingly, loss of NK cell-modulating genes directed against NK cell ligands appears to be a common feature among the “aggressive” HCMV strains, which also share several gene variants across their genomes. Overall, even though further studies based on a higher number of patients would offer a more definitive scenario, our findings provide novel mechanistic insights into the impact of HCMV genetic variability on NK cell-mediated immune responses.
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- Ganna Galitska
- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Immunopathology, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.,Center for Translational Research on Autoimmune and Allergic Disease - CAAD, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Institute of Virology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Immunopathology, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Scientific Institute IRCCS E. Medea, Bosisio Parini, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Immunopathology, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Pathogenesis of Viral Infections, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Gugliesi F, Pasquero S, Griffante G, Scutera S, Albano C, Pacheco SFC, Riva G, Dell'Oste V, Biolatti M. Human Cytomegalovirus and Autoimmune Diseases: Where Are We? Viruses 2021; 13:260. [PMID: 33567734 DOI: 10.3390/v13020260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the β-subgroup of the herpesvirus family. After the initial infection, the virus establishes latency in poorly differentiated myeloid precursors from where it can reactivate at later times to cause recurrences. In immunocompetent subjects, primary HCMV infection is usually asymptomatic, while in immunocompromised patients, HCMV infection can lead to severe, life-threatening diseases, whose clinical severity parallels the degree of immunosuppression. The existence of a strict interplay between HCMV and the immune system has led many to hypothesize that HCMV could also be involved in autoimmune diseases (ADs). Indeed, signs of active viral infection were later found in a variety of different ADs, such as rheumatological, neurological, enteric disorders, and metabolic diseases. In addition, HCMV infection has been frequently linked to increased production of autoantibodies, which play a driving role in AD progression, as observed in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. Documented mechanisms of HCMV-associated autoimmunity include molecular mimicry, inflammation, and nonspecific B-cell activation. In this review, we summarize the available literature on the various ADs arising from or exacerbating upon HCMV infection, focusing on the potential role of HCMV-mediated immune activation at disease onset.
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Leroy H, Han M, Woottum M, Bracq L, Bouchet J, Xie M, Benichou S. Virus-Mediated Cell-Cell Fusion. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E9644. [PMID: 33348900 PMCID: PMC7767094 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cell-cell fusion between eukaryotic cells is a general process involved in many physiological and pathological conditions, including infections by bacteria, parasites, and viruses. As obligate intracellular pathogens, viruses use intracellular machineries and pathways for efficient replication in their host target cells. Interestingly, certain viruses, and, more especially, enveloped viruses belonging to different viral families and including human pathogens, can mediate cell-cell fusion between infected cells and neighboring non-infected cells. Depending of the cellular environment and tissue organization, this virus-mediated cell-cell fusion leads to the merge of membrane and cytoplasm contents and formation of multinucleated cells, also called syncytia, that can express high amount of viral antigens in tissues and organs of infected hosts. This ability of some viruses to trigger cell-cell fusion between infected cells as virus-donor cells and surrounding non-infected target cells is mainly related to virus-encoded fusion proteins, known as viral fusogens displaying high fusogenic properties, and expressed at the cell surface of the virus-donor cells. Virus-induced cell-cell fusion is then mediated by interactions of these viral fusion proteins with surface molecules or receptors involved in virus entry and expressed on neighboring non-infected cells. Thus, the goal of this review is to give an overview of the different animal virus families, with a more special focus on human pathogens, that can trigger cell-cell fusion.
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- Héloïse Leroy
- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016, 75014 Paris, France; (H.L.); (M.H.); (M.W.)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR8104, 75014 Paris, France
- Faculty of Health, University of Paris, 75014 Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016, 75014 Paris, France; (H.L.); (M.H.); (M.W.)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR8104, 75014 Paris, France
- Faculty of Health, University of Paris, 75014 Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016, 75014 Paris, France; (H.L.); (M.H.); (M.W.)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR8104, 75014 Paris, France
- Faculty of Health, University of Paris, 75014 Paris, France
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- Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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- Laboratory Orofacial Pathologies, Imaging and Biotherapies UR2496, University of Paris, 92120 Montrouge, France;
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK;
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- Institut Cochin, Inserm U1016, 75014 Paris, France; (H.L.); (M.H.); (M.W.)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, UMR8104, 75014 Paris, France
- Faculty of Health, University of Paris, 75014 Paris, France
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Arcuri LJ, Schirmer M, Colares M, Maradei S, Tavares R, Moreira MCR, Araujo RDC, Lerner D, Pacheco AGF. Impact of Anti-CMV IgG Titers and CD34 Count Prior to Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Alternative Donors on CMV reactivation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 2020; 26:e275-e279. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2020.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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De Meo S, Dell'Oste V, Molfetta R, Tassinari V, Lotti LV, Vespa S, Pignoloni B, Covino DA, Fantuzzi L, Bona R, Zingoni A, Nardone I, Biolatti M, Coscia A, Paolini R, Benkirane M, Edfors F, Sandalova T, Achour A, Hiscott J, Landolfo S, Santoni A, Cerboni C. SAMHD1 phosphorylation and cytoplasmic relocalization after human cytomegalovirus infection limits its antiviral activity. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008855. [PMID: 32986788 PMCID: PMC7544099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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SAMHD1 is a host restriction factor that functions to restrict both retroviruses and DNA viruses, based on its nuclear deoxynucleotide triphosphate (dNTP) hydrolase activity that limits availability of intracellular dNTP pools. In the present study, we demonstrate that SAMHD1 expression was increased following human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection, with only a modest effect on infectious virus production. SAMHD1 was rapidly phosphorylated at residue T592 after infection by cellular cyclin-dependent kinases, especially Cdk2, and by the viral kinase pUL97, resulting in a significant fraction of phosho-SAMHD1 being relocalized to the cytoplasm of infected fibroblasts, in association with viral particles and dense bodies. Thus, our findings indicate that HCMV-dependent SAMHD1 cytoplasmic delocalization and inactivation may represent a potential novel mechanism of HCMV evasion from host antiviral restriction activities.
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- Simone De Meo
- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of General Pathology, Center of Aging Science and Translational Medicine (CeSI-MeT) and Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neonatal Unit, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS-Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Istituto Pasteur Italia-Cenci Bolognetti Foundation, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS, Neuromed, Pozzilli, Isernia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Schultz EP, Lanchy JM, Day LZ, Yu Q, Peterson C, Preece J, Ryckman BJ. Specialization for Cell-Free or Cell-to-Cell Spread of BAC-Cloned Human Cytomegalovirus Strains Is Determined by Factors beyond the UL128-131 and RL13 Loci. J Virol 2020; 94:e00034-20. [PMID: 32321807 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00034-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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It is widely held that clinical isolates of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) are highly cell associated, and mutations affecting the UL128-131 and RL13 loci that arise in culture lead to the appearance of a cell-free spread phenotype. The bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) clone Merlin (ME) expresses abundant UL128-131, is RL13 impaired, and produces low infectivity virions in fibroblasts, whereas TB40/e (TB) and TR are low in UL128-131, are RL13 intact, and produce virions of much higher infectivity. Despite these differences, quantification of spread by flow cytometry revealed remarkably similar spread efficiencies in fibroblasts. In epithelial cells, ME spread more efficiently, consistent with robust UL128-131 expression. Strikingly, ME spread far better than did TB or TR in the presence of neutralizing antibodies on both cell types, indicating that ME is not simply deficient at cell-free spread but is particularly efficient at cell-to-cell spread, whereas TB and TR cell-to-cell spread is poor. Sonically disrupted ME-infected cells contained scant infectivity, suggesting that the efficient cell-to-cell spread mechanism of ME depends on features of the intact cells such as junctions or intracellular trafficking processes. Even when UL128-131 was transcriptionally repressed, cell-to-cell spread of ME was still more efficient than that of TB or TR. Moreover, RL13 expression comparably reduced both cell-free and cell-to-cell spread of all three strains, suggesting that it acts at a stage of assembly and/or egress common to both routes of spread. Thus, HCMV strains can be highly specialized for either for cell-free or cell-to-cell spread, and these phenotypes are determined by factors beyond the UL128-131 or RL13 loci.IMPORTANCE Both cell-free and cell-to-cell spread are likely important for the natural biology of HCMV. In culture, strains clearly differ in their capacity for cell-free spread as a result of differences in the quantity and infectivity of extracellular released progeny. However, it has been unclear whether "cell-associated" phenotypes are simply the result of poor cell-free spread or are indicative of particularly efficient cell-to-cell spread mechanisms. By measuring the kinetics of spread at early time points, we were able to show that HCMV strains can be highly specialized to either cell-free or cell-to-cell mechanisms, and this was not strictly linked the efficiency of cell-free spread. Our results provide a conceptual approach to evaluating intervention strategies for their ability to limit cell-free or cell-to-cell spread as independent processes.
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Tang J, Frascaroli G, Lebbink RJ, Ostermann E, Brune W. Human cytomegalovirus glycoprotein B variants affect viral entry, cell fusion, and genome stability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:18021-30. [PMID: 31427511 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907447116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), like many other DNA viruses, can cause genome instability and activate a DNA damage response (DDR). Activation of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), a kinase activated by DNA breaks, is a hallmark of the HCMV-induced DDR. Here we investigated the activation of caspase-2, an initiator caspase activated in response to DNA damage and supernumerary centrosomes. Of 7 HCMV strains tested, only strain AD169 activated caspase-2 in infected fibroblasts. Treatment with an ATM inhibitor or inactivation of PIDD or RAIDD inhibited caspase-2 activation, indicating that caspase-2 was activated by the PIDDosome. A set of chimeric HCMV strains was used to identify the genetic basis of this phenotype. Surprisingly, we found a single nucleotide polymorphism within the AD169 UL55 ORF, resulting in a D275Y amino acid exchange within glycoprotein B (gB), to be responsible for caspase-2 activation. As gB is an envelope glycoprotein required for fusion with host cell membranes, we tested whether gB(275Y) altered viral entry into fibroblasts. While entry of AD169 expressing gB(275D) proceeded slowly and could be blocked by a macropinocytosis inhibitor, entry of wild-type AD169 expressing gB(275Y) proceeded more rapidly, presumably by envelope fusion with the plasma membrane. Moreover, gB(275Y) caused the formation of syncytia with numerous centrosomes, suggesting that cell fusion triggered caspase-2 activation. These results suggest that gB variants with increased fusogenicity accelerate viral entry, cause cell fusion, and thereby compromise genome stability. They further suggest the ATM-PIDDosome-caspase-2 signaling axis alerts the cell of potentially dangerous cell fusion.
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is the leading viral cause of congenital birth defects and is responsible for morbidity and mortality in immunosuppressed individuals. Considerable efforts have been deployed over the last decade to develop a vaccine capable of preventing HCMV infection. However, in recent clinical trials, vaccines showed at best modest efficacy in preventing infection. These findings might be explained by the high level of sequence polymorphism at the genomic level. To investigate if genomic variation also leads to antigenic variation, we performed a bioinformatic sequence analysis and evaluated the percentage of conservation at the amino acid level of all the proteins present in the virion envelope. Using more than two hundred sequences per envelope glycoprotein and analyzing their degree of conservation, we observe that antigenic variation is in large part limited to three proteins. In addition, we demonstrate that the two leading vaccine candidates, the pentamer and gB complexes, are well conserved at the amino acid level. These results suggest that despite genomic polymorphism, antigenic variability is not involved in the modest efficacy observed in the recent clinical trials for a HCMV vaccine. We therefore propose that next-generation vaccines should focus on stabilizing and refining the gB domains needed to induce a protective humoral response.
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- Mathilde Foglierini
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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