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Sutherland DM, Strebl M, Koehler M, Welsh OL, Yu X, Hu L, dos Santos Natividade R, Knowlton JJ, Taylor GM, Moreno RA, Wörz P, Lonergan ZR, Aravamudhan P, Guzman-Cardozo C, Kour S, Pandey UB, Alsteens D, Wang Z, Prasad BVV, Stehle T, Dermody TS. NgR1 binding to reovirus reveals an unusual bivalent interaction and a new viral attachment protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2219404120. [PMID: 37276413 PMCID: PMC10268256 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2219404120] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Nogo-66 receptor 1 (NgR1) binds a variety of structurally dissimilar ligands in the adult central nervous system to inhibit axon extension. Disruption of ligand binding to NgR1 and subsequent signaling can improve neuron outgrowth, making NgR1 an important therapeutic target for diverse neurological conditions such as spinal crush injuries and Alzheimer's disease. Human NgR1 serves as a receptor for mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus), but the mechanism of virus-receptor engagement is unknown. To elucidate how NgR1 mediates cell binding and entry of reovirus, we defined the affinity of interaction between virus and receptor, determined the structure of the virus-receptor complex, and identified residues in the receptor required for virus binding and infection. These studies revealed that central NgR1 surfaces form a bridge between two copies of viral capsid protein σ3, establishing that σ3 serves as a receptor ligand for reovirus. This unusual binding interface produces high-avidity interactions between virus and receptor to prime early entry steps. These studies refine models of reovirus cell-attachment and highlight the evolution of viruses to engage multiple receptors using distinct capsid components.
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Affiliation(s)
- Danica M. Sutherland
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, D-72076Tübingen, Germany
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, D-72076Tübingen, Germany
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- Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN37232
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA15261
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, 1348Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Children’s Neuroscience Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
- Walloon Excellence in Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 1300Wavre, Belgium
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX77030
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- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, D-72076Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15224
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA15219
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Shang P, Simpson JD, Taylor GM, Sutherland DM, Welsh OL, Aravamudhan P, Natividade RDS, Schwab K, Michel JJ, Poholek AC, Wu Y, Rajasundaram D, Koehler M, Alsteens D, Dermody TS. Paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B is an entry receptor for mammalian orthoreovirus. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2615. [PMID: 37147336 PMCID: PMC10163058 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38327-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus) infects most mammals and is associated with celiac disease in humans. In mice, reovirus infects the intestine and disseminates systemically to cause serotype-specific patterns of disease in the brain. To identify receptors conferring reovirus serotype-dependent neuropathogenesis, we conducted a genome-wide CRISPRa screen and identified paired immunoglobulin-like receptor B (PirB) as a receptor candidate. Ectopic expression of PirB allowed reovirus binding and infection. PirB extracelluar D3D4 region is required for reovirus attachment and infectivity. Reovirus binds to PirB with nM affinity as determined by single molecule force spectroscopy. Efficient reovirus endocytosis requires PirB signaling motifs. In inoculated mice, PirB is required for maximal replication in the brain and full neuropathogenicity of neurotropic serotype 3 (T3) reovirus. In primary cortical neurons, PirB expression contributes to T3 reovirus infectivity. Thus, PirB is an entry receptor for reovirus and contributes to T3 reovirus replication and pathogenesis in the murine brain.
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- Pengcheng Shang
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- WELBIO Department, WEL Research Institute, Wavre, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Lentscher AJ, McAllister N, Griswold KA, Martin JL, Welsh OL, Sutherland DM, Silva LA, Dermody TS. Chikungunya Virus Vaccine Candidate Incorporating Synergistic Mutations Is Attenuated and Protects Against Virulent Virus Challenge. J Infect Dis 2023; 227:457-465. [PMID: 35196388 PMCID: PMC10152497 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that periodically emerges to cause large epidemics of arthritic disease. Although the robust immunity elicited by live-attenuated virus (LAV) vaccine candidates makes them attractive, CHIKV vaccine development has been hampered by a high threshold for acceptable adverse events. METHODS We evaluated the vaccine potential of a recently described LAV, skeletal muscle-restricted virus (SKE), that exhibits diminished replication in skeletal muscle due to insertion of target sequences for skeletal muscle-specific miR-206. We also evaluated whether these target sequences could augment safety of an LAV encoding a known attenuating mutation, E2 G82R. Attenuation of viruses containing these mutations was compared with a double mutant, SKE G82R. RESULTS SKE was attenuated in both immunodeficient and immunocompetent mice and induced a robust neutralizing antibody response, indicating its vaccine potential. However, only SKE G82R elicited diminished swelling in immunocompetent mice at early time points postinoculation, indicating that these mutations synergistically enhance safety of the vaccine candidate. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that restriction of LAV replication in skeletal muscle enhances tolerability of reactogenic vaccine candidates and may improve the rational design of CHIKV vaccines.
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- Anthony J Lentscher
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, Seton Hill University, Greenburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Aravamudhan P, Guzman-Cardozo C, Urbanek K, Welsh OL, Konopka-Anstadt JL, Sutherland DM, Dermody TS. The Murine Neuronal Receptor NgR1 Is Dispensable for Reovirus Pathogenesis. J Virol 2022; 96:e0005522. [PMID: 35353001 PMCID: PMC9044964 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00055-22] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Engagement of host receptors is essential for viruses to enter target cells and initiate infection. Expression patterns of receptors in turn dictate host range, tissue tropism, and disease pathogenesis during infection. Mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus) displays serotype-dependent patterns of tropism in the murine central nervous system (CNS) that are dictated by the viral attachment protein σ1. However, the receptor that mediates reovirus CNS tropism is unknown. Two proteinaceous receptors have been identified for reovirus, junctional adhesion molecule A (JAM-A) and Nogo-66 receptor 1 (NgR1). Engagement of JAM-A is required for reovirus hematogenous dissemination but is dispensable for neural spread and infection of the CNS. To determine whether NgR1 functions in reovirus neuropathogenesis, we compared virus replication and disease in wild-type (WT) and NgR1-/- mice. Genetic ablation of NgR1 did not alter reovirus replication in the intestine or transmission to the brain following peroral inoculation. Viral titers in neural tissues following intramuscular inoculation, which provides access to neural dissemination routes, also were comparable in WT and NgR1-/- mice, suggesting that NgR1 is dispensable for reovirus neural spread to the CNS. The absence of NgR1 also did not alter reovirus replication, neural tropism, and virulence following direct intracranial inoculation. In agreement with these findings, we found that the human but not the murine homolog of NgR1 functions as a receptor and confers efficient reovirus binding and infection of nonsusceptible cells in vitro. Thus, neither JAM-A nor NgR1 is required for reovirus CNS tropism in mice, suggesting that other unidentified receptors support this function. IMPORTANCE Viruses engage diverse molecules on host cell surfaces to navigate barriers, gain cell entry, and establish infection. Despite discovery of several reovirus receptors, host factors responsible for reovirus neurotropism are unknown. Human NgR1 functions as a reovirus receptor in vitro and is expressed in CNS neurons in a pattern overlapping reovirus tropism. We used mice lacking NgR1 to test whether NgR1 functions as a reovirus neural receptor. Following different routes of inoculation, we found that murine NgR1 is dispensable for reovirus dissemination to the CNS, tropism and replication in the brain, and resultant disease. Concordantly, expression of human but not murine NgR1 confers reovirus binding and infection of nonsusceptible cells in vitro. These results highlight species-specific use of alternate receptors by reovirus. A detailed understanding of species- and tissue-specific factors that dictate viral tropism will inform development of antiviral interventions and targeted gene delivery and therapeutic viral vectors.
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- Pavithra Aravamudhan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mohammed D, Koehler M, Dumitru AC, Aravamudhan P, Sutherland DM, Dermody TS, Alsteens D. Altered Glycan Expression on Breast Cancer Cells Facilitates Infection by T3 Seroptype Oncolytic Reovirus. Nano Lett 2021; 21:9720-9728. [PMID: 34762801 PMCID: PMC8631336 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03608] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. Although current therapies have increased survival rates for some breast cancer types, other aggressive invasive breast cancers remain difficult to treat. As the onset of breast cancer is often associated with the appearance of extracellular markers, these could be used to better target therapeutic agents. Here, we demonstrated by nanobiophysical approaches that overexpression of α-sialylated glycans in breast cancer provides an opportunity to combat cancer cells with oncolytic reoviruses. Notably, a correlation between cellular glycan expression and the mechanical properties of reovirus attachment and infection is observed in a serotype-dependent manner. Furthermore, we enhance the infectivity of reoviruses in malignant cells by the coinjection of α-sialylated glycans. In conclusion, this study supports both the use of reoviruses as an oncolytic agent in nanomedicine and the role of α-sialylated glycans as adjuvants in oncolysis, offering new perspective in oncolytic cancer therapy.
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- Danahe Mohammed
- Louvain
Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (LIBST), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain
Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (LIBST), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Louvain
Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (LIBST), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Department
of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, 4401
Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
- Institute
of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
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- Department
of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, 4401
Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
- Institute
of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
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- Department
of Pediatrics and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
- Institute
of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15224 Pennsylvania United States
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- Louvain
Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology (LIBST), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Walloon
Excellence in Life sciences and Biotechnology (WELBIO), 1300 Wavre, Belgium
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Guo Y, Hinchman MM, Lewandrowski M, Cross ST, Sutherland DM, Welsh OL, Dermody TS, Parker JSL. The multi-functional reovirus σ3 protein is a virulence factor that suppresses stress granule formation and is associated with myocardial injury. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009494. [PMID: 34237110 PMCID: PMC8291629 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The mammalian orthoreovirus double-stranded (ds) RNA-binding protein σ3 is a multifunctional protein that promotes viral protein synthesis and facilitates viral entry and assembly. The dsRNA-binding capacity of σ3 correlates with its capacity to prevent dsRNA-mediated activation of protein kinase R (PKR). However, the effect of σ3 binding to dsRNA during viral infection is largely unknown. To identify functions of σ3 dsRNA-binding activity during reovirus infection, we engineered a panel of thirteen σ3 mutants and screened them for the capacity to bind dsRNA. Six mutants were defective in dsRNA binding, and mutations in these constructs cluster in a putative dsRNA-binding region on the surface of σ3. Two recombinant viruses expressing these σ3 dsRNA-binding mutants, K287T and R296T, display strikingly different phenotypes. In a cell-type dependent manner, K287T, but not R296T, replicates less efficiently than wild-type (WT) virus. In cells in which K287T virus demonstrates a replication deficit, PKR activation occurs and abundant stress granules (SGs) are formed at late times post-infection. In contrast, the R296T virus retains the capacity to suppress activation of PKR and does not mediate formation of SGs at late times post-infection. These findings indicate that σ3 inhibits PKR independently of its capacity to bind dsRNA. In infected mice, K287T produces lower viral titers in the spleen, liver, lungs, and heart relative to WT or R296T. Moreover, mice inoculated with WT or R296T viruses develop myocarditis, whereas those inoculated with K287T do not. Overall, our results indicate that σ3 functions to suppress PKR activation and subsequent SG formation during viral infection and that these functions correlate with virulence in mice. The σ3 protein of mammalian orthoreoviruses is a double-stranded RNA binding protein that has classically been thought to function by scavenging dsRNA within infected cells and thus prevents activation of cellular sensors of dsRNA such as the kinase PKR. Here we used mutagenesis to identify the region of σ3 responsible for binding dsRNA. Characterization of mutant viruses expressing σ3 proteins incapable of binding dsRNA show that contrary to expectation, dsRNA binding is not required for σ3-mediated inhibition of PKR. We show that one mutant virus (R296T) despite being deficient in dsRNA-binding can inhibit PKR and replicates similar to WT virus. In contrast, another mutant virus (K287T) that bears a σ3 protein that cannot prevent dsRNA-mediated activation of PKR induces stress granules in infected cells and replicates less efficiently than WT virus. In vivo, the K287T mutant is attenuated in its replication and unlike WT virus and the R296T mutant virus does not cause heart disease (myocarditis).
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- Yingying Guo
- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Glover KKM, Sutherland DM, Dermody TS, Coombs KM. A Single Point Mutation, Asn 16→Lys, Dictates the Temperature-Sensitivity of the Reovirus tsG453 Mutant. Viruses 2021; 13:v13020289. [PMID: 33673179 PMCID: PMC7917769 DOI: 10.3390/v13020289] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Studies of conditionally lethal mutants can help delineate the structure-function relationships of biomolecules. Temperature-sensitive (ts) mammalian reovirus (MRV) mutants were isolated and characterized many years ago. Two of the most well-defined MRV ts mutants are tsC447, which contains mutations in the S2 gene encoding viral core protein σ2, and tsG453, which contains mutations in the S4 gene encoding major outer-capsid protein σ3. Because many MRV ts mutants, including both tsC447 and tsG453, encode multiple amino acid substitutions, the specific amino acid substitutions responsible for the ts phenotype are unknown. We used reverse genetics to recover recombinant reoviruses containing the single amino acid polymorphisms present in ts mutants tsC447 and tsG453 and assessed the recombinant viruses for temperature-sensitivity by efficiency-of-plating assays. Of the three amino acid substitutions in the tsG453 S4 gene, Asn16-Lys was solely responsible for the tsG453ts phenotype. Additionally, the mutant tsC447 Ala188-Val mutation did not induce a temperature-sensitive phenotype. This study is the first to employ reverse genetics to identify the dominant amino acid substitutions responsible for the tsC447 and tsG453 mutations and relate these substitutions to respective phenotypes. Further studies of other MRV ts mutants are warranted to define the sequence polymorphisms responsible for temperature sensitivity.
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- Kathleen K. M. Glover
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Room 543 Basic Medical Sciences Building, 745 Bannatyne Avenue, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E OJ9, Canada;
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA; (D.M.S.); (T.S.D.)
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA; (D.M.S.); (T.S.D.)
- Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Room 543 Basic Medical Sciences Building, 745 Bannatyne Avenue, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E OJ9, Canada;
- Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology, 715 McDermot Avenue, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-204-789-3976
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Aravamudhan P, Raghunathan K, Konopka-Anstadt J, Pathak A, Sutherland DM, Carter BD, Dermody TS. Reovirus uses macropinocytosis-mediated entry and fast axonal transport to infect neurons. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008380. [PMID: 32109948 PMCID: PMC7065821 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Several barriers protect the central nervous system (CNS) from pathogen invasion. Yet viral infections of the CNS are common and often debilitating. Understanding how neurotropic viruses co-opt host machinery to overcome challenges to neuronal entry and transmission is important to combat these infections. Neurotropic reovirus disseminates through neural routes and invades the CNS to cause lethal encephalitis in newborn animals. To define mechanisms of reovirus neuronal entry and directional transport, we used primary neuron cultures, which reproduce in vivo infection patterns displayed by different reovirus serotypes. Treatment of neurons with small-molecule inhibitors of different endocytic uptake pathways allowed us to discover that the cellular machinery mediating macropinocytosis is required for reovirus neuronal entry. This mechanism of reovirus entry differs from clathrin-mediated endocytosis, which is used by reovirus to invade non-neuronal cells. Analysis of reovirus transport and release from isolated soma or axonal termini of neurons cultivated in microfluidic devices indicates that reovirus is capable of retrograde but only limited anterograde neuronal transmission. The dynamics of retrograde reovirus movement are consistent with fast axonal transport coordinated by dynein along microtubules. Further analysis of viral transport revealed that multiple virions are transported together in axons within non-acidified vesicles. Reovirus-containing vesicles acidify after reaching the soma, where disassembly of virions and release of the viral core into the cytoplasm initiates replication. These results define mechanisms of reovirus neuronal entry and transport and establish a foundation to identify common host factors used by neuroinvasive viruses. Furthermore, our findings emphasize consideration of cell type-specific entry mechanisms in the tailored design of neurotropic viruses as tracers, oncolytic agents, and delivery vectors. Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) cause a significant health burden globally and compel a better mechanistic understanding of neural invasion by viruses to develop effective interventions. Neurotropic reovirus disseminates through neural routes to infect the CNS and serves as a tractable model to study neural invasion by viruses. Despite knowledge of reovirus neurotropism for decades, mechanisms mediating reovirus neuronal infection remain undefined. We used primary neurons cultured in microfluidic devices to study entry and directional transport of reovirus. We discovered that reovirus uses macropinocytosis for neuronal entry as opposed to the use of a clathrin-mediated pathway in non-neuronal cells. We are unaware of another virus using macropinocytosis to enter neurons. Following internalization, reovirus spreads in the retrograde direction using dynein-mediated fast axonal transport but exhibits limited anterograde spread. We further demonstrate that reovirus disassembly and replication occur in the neuronal soma subsequent to axonal transport. Remarkably, these entry and transport mechanisms mirror those used by misfolded proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Our findings establish the mechanics of reovirus neuronal uptake and spread and provide clues about therapeutic targets to limit neuropathology inflicted by pathogens and misfolded proteins.
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- Pavithra Aravamudhan
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Tenorio R, Fernández de Castro I, Knowlton JJ, Zamora PF, Sutherland DM, Risco C, Dermody TS. Function, Architecture, and Biogenesis of Reovirus Replication Neoorganelles. Viruses 2019; 11:v11030288. [PMID: 30901959 PMCID: PMC6466366 DOI: 10.3390/v11030288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Most viruses that replicate in the cytoplasm of host cells form neoorganelles that serve as sites of viral genome replication and particle assembly. These highly specialized structures concentrate viral proteins and nucleic acids, prevent the activation of cell-intrinsic defenses, and coordinate the release of progeny particles. Reoviruses are common pathogens of mammals that have been linked to celiac disease and show promise for oncolytic applications. These viruses form nonenveloped, double-shelled virions that contain ten segments of double-stranded RNA. Replication organelles in reovirus-infected cells are nucleated by viral nonstructural proteins µNS and σNS. Both proteins partition the endoplasmic reticulum to form the matrix of these structures. The resultant membranous webs likely serve to anchor viral RNA⁻protein complexes for the replication of the reovirus genome and the assembly of progeny virions. Ongoing studies of reovirus replication organelles will advance our knowledge about the strategies used by viruses to commandeer host biosynthetic pathways and may expose new targets for therapeutic intervention against diverse families of pathogenic viruses.
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- Raquel Tenorio
- Cell Structure Laboratory, National Center for Biotechnology, CNB-CSIC, Cantoblanco Campus, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Cell Structure Laboratory, National Center for Biotechnology, CNB-CSIC, Cantoblanco Campus, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
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- Cell Structure Laboratory, National Center for Biotechnology, CNB-CSIC, Cantoblanco Campus, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
- Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
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Wu AG, Pruijssers AJ, Brown JJ, Stencel-Baerenwald JE, Sutherland DM, Iskarpatyoti JA, Dermody TS. Age-dependent susceptibility to reovirus encephalitis in mice is influenced by maturation of the type-I interferon response. Pediatr Res 2018; 83:1057-1066. [PMID: 29364865 PMCID: PMC5959747 DOI: 10.1038/pr.2018.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BackgroundInfants and young children are particularly susceptible to viral encephalitis; however, the mechanisms are unknown. We determined the age-dependent contribution of innate and adaptive immune functions to reovirus-induced encephalitis in mice.MethodsNewborn wild-type mice, 2-20 days of age, were inoculated with reovirus or diluent and monitored for mortality, weight gain, and viral load. Four- and fifteen-day-old IFNAR-/- and RAG2-/- mice were inoculated with reovirus and similarly monitored.ResultsWeight gain was impaired in mice inoculated with reovirus at 8 days of age or less. Clinical signs of encephalitis were detected in mice inoculated at 10 days of age or less. Mortality decreased when mice were inoculated after 6 days of age. Survival was ≤15% in wild type (WT), RAG2-/-, and IFNAR-/- mice inoculated at 4 days of age. All WT mice, 92% of RAG2-/- mice, and only 48% of IFNAR-/- mice survived following inoculation at 15 days of age.ConclusionsSusceptibility of mice to reovirus-induced disease decreases between 6 and 8 days of age. Enhanced reovirus virulence in IFNAR-/- mice relative to WT and RAG2-/- mice inoculated at 15 days of age suggests that maturation of the type-I interferon response contributes to age-related mortality following reovirus infection.
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- Allen G. Wu
- Departments of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Departments of Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Departments of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
- Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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Viruses are constantly engaged in a molecular arms race with the host, where efficient and tactical use of cellular receptors benefits critical steps in infection. Receptor use dictates initiation, establishment, and spread of viral infection to new tissues and hosts. Mammalian orthoreoviruses (reoviruses) are pervasive pathogens that use multiple receptors to overcome protective host barriers to disseminate from sites of initial infection and cause disease in young mammals. In particular, reovirus invades the central nervous system (CNS) with serotype-dependent tropism and disease. A single viral gene, encoding the attachment protein σ1, segregates with distinct patterns of CNS injury. Despite the identification and characterization of several reovirus receptors, host factors that dictate tropism via interaction with σ1 remain undefined. Here, we summarize the state of the reovirus receptor field and discuss open questions toward understanding how the reovirus attachment protein dictates CNS tropism.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Konopka-Anstadt JL, Mainou BA, Sutherland DM, Sekine Y, Strittmatter SM, Dermody TS. The Nogo receptor NgR1 mediates infection by mammalian reovirus. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 15:681-91. [PMID: 24922571 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Neurotropic viruses, including mammalian reovirus, must disseminate from an initial site of replication to the central nervous system (CNS), often binding multiple receptors to facilitate systemic spread. Reovirus engages junctional adhesion molecule A (JAM-A) to disseminate hematogenously. However, JAM-A is dispensable for reovirus replication in the CNS. We demonstrate that reovirus binds Nogo receptor NgR1, a leucine-rich repeat protein expressed in the CNS, to infect neurons. Expression of NgR1 confers reovirus binding and infection of nonsusceptible cells. Incubating reovirus virions with soluble NgR1 neutralizes infectivity. Blocking NgR1 on transfected cells or primary cortical neurons abrogates reovirus infection. Concordantly, reovirus infection is ablated in primary cortical neurons derived from NgR1 null mice. Reovirus virions bind to soluble JAM-A and NgR1, while infectious disassembly intermediates (ISVPs) bind only to JAM-A. These results suggest that reovirus uses different capsid components to bind distinct cell-surface molecules, engaging independent receptors to facilitate spread and tropism.
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- Jennifer L Konopka-Anstadt
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, and Repair, Departments of Neurobiology and Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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- Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, and Repair, Departments of Neurobiology and Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Fites JS, Ramsey JP, Holden WM, Collier SP, Sutherland DM, Reinert LK, Gayek AS, Dermody TS, Aune TM, Oswald-Richter K, Rollins-Smith LA. The invasive chytrid fungus of amphibians paralyzes lymphocyte responses. Science 2013; 342:366-9. [PMID: 24136969 DOI: 10.1126/science.1243316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, causes chytridiomycosis and is a major contributor to global amphibian declines. Although amphibians have robust immune defenses, clearance of this pathogen is impaired. Because inhibition of host immunity is a common survival strategy of pathogenic fungi, we hypothesized that B. dendrobatidis evades clearance by inhibiting immune functions. We found that B. dendrobatidis cells and supernatants impaired lymphocyte proliferation and induced apoptosis; however, fungal recognition and phagocytosis by macrophages and neutrophils was not impaired. Fungal inhibitory factors were resistant to heat, acid, and protease. Their production was absent in zoospores and reduced by nikkomycin Z, suggesting that they may be components of the cell wall. Evasion of host immunity may explain why this pathogen has devastated amphibian populations worldwide.
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- J Scott Fites
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Buchheim MA, Sutherland DM, Schleicher T, Förster F, Wolf M. Phylogeny of Oedogoniales, Chaetophorales and Chaetopeltidales (Chlorophyceae): inferences from sequence-structure analysis of ITS2. Ann Bot 2012; 109:109-116. [PMID: 22028463 PMCID: PMC3241592 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The green algal class Chlorophyceae comprises five orders (Chlamydomonadales, Sphaeropleales, Chaetophorales, Chaetopeltidales and Oedogoniales). Attempts to resolve the relationships among these groups have met with limited success. Studies of single genes (18S rRNA, 26S rRNA, rbcL or atpB) have largely failed to unambiguously resolve the relative positions of Oedogoniales, Chaetophorales and Chaetopeltidales (the OCC taxa). In contrast, recent genomics analyses of plastid data from OCC exemplars provided a robust phylogenetic analysis that supports a monophyletic OCC alliance. METHODS An ITS2 data set was assembled to independently test the OCC hypothesis and to evaluate the performance of these data in assessing green algal phylogeny at the ordinal or class level. Sequence-structure analysis designed for use with ITS2 data was employed for phylogenetic reconstruction. KEY RESULTS Results of this study yielded trees that were, in general, topologically congruent with the results from the genomic analyses, including support for the monophyly of the OCC alliance. CONCLUSIONS Not all nodes from the ITS2 analyses exhibited robust support, but our investigation demonstrates that sequence-structure analyses of ITS2 provide a taxon-rich means of testing phylogenetic hypotheses at high taxonomic levels. Thus, the ITS2 data, in the context of sequence-structure analysis, provide an economical supplement or alternative to the single-marker approaches used in green algal phylogeny.
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- Mark A. Buchheim
- Department of Biological Science and the Mervin Bovaird Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
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- Department of Biological Science and the Mervin Bovaird Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Tulsa, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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LeGoff TJ, Sutherland DM. [The French Revolution and the rural economy]. Hist Mes 1999; 14:79-120. [PMID: 21171505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Mirvish SS, Rose EF, Sutherland DM. Studies on the esophagus. II. Enhancement of [3H]thymidine incorporation in the rat esophagus by Bidens pilosa (a plant eaten in South Africa) and by croton oil. Cancer Lett 1979; 6:159-65. [PMID: 421195 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(79)80027-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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