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Chen X, Sun HY, Lee CY, Rostad CA, Trost J, Abreu RB, Carlock MA, Wilson JR, Gansebom S, Ross TM, Steinhauer DA, Anderson EJ, Anderson LJ. Functional antibody-dependent cell mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) responses to vaccine and circulating influenza strains following vaccination. Virology 2022; 569:44-55. [PMID: 35255298 PMCID: PMC9013517 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2022.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Novel cell-based assays were developed to assess antibody-dependence cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) antibodies against both vaccine and a representative circulation strain HA and NA proteins for the 2014-15 influenza season. The four assays using target cells stably expressing one of the four proteins worked well. In pre- and post-vaccine sera from 70 participants in a pre-season vaccine trial, we found ADCC antibodies and a rise in ADCC antibody titer against target cells expressing the 4 proteins but a much higher titer for the vaccine than the circulating HA in both pre-and post-vaccine sera. These differences in HA ADCC antibodies were not reflected in differences in HA binding antibodies. Our observations suggested that relatively minor changes on the subtype HA can result in large differences in ADCC activity.
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- Xuemin Chen
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Vaccine Research Center, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Athens, GA, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Athens, GA, USA
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- Molecular Virology and Vaccine Team, Influenza and Pathogenesis Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, OID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Molecular Virology and Vaccine Team, Influenza and Pathogenesis Branch, Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, OID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States; (CDC/DDID/NCIRD/ID) GDIT, Federal Civilian Division, 2 Corporate Square; Ste 100, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Athens, GA, USA; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States; Center for Childhood Infections and Vaccines, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States; Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Byrd-Leotis L, Lasanajak Y, Bowen T, Baker K, Song X, Suthar MS, Cummings RD, Steinhauer DA. SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses bind to phosphorylated glycans from the human lung. Virology 2021; 562:142-148. [PMID: 34325286 PMCID: PMC8299723 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.07.012] [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] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and potentially SARS-CoV-2 emerged as novel human coronaviruses following cross-species transmission from animal hosts. Although the receptor binding characteristics of human coronaviruses are well documented, the role of carbohydrate binding in addition to recognition of proteinaceous receptors has not been fully explored. Using natural glycan microarray technology, we identified N-glycans in the human lung that are recognized by various human and animal coronaviruses. All viruses tested, including SARS-CoV-2, bound strongly to a range of phosphorylated, high mannose N-glycans and to a very specific set of sialylated structures. Examination of two linked strains, human CoV OC43 and bovine CoV Mebus, reveals shared binding to the sialic acid form Neu5Gc (not found in humans), supporting the evidence for cross-species transmission of the bovine strain. Our findings, revealing robust recognition of lung glycans, suggest that these receptors could play a role in the initial stages of coronavirus attachment and entry.
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- Lauren Byrd-Leotis
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA; Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA; Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Bakre AA, Jones LP, Kyriakis CS, Hanson JM, Bobbitt DE, Bennett HK, Todd KV, Orr-Burks N, Murray J, Zhang M, Steinhauer DA, Byrd-Leotis L, Cummings RD, Fent J, Coffey T, Tripp RA. Molecular epidemiology and glycomics of swine influenza viruses circulating in commercial swine farms in the southeastern and midwest United States. Vet Microbiol 2020; 251:108914. [PMID: 33181438 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2020.108914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Tracking the genetic diversity and spread of swine influenza viruses (SIVs) in commercial swine farms is central for control and to reduce the potential emergence of SIV reassortants. We analyzed the diversity of SIVs in nasal washes or oral fluids from commercial swine farms in North Carolina using influenza M qRT-PCR and hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) subtyping. We found a predominance of H1 HAs and N2 NAs in the samples examined. The majority of the H1 HAs could be further classified into gamma and delta subclusters. We also identified HAs of the H1 alpha cluster, and those of human novel pandemic origin. Glycan binding profiles from a representative subset of these viruses revealed broad α2,6 sialylated glycan recognition, though some strains exhibited the ability to bind to α2,3 sialic acid. These data show that SIV surveillance can aid our understanding of viral transmission dynamics and help uncover the diversity at the human-swine interface.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Smithfield Foods, Rose Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Athens, GA, United States.
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Martinez-Sobrido L, Blanco-Lobo P, Rodriguez L, Fitzgerald T, Zhang H, Nguyen P, Anderson CS, Holden-Wiltse J, Bandyopadhyay S, Nogales A, DeDiego ML, Wasik BR, Miller BL, Henry C, Wilson PC, Sangster MY, Treanor JJ, Topham DJ, Byrd-Leotis L, Steinhauer DA, Cummings RD, Luczo JM, Tompkins SM, Sakamoto K, Jones CA, Steel J, Lowen AC, Danzy S, Tao H, Fink AL, Klein SL, Wohlgemuth N, Fenstermacher KJ, el Najjar F, Pekosz A, Sauer L, Lewis MK, Shaw-Saliba K, Rothman RE, Liu ZY, Chen KF, Parrish CR, Voorhees IEH, Kawaoka Y, Neumann G, Chiba S, Fan S, Hatta M, Kong H, Zhong G, Wang G, Uccellini MB, García-Sastre A, Perez DR, Ferreri LM, Herfst S, Richard M, Fouchier R, Burke D, Pattinson D, Smith DJ, Meliopoulos V, Freiden P, Livingston B, Sharp B, Cherry S, Dib JC, Yang G, Russell CJ, Barman S, Webby RJ, Krauss S, Danner A, Woodard K, Peiris M, Perera RAPM, Chan MCW, Govorkova EA, Marathe BM, Pascua PNQ, Smith G, Li YT, Thomas PG, Schultz-Cherry S. Characterizing Emerging Canine H3 Influenza Viruses. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008409. [PMID: 32287326 PMCID: PMC7182277 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The continual emergence of novel influenza A strains from non-human hosts requires constant vigilance and the need for ongoing research to identify strains that may pose a human public health risk. Since 1999, canine H3 influenza A viruses (CIVs) have caused many thousands or millions of respiratory infections in dogs in the United States. While no human infections with CIVs have been reported to date, these viruses could pose a zoonotic risk. In these studies, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance (CEIRS) network collaboratively demonstrated that CIVs replicated in some primary human cells and transmitted effectively in mammalian models. While people born after 1970 had little or no pre-existing humoral immunity against CIVs, the viruses were sensitive to existing antivirals and we identified a panel of H3 cross-reactive human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) that could have prophylactic and/or therapeutic value. Our data predict these CIVs posed a low risk to humans. Importantly, we showed that the CEIRS network could work together to provide basic research information important for characterizing emerging influenza viruses, although there were valuable lessons learned.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/transmission
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/veterinary
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging/virology
- Dog Diseases/transmission
- Dog Diseases/virology
- Dogs
- Ferrets
- Guinea Pigs
- Humans
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/classification
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/genetics
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/isolation & purification
- Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype/classification
- Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype/genetics
- Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype/isolation & purification
- Influenza A virus/classification
- Influenza A virus/genetics
- Influenza A virus/isolation & purification
- Influenza, Human/transmission
- Influenza, Human/virology
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- United States
- Zoonoses/transmission
- Zoonoses/virology
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- Luis Martinez-Sobrido
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Materials Science Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology and Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology and Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
- Materials Science Program, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- The Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- The Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, The Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Baker Institute for Animal Health, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Influenza Research Institute, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
- The Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Center for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Center for Pathogen Evolution, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Tropical Health Foundation, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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Jia N, Byrd-Leotis L, Matsumoto Y, Gao C, Wein AN, Lobby JL, Kohlmeier JE, Steinhauer DA, Cummings RD. The Human Lung Glycome Reveals Novel Glycan Ligands for Influenza A Virus. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5320. [PMID: 32210305 PMCID: PMC7093477 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62074-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [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: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycans within human lungs are recognized by many pathogens such as influenza A virus (IAV), yet little is known about their structures. Here we present the first analysis of the N- and O- and glycosphingolipid-glycans from total human lungs, along with histological analyses of IAV binding. The N-glycome of human lung contains extremely large complex-type N-glycans with linear poly-N-acetyllactosamine (PL) [-3Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-]n extensions, which are predominantly terminated in α2,3-linked sialic acid. By contrast, smaller N-glycans lack PL and are enriched in α2,6-linked sialic acids. In addition, we observed large glycosphingolipid (GSL)-glycans, which also consists of linear PL, terminating in mainly α2,3-linked sialic acid. Histological staining revealed that IAV binds to sialylated and non-sialylated glycans and binding is not concordant with respect to binding by sialic acid-specific lectins. These results extend our understanding of the types of glycans that may serve as binding sites for human lung pathogens.
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- Nan Jia
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance, (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance, (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance, (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA.
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Emory-UGA Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Surveillance, (CEIRS), Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Byrd-Leotis L, Gao C, Jia N, Mehta AY, Trost J, Cummings SF, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Cummings RD, Steinhauer DA. Antigenic Pressure on H3N2 Influenza Virus Drift Strains Imposes Constraints on Binding to Sialylated Receptors but Not Phosphorylated Glycans. J Virol 2019; 93:e01178-19. [PMID: 31484755 PMCID: PMC6819937 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01178-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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H3N2 strains of influenza A virus emerged in humans in 1968 and have continued to circulate, evolving in response to human immune pressure. During this process of "antigenic drift," viruses have progressively lost the ability to agglutinate erythrocytes of various species and to replicate efficiently under the established conditions for amplifying clinical isolates and generating vaccine candidates. We have determined the glycome profiles of chicken and guinea pig erythrocytes to gain insights into reduced agglutination properties displayed by drifted strains and show that both chicken and guinea pig erythrocytes contain complex sialylated N-glycans but that they differ with respect to the extent of branching, core fucosylation, and the abundance of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (PL) [-3Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-]n structures. We also examined binding of the H3N2 viruses using three different glycan microarrays: the synthetic Consortium for Functional Glycomics array; the defined N-glycan array designed to reveal contributions to binding based on sialic acid linkage type, branched structures, and core modifications; and the human lung shotgun glycan microarray. The results demonstrate that H3N2 viruses have progressively lost their capacity to bind nearly all canonical sialylated receptors other than a selection of biantennary structures and PL structures with or without sialic acid. Significantly, all viruses displayed robust binding to nonsialylated high-mannose phosphorylated glycans, even as the recognition of sialylated structures is decreased through antigenic drift.IMPORTANCE Influenza subtype H3N2 viruses have circulated in humans for over 50 years, continuing to cause annual epidemics. Such viruses have undergone antigenic drift in response to immune pressure, reducing the protective effects of preexisting immunity to previously circulating H3N2 strains. The changes in hemagglutinin (HA) affiliated with drift have implications for the receptor binding properties of these viruses, affecting virus replication in the culture systems commonly used to generate and amplify vaccine strains. Therefore, the antigenic properties of the vaccines may not directly reflect those of the circulating strains from which they were derived, compromising vaccine efficacy. In order to reproducibly provide effective vaccines, it will be critical to understand the interrelationships between binding, antigenicity, and replication properties in different growth substrates.
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- Lauren Byrd-Leotis
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Centers for Excellence in Influenza Research and Surveillance, Emory-UGA CEIRS, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Gao C, Hanes MS, Byrd-Leotis LA, Wei M, Jia N, Kardish RJ, McKitrick TR, Steinhauer DA, Cummings RD. Unique Binding Specificities of Proteins toward Isomeric Asparagine-Linked Glycans. Cell Chem Biol 2019; 26:535-547.e4. [PMID: 30745240 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [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: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The glycan ligands recognized by Siglecs, influenza viruses, and galectins, as well as many plant lectins, are not well defined. To explore their binding to asparagine (Asn)-linked N-glycans, we synthesized a library of isomeric multiantennary N-glycans that vary in terminal non-reducing sialic acid, galactose, and N-acetylglucosamine residues, as well as core fucose. We identified specific recognition of N-glycans by several plant lectins, human galectins, influenza viruses, and Siglecs, and explored the influence of sialic acid linkages and branching of the N-glycans. These results show the unique recognition of complex-type N-glycans by a wide variety of glycan-binding proteins and their abilities to distinguish isomeric structures, which provides new insights into the biological roles of these proteins and the uses of lectins in biological applications to identify glycans.
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- Chao Gao
- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, National Center for Functional Glycomics, CLS 11087 - 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Byrd-Leotis L, Jia N, Dutta S, Trost JF, Gao C, Cummings SF, Braulke T, Müller-Loennies S, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Steinhauer DA, Cummings RD. Influenza binds phosphorylated glycans from human lung. Sci Adv 2019; 5:eaav2554. [PMID: 30788437 PMCID: PMC6374103 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav2554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Influenza A viruses can bind sialic acid-terminating glycan receptors, and species specificity is often correlated with sialic acid linkage with avian strains recognizing α2,3-linked sialylated glycans and mammalian strains preferring α2,6-linked sialylated glycans. These paradigms derive primarily from studies involving erythrocyte agglutination, binding to synthetic receptor analogs or binding to undefined surface markers on cells or tissues. Here, we present the first examination of the N-glycome of the human lung for identifying natural receptors for a range of avian and mammalian influenza viruses. We found that the human lung contains many α2,3- and α2,6-linked sialylated glycan determinants bound by virus, but all viruses also bound to phosphorylated, nonsialylated glycans.
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- Lauren Byrd-Leotis
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Center Borstel (RCB), Leibniz Lung Center, Division Biophysics, Parkallee 22, D-23845 Borstel, Germany
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery and Harvard Medical School Center for Glycoscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Trost JF, LeMasters EH, Liu F, Carney P, Lu X, Sugawara K, Hongo S, Stevens J, Steinhauer DA, Tumpey T, Katz JM, Levine MZ, Li ZN. Development of a high-throughput assay to detect antibody inhibition of low pH induced conformational changes of influenza virus hemagglutinin. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0199683. [PMID: 29949635 PMCID: PMC6021090 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Many broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) bind to conserved areas of the hemagglutinin (HA) stalk region and can inhibit the low pH induced HA conformational changes necessary for viral membrane fusion activity. We developed and evaluated a high-throughput virus-free and cell-free ELISA based low pH induced HA Conformational Change Inhibition Antibody Detection Assay (HCCIA) and a complementary proteinase susceptibility assay. Human serum samples (n = 150) were tested by HCCIA using H3 recombinant HA. Optical density (OD) ratios of mAb HC31 at pH 4.8 to pH 7.0 ranged from 0.87 to 0.09. Our results demonstrated that low pH induced HA conformational change inhibition antibodies (CCI) neutralized multiple H3 strains after removal of head-binding antibodies. The results suggest that HCCIA can be utilized to detect and characterize CCI in sera, that are potentially broadly neutralizing, and serves as a useful tool for evaluating universal vaccine candidates targeting the HA stalk.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/blood
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/chemistry
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/blood
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/immunology
- High-Throughput Screening Assays/methods
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/chemistry
- Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype/immunology
- Influenza, Human/blood
- Influenza, Human/immunology
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Conformation
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
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- Jessica F. Trost
- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Wu Z, Liu Y, Ma C, Li L, Bai J, Byrd-Leotis L, Lasanajak Y, Guo Y, Wen L, Zhu H, Song J, Li Y, Steinhauer DA, Smith DF, Zhao B, Chen X, Guan W, Wang PG. Identification of the binding roles of terminal and internal glycan epitopes using enzymatically synthesized N-glycans containing tandem epitopes. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:11106-11116. [PMID: 27752690 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01982j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Glycans play diverse roles in a wide range of biological processes. Research on glycan-binding events is essential for learning their biological and pathological functions. However, the functions of terminal and internal glycan epitopes exhibited during binding with glycan-binding proteins (GBPs) and/or viruses need to be further identified. Therefore, a focused library of 36 biantennary asparagine (Asn)-linked glycans with some presenting tandem glycan epitopes was synthesized via a combined Core Isolation/Enzymatic Extension (CIEE) and one-pot multienzyme (OPME) synthetic strategy. These N-glycans include those containing a terminal sialyl N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc), sialyl Lewis x (sLex) and Siaα2-8-Siaα2-3/6-R structures with N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) or N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) sialic acid form, LacNAc, Lewis x (Lex), α-Gal, and Galα1-3-Lex; and tandem epitopes including α-Gal, Lex, Galα1-3-Lex, LacNAc, and sialyl LacNAc, presented with an internal sialyl LacNAc or 1-2 repeats of an internal LacNAc or Lex component. They were synthesized in milligram-scale, purified to over 98% purity, and used to prepare a glycan microarray. Binding studies using selected plant lectins, antibodies, and viruses demonstrated, for the first time, that when interpreting the binding between glycans and GBPs/viruses, not only the structure of the terminal glycan epitopes, but also the internal epitopes and/or modifications of terminal epitopes needs to be taken into account.
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- Zhigang Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China.
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Emory Comprehensive Glycomics Core, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. and College of Life Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050024, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Diagnostics & Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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Matos-Patrón A, Byrd-Leotis L, Steinhauer DA, Barclay WS, Ayora-Talavera G. Amino acid substitution D222N from fatal influenza infection affects receptor-binding properties of the influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus. Virology 2015; 484:15-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2015] [Revised: 03/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Kiss G, Chen X, Brindley MA, Campbell P, Afonso CL, Ke Z, Holl JM, Guerrero-Ferreira RC, Byrd-Leotis LA, Steel J, Steinhauer DA, Plemper RK, Kelly DF, Spearman PW, Wright ER. Capturing enveloped viruses on affinity grids for downstream cryo-electron microscopy applications. Microsc Microanal 2014; 20:164-74. [PMID: 24279992 PMCID: PMC4073796 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927613013937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Electron microscopy (EM), cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) are essential techniques used for characterizing basic virus morphology and determining the three-dimensional structure of viruses. Enveloped viruses, which contain an outer lipoprotein coat, constitute the largest group of pathogenic viruses to humans. The purification of enveloped viruses from cell culture presents certain challenges. Specifically, the inclusion of host-membrane-derived vesicles, the complete destruction of the viruses, and the disruption of the internal architecture of individual virus particles. Here, we present a strategy for capturing enveloped viruses on affinity grids (AG) for use in both conventional EM and cryo-EM/ET applications. We examined the utility of AG for the selective capture of human immunodeficiency virus virus-like particles, influenza A, and measles virus. We applied nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid lipid layers in combination with molecular adaptors to selectively adhere the viruses to the AG surface. This further development of the AG method may prove essential for the gentle and selective purification of enveloped viruses directly onto EM grids for ultrastructural analyses.
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- Gabriella Kiss
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA 30303
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emory University School of Medicine. GA 30322
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- USDA, ARS, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA 30332
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emory University School of Medicine. GA 30322
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emory University School of Medicine. GA 30322
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Emory University School of Medicine. GA 30322
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
- Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA 30303
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. Department of Pediatrics. Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Atlanta, GA 30322
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. ; Tel. (+1) 404-727-4665; Fax (+1) 404-727-9223
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Xiong X, McCauley JW, Steinhauer DA. Receptor binding properties of the influenza virus hemagglutinin as a determinant of host range. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2014; 385:63-91. [PMID: 25078920 DOI: 10.1007/82_2014_423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Host cell attachment by influenza A viruses is mediated by the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA), and the recognition of specific types of sialic acid -containing glycan receptors constitutes one of the major determinants of viral host range and transmission properties. Structural studies have elucidated some of the viral determinants involved in receptor recognition of avian-like and human-like receptors for various subtypes of influenza A viruses, and these provide clues relating to the mechanisms by which viruses evolve to adapt to human hosts. We discuss structural aspects of receptor binding by influenza HA, as well as the biological implications of functional interplay involving HA binding, NA sialidase functions, the effects of antigenic drift, and the inhibitory properties of natural glycans present on mucosal surfaces.
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- Xiaoli Xiong
- Division of Virology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK,
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Yang G, Li S, Blackmon S, Ye J, Bradley KC, Cooley J, Smith D, Hanson L, Cardona C, Steinhauer DA, Webby R, Liao M, Wan XF. Mutation tryptophan to leucine at position 222 of haemagglutinin could facilitate H3N2 influenza A virus infection in dogs. J Gen Virol 2013; 94:2599-2608. [PMID: 23994833 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.054692-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
An avian-like H3N2 influenza A virus (IAV) has recently caused sporadic canine influenza outbreaks in China and Korea, but the molecular mechanisms involved in the interspecies transmission of H3N2 IAV from avian to canine species are not well understood. Sequence analysis showed that residue 222 in haemagglutinin (HA) is predominantly tryptophan (W) in the closely related avian H3N2 IAV, but was leucine (L) in canine H3N2 IAV. In this study, reassortant viruses rH3N2-222L (canine-like) and rH3N2-222W (avian-like) with HA mutation L222W were generated using reverse genetics to evaluate the significance of the L222W mutation on receptor binding and host tropism of H3N2 IAV. Compared with rH3N2-222W, rH3N2-222L grew more rapidly in MDCK cells and had significantly higher infectivity in primary canine tracheal epithelial cells. Tissue-binding assays demonstrated that rH3N2-222L had a preference for canine tracheal tissues rather avian tracheal tissues, whereas rH3N2-222W favoured slightly avian rather canine tracheal tissues. Glycan microarray analysis suggested both rH3N2-222L and rH3N2-222W bound preferentially to α2,3-linked sialic acids. However, the rH3N2-222W had more than twofold less binding affinity than rH3N2-222L to a set of glycans with Neu5Aca2-3Galb1-4(Fuca-)-like or Neu5Aca2-3Galb1-3(Fuca-)-like structures. These data suggest the W to L mutation at position 222 of the HA could facilitate infection of H3N2 IAV in dogs, possibly by increasing the binding affinities of the HA to specific receptors with Neu5Aca2-3Galb1-4(Fuca-) or Neu5Aca2-3Galb1-3(Fuca-)-like structures that are present in dogs.
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- Guohua Yang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and the Glycomics Center, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, P.R. China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
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Galloway SE, Reed ML, Russell CJ, Steinhauer DA. Influenza HA subtypes demonstrate divergent phenotypes for cleavage activation and pH of fusion: implications for host range and adaptation. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003151. [PMID: 23459660 PMCID: PMC3573126 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [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: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The influenza A virus (IAV) HA protein must be activated by host cells proteases in order to prime the molecule for fusion. Consequently, the availability of activating proteases and the susceptibility of HA to protease activity represents key factors in facilitating virus infection. As such, understanding the intricacies of HA cleavage by various proteases is necessary to derive insights into the emergence of pandemic viruses. To examine these properties, we generated a panel of HAs that are representative of the 16 HA subtypes that circulate in aquatic birds, as well as HAs representative of the subtypes that have infected the human population over the last century. We examined the susceptibility of the panel of HA proteins to trypsin, as well as human airway trypsin-like protease (HAT) and transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2). Additionally, we examined the pH at which these HAs mediated membrane fusion, as this property is related to the stability of the HA molecule and influences the capacity of influenza viruses to remain infectious in natural environments. Our results show that cleavage efficiency can vary significantly for individual HAs, depending on the protease, and that some HA subtypes display stringent selectivity for specific proteases as activators of fusion function. Additionally, we found that the pH of fusion varies by 0.7 pH units among the subtypes, and notably, we observed that the pH of fusion for most HAs from human isolates was lower than that observed from avian isolates of the same subtype. Overall, these data provide the first broad-spectrum analysis of cleavage-activation and membrane fusion characteristics for all of the IAV HA subtypes, and also show that there are substantial differences between the subtypes that may influence transmission among hosts and establishment in new species. IAV is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and represents a challenging public health threat that affects social and economic welfare each year, particularly during IAV pandemics. Although we know that all human strains derive, either directly or via intermediate hosts, from avian viral sources, we know very little about the phenotypic characteristics of the 16 HA subtypes that circulate in aquatic birds and have potential to infect mammals. HA membrane fusion properties, in conjunction with the characteristics for protease activation of HA, a requirement for fusion, are critical factors involved in the ecology and transmission of IAVs, and need to be understood if we are to derive explanations for how pandemic viruses emerge in humans. We examined the cleavage-activation and membrane fusion characteristics for the 16 HA subtypes by transiently expressing HA proteins in cells. Our findings show that the cleavability of the HAs vary considerably between subtypes and depending on the protease. Additionally, analysis of the pH of fusion for each subtype showed that HA stability varied significantly among the subtypes, as well as within subtypes from viruses isolated from different species. Overall, these data have implications for host range, potential for adaptation, and persistence in natural environments.
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- Summer E. Galloway
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SEG); (DAS)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SEG); (DAS)
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Yu Y, Mishra S, Song X, Lasanajak Y, Bradley KC, Tappert MM, Air GM, Steinhauer DA, Halder S, Cotmore S, Tattersall P, Agbandje-McKenna M, Cummings RD, Smith DF. Functional glycomic analysis of human milk glycans reveals the presence of virus receptors and embryonic stem cell biomarkers. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:44784-99. [PMID: 23115247 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.425819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human milk contains a large diversity of free glycans beyond lactose, but their functions are not well understood. To explore their functional recognition, here we describe a shotgun glycan microarray prepared from isolated human milk glycans (HMGs), and our studies on their recognition by viruses, antibodies, and glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), including lectins. The total neutral and sialylated HMGs were derivatized with a bifunctional fluorescent tag, separated by multidimensional HPLC, and archived in a tagged glycan library, which was then used to print a shotgun glycan microarray (SGM). This SGM was first interrogated with well defined GBPs and antibodies. These data demonstrated both the utility of the array and provided preliminary structural information (metadata) about this complex glycome. Anti-TRA-1 antibodies that recognize human pluripotent stem cells specifically recognized several HMGs that were then further structurally defined as novel epitopes for these antibodies. Human influenza viruses and Parvovirus Minute Viruses of Mice also specifically recognized several HMGs. For glycan sequencing, we used a novel approach termed metadata-assisted glycan sequencing (MAGS), in which we combine information from analyses of glycans by mass spectrometry with glycan interactions with defined GBPs and antibodies before and after exoglycosidase treatments on the microarray. Together, these results provide novel insights into diverse recognition functions of HMGs and show the utility of the SGM approach and MAGS as resources for defining novel glycan recognition by GBPs, antibodies, and pathogens.
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- Ying Yu
- Department of Biochemistry and the Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Driskell EA, Pickens JA, Humberd-Smith J, Gordy JT, Bradley KC, Steinhauer DA, Berghaus RD, Stallknecht DE, Howerth EW, Tompkins SM. Low pathogenic avian influenza isolates from wild birds replicate and transmit via contact in ferrets without prior adaptation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38067. [PMID: 22675507 PMCID: PMC3365887 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 09/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Direct transmission of avian influenza viruses to mammals has become an increasingly investigated topic during the past decade; however, isolates that have been primarily investigated are typically ones originating from human or poultry outbreaks. Currently there is minimal comparative information on the behavior of the innumerable viruses that exist in the natural wild bird host. We have previously demonstrated the capacity of numerous North American avian influenza viruses isolated from wild birds to infect and induce lesions in the respiratory tract of mice. In this study, two isolates from shorebirds that were previously examined in mice (H1N9 and H6N1 subtypes) are further examined through experimental inoculations in the ferret with analysis of viral shedding, histopathology, and antigen localization via immunohistochemistry to elucidate pathogenicity and transmission of these viruses. Using sequence analysis and glycan binding analysis, we show that these avian viruses have the typical avian influenza binding pattern, with affinity for cell glycoproteins/glycolipids having terminal sialic acid (SA) residues with α 2,3 linkage [Neu5Ac(α2,3)Gal]. Despite the lack of α2,6 linked SA binding, these AIVs productively infected both the upper and lower respiratory tract of ferrets, resulting in nasal viral shedding and pulmonary lesions with minimal morbidity. Moreover, we show that one of the viruses is able to transmit to ferrets via direct contact, despite its binding affinity for α 2,3 linked SA residues. These results demonstrate that avian influenza viruses, which are endemic in aquatic birds, can potentially infect humans and other mammals without adaptation. Finally this work highlights the need for additional study of the wild bird subset of influenza viruses in regard to surveillance, transmission, and potential for reassortment, as they have zoonotic potential.
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- Elizabeth A. Driskell
- Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Population Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Quan FS, Li ZN, Kim MC, Yang D, Compans RW, Steinhauer DA, Kang SM. Immunogenicity of low-pH treated whole viral influenza vaccine. Virology 2011; 417:196-202. [PMID: 21722934 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Revised: 03/31/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Low pH treatment of influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) exposes its relatively conserved stalk domain, suggesting a potential immunogen with capability to induce broader immune responses. Here, we describe characterization, immunogenicity, antigenicity, and protective immunity induced by low pH treated inactivated whole viral vaccine in comparison with the untreated vaccine. The acidic pH treated viral vaccine showed high susceptibility to proteolytic cleavage and low hemagglutination activity indicating conformational changes. Immunization of mice with low pH treated viral vaccine induced lower levels of homologous or heterologous virus-specific binding and neutralizing antibodies compared to the untreated vaccine. Also, low pH treated influenza viral antigen showed lower antigenicity compared to the untreated influenza viral antigen. Lower efficacy of cross-protection against heterosubtypic virus was observed in the low-pH treated vaccine group. The results provide evidence that there is a correlation between protective efficacy and the stability of vaccines.
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- Fu-Shi Quan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Bradley KC, Jones CA, Tompkins SM, Tripp RA, Russell RJ, Gramer MR, Heimburg-Molinaro J, Smith DF, Cummings RD, Steinhauer DA. Comparison of the receptor binding properties of contemporary swine isolates and early human pandemic H1N1 isolates (Novel 2009 H1N1). Virology 2011; 413:169-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Langley WA, Bradley KC, Li ZN, Talekar GR, Galloway SE, Steinhauer DA. The effects of preexisting immunity to influenza on responses to influenza vectors in mice. Vaccine 2010; 28:6305-13. [PMID: 20656032 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.06.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Revised: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The use of viral vectors as vaccine candidates has shown promise against a number of pathogens. However, preexisting immunity to these vectors is a concern that must be addressed when deciding which viruses are suitable for use. A number of properties, including the existence of antigenically distinct subtypes, make influenza viruses attractive candidates for use as viral vectors. Here, we evaluate the ability of influenza viral vectors containing inserts of foreign pathogens to elicit antibody and CD8(+) T cell responses against these foreign antigens in the presence of preexisting immunity to influenza virus in mice. Specifically, responses to an H3N1-based vector expressing a 90 amino acid polypeptide derived from the protective antigen (PA) of Bacillus anthracis or an H1N1-based vector containing a CD8(+) T cell epitope from the glycoprotein (GP) of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus were evaluated following infections with either homosubtypic or heterosubtypic influenza viruses. We found that mice previously infected with influenza viruses, even those expressing HA and NA proteins of completely different subtypes, were severely compromised in their ability to mount an immune response against the inserted epitopes. This inhibition was demonstrated to be mediated by CD8(+) T cells, which recognize multiple strains of influenza viruses. These CD8(+) T cells were further shown to protect mice from a lethal challenge by a heterologous influenza subtype. The implication of these data for the use of influenza virus vectors and influenza vaccination in general are discussed.
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- William A Langley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University Medical School, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Langley WA, Thoennes S, Bradley KC, Galloway SE, Talekar GR, Cummings SF, Varecková E, Russell RJ, Steinhauer DA. Single residue deletions along the length of the influenza HA fusion peptide lead to inhibition of membrane fusion function. Virology 2009; 394:321-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2009.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2009] [Revised: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Steinhauer DA, Langley WA, Talekar G, Li Z. P12-07. Novel HIV vaccines using chimeric influenza HA vectors. Retrovirology 2009. [PMCID: PMC2767663 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-s3-p173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Fusion of the influenza virus envelope with the endosomal membrane of host cells is mediated by the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA). The most conserved region of HA is at the N-terminus of the HA2 subunit, a relatively hydrophobic sequence of amino acids referred to as the fusion peptide. This domain is critical both for setting the trigger for fusion and for destabilizing target membranes during the fusion process. The "trigger" is set by cleavage of the HA precursor polypeptide, when the newly-generated HA2 N-terminal fusion peptide positions itself into the trimer interior and makes contacts with ionizable residues to generate a fusion competent neutral pH structure. This essentially "primes" the HA such that subsequent acidification of the endosomal environment can induce the irreversible conformational changes that result in membrane fusion. A key component of these acid-induced structural rearrangements involves the extrusion of the fusion peptide from its buried position and its relocation to interact with the target membrane. The role of the fusion peptide for both priming the neutral pH structure and interacting with cellular membranes during the fusion process is discussed.
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- Karen J Cross
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Thoennes S, Li ZN, Lee BJ, Langley WA, Skehel JJ, Russell RJ, Steinhauer DA. Analysis of residues near the fusion peptide in the influenza hemagglutinin structure for roles in triggering membrane fusion. Virology 2007; 370:403-14. [PMID: 17936324 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2007] [Revised: 08/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Influenza virus entry occurs in endosomes, where acidification triggers irreversible conformational changes of the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA) that are required for membrane fusion. The acid-induced HA structural rearrangements have been well documented, and several models have been proposed to relate these to the process of membrane fusion. However, details regarding the role of specific residues in the initiation of structural rearrangements and membrane fusion are lacking. Here we report the results of studies on the HA of A/Aichi/2/68 virus (H3 subtype), in which mutants with changes at several ionizable residues in the vicinity of the "fusion peptide" were analyzed for their effects on the pH at which conformational changes and membrane fusion occur. A variety of phenotypes was obtained, including examples of substitutions that lead to an increase in HA stability at reduced pH. Of particular note was the observation that a histidine to tyrosine substitution at HA1 position 17 resulted in a decrease in pH at which HA structural changes and membrane fusion take place by 0.3 relative to WT. The results are discussed in relation to possible mechanisms by which HA structural rearrangements are initiated at low pH and clade-specific differences near the fusion peptide.
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- Sudha Thoennes
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Kemball CC, Pack CD, Guay HM, Li ZN, Steinhauer DA, Szomolanyi-Tsuda E, Lukacher AE. The antiviral CD8+ T cell response is differentially dependent on CD4+ T cell help over the course of persistent infection. J Immunol 2007; 179:1113-21. [PMID: 17617604 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.2.1113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although many studies have investigated the requirement for CD4(+) T cell help for CD8(+) T cell responses to acute viral infections that are fully resolved, less is known about the role of CD4(+) T cells in maintaining ongoing CD8(+) T cell responses to persistently infecting viruses. Using mouse polyoma virus (PyV), we asked whether CD4(+) T cell help is required to maintain antiviral CD8(+) T cell and humoral responses during acute and persistent phases of infection. Though fully intact during acute infection, the PyV-specific CD8(+) T cell response declined numerically during persistent infection in MHC class II-deficient mice, leaving a small antiviral CD8(+) T cell population that was maintained long term. These unhelped PyV-specific CD8(+) T cells were functionally unimpaired; they retained the potential for robust expansion and cytokine production in response to Ag rechallenge. In addition, although a strong antiviral IgG response was initially elicited by MHC class II-deficient mice, these Ab titers fell, and long-lived PyV-specific Ab-secreting cells were not detected in the bone marrow. Finally, using a minimally myeloablative mixed bone marrow chimerism approach, we demonstrate that recruitment and/or maintenance of new virus-specific CD8(+) T cells during persistent infection is impaired in the absence of MHC class II-restricted T cells. In summary, these studies show that CD4(+) T cells differentially affect CD8(+) T cell responses over the course of a persistent virus infection.
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- Christopher C Kemball
- Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Li ZN, Steinhauer DA. Expression and purification of viral glycoproteins using recombinant vaccinia viruses for functional and structural studies. Methods Mol Biol 2007; 379:85-95. [PMID: 17502672 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-393-6_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Methods for generating recombinant vaccinia viruses for the expression of foreign viral glycoproteins in mammalian cell lines and the purification of expressed viral glycoproteins are described. These methods are based on many years of experience with the influenza hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA). However, they are applicable for studies on other viral glycoproteins, and with slight modifications, could be useful for cellular proteins as well.
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- Zhu-Nan Li
- Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Li M, Li ZN, Yao Q, Yang C, Steinhauer DA, Compans RW. Murine leukemia virus R Peptide inhibits influenza virus hemagglutinin-induced membrane fusion. J Virol 2006; 80:6106-14. [PMID: 16731949 PMCID: PMC1472558 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02665-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cytoplasmic tail of the murine leukemia virus (MuLV) envelope (Env) protein is known to play an important role in regulating viral fusion activity. Upon removal of the C-terminal 16 amino acids, designated as the R peptide, the fusion activity of the Env protein is activated. To extend our understanding of the inhibitory effect of the R peptide and investigate the specificity of inhibition, we constructed chimeric influenza virus-MuLV hemagglutinin (HA) genes. The influenza virus HA protein is the best-studied membrane fusion model, and we investigated the fusion activities of the chimeric HA proteins. We compared constructs in which the coding sequence for the cytoplasmic tail of the influenza virus HA protein was replaced by that of the wild-type or mutant MuLV Env protein or in which the cytoplasmic tail sequence of the MuLV Env protein was added to the HA cytoplasmic domain. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and Western blot analysis showed that all chimeric HA proteins were effectively expressed on the cell surface and cleaved by trypsin. In BHK21 cells, the wild-type HA protein had a significant ability after trypsin cleavage to induce syncytium formation at pH 5.1; however, neither the chimeric HA protein with the full-length cytoplasmic tail of MuLV Env nor the full-length HA protein followed by the R peptide showed any syncytium formation. When the R peptide was truncated or mutated, the fusion activity was partially recovered in the chimeric HA proteins. A low-pH conformational-change assay showed that similar conformational changes occurred for the wild-type and chimeric HA proteins. All chimeric HA proteins were capable of promoting hemifusion and small fusion pore formation, as shown by a dye redistribution assay. These results indicate that the R peptide of the MuLV Env protein has a sequence-dependent inhibitory effect on influenza virus HA protein-induced membrane fusion and that the inhibitory effect occurs at a late stage in fusion pore enlargement.
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- Min Li
- Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Elliot AJ, Steinhauer DA, Daniels RS, Oxford JS. Functional and antigenic analyses of the 1918 influenza virus haemagglutinin using a recombinant vaccinia virus expression system. Virus Res 2006; 122:11-9. [PMID: 16904219 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2006] [Revised: 06/05/2006] [Accepted: 06/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The influenza pandemic of 1918 caused unprecedented levels of morbidity and mortality in its 12-month period of circulation around the globe. The haemagglutinin molecule has been shown to affect the pathogenicity of some subtypes of influenza A viruses. Using a recombinant vaccinia system that allowed expression of the 1918 influenza haemagglutinin, we performed functional assays to assess the glycoprotein's involvement in determining the high pathogenicity of the 1918 virus. We show that in respect of expression levels, proteolytic processing, receptor-binding, membrane fusion and antigenic properties, the haemagglutinin of the 1918 virus is unremarkable when compared with the haemagglutinins of other 'early' H1 influenza viruses. This suggests that whilst the 1918 haemagglutinin, as a new/novel antigen in the human population, was responsible for the influenza pandemic its functions per se were not responsible for the high mortality and acute symptoms experienced by patients infected with the 1918 influenza virus.
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- Alex J Elliot
- Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Ye L, Sun Y, Lin J, Bu Z, Wu Q, Jiang S, Steinhauer DA, Compans RW, Yang C. Antigenic properties of a transport-competent influenza HA/HIV Env chimeric protein. Virology 2006; 352:74-85. [PMID: 16725170 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2005] [Revised: 02/15/2006] [Accepted: 04/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The transmembrane subunit (gp41) of the HIV Env glycoprotein contains conserved neutralizing epitopes which are not well-exposed in wild-type HIV Env proteins. To enhance the exposure of these epitopes, a chimeric protein, HA/gp41, in which the gp41 of HIV-1 89.6 envelope protein was fused to the C-terminus of the HA1 subunit of the influenza HA protein, was constructed. Characterization of protein expression showed that the HA/gp41 chimeric proteins were expressed on cell surfaces and formed trimeric oligomers, as found in the HIV Env as well as influenza HA proteins. In addition, the HA/gp41 chimeric protein expressed on the cell surface can also be cleaved into 2 subunits by trypsin treatment, similar to the influenza HA. Moreover, the HA/gp41 chimeric protein was found to maintain a pre-fusion conformation. Interestingly, the HA/gp41 chimeric proteins on cell surfaces exhibited increased reactivity to monoclonal antibodies against the HIV Env gp41 subunit compared with the HIV-1 envelope protein, including the two broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies 2F5 and 4E10. Immunization of mice with a DNA vaccine expressing the HA/gp41 chimeric protein induced antibodies against the HIV gp41 protein and these antibodies exhibit neutralizing activity against infection by an HIV SF162 pseudovirus. These results demonstrate that the construction of such chimeric proteins can provide enhanced exposure of conserved epitopes in the HIV Env gp41 and may represent a novel vaccine design strategy for inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV.
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- Ling Ye
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Room 3086 Rollins Research Center, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Li ZN, Mueller SN, Ye L, Bu Z, Yang C, Ahmed R, Steinhauer DA. Chimeric influenza virus hemagglutinin proteins containing large domains of the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen: protein characterization, incorporation into infectious influenza viruses, and antigenicity. J Virol 2005; 79:10003-12. [PMID: 16014960 PMCID: PMC1181555 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.15.10003-10012.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Large polypeptides of the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen (PA) were inserted into an influenza A virus hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA), and the chimeric proteins were functionally characterized and incorporated into infectious influenza viruses. PA domain 1', the region responsible for binding to the other toxin components, the lethal factor and edema factor, and domain 4, the receptor binding domain (RBD), were inserted at the C-terminal flank of the HA signal peptide and incorporated into the HA1 subunit of HA. The chimeric proteins, designated as LEF/HA (90 amino acid insertion) and RBD/HA (140 amino acid insertion), were initially analyzed following expression using recombinant vaccinia viruses. Both chimeric proteins were shown to display functional phenotypes similar to that of the wild-type HA. They transport to the cell surface, can be cleaved into the HA1 and HA2 subunits by trypsin to activate membrane fusion potential, are able to undergo the low-pH-induced conformational changes required for fusion, and are capable of inducing the fusion process. We were also able to generate recombinant influenza viruses containing the chimeric RBD/HA and LEF/HA genes, and the inserted PA domains were maintained in the HA gene segments following several passages in MDCK cells or embryonated chicken eggs. Furthermore, DNA immunization of mice with plasmids that express the chimeric RBD/HA and LEF/HA proteins, and the recombinant viruses containing them, induced antibody responses against both the HA and PA components of the protein. These approaches may provide useful tools for vaccines against anthrax and other diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Intranasal
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Antigens, Bacterial/chemistry
- Antigens, Bacterial/genetics
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Bacillus anthracis/genetics
- Bacillus anthracis/immunology
- Bacterial Toxins/chemistry
- Bacterial Toxins/genetics
- Bacterial Toxins/immunology
- Chick Embryo
- Female
- Genetic Vectors
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/genetics
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/immunology
- Humans
- Influenza A virus/immunology
- Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Influenza Vaccines/genetics
- Influenza Vaccines/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Molecular
- Plasmids
- Recombination, Genetic
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Synthetic/genetics
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccinia virus
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- Zhu-Nan Li
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Center, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Burleigh LM, Calder LJ, Skehel JJ, Steinhauer DA. Influenza a viruses with mutations in the m1 helix six domain display a wide variety of morphological phenotypes. J Virol 2005; 79:1262-70. [PMID: 15613353 PMCID: PMC538569 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.2.1262-1270.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Several functions required for the replication of influenza A viruses have been attributed to the viral matrix protein (M1), and a number of studies have focused on a region of the M1 protein designated "helix six." This region contains an exposed positively charged stretch of amino acids, including the motif 101-RKLKR-105, which has been identified as a nuclear localization signal, but several studies suggest that this domain is also involved in functions such as binding to the ribonucleoprotein genome segments (RNPs), membrane association, interaction with the viral nuclear export protein, and virus assembly. In order to define M1 functions in more detail, a series of mutants containing alanine substitutions in the helix six region were generated in A/WSN/33 virus. These were analyzed for RNP-binding function, their capacity to incorporate into infectious viruses by using reverse genetics, the replication properties of rescued viruses, and the morphological phenotypes of the mutant virus particles. The most notable effect that was identified concerned single amino acid substitution mutants that caused significant alterations to the morphology of budded viruses. Whereas A/WSN/33 virus generally forms particles that are predominantly spherical, observations made by negative stain electron microscopy showed that several of the mutant virions, such as K95A, K98A, R101A, and K102A, display a wide range of shapes and sizes that varied in a temperature-dependent manner. The K102A mutant is particularly interesting in that it can form extended filamentous particles. These results support the proposition that the helix six domain is involved in the process of virus assembly.
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- Laura M Burleigh
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Gamblin SJ, Haire LF, Russell RJ, Stevens DJ, Xiao B, Ha Y, Vasisht N, Steinhauer DA, Daniels RS, Elliot A, Wiley DC, Skehel JJ. The Structure and Receptor Binding Properties of the 1918 Influenza Hemagglutinin. Science 2004; 303:1838-42. [PMID: 14764886 DOI: 10.1126/science.1093155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 508] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted in about 20 million deaths. This enormous impact, coupled with renewed interest in emerging infections, makes characterization of the virus involved a priority. Receptor binding, the initial event in virus infection, is a major determinant of virus transmissibility that, for influenza viruses, is mediated by the hemagglutinin (HA) membrane glycoprotein. We have determined the crystal structures of the HA from the 1918 virus and two closely related HAs in complex with receptor analogs. They explain how the 1918 HA, while retaining receptor binding site amino acids characteristic of an avian precursor HA, is able to bind human receptors and how, as a consequence, the virus was able to spread in the human population.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Binding Sites
- Birds
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/chemistry
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus/metabolism
- History, 20th Century
- Humans
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Influenza A virus/immunology
- Influenza A virus/metabolism
- Influenza A virus/pathogenicity
- Influenza, Human/epidemiology
- Influenza, Human/history
- Influenza, Human/virology
- Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptors, Virus/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sialic Acids/metabolism
- Species Specificity
- Swine
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- S J Gamblin
- Medical Research Council (MRC) National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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A wide range of viruses, including many human and animal pathogens representing various taxonomic groups, contain genomes that are enclosed in lipid envelopes. These envelopes are generally acquired in the final stages of assembly, as viruses bud from regions of the membrane of the infected cell at which virally encoded membrane proteins have accumulated. The viruses procure their membranes during this process and mature particles ‘pinch off’ from the cellular membranes. Under most circumstances, initiation of another round of infection is dependent on two critical functions supplied by the envelope proteins. The virus must bind to cell-surface receptors of a new host cell, and fusion of the viral and cellular membranes must occur to transfer the viral genome into the cell. Enveloped viruses have evolved a variety of mechanisms to execute these two basic functions. Owing to their relative simplicity, studies of binding and fusion using enveloped viruses and their components have contributed significantly to the overall understanding of receptor–ligand interactions and membrane fusion processes – fundamental activities involved in a plethora of biological functions.
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- K J Cross
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, UK.
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Influenza A viruses contain genomes composed of eight separate segments of negative-sense RNA. Circulating human strains are notorious for their tendency to accumulate mutations from one year to the next and cause recurrent epidemics. However, the segmented nature of the genome also allows for the exchange of entire genes between different viral strains. The ability to manipulate influenza gene segments in various combinations in the laboratory has contributed to its being one of the best characterized viruses, and studies on influenza have provided key contributions toward the understanding of various aspects of virology in general. However, the genetic plasticity of influenza viruses also has serious potential implications regarding vaccine design, pathogenicity, and the capacity for novel viruses to emerge from natural reservoirs and cause global pandemics.
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- David A Steinhauer
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Rollins Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
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Bosch V, Kramer B, Pfeiffer T, Stärck L, Steinhauer DA. Inhibition of release of lentivirus particles with incorporated human influenza virus haemagglutinin by binding to sialic acid-containing cellular receptors. J Gen Virol 2001; 82:2485-2494. [PMID: 11562541 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-82-10-2485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mutants of the haemagglutinin (HA) gene of human influenza virus A/Aichi/2/68 (H3N2) encoding HA proteins that are proteolytically cleaved intracellularly, defective in binding to cellular receptors or defective for acylation within the cytoplasmic C terminus have been generated. Here, the properties of these mutated HA molecules are described and their incorporation into the lipid membrane of released human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-like particles is analysed. It is demonstrated that, when produced from cells coexpressing any of the binding-competent Aichi-HA molecules, release of HIV-like particles into the extracellular medium is reduced and the particles that are released fail to incorporate Aichi-HA. These blocks in release and incorporation, respectively, can both be overcome. The release of normal amounts of particles with incorporated HA can be achieved either by mutation of the receptor-binding site on the Aichi-HA molecule or by removal of sialic acid from surface proteins with neuraminidase. In contrast, as a result of blockage of the sialic acid-binding site by sialidated oligosaccharides on the HA itself, the HA of influenza virus A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1) is efficiently incorporated into HIV-like particles. These results, namely that particle release can be inhibited by interactions between the incorporated glycoprotein and the cell surface and/or that interactions with other cellular components can be inhibitory to incorporation into retrovirus envelopes, probably reflect general principles that may hold for many viral and cellular glycoproteins.
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- Valerie Bosch
- Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, F0200, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany1
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- Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, F0200, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany1
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- Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, F0200, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany1
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- Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, F0200, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany1
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- Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK2
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Influenza haemagglutinin (HA) is responsible for fusing viral and endosomal membranes during virus entry. In this process, conformational changes in the HA relocate the HA(2) N-terminal 'fusion peptide' to interact with the target membrane. The highly conserved HA fusion peptide shares composition and sequence features with functionally analogous regions of other viral fusion proteins, including the presence and distribution of glycines and large side-chain hydrophobic residues. HAs with mutations in the fusion peptide were expressed using vaccinia virus recombinants to examine the requirement for fusion of specific hydrophobic residues and the significance of glycine spacing. Mutant HAs were also incorporated into infectious influenza viruses for analysis of their effects on infectivity and replication. In most cases alanine, but not glycine substitutions for the large hydrophobic residues, yielded fusion-competent HAs and infectious viruses, suggesting that the conserved spacing of glycines may be structurally significant. When viruses containing alanine substitutions for large hydrophobic residues were passaged, pseudoreversion to valine was observed, indicating a preference for large hydrophobic residues at specific positions. Viruses were also obtained with serine, leucine or phenylalanine as the N-terminal residue, but these replicated to significantly lower levels than wild-type virus with glycine at this position.
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- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK and
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Han X, Steinhauer DA, Wharton SA, Tamm LK. Interaction of mutant influenza virus hemagglutinin fusion peptides with lipid bilayers: probing the role of hydrophobic residue size in the central region of the fusion peptide. Biochemistry 1999; 38:15052-9. [PMID: 10555988 DOI: 10.1021/bi991232h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The amino-terminal region of the membrane-anchored subunit of influenza virus hemagglutinin, the fusion peptide, is crucial for membrane fusion of this virus. The peptide is extruded from the interior of the protein and inserted into the lipid bilayer of the target membrane upon induction of a conformational change in the protein by low pH. Although the effects of several mutations in this region on the fusion behavior and the biophysical properties of the corresponding peptides have been studied, the structural requirements for an active fusion peptide have still not been defined. To probe the sensitivity of the fusion peptide structure and function to small hydrophobic perturbations in the middle of the hydrophobic region, we have individually replaced the alanine residues in positions 5 and 7 with smaller (glycine) or bulkier (valine) hydrophobic residues and measured the extent of fusion mediated by these hemagglutinin constructs as well as some biophysical properties of the corresponding synthetic peptides in lipid bilayers. We find that position 5 tolerates a smaller and position 7 a larger hydrophobic side chain. All peptides contained segments of alpha-helical (33-45%) and beta-strand (13-16%) conformation as determined by CD and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. The order parameters of the peptide helices and the lipid hydrocarbon chains were determined from measurements of the dichroism of the respective infrared absorption bands. Order parameters in the range of 0.0-0.6 were found for the helices of these peptides, which indicate that these peptides are most likely aligned with their alpha-helices at oblique angles to the membrane normal. Some (mostly fusogenic) peptides induced significant increases of the order parameter of the lipid hydrocarbon chains, suggesting that the lipid bilayer becomes more ordered in the presence of these peptides, possibly as a result of dehydration at the membrane surface.
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- X Han
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics and Center for Structural Biology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Box 10011, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-0011, USA
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Although human epidemics of influenza occur on nearly an annual basis and result in a significant number of "excess deaths," the viruses responsible are not generally considered highly pathogenic. On occasion, however, an outbreak occurs that demonstrates the potential lethality of influenza viruses. The human pandemic of 1918 spread worldwide and killed millions, and the limited human outbreak of highly pathogenic avian viruses in Hong Kong at the end of 1997 is a warning that this could happen again. In avian species such as chickens and turkeys, several outbreaks of highly pathogenic influenza viruses have been documented. Although the reason for the lethality of the human 1918 viruses remains unclear, the pathogenicity of the avian viruses, including those that caused the human 1997 outbreak, relates primarily to properties of the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA). Cleavage of the HA precursor molecule HA0 is required to activate virus infectivity, and the distribution of activating proteases in the host is one of the determinants of tropism and, as such, pathogenicity. The HAs of mammalian and nonpathogenic avian viruses are cleaved extracellularly, which limits their spread in hosts to tissues where the appropriate proteases are encountered. On the other hand, the HAs of pathogenic viruses are cleaved intracellularly by ubiquitously occurring proteases and therefore have the capacity to infect various cell types and cause systemic infections. The x-ray crystal structure of HA0 has been solved recently and shows that the cleavage site forms a loop that extends from the surface of the molecule, and it is the composition and structure of the cleavage loop region that dictate the range of proteases that can potentially activate infectivity. Here influenza virus pathogenicity is discussed, with an emphasis on the role of HA0 cleavage as a determining factor.
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- D A Steinhauer
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London, Mill Hill, NW7 1AA, United Kingdom.
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Chen J, Lee KH, Steinhauer DA, Stevens DJ, Skehel JJ, Wiley DC. Structure of the hemagglutinin precursor cleavage site, a determinant of influenza pathogenicity and the origin of the labile conformation. Cell 1998; 95:409-17. [PMID: 9814710 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81771-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The membrane fusion potential of influenza HA, like many viral membrane-fusion glycoproteins, is generated by proteolytic cleavage of a biosynthetic precursor. The three-dimensional structure of ectodomain of the precursor HA0 has been determined and compared with that of cleaved HA. The cleavage site is a prominent surface loop adjacent to a novel cavity; cleavage results in structural rearrangements in which the nonpolar amino acids near the new amino terminus bury ionizable residues in the cavity that are implicated in the low-pH-induced conformational change. Amino acid insertions at the cleavage site in HAs of virulent avian viruses and those of viruses isolated from the recent severe outbreak of influenza in humans in Hong Kong would extend this surface loop, facilitating intracellular cleavage.
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- J Chen
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Martín J, Wharton SA, Lin YP, Takemoto DK, Skehel JJ, Wiley DC, Steinhauer DA. Studies of the binding properties of influenza hemagglutinin receptor-site mutants. Virology 1998; 241:101-11. [PMID: 9454721 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Site-specific mutations have been made in the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) receptor binding site to assess the contribution of individual amino acid residues to receptor recognition. Screening of mutant HAs, expressed using recombinant vaccinia virus-infected cells, for their abilities to bind human erythrocytes indicated that substitutions involving conserved residues Y98F, H183F, and L194A severely restricted binding and that the substitution W153A prevented cell surface expression of HA. Mutation of residues E190 and S228 that are in positions to form hydrogen bonds with the 9-OH of sialic acid appeared to increase erythrocyte binding slightly, as did the substitution G225R. Substitutions of other residues that are directly or indirectly involved in receptor binding, S136T, S136A, Y195F, G225D, and L226P, had intermediate effects on binding between these two extremes. Estimates of changes in receptor binding specificity based on inhibition of binding to erythrocytes by nonimmune horse sera indicated that mutants G225R and L226P, unlike wild-type HA, were not inhibited; Y195F and G225D mutants were, like wild type, inhibited; and erythrocyte binding by mutants S136A, S136T, E190A, and S228G was only partially inhibited. Viruses containing mutant HAs Y98F, S136T, G225D, and S228G that cover the range of erythrocyte binding properties observed were also constructed by transfection. All four transfectant viruses replicated in MDCK cells and embryonated hens' eggs as efficiently as wild-type X-31 virus, although the Y98F mutant virus was unable to agglutinate erythrocytes. Mutant MDCK cells that have reduced levels of cell surface sialic acids were susceptible to infection by S136T, G225D, and S228G transfectant viruses and by wild type but not by the Y98F transfectant virus.
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- J Martín
- Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
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Lin YP, Wharton SA, Martín J, Skehel JJ, Wiley DC, Steinhauer DA. Adaptation of egg-grown and transfectant influenza viruses for growth in mammalian cells: selection of hemagglutinin mutants with elevated pH of membrane fusion. Virology 1997; 233:402-10. [PMID: 9217063 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A series of eight transfectant influenza viruses was generated by reverse genetics for studies of the palmitylated cysteine residues in the cytoplasmic tail of the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA). Following amplification of these viruses in MDCK cells we found that all had developed an elevated pH of membrane fusion--an unexpected result since previous mutant HA expression studies had shown that substitutions of the cysteine residues had no effect on fusion properties. Sequence analyses revealed that each of the viruses had at least one additional mutation in the ectodomain of HA which was responsible for the increase in fusion pH. Similarly, when we passaged egg-grown wild-type X-31 virus in three different lines of MDCK cells or in MDBK cells, high pH fusion mutants were selected within a few passages in every case. The locations of the substitutions in the HA structure are in or near the "fusion peptide" or at subunit interfaces throughout the length of the trimer--reminiscent of the changes selected in earlier studies on amantadine resistance. The observation that passage of certain viruses in mammalian cells can result in the selection of mutants with elevated fusion pH has potential implications both for reverse genetic experiments and, perhaps more importantly, for the choice of substrates for propagation of vaccine viruses.
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- Y P Lin
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Steinhauer DA, Martín J, Lin YP, Wharton SA, Oldstone MB, Skehel JJ, Wiley DC. Studies using double mutants of the conformational transitions in influenza hemagglutinin required for its membrane fusion activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:12873-8. [PMID: 8917512 PMCID: PMC24013 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.23.12873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Amino acid substitutions widely distributed throughout the influenza hemagglutinin (HA) influence the pH of its membrane fusion activity. We have combined a number of these substitutions in double mutants and determined the effects on the pH of fusion and on the pH at which the refolding of HA required for fusion occurs. By analyzing combinations of mutations in three regions of the metastable neutral-pH HA that are rearranged at fusion pH we obtain evidence for both additive and nonadditive effects and for an apparent order of dominance in the effects of amino acid substitutions in particular regions on the pH of fusion. We conclude that there are at least three components in the structural transition required for membrane fusion activity and consider possible pathways for the transition in relation to the known differences between neutral and fusion pH HA structures.
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- D A Steinhauer
- National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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Influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) fuses membranes at endosomal pH by a process which involves extrusion of the NH2-terminal region of HA2, the fusion peptide, from its buried location in the native trimer. We have examined the amino acid sequence requirements for a functional fusion peptide by determining the fusion capacities of site-specific mutant HAs expressed by using vaccinia virus recombinants and of synthetic peptide analogs of the mutant fusion peptides. The results indicate that for efficient fusion, alanine can to some extent substitute for the NH2-terminal glycine of the wild-type fusion peptide but that serine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, or phenylalanine cannot. In addition, mutants containing shorter fusion peptides as a result of single amino acid deletions are inactive, as is a mutant containing an alanine instead of a glycine at HA2 residue 8. Substitution of the glycine at HA2 residue 4 with an alanine increases the pH of fusion, and valine-for-glutamate substitutions at HA2 residues 11 and 15 are without effect. We confirm previous reports on the need for specific HAo cleavage to generate functional HAs, and we show that both inappropriately cleaved HA and mutant HAs, irrespective of their fusion capacities, upon incubation at low pH undergo the structural transition required for fusion.
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- D A Steinhauer
- Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
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Wharton SA, Calder LJ, Ruigrok RW, Skehel JJ, Steinhauer DA, Wiley DC. Electron microscopy of antibody complexes of influenza virus haemagglutinin in the fusion pH conformation. EMBO J 1995; 14:240-6. [PMID: 7835335 PMCID: PMC398077 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb06997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Activation of the membrane fusion potential of influenza haemagglutinin (HA) at endosomal pH requires changes in its structure. X-ray analysis of TBHA2, a proteolytic fragment of HA in the fusion pH conformation, indicates that at the pH of fusion the 'fusion peptide' is displaced by > 10 nm from its location in the native structure to the tip of an 11 nm triple-stranded coiled coil, and that the formation of this structure involves extensive re-folding or reorganization of HA. Here we examine the structure of TBHA2 with the electron microscope and compare it with the fusion pH structure of HA2 in virosomes, HA2 in aggregates formed at fusion pH by the soluble, bromelain-released ectodomain BHA and HA2 in liposomes with which BHA associates at fusion pH. We have oriented each HA2 preparation for comparison, using site-specific monoclonal antibodies. We conclude that the structural changes in membrane-anchored and soluble HA preparations at the pH of fusion appear to be the same; that in the absence of a target membrane, the 'fusion peptide' of HA in virosomes associates with the virosome membrane so that HA2 is membrane bound at both N- and C-termini, which implies that inversion of the re-folded HA can occur; and that the structural changes observed by X-ray analysis do not result from the proteolytic digestions used in the preparation of TBHA2.
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- S A Wharton
- Division of Virology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK
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Skehel JJ, Bizebard T, Bullough PA, Hughson FM, Knossow M, Steinhauer DA, Wharton SA, Wiley DC. Membrane fusion by influenza hemagglutinin. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1995; 60:573-80. [PMID: 8824430 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1995.060.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- J J Skehel
- National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
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The in vitro fidelity of the virion-associated RNA polymerase of vesicular stomatitis virus was quantitated for a single conserved viral RNA site and the usual high in vitro base misincorporation error frequencies (approx. 10(-3)) were observed at this (guanine) site. We sought evidence for RNA 3'-->5' exonuclease proofreading mechanisms by varying the concentrations of the next nucleoside triphosphate, by incorporation of nucleoside[1-thio]triphosphate analogues of the four natural RNA nucleosides, and by varying the concentrations of pyrophosphate in the in vitro polymerase reaction. None of these perturbations greatly affected viral RNA polymerase fidelity at the site studied. These results fail to show evidence for proofreading exonuclease activity associated with the virion replicase of an RNA virus. They suggest that RNA virus replication might generally be error-prone, because RNA replicase base misincorporations are proofread very inefficiently or not at all.
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- D A Steinhauer
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116
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RNA virus mutation frequencies generally approach maximum tolerable levels, and create complex indeterminate quasispecies populations in infected hosts. This usually favors extreme rates of evolution, although periods of relative stasis or equilibrium, punctuated by rapid change may also occur (as for other life forms). Because complex quasispecies populations of RNA viruses arise probabilistically and differentially in every host, their compositions and exact roles in disease pathogenesis are indeterminate and their directions of evolution, and the nature and timing of "new" virus outbreaks are unpredictable.
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- J J Holland
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116
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Steinhauer DA, Wharton SA, Skehel JJ, Wiley DC, Hay AJ. Amantadine selection of a mutant influenza virus containing an acid-stable hemagglutinin glycoprotein: evidence for virus-specific regulation of the pH of glycoprotein transport vesicles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:11525-9. [PMID: 1763066 PMCID: PMC53168 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.24.11525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mutants of influenza Rostock virus (H7N1 subtype) were selected for resistance to amantadine hydrochloride at concentrations of the antiviral drug known to affect the function of the virus M2 transmembrane protein. Sequence analysis revealed that three mutants had no changes in M2 but contained a lysine to isoleucine substitution in the hemagglutinin (HA) membrane glycoprotein at position 58 of HA2. The mutant viruses were found to fuse membranes at a pH value 0.7 lower than wild type and to exhibit changes in the conformation of their HAs specifically at the lower pH. The homologous lysine to isoleucine substitution was introduced by site-specific mutagenesis into the HA of X-31 influenza virus (H3 subtype), which was expressed by using vaccinia virus recombinants. The expressed HA also mediated membrane fusion and changed in conformation at a pH value 0.7 lower than wild type. These results indicate that increased acid stability of the HA obviates the consequences of the inhibition of M2 function by amantadine and provide further evidence for the role of M2 in regulating the pH of vesicles involved in glycoprotein transport to the cell surface.
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- D A Steinhauer
- National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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The effects of deacylating the H3 influenza hemagglutinin (HA) on its membrane fusion activity were investigated. Chemical deacylation caused no change in the ability of HA to fuse liposomes in vitro. Site-specific mutagenesis of the three cysteine residues in the cytoplasmic tail singly, or in combination, showed that all three were palmitoylated. Substitution of one, two, or all three cysteines with serine and subsequent lack of palmitoylation at mutated sites had no effect on the pH of the conformational change in HA required for fusion activity or the extent of fusion activity.
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- D A Steinhauer
- National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
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