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Urata S, Kenyon E, Nayak D, Cubitt B, Kurosaki Y, Yasuda J, de la Torre JC, McGavern DB. BST-2 controls T cell proliferation and exhaustion by shaping the early distribution of a persistent viral infection. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007172. [PMID: 30028868 PMCID: PMC6080785 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The interferon inducible protein, BST-2 (or, tetherin), plays an important role in the innate antiviral defense system by inhibiting the release of many enveloped viruses. Consequently, viruses have evolved strategies to counteract the anti-viral activity of this protein. While the mechanisms by which BST-2 prevents viral dissemination have been defined, less is known about how this protein shapes the early viral distribution and immunological defense against pathogens during the establishment of persistence. Using the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) model of infection, we sought insights into how the in vitro antiviral activity of this protein compared to the immunological defense mounted in vivo. We observed that BST-2 modestly reduced production of virion particles from cultured cells, which was associated with the ability of BST-2 to interfere with the virus budding process mediated by the LCMV Z protein. Moreover, LCMV does not encode a BST-2 antagonist, and viral propagation was not significantly restricted in cells that constitutively expressed BST-2. In contrast to this very modest effect in cultured cells, BST-2 played a crucial role in controlling LCMV in vivo. In BST-2 deficient mice, a persistent strain of LCMV was no longer confined to the splenic marginal zone at early times post-infection, which resulted in an altered distribution of LCMV-specific T cells, reduced T cell proliferation / function, delayed viral control in the serum, and persistence in the brain. These data demonstrate that BST-2 is important in shaping the anatomical distribution and adaptive immune response against a persistent viral infection in vivo.
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- Shuzo Urata
- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science IMM-6, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Viral Immunology & Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Viral Immunology & Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Center for Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science IMM-6, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (CCPID), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science IMM-6, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Viral Immunology & Intravital Imaging Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Iwasaki M, Minder P, Caì Y, Kuhn JH, Yates JR, Torbett BE, de la Torre JC. Interactome analysis of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus nucleoprotein in infected cells reveals ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit Alpha 1 and prohibitin as host-cell factors involved in the life cycle of mammarenaviruses. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006892. [PMID: 29462184 PMCID: PMC5834214 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Several mammalian arenaviruses (mammarenaviruses) cause hemorrhagic fevers in humans and pose serious public health concerns in their endemic regions. Additionally, mounting evidence indicates that the worldwide-distributed, prototypic mammarenavirus, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), is a neglected human pathogen of clinical significance. Concerns about human-pathogenic mammarenaviruses are exacerbated by of the lack of licensed vaccines, and current anti-mammarenavirus therapy is limited to off-label use of ribavirin that is only partially effective. Detailed understanding of virus/host-cell interactions may facilitate the development of novel anti-mammarenavirus strategies by targeting components of the host-cell machinery that are required for efficient virus multiplication. Here we document the generation of a recombinant LCMV encoding a nucleoprotein (NP) containing an affinity tag (rLCMV/Strep-NP) and its use to capture the NP-interactome in infected cells. Our proteomic approach combined with genetics and pharmacological validation assays identified ATPase Na+/K+ transporting subunit alpha 1 (ATP1A1) and prohibitin (PHB) as pro-viral factors. Cell-based assays revealed that ATP1A1 and PHB are involved in different steps of the virus life cycle. Accordingly, we observed a synergistic inhibitory effect on LCMV multiplication with a combination of ATP1A1 and PHB inhibitors. We show that ATP1A1 inhibitors suppress multiplication of Lassa virus and Candid#1, a live-attenuated vaccine strain of Junín virus, suggesting that the requirement of ATP1A1 in virus multiplication is conserved among genetically distantly related mammarenaviruses. Our findings suggest that clinically approved inhibitors of ATP1A1, like digoxin, could be repurposed to treat infections by mammarenaviruses pathogenic for humans.
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- Masaharu Iwasaki
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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de Lamballerie X. [Diagnosis and treatment of emerging viral diseases : how can we do better ?]. BULLETIN DE L'ACADEMIE NATIONALE DE MEDECINE 2016; 200:1605-1615. [PMID: 32226054 PMCID: PMC7095179 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4079(19)30571-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Virus emergence episodes follow one another at a steady pace. The medical and scientific community responds to needs as and when they arise but finds difficult to propose a global strategy in the medium and long term. Regarding diagnosis, priority should be given to anticipating the management of re-emerging pathogens, to developing capacities of real-time molecular diagnosis, and to preserving reference expertise and reference biological materials. This effort should also include sero-epidemiological studies aiming at obtaining a more accurate mapping of the circulation of potentially re-emerging pathogens. Regarding therapeutics (with the exception of vaccines which are addressed in another presentation), the expected improvements are the advance implementation of ready-to-use protocol frames for clinical trials and that of an ambitious strategy aiming at gradually covering the taxonomic spectrum of evolutionary virus groups infecting vertebrates.
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Efficient Interaction between Arenavirus Nucleoprotein (NP) and RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase (L) Is Mediated by the Virus Nucleocapsid (NP-RNA) Template. J Virol 2015; 89:5734-8. [PMID: 25762740 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00103-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this study, we document that efficient interaction between arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (L protein), the two trans-acting viral factors required for both virus RNA replication and gene transcription, requires the presence of virus-specific RNA sequences located within the untranslated 5' and 3' termini of the viral genome.
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Huang C, Walker AG, Grant AM, Kolokoltsova OA, Yun NE, Seregin AV, Paessler S. Potent inhibition of Junín virus infection by interferon in murine cells. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e2933. [PMID: 24901990 PMCID: PMC4046933 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The new world arenavirus Junín virus (JUNV) is the causative agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, a lethal human infectious disease. Adult laboratory mice are generally resistant to peripheral infection by JUNV. The mechanism underlying the mouse resistance to JUNV infection is largely unknown. We have reported that interferon receptor knockout mice succumb to JUNV infection, indicating the critical role of interferon in restricting JUNV infection in mice. Here we report that the pathogenic and vaccine strains of JUNV were highly sensitive to interferon in murine primary cells. Treatment with low concentrations of interferon abrogated viral NP protein expression in murine cells. The replication of both JUNVs was enhanced in IRF3/IRF7 deficient cells. In addition, the vaccine strain of JUNV displayed impaired growth in primary murine cells. Our data suggested a direct and potent role of host interferon response in restricting JUNV replication in mice. The defect in viral growth for vaccine JUNV might also partially explain its attenuation in mice. The new world arenavirus Junín virus (JUNV) is the causative agent of a lethal human infectious disease, Argentine hemorrhagic fever. Laboratory mice are used as models to study many viral diseases. However, adult laboratory mice are generally resistant to JUNV infection. Interferons are early immune regulatory molecules that induce potent anti-viral status in host cells and activate host immune cells to counteract virus infection. The activity of interferons relies on their cell surface receptors. We have previously reported that mutant mice with defect in interferon receptors succumbed to challenge with JUNV, highlighting the critical role of interferon in restricting JUNV infection in mice. Here we further study the basis of mouse resistance to JUNV infection and report that the replication of both pathogenic JUNV and its vaccine strains are highly sensitive to type I IFN treatment in mouse cells. However, both strains replicate efficiently in Africa green monkey-derived Vero cells and human cells when treated with high doses of interferon. Additionally, the vaccine strain replicates less efficiently in mouse cells compared with the pathogenic strain, which might partially explain its attenuation in mice. Our new findings help better understand the JUNV-host interaction.
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- Cheng Huang
- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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Patterson M, Seregin A, Huang C, Kolokoltsova O, Smith J, Miller M, Smith J, Yun N, Poussard A, Grant A, Tigabu B, Walker A, Paessler S. Rescue of a recombinant Machupo virus from cloned cDNAs and in vivo characterization in interferon (αβ/γ) receptor double knockout mice. J Virol 2014; 88:1914-23. [PMID: 24284323 PMCID: PMC3911560 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02925-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Machupo virus (MACV) is the etiological agent of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (BHF), a reemerging and neglected tropical disease associated with high mortality. The prototypical strain of MACV, Carvallo, was isolated from a human patient in 1963, but minimal in vitro and in vivo characterization has been reported. To this end, we utilized reverse genetics to rescue a pathogenic MACV from cloned cDNAs. The recombinant MACV (rMACV) had in vitro growth properties similar to those of the parental MACV. Both viruses caused similar disease development in alpha/beta and gamma interferon receptor knockout mice, including neurological disease development and high mortality. In addition, we have identified a novel murine model with mortality and neurological disease similar to BHF disease reported in humans and nonhuman primates.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Arenaviruses, New World/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- Cricetinae
- DNA Primers/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hemorrhagic Fever, American/genetics
- Histological Techniques
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Plasmids/genetics
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta/deficiency
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Interferon/deficiency
- Receptors, Interferon/genetics
- Reverse Genetics/methods
- Sequence Analysis, RNA
- Vero Cells
- Interferon gamma Receptor
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- Michael Patterson
- Galveston National Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Sealy Vaccine Center, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
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Stephan BI, Lozano ME, Goñi SE. Watching every step of the way: junín virus attenuation markers in the vaccine lineage. Curr Genomics 2014; 14:415-24. [PMID: 24396274 PMCID: PMC3867718 DOI: 10.2174/138920291407131220153526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Revised: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The Arenaviridae family includes several hemorrhagic fever viruses which are important emerging pathogens. Junín virus, a member of this family, is the etiological agent of Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF). A collaboration between the Governments of Argentina and the USA rendered the attenuated Junín virus vaccine strain Candid#1. Arenaviruses are enveloped viruses with genomes consisting of two single-stranded RNA species (L and S), each carrying two coding regions separated by a stably structured, non-coding intergenic region. Molecular characterization of the vaccine strain and of its more virulent ancestors, XJ13 (prototype) and XJ#44, allows a systematic approach for the discovery of key elements in virulence attenuation. We show comparisons of sequence information for the S RNA of the strains XJ13, XJ#44 and Candid#1 of Junín virus, along with other strains from the vaccine lineage and a set of Junín virus field strains collected at the AHF endemic area. Comparisons of nucleotide and amino acid sequences revealed different point mutations which might be linked to the attenuated phenotype. The majority of changes are consistent with a progressive attenuation of virulence between XJ13, XJ#44 and Candid#1. We propose that changes found in genomic regions with low natural variation frequencies are more likely to be associated with the virulence attenuation process. We partially sequenced field strains to analyze the genomic variability naturally occurring for Junín virus. This information, together with the sequence analysis of strains with intermediate virulence, will serve as a starting point to study the molecular bases for viral attenuation.
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- Betina Inés Stephan
- Área de Virosis Emergentes y Zoonóticas, Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
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- Área de Virosis Emergentes y Zoonóticas, Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
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- Área de Virosis Emergentes y Zoonóticas, Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
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McLay L, Liang Y, Ly H. Comparative analysis of disease pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms of New World and Old World arenavirus infections. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:1-15. [PMID: 24068704 PMCID: PMC4093776 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.057000-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Arenaviruses can cause fatal human haemorrhagic fever (HF) diseases for which vaccines and therapies are extremely limited. Both the New World (NW) and Old World (OW) groups of arenaviruses contain HF-causing pathogens. Although these two groups share many similarities, important differences with regard to pathogenicity and molecular mechanisms of virus infection exist. These closely related pathogens share many characteristics, including genome structure, viral assembly, natural host selection and the ability to interfere with innate immune signalling. However, members of the NW and OW viruses appear to use different receptors for cellular entry, as well as different mechanisms of virus internalization. General differences in disease signs and symptoms and pathological lesions in patients infected with either NW or OW arenaviruses are also noted and discussed herein. Whilst both the OW Lassa virus (LASV) and the NW Junin virus (JUNV) can cause disruption of the vascular endothelium, which is an important pathological feature of HF, the immune responses to these related pathogens seem to be quite distinct. Whereas LASV infection results in an overall generalized immune suppression, patients infected with JUNV seem to develop a cytokine storm. Additionally, the type of immune response required for recovery and clearance of the virus is different between NW and OW infections. These differences may be important to allow the viruses to evade host immune detection. Understanding these differences will aid the development of new vaccines and treatment strategies against deadly HF viral infections.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Arenaviridae Infections/immunology
- Arenaviridae Infections/pathology
- Arenaviridae Infections/virology
- Arenaviruses, New World/classification
- Arenaviruses, New World/genetics
- Arenaviruses, New World/immunology
- Arenaviruses, New World/pathogenicity
- Arenaviruses, Old World/classification
- Arenaviruses, Old World/genetics
- Arenaviruses, Old World/immunology
- Arenaviruses, Old World/pathogenicity
- Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/immunology
- Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/pathology
- Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral/virology
- Humans
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- Lisa McLay
- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55108, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55108, USA
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Several arenaviruses, chiefly Lassa virus (LASV), cause hemorrhagic fever (HF) disease in humans and pose a great public health concern in the regions in which they are endemic. Moreover, evidence indicates that the worldwide-distributed prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a neglected human pathogen of clinical significance. The limited existing armamentarium to combat human-pathogenic arenaviruses underscores the importance of developing novel antiarenaviral drugs, a task that would be facilitated by the identification and characterization of virus-host cell factor interactions that contribute to the arenavirus life cycle. A genome-wide small interfering RNA (siRNA) screen identified sodium hydrogen exchanger 3 (NHE3) as required for efficient multiplication of LCMV in HeLa cells, but the mechanisms by which NHE activity contributed to the life cycle of LCMV remain unknown. Here we show that treatment with the NHE inhibitor 5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl) amiloride (EIPA) resulted in a robust inhibition of LCMV multiplication in both rodent (BHK-21) and human (A549) cells. EIPA-mediated inhibition was due not to interference with virus RNA replication, gene expression, or budding but rather to a blockade of virus cell entry. EIPA also inhibited cell entry mediated by the glycoproteins of the HF arenaviruses LASV and Junin virus (JUNV). Pharmacological and genetic studies revealed that cell entry of LCMV in A549 cells depended on actin remodeling and Pak1, suggesting a macropinocytosis-like cell entry pathway. Finally, zoniporide, an NHE inhibitor being explored as a therapeutic agent to treat myocardial infarction, inhibited LCMV propagation in culture cells. Our findings indicate that targeting NHEs could be a novel strategy to combat human-pathogenic arenaviruses.
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Harmon B, Kozina C, Maar D, Carpenter TS, Branda CS, Negrete OA, Carson BD. Identification of critical amino acids within the nucleoprotein of Tacaribe virus important for anti-interferon activity. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:8702-8711. [PMID: 23382389 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.444760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) can suppress induction of type I interferon (IFN). This anti-IFN activity is thought to be shared by all arenaviruses with the exception of Tacaribe virus (TCRV). To identify the TCRV NP amino acid residues that prevent its IFN-countering ability, we created a series of NP chimeras between residues of TCRV NP and Pichinde virus (PICV) NP, an arenavirus NP with potent anti-IFN function. Chimera NP analysis revealed that a minimal four amino acid stretch derived from PICV NP could impart efficient anti-IFN activity to TCRV NP. Strikingly, the TCRV NP gene cloned and sequenced from viral stocks obtained through National Institutes of Health Biodefense and Emerging Infections (BEI) resources deviated from the reference sequence at this particular four-amino acid region, GPPT (GenBank KC329849) versus DLQL (GenBank NC004293), respectively at residues 389-392. When efficiently expressed in cells through codon-optimization, TCRV NP containing the GPPT residues rescued the antagonistic IFN function. Consistent with cell expression results, TCRV infection did not stimulate an IFNβ response early in infection in multiple cells types (e.g. A549, P388D1), and IRF-3 was not translocated to the nucleus in TCRV-infected A549 cells. Collectively, these data suggest that certain TCRV strain variants contain the important NP amino acids necessary for anti-IFN activity.
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- Brooke Harmon
- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94550
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- Biosciences and Biotechnology Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123
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Grant A, Seregin A, Huang C, Kolokoltsova O, Brasier A, Peters C, Paessler S. Junín virus pathogenesis and virus replication. Viruses 2012. [PMID: 23202466 PMCID: PMC3497054 DOI: 10.3390/v4102317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Junín virus, the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, causes significant morbidity and mortality. The virus is spread through the aerosolization of host rodent excreta and endemic to the humid pampas of Argentina. Recently, significant progress has been achieved with the development of new technologies (e.g. reverse genetics) that have expanded knowledge about the pathogenesis and viral replication of Junín virus. We will review the pathogenesis of Junín virus in various animal models and the role of innate and adaptive immunity during infection. We will highlight current research regarding the role of molecular biology of Junín virus in elucidating virus attenuation. We will also summarize current knowledge on Junín virus pathogenesis focusing on the recent development of vaccines and potential therapeutics.
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- Ashley Grant
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
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- Institute for Translational Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine and Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas;
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA; (A.G.); (A.S.); (C.H.); (O.A.); (C.P.); (S.P.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; ; Tel.: +1-409-266-6913; Fax: +1-409-747-0762
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Arenaviruses include lethal human pathogens which pose serious public health threats. So far, no FDA approved vaccines are available against arenavirus infections, and therapeutic options are limited, making the identification of novel drug targets for the development of efficacious therapeutics an urgent need. Arenaviruses are comprised of two RNA genome segments and four proteins, the polymerase L, the envelope glycoprotein GP, the matrix protein Z, and the nucleoprotein NP. A crucial step in the arenavirus life-cycle is the biosynthesis and maturation of the GP precursor (GPC) by cellular signal peptidases and the cellular enzyme Subtilisin Kexin Isozyme-1 (SKI-1)/Site-1 Protease (S1P) yielding a tripartite mature GP complex formed by GP1/GP2 and a stable signal peptide (SSP). GPC cleavage by SKI-1/S1P is crucial for fusion competence and incorporation of mature GP into nascent budding virion particles. In a first part of our review, we cover basic aspects and newer developments in the biosynthesis of arenavirus GP and its molecular interaction with SKI-1/S1P. A second part will then highlight the potential of SKI-1/S1P-mediated processing of arenavirus GPC as a novel target for therapeutic intervention to combat human pathogenic arenaviruses.
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Arenaviruses include several causative agents of hemorrhagic fever (HF) disease in humans that are associated with high morbidity and significant mortality. Morbidity and lethality associated with HF arenaviruses are believed to involve the dysregulation of the host innate immune and inflammatory responses that leads to impaired development of protective and efficient immunity. The molecular mechanisms underlying this dysregulation are not completely understood, but it is suggested that viral infection leads to disruption of early host defenses and contributes to arenavirus pathogenesis in humans. We demonstrate in the accompanying paper that the prototype member in the family, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), disables the host innate defense by interfering with type I interferon (IFN-I) production through inhibition of the interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) activation pathway and that the viral nucleoprotein (NP) alone is responsible for this inhibitory effect (C. Pythoud, W. W. Rodrigo, G. Pasqual, S. Rothenberger, L. Martínez-Sobrido, J. C. de la Torre, and S. Kunz, J. Virol. 86:7728-7738, 2012). In this report, we show that LCMV-NP, as well as NPs encoded by representative members of both Old World (OW) and New World (NW) arenaviruses, also inhibits the nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). Similar to the situation previously reported for IRF3, Tacaribe virus NP (TCRV-NP) does not inhibit NF-κB nuclear translocation and transcriptional activity to levels comparable to those seen with other members in the family. Altogether, our findings demonstrate that arenavirus infection inhibits NF-κB-dependent innate immune and inflammatory responses, possibly playing a key role in the pathogenesis and virulence of arenavirus.
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S-layer proteins of Lactobacillus acidophilus inhibits JUNV infection. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2012; 422:590-5. [PMID: 22595457 PMCID: PMC7124250 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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It has been previously described that S-layer binds to the C-type lectin DC-specific ICAM-3-grabbing nonintegrin (DC-SIGN, CD209). It was also shown that DC-SIGN is a cell-surface adhesion factor that enhances viral entry of several virus families. Among those, Junin virus (JUNV) entry is enhanced in cells expressing DC-SIGN and for that reason surface-layer protein (S-layer) of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4365 was evaluated as a possible JUNV inhibitor. Experiments using 3T3 cells stably expressing DC-SIGN, showed an almost complete inhibition of JUNV infection when they were treated with S-layer in a similar extend as the inhibition shown by mannan. However no inhibition effect was observed in 3T3 wild type cells or in 3T3 cells expressing liver/lymph node-specific ICAM-3 grabbing nonintegrin (L-SIGN or DC-SIGNR or CD209L). Treatments with S-layer during different times in the infection demonstrated that inhibition was only observed when S-layer was presented in early stages of the viral infection. This inhibition does not involve the classic recognition of mannose by this C-type lectin as the S-layer showed no evidence to be glycosylated. In fact, the highly basic nature of the S-layer (pI > 9.5) seems to be involved in electrostatic interactions between DC-SIGN and S-layer, since high pH abolished the inhibitory effect on infection cause by the S-layer. In silico analysis predicts a Ca2+-dependant carbohydrate recognition domain in the SlpA protein. This novel characteristic of the S-layer, a GRAS status protein, contribute to the pathogen exclusion reported for this probiotic strain and may be applied as an antiviral agent to inhibit several kinds of viruses.
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Evaluation of the anti-arenaviral activity of the subtilisin kexin isozyme-1/site-1 protease inhibitor PF-429242. Virology 2011; 423:14-22. [PMID: 22154237 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The cellular protease subtilisin kexin isozyme-1 (SKI-1)/site-1 protease (S1P) is implicated in the proteolytic processing of the viral envelope glycoprotein precursor (GPC) of arenaviruses, a step strictly required for production of infectious progeny. The small molecule SKI-1/S1P inhibitor PF-429242 was shown to have anti-viral activity against Old World arenaviruses. Here we extended these studies and show that PF-429242 also inhibits GPC processing and productive infection of New World arenaviruses, making PF-429242 a broadly active anti-arenaviral drug. In combination therapy, PF-429242 potentiated the anti-viral activity of ribavirin, indicating a synergism between the two drugs. A hallmark of arenaviruses is their ability to establish persistent infection in vitro and in vivo. Notably, PF-429242 was able to efficiently and rapidly clear persistent infection by arenaviruses. Interruption of drug treatment did not result in re-emergence of infection, indicating that PF-429242 treatment leads to virus extinction.
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The C-terminal region of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus nucleoprotein contains distinct and segregable functional domains involved in NP-Z interaction and counteraction of the type I interferon response. J Virol 2011; 85:13038-48. [PMID: 21976642 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05834-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Several arenaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever (HF) disease in humans that is associated with high morbidity and significant mortality. Arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP), the most abundant viral protein in infected cells and virions, encapsidates the viral genome RNA, and this NP-RNA complex, together with the viral L polymerase, forms the viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) that directs viral RNA replication and gene transcription. Formation of infectious arenavirus progeny requires packaging of vRNPs into budding particles, a process in which arenavirus matrix-like protein (Z) plays a central role. In the present study, we have characterized the NP-Z interaction for the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). The LCMV NP domain that interacted with Z overlapped with a previously documented C-terminal domain that counteracts the host type I interferon (IFN) response. However, we found that single amino acid mutations that affect the anti-IFN function of LCMV NP did not disrupt the NP-Z interaction, suggesting that within the C-terminal region of NP different amino acid residues critically contribute to these two distinct and segregable NP functions. A similar NP-Z interaction was confirmed for the HF arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV). Notably, LCMV NP interacted similarly with both LCMV Z and LASV Z, while LASV NP interacted only with LASV Z. Our results also suggest the presence of a conserved protein domain within NP but with specific amino acid residues playing key roles in determining the specificity of NP-Z interaction that may influence the viability of reassortant arenaviruses. In addition, this NP-Z interaction represents a potential target for the development of antiviral drugs to combat human-pathogenic arenaviruses.
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Lee AM, Pasquato A, Kunz S. Novel approaches in anti-arenaviral drug development. Virology 2010; 411:163-9. [PMID: 21183197 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2010.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Hemorrhagic fevers caused by arenaviruses are among the most devastating emerging human diseases. Considering the number of individuals affected, the current lack of a licensed vaccine, and the limited therapeutic options, arenaviruses are arguably among the most neglected tropical pathogens and the development of efficacious anti-arenaviral drugs is of high priority. Over the past years significant efforts have been undertaken to identify novel potent inhibitors of arenavirus infection. High throughput screening of small molecule libraries employing pseudotype platforms led to the discovery of several potent and broadly active inhibitors of arenavirus cell entry that are effective against the major hemorrhagic arenaviruses. Mechanistic studies revealed that these novel entry inhibitors block arenavirus membrane fusion and provided novel insights into the unusual mechanism of this process. The success of these approaches highlights the power of small molecule screens in antiviral drug discovery and establishes arenavirus membrane fusion as a robust drug target. These broad screenings have been complemented by strategies targeting cellular factors involved in productive arenavirus infection. Approaches targeting the cellular protease implicated in maturation of the fusion-active viral envelope glycoprotein identified the proteolytic processing of the arenavirus glycoprotein precursor as a novel and promising target for anti-arenaviral strategies.
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- Andrew M Lee
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Rescue from cloned cDNAs and in vivo characterization of recombinant pathogenic Romero and live-attenuated Candid #1 strains of Junin virus, the causative agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever disease. J Virol 2010; 85:1473-83. [PMID: 21123388 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02102-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The New World arenavirus Junin virus (JUNV) is the causative agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF), which is associated with high morbidity and significant mortality. Several pathogenic strains of JUNV have been documented, and a highly attenuated vaccine strain (Candid #1) was generated and used to vaccinate the human population at risk. The identification and functional characterization of viral genetic determinants associated with AHF and Candid #1 attenuation would contribute to the elucidation of the mechanisms contributing to AHF and the development of better vaccines and therapeutics. To this end, we used reverse genetics to rescue the pathogenic Romero and the attenuated Candid #1 strains of JUNV from cloned cDNAs. Both recombinant Candid #1 (rCandid #1) and Romero (rRomero) had the same growth properties and phenotypic features in cultured cells and in vivo as their corresponding parental viruses. Infection with rRomero caused 100% lethality in guinea pigs, whereas rCandid #1 infection was asymptomatic and provided protection against a lethal challenge with Romero. Notably, Romero and Candid #1 trans-acting proteins, L and NP, required for virus RNA replication and gene expression were exchangeable in a minigenome rescue assay. These findings support the feasibility of studies aimed at determining the contribution of each viral gene to JUNV pathogenesis and attenuation. In addition, we rescued Candid #1 viruses with three segments that efficiently expressed foreign genes introduced into their genomes. This finding opens the way for the development of a safe multivalent arenavirus vaccine.
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Borrow P, Martínez-Sobrido L, de la Torre JC. Inhibition of the type I interferon antiviral response during arenavirus infection. Viruses 2010; 2:2443-80. [PMID: 21994626 PMCID: PMC3185579 DOI: 10.3390/v2112443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 10/22/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Arenaviruses merit interest both as tractable experimental model systems to study acute and persistent viral infections, and as clinically-important human pathogens. Several arenaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever (HF) disease in humans. In addition, evidence indicates that the globally-distributed prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a human pathogen of clinical significance in congenital infections, and also poses a great danger to immunosuppressed individuals. Arenavirus persistence and pathogenesis are facilitated by their ability to overcome the host innate immune response. Mammalian hosts have developed both membrane toll-like receptors (TLR) and cytoplasmic pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that recognize specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), resulting in activation of the transcription factors IRF3 or IRF7, or both, which together with NF-κB and ATF-2/c-JUN induce production of type I interferon (IFN-I). IFN-I plays a key role in host anti-microbial defense by mediating direct antiviral effects via up-regulation of IFN-I stimulated genes (ISGs), activating dendritic cells (DCs) and natural killer (NK) cells, and promoting the induction of adaptive responses. Accordingly, viruses have developed a plethora of strategies to disrupt the IFN-I mediated antiviral defenses of the host, and the viral gene products responsible for these disruptions are often major virulence determinants. IRF3- and IRF7-dependent induction of host innate immune responses is frequently targeted by viruses. Thus, the arenavirus nucleoprotein (NP) was shown to inhibit the IFN-I response by interfering with the activation of IRF3. This NP anti-IFN activity, together with alterations in the number and function of DCs observed in mice chronically infected with LCMV, likely play an important role in LCMV persistence in its murine host. In this review we will discuss current knowledge about the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which arenaviruses can subvert the host innate immune response and their implications for understanding HF arenaviral disease as well as arenavirus persistence in their natural hosts.
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- Persephone Borrow
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK; E-Mail:
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, IMM-6, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Molecular analysis of the virulence attenuation process in Junín virus vaccine genealogy. Virus Genes 2010; 40:320-8. [PMID: 20148301 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-010-0450-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Junín virus strain Candid#1 was developed as a live attenuated vaccine for Argentine hemorrhagic fever. In this article, we report sequence information of the L and S RNAs of Junín virus Candid#1 and XJ#44 strains, and show the comparisons with the XJ13 wild-type strain and with other Junín virus strains, like Romero, IV4454 and MC2 strains, and other closely and distantly related arenaviruses. Comparisons of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of all genes of three strains from the same vaccine genealogy, revealed different point mutations that could be associated with the attenuated phenotype. A 91% of the mutations found are consistent with a hypothesis of progressive attenuation of virulence from XJ13 to XJ#44 and to Candid#1; 39% of mutations were observed in XJ#44 and conserved in Candid#1, while another 52% of the mutations appeared only in Candid#1 strain. The remaining 9% corresponded to reverse mutations in the L gene. In summary, the present work shows a set of mutations that could be related to the virulence attenuation phenomenon. This information will serve as a starting point to study this biological phenomenon, provided that a reverse genetics system for Junín virus is developed to allow the generation of infectious virions with specific mutations.
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The z protein of the new world arenavirus tacaribe virus has bona fide budding activity that does not depend on known late domain motifs. J Virol 2009; 83:12651-5. [PMID: 19759156 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01012-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The arenavirus small RING finger Z protein has been shown to be the main driving force of budding for several arenaviruses. This Z budding activity was found to be mediated by the late (L)-domain motifs P(T/S)AP and PPXY, located at the C terminus of Z. Here, we show that the Z protein of Tacaribe virus (TACV), a New World arenavirus, buds efficiently from cells despite lacking the canonical L-domain motifs P(T/S)AP and PPXY. Likewise, potential L-domain motifs ASAP and YLCL present in TACV Z did not exhibit any significant contribution to TACV Z budding activity. Budding of TACV Z was Tsg101 independent but required the activity of Vps4A/B. These results indicate that TACV Z utilizes a budding mechanism distinct from that reported for other arenaviruses.
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Albariño CG, Bergeron E, Erickson BR, Khristova ML, Rollin PE, Nichol ST. Efficient reverse genetics generation of infectious junin viruses differing in glycoprotein processing. J Virol 2009; 83:5606-14. [PMID: 19321606 PMCID: PMC2681955 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00276-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The New World arenaviruses, Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, and Chapare, are associated with rapidly progressing severe hemorrhagic fever with a high rate of case fatality in various regions of South America. The threat of natural or deliberate outbreaks associated with these viruses makes the development of preventive or therapeutic measures important. Here we describe a Junin virus functional minigenome system and a reverse genetics system for production of infectious Junin virus. This robust, highly efficient system involves transfection of cells with only two plasmids which transcribe the virus S and L antigenomic RNAs. The utility of the system is demonstrated by generating Junin viruses which encode a glycoprotein precursor (GPC) containing the following: (i) the wild-type (SKI-1/S1P peptidase) cleavage site, (ii) no cleavage site, or (iii) a cleavage site where the SKI-1/S1P motif (RSLK) is replaced by a furin cleavage site (RRKR). In contrast to the wild-type virus, Junin virus lacking a GPC cleavage site replicated within successfully transfected cells but failed to yield infectious virus particles. This confirms observations with other arenaviruses suggesting that GPC cleavage is essential for arenavirus infectivity. In contrast, infectious Junin virus which encoded GPC cleaved by furin-like proteases was easily generated. The two-plasmid, high efficiency aspects of this Junin virus reverse genetics system show great promise for addressing important questions regarding arenavirus hemorrhagic fever disease and for development of precisely attenuated live arenavirus vaccines.
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- César G Albariño
- Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
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Characterization of lassa virus cell entry inhibitors: determination of the active enantiomer by asymmetric synthesis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:3771-4. [PMID: 19428249 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.04.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The comparative characterization of a series of 4-acyl-1,6-dialkylpiperazin-2-ones as potent cell entry inhibitors of the hemorrhagic fever arenavirus Lassa (LASV) is disclosed. The resolution and examination of the individual enantiomers of the prototypical LASV cell entry inhibitor 3 (16G8) is reported and the more potent (-)-enantiomer was found to be 15-fold more active than the corresponding (+)-enantiomer. The absolute configuration of (-)-3 was established by asymmetric synthesis of the active inhibitor (-)-(S)-3 (lassamycin-1). A limited deletion scan of lassamycin-1 defined key structural features required of the prototypical inhibitors.
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Arenavirus genetic diversity and its biological implications. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2009; 9:417-29. [PMID: 19460307 PMCID: PMC7106275 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2009] [Revised: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Arenaviridae family currently comprises 22 viral species, each of them associated with a rodent species. This viral family is important both as tractable experimental model systems to study acute and persistent infections and as clinically important human pathogens. Arenaviruses are enveloped viruses with a bi-segmented negative-strand RNA genome. The interaction with the cellular receptor and subsequent entry into the host cell differs between Old World and New World arenavirus that use α-dystoglycan or human transferring receptor 1, respectively, as main receptors. The recent development of reverse genetic systems for several arenaviruses has facilitated progress in understanding the molecular biology and cell biology of this viral family, as well as opening new approaches for the development of novel strategies to combat human pathogenic arenaviruses. On the other hand, increased availability of genetic data has allowed more detailed studies on the phylogeny and evolution of arenaviruses. As with other riboviruses, arenaviruses exist as viral quasispecies, which allow virus adaptation to rapidly changing environments. The large number of different arenavirus host reservoirs and great genetic diversity among virus species provide the bases for the emergence of new arenaviruses potentially pathogenic for humans.
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Pozner RG, Collado S, Jaquenod de Giusti C, Ure AE, Biedma ME, Romanowski V, Schattner M, Gómez RM. Astrocyte response to Junín virus infection. Neurosci Lett 2008; 445:31-5. [PMID: 18771707 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2008] [Revised: 08/08/2008] [Accepted: 08/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In a previous study of experimental murine encephalitis induced by Junín virus (JV), an arenavirus, we showed increased expression of iNOS by unidentified cells, concomitant with the astrocyte reaction. The specific inhibition of iNOS was associated with greater mortality but lower astrocytosis, suggesting that the protective role of nitric oxide (NO) synthesized by iNOS was related to enhanced astrocyte activation, representing a beneficial cellular response to virus-induced central nervous system damage. In the present work, cultured astrocytes were used to study whether JV infection could trigger iNOS expression and assess its eventual relationship with viral replication, glial fibrilary acidic protein (GFAP) expression levels and the presence of apoptosis. We found that JV infection of astrocytes did not induce apoptosis but produced both increased iNOS synthesis, detected by immunocytochemistry and fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis, and increased NO, which was indirectly measured by nitrite/nitrate levels. These changes occurred early relative to the increases in GFAP expression, as detected by immunocytochemistry, FACS analysis and RT-PCR. The fact that iNOS inhibition abolished enhanced GFAP expression in infected monolayers suggests that NO was directly involved. In addition, iNOS inhibition enhanced virus replication. Together with data from confocal microscopy, these results suggest that JV induces iNOS expression in infected astrocytes and that the resulting NO has an important role both in reducing viral replication and in enhancing subsequent astrocyte activation.
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- Roberto G Pozner
- Thrombosis 1 Laboratory, Haematological Research Institute, National Academy of Medicine, Pacheco de Melo 3081, 1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Different mechanisms of cell entry by human-pathogenic Old World and New World arenaviruses. J Virol 2008; 82:7677-87. [PMID: 18508885 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00560-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The Old World arenavirus Lassa virus (LASV) is the causative agent of severe viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) in humans and is the most prevalent human pathogen among arenaviruses. The present study investigated the largely unknown mechanisms of cell entry of LASV, a process know to be mediated solely by the virus envelope glycoprotein (GP). To circumvent biosafety restrictions associated with the use of live LASV, we used reverse genetics to generate a recombinant variant of the prototypic arenavirus lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) expressing the LASV GP (rLCMV-LASVGP). The rescued rLCMV-LASVGP grew to titers comparable to that of LCMV and showed the receptor binding characteristics of LASV. We used rLCMV-LASVGP to characterize the cellular mechanisms of LASV entry in the context of a productive arenavirus infection. The kinetics of pH-dependent membrane fusion of rLCMV-LASVGP resembled those of the human-pathogenic New World arenavirus Junin virus (JUNV) and other enveloped viruses that use clathrin-mediated endocytosis for entry. However, rLCMV-LASVGP entered cells predominantly via a clathrin-, caveolin-, and dynamin-independent endocytotic pathway similar to the one recently described for LCMV. Productive infection of rLCMV-LASVGP was only mildly affected by a dominant negative mutant of Rab5 and was independent of Rab7, suggesting an unusual mechanism of delivery to endosomes. In addition, rLCMV-LASVGP infection was independent of actin but required intact microtubules. Our data indicate that LASV enters cells via a pathway distinct from the one used by human-pathogenic New World arenaviruses.
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Lee AM, Rojek JM, Spiropoulou CF, Gundersen AT, Jin W, Shaginian A, York J, Nunberg JH, Boger DL, Oldstone MBA, Kunz S. Unique small molecule entry inhibitors of hemorrhagic fever arenaviruses. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:18734-42. [PMID: 18474596 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802089200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Viral hemorrhagic fevers caused by the arenaviruses Lassa virus in Africa and Machupo, Guanarito, Junin, and Sabia virus in South America are among the most devastating emerging human diseases with fatality rates of 15-35% and a limited antiviral therapeutic repertoire available. Here we used high throughput screening of synthetic combinatorial small molecule libraries to identify inhibitors of arenavirus infection using pseudotyped virion particles bearing the glycoproteins (GPs) of highly pathogenic arenaviruses. Our screening efforts resulted in the discovery of a series of novel small molecule inhibitors of viral entry that are highly active against both Old World and New World hemorrhagic arenaviruses. We observed potent inhibition of infection of human and primate cells with live hemorrhagic arenaviruses (IC(50)=500-800 nm). Investigations of the mechanism of action revealed that the candidate compounds efficiently block pH-dependent fusion by the arenavirus GPs (IC(50) of 200-350 nm). Although our lead compounds were potent against phylogenetically distant arenaviruses, they did not show activity against other enveloped viruses with class I viral fusion proteins, indicating specificity for arenavirus GP-mediated membrane fusion.
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- Andrew M Lee
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Damonte EB, Coto CE. Treatment of arenavirus infections: from basic studies to the challenge of antiviral therapy. Adv Virus Res 2003; 58:125-55. [PMID: 12205778 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3527(02)58004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Elsa B Damonte
- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argenting
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- D A Enria
- Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Virales Humanas (INEVH), Dr. Julio I. Maiztegui, Monteagudo 2510, 2700 Pergamino, Argentina
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An overview of the epidemiological, ecological and preventive hallmarks of Argentine haemorrhagic fever (Junin virus). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-2452(98)80004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Scolaro LA, Damonte EB. Calomys musculinus, the natural reservoir of Argentine haemorrhagic fever, is a semipermissive host for a mouse-attenuated mutant of Junin virus. RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY 1994; 145:331-6. [PMID: 7839011 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2516(07)80038-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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C167, a mouse-attenuated strain of Junin virus derived from the XJC13 strain, also displayed reduced virulence for the South American cricetid Calomys musculinus, a natural reservoir of this virus in nature. Intracerebral inoculation of C. musculinus with 500 PFU of C167 produced only 25% mortality, whereas the parental XJC13 killed 85% of the animals. The attenuation of C167 for this cricetid was lower than for albino mice. The multiplication of C167 in C. musculinus-derived embryo or kidney fibroblasts was diminished with respect to XJC13, allowing us to define C. musculinus cells as a semipermissive system for C167, whereas murine and Vero cells were restrictive and permissive cultures, respectively. As a consequence, C167 as well as XJC13 were able to establish a persistent infection in C. musculinus embryo fibroblasts and Vero cells, but the mutant could not induce a carrier state in murine cells. Thus, the degree of susceptibility of C. musculinus to C167 was linked to the semipermissiveness of cricetid cells to virus multiplication.
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- L A Scolaro
- Depto. Quimica Biologica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria
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The entry mechanism of Junin virus (JV) into Vero cells was studied analyzing the effect of lysosomotropic compounds and acid pH on JV infection. Ammonium chloride, amantadine, chlorpheniramine and procaine inhibited JV production. The action of ammonium chloride was exerted at early times of infection. Virus internalization was inhibited and viral protein expression was not detected. When the extracellular medium was buffered at low pH, the ammonium chloride induced block on JV infection was overcome. Furthermore, JV was able to induce fusion of infected cells at pH 5.5 leading to polykaryocyte formation. Taken together, these results demonstrate that JV entry occurs through an endocytic mechanism requiring a low pH dependent membrane fusion.
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- V Castilla
- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Medeot SI, Contigiani MS, Sabattini MS, Diaz G. Experimental neuroinvasiveness of wild and laboratory Junin virus strains. RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY 1992; 143:259-67. [PMID: 1329167 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2516(06)80114-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The neuroinvasiveness of Candid 1 and XJCL3 laboratory strains and CbalV4454 and CbaFHA5069 wild strains of Junin virus was studied in albino mice, guinea pigs, and a South American wild rodent, Calomys musculinus (Cm), of different ages inoculated by a non-neural route. Infectivity in brain, blood and organs, as well as lethality, were determined. The results with the 3 hosts indicate that Junin virus neuroinvasiveness is virus-strain-dependent, host species- and age-dependent, with the Candid 1 strain proving to be the least neuroinvasive of the strains studied. The lethal efficiency index (log PFU/LD50) in 2-day old albino mice and the neuroinvasiveness index (Log PFU/ND50) in 6 +/- 1 day-old Cm of the various strains using the intraperitoneal (ip) route could therefore be useful markers of Junin virus neuroinvasiveness. Moreover, different patterns of infection were established using the results of the presence of infectious virus in brain and viraemia in the 3 hosts. In nearly all cases, virus neuroinvasion was present without detectable viraemia (virus in plasma). Current evidence leads to the assumption that virus might reach the brain associated with the white cells in blood (undetectable by conventional isolation methods) or by another possible mechanism of neuroinvasion which is not haematogenous.
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- S I Medeot
- Instituto de Virologia Dr. J.M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Argentina
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Lascano EF, Lerman GD, Blejer JL, Caccuri RL, Berría MI. Immunoperoxidase tracing of Junin virus neural route after footpad inoculation. Arch Virol 1992; 122:13-22. [PMID: 1309637 PMCID: PMC7087163 DOI: 10.1007/bf01321114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To determine the pathway adopted by peripherally inoculated Junin virus (JV) to reach the CNS, rat tissues were serially harvested to trace the sequence of viral progression from right hind footpad to brain. Immunoperoxidase (PAP) labeling of viral antigen, concomitantly with infectivity assays and histological examination of each selected sample, were carried out. As from the 2nd week post-infection (pi), neurological disease inducing 100% mortality at 1 month was evident. At day 5 pi, viral antigen was first detected at footpad level in epidermic and dermic cells, as well as in neighbouring myocytes; labeled macrophages infiltrating small nerve branches were also disclosed. As from 10-15 days pi, viral antigen became apparent along ipsilateral sciatic nerve structures and within lumbar spinal ganglion neurons, followed by a fast viral spread throughout CNS neurons that involved spinal cord and brain. Concurrent histopathology featured minimal inflammatory reaction together with generalized astrocytic activation. Hematogenous viral transport was negligible, since JV was isolated much earlier and in higher infectivity titers in neural tissues than in blood. It may be concluded that after viral replication in footpad, JV neural route was demonstrated by its PAP labeling from peripheral nerves to cerebral cortex.
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- E F Lascano
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Coulombié FC, Andrei GM, Laguens RP, de Torres RA, Coto CE. Partially purified leaf extracts ofMelia azedarach L. inhibit tacaribe virus growth in neonatal mice. Phytother Res 1992. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2650060105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Scolaro LA, Mersich SE, Damonte EB. Experimental infection of suckling mice with a host range mutant of Junin virus. J Med Virol 1991; 34:237-40. [PMID: 1658215 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890340408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Experimental infection of three mouse strains with a non-pathogenic mutant of Junin virus named Cl67 was compared with respect to the parental XJCl3 strain. After intracerebral (ic) or intraperitoneal inoculation, XJCl3 was highly virulent for 2 day-old C3H/HeJ, OF1, and BALB/cJ mouse strains, whereas its derivative Cl67 was attenuated. Survival of the Cl67-infected mouse was associated with a restricted replication at the site of inoculation which would impair spread of virus. Thus, the reduced virulence of Cl67 for suckling mice is independent of the mouse strain and the route of viral entry. When Cl67 was preinoculated ic 10 days before the challenge inoculation with XJCl3 by the same route, mice were partially protected from lethal infection. Since neutralizing antibodies were first detected at 30 days post-infection, an interference mechanism is postulated as a mechanism of protection of the mice.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/blood
- Arenaviruses, New World/genetics
- Arenaviruses, New World/growth & development
- Arenaviruses, New World/immunology
- Arenaviruses, New World/pathogenicity
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hemorrhagic Fever, American/immunology
- Hemorrhagic Fever, American/microbiology
- Hemorrhagic Fever, American/prevention & control
- Kinetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mutation/genetics
- Neutralization Tests
- Vero Cells
- Viral Plaque Assay
- Virulence/genetics
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- L A Scolaro
- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Portiansky EL, González PH, Laguens RP. Cytotoxicity and cytoadherence of human and murine polymorphonuclear leukocytes against Junin virus infected targets in the absence of anti-viral antibody and complement. J Med Virol 1991; 33:253-6. [PMID: 1649909 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890330408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Human and murine polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) lysed L cells infected with Junin Virus (JV) in an in vitro system free of antiviral antibody and complement. Infected VERO cells proved to be resistant to the cytolytic effect. Murine PMN showed an increased adherence on JV-infected L cells but did not attach to VERO cells. The opposite was observed with human PMN, which did adhere to infected VERO cells but not to infected L cells. These results indicate that PMN activity may be an early mechanism of defense in JV infection by lysing virus-infected cells when no immune response has been established, and that cytoadherence is not a necessary step for target lysis.
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- E L Portiansky
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, La Plata University, Argentina
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Medeot SI, Contigiani MS, Brandan ER, Sabattini MS. Neurovirulence of wild and laboratory Junin virus strains in animal hosts. J Med Virol 1990; 32:171-82. [PMID: 2177781 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890320308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The neurovirulence of Candid #1 and XJCL3 laboratory strains and CbalV4454 and CbaFHA5069 wild strains of Junin virus was studied in albino mice, guinea pigs, and a South American wild rodent, Calomys musculinus, of different ages inoculated by the intracerebral route. Infectivity in brain and organs, lethality, and neuropathological lesions were determined. The laboratory and wild strains showed similar neurovirulence only in 2-day-old mice. The neurovirulence of laboratory strains decreased with the age of the animal, and the Candid #1 strain affected only 2-day-old mice. In guinea pigs, the 2 wild strains and XJCL3 laboratory strain were neurovirulent for 11-day-old and adult animals giving moderate lymphocytic infiltration in the brain and mild lesions in the spinal cord. Virus titres from the brain and the spinal cord were lower with the XJCL3 and CbalV4454 strains than with the CbaFHA5069 strain; with the latter, virus was recovered only from the lymph nodes, the lung, kidney, liver, and spleen. The Candid #1 strain was not neurovirulent even for 11-day-old animals. In contrast, the laboratory strains were neurovirulent for Calomys musculinus, depending on the age of the animal. Virus was recovered from the brains showing lymphocyte infiltration but not from other organs. The CbaFHA5069 strain was not neurovirulent, although virus was recovered from the brain, spleen, liver, lymph nodes, and salivary glands. These results with the 3 hosts indicate that Junin virus neurovirulence is virus strain-dependent, and host species and age-dependent, with the Candid #1 strain proving the least neurovirulent of the strains studied.
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- S I Medeot
- Instituto de Virologia Dr. J. M. Vanella, Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, UNC, Argentina
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Candurra NA, Scolaro LA, Mersich SE, Damonte EB, Coto CE. A comparison of Junin virus strains: growth characteristics, cytopathogenicity and viral polypeptides. RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY 1990; 141:505-15. [PMID: 2177565 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2516(90)90083-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The growth characteristics, cytopathogenicity and viral polypeptides of the virulent strain XJ of Junin virus (JV), its attenuated derivative XJC13 and another naturally attenuated JV strain, IV4454, were comparatively studied. IV4454 and XJC13 viruses showed the highest and lowest cytopathology for Vero cells, respectively, as measured by plaque morphology, cell viability and inhibition of host cell protein synthesis. The kinetics and electrophoretic patterns of viral polypeptides in infected cell extracts were very similar among the three strains, whereas differences were detected in the surface glycoprotein GP38 by peptide mapping after limited proteolysis.
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- N A Candurra
- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Scolaro LA, Mersich SE, Damonte EB. A mouse attenuated mutant of Junin virus with an altered envelope glycoprotein. Arch Virol 1990; 111:257-62. [PMID: 2162164 DOI: 10.1007/bf01311059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The XJC13 strain of Junin virus (JV) and the mouse-attenuated mutant C167 showed different GP38 peptide mapping after limited proteolysis with ficin and papain; viral infectivity of both viruses also exhibited a different susceptibility to protease treatment. A correlation between envelope glycoprotein alteration and JV virulence in neonatal mice is proposed.
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- L A Scolaro
- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Videla C, Kajon A, Carballal G, Weissenbacher M. Calomys callidus as a potential Junin virus reservoir. J Med Virol 1989; 27:238-43. [PMID: 2542433 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890270310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The present study investigated whether C. callidus, a species belonging to the Calomys genus, is capable of developing experimentally a persistent Junin virus (JV) infection. Newborn and adult cricetids were inoculated with the attenuated XJ-Clone 3 strain of JV by intracerebral or mucosal route. The present results indicate that the species is susceptible to JV infection, capable of shedding virus chronically through saliva and developing a persistent infection as shown by the detection of virus in brain tissue at 60 days post infection. These findings, and the fact that this cricetid shares its distribution areas with Calomys musculinus and Akodon azarae, support C. callidus as a potential JV reservoir.
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- C Videla
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Candurra NA, Damonte EB, Coto CE. Antigenic relationships between attenuated and pathogenic strains of Junin virus. J Med Virol 1989; 27:145-50. [PMID: 2466103 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890270215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Antigenic relationships between attenuated and pathogenic strains of Junin virus (JV) were investigated. Five strains of either human or rodent origin were tested by cross-neutralization assay with hyperimmune antisera, raised in rabbits, against each strain. Polyclonal antisera could be used to distinguish among these JV strains, as the titer values differed significantly with ratios of homologous to heterologous titers, which ranged from 1.3 to 22.3. This demonstrates, independent of their virulence, a heterogeneity among the JV strains tested. The relatedness among JV strains was expressed quantitatively through a dendrogram based on taxonomic distance coefficients. The field strains of JV were grouped into two clusters, according to their geographic origin.
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- N A Candurra
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Remesar MC, Blejer JL, Weissenbacher MC, Nejamkis MR. Ribavirin effect on experimental Junin virus-induced encephalitis. J Med Virol 1988; 26:79-84. [PMID: 2846772 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.1890260111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Junin virus, the etiological agent of Argentine hemorrhagic fever, produces in man a disease mainly characterized by hemorrhagic alterations, commonly accompanied by neurological symptoms, and leading to 10% mortality. Intracerebral inoculation in 10-day-old rats or intraperitoneal inoculation in 2-day-old rats leads to high mortality due to severe encephalitis. Here, the effect of Ribavirin on these experimental models was tested in order to evaluate the degree of protection achieved against neuropathological manifestations. In intracerebrally infected 10-day-old rats the drug was administered 2 hr before virus inoculation. Doses ranged from 30 to 90 mg/kg body weight. Protection reached 40% for the 60 and 90 mg doses. Intraperitoneally infected 2-day-old rats received the drug in five 30-mg daily doses, starting the same day as virus inoculation. Survival was 73%. Viral replication within peritoneal macrophages dropped markedly, leading to much lower CNS viral titres. Together with results reported in primates, our findings support further studies on Ribavirin, with a view to eventual trials in humans.
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- M C Remesar
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Present knowledge points to horizontal transmission as the most significant mechanism for Junín virus maintenance in the main natural reservoirs, namely Calomys musculinus and Calomys laucha. The existence of naturally infected Akodon azarae, both within and outside the endemic area, as well as the finding that other species, ecologically and phylogenetically related to the main reservoirs, such as Akodon molinae and Calomys callidus, can experimentally develop persistent infections with virus shedding through fauces, suggest a potential role for these cricetids as alternative reservoirs. Furthermore, since those rodents inhabit the borders of the area in which Argentine Hemorrhagic fever is endemic, the risk of spread of this area is to be expected. Whether the establishment of Junín virus persistence in Calomys musculinus and other reservoirs depends on viral or host factors, such as a selective defect in L3T4+ lymphocytes as recently shown for mice, remains to be explored.
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- G Carballal
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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