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Ibtehaj N, Bahauddin A, Ivannikov M, Rytting E, Jamaluddin M, Liang Y, Sun J, Haller SL, Wu X, Huda R. B cell-specific mAb-siRNA conjugates improve experimental myasthenia. J Autoimmun 2023; 135:102983. [PMID: 36640636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a debilitating autoimmune disease characterized by muscle fatigue and weakness caused by autoantibody- and complement-mediated damage to the neuromuscular junction. This study sought to compare the efficacy of unique sets of monoclonal antibody-siRNA conjugates, individually (mono) or in combination (duo), against the crucial receptors predominantly or solely expressed on two subsets of B cells-plasma B cells and their precursor (transitional mature B) cells in a mouse model of MG. At the optimized doses, the conjugates, likely due to the combined activities of mAb and siRNA, substantially decreased the expression levels of CD268 (B cell-activating factor receptor) in mature B cells and CD269 (B-cell maturation antigen) in plasma cells concomitantly with reducing the levels of acetylcholine receptor (AChR)-specific autoantibodies. PEGylation, but not pretreatment with an antibody against type 1 interferon receptor, further improved duoconjugate-induced reduction in the autoantibody levels. Our results show that the duoconjugate treatment significantly improved the clinical symptoms of MG, consistent with the preservation of bungarotoxin-bound functional AChRs. In the future, developing similar target-specific combination molecules can potentially turn into a new and effective therapeutic approach for MG.
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- Naazneen Ibtehaj
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Optical Microscopy Core, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
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Rahman MJ, Haller SL, Stoian AMM, Li J, Brennan G, Rothenburg S. LINE-1 retrotransposons facilitate horizontal gene transfer into poxviruses. eLife 2022; 11:63327. [PMID: 36069678 PMCID: PMC9578709 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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There is ample phylogenetic evidence that many critical virus functions, like immune evasion, evolved by the acquisition of genes from their hosts through horizontal gene transfer (HGT). However, the lack of an experimental system has prevented a mechanistic understanding of this process. We developed a model to elucidate the mechanisms of HGT into vaccinia virus, the prototypic poxvirus. All identified gene capture events showed signatures of long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1)-mediated retrotransposition, including spliced-out introns, polyadenylated tails, and target site duplications. In one case, the acquired gene integrated together with a polyadenylated host U2 small nuclear RNA. Integrations occurred across the genome, in some cases knocking out essential viral genes. These essential gene knockouts were rescued through a process of complementation by the parent virus followed by nonhomologous recombination during serial passaging to generate a single, replication-competent virus. This work links multiple evolutionary mechanisms into one adaptive cascade and identifies host retrotransposons as major drivers for virus evolution.
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- M Julhasur Rahman
- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, United States
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- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Genome Center, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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Liu J, Liu Y, Shan C, Nunes BTD, Yun R, Haller SL, Rafael GH, Azar SR, Andersen CR, Plante K, Vasilakis N, Shi PY, Weaver SC. Role of mutational reversions and fitness restoration in Zika virus spread to the Americas. Nat Commun 2021; 12:595. [PMID: 33500409 PMCID: PMC7838395 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20747-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Zika virus (ZIKV) emerged from obscurity in 2013 to spread from Asia to the South Pacific and the Americas, where millions of people were infected, accompanied by severe disease including microcephaly following congenital infections. Phylogenetic studies have shown that ZIKV evolved in Africa and later spread to Asia, and that the Asian lineage is responsible for the recent epidemics in the South Pacific and Americas. However, the reasons for the sudden emergence of ZIKV remain enigmatic. Here we report evolutionary analyses that revealed four mutations, which occurred just before ZIKV introduction to the Americas, represent direct reversions of previous mutations that accompanied earlier spread from Africa to Asia and early circulation there. Our experimental infections of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, human cells, and mice using ZIKV strains with and without these mutations demonstrate that the original mutations reduced fitness for urban, human-amplifed transmission, while the reversions restored fitness, increasing epidemic risk. These findings include characterization of three transmission-adaptive ZIKV mutations, and demonstration that these and one identified previously restored fitness for epidemic transmission soon before introduction into the Americas. The initial mutations may have followed founder effects and/or drift when the virus was introduced decades ago into Asia.
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- Jianying Liu
- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Pará State, Brazil
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
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- World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
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Park C, Peng C, Rahman MJ, Haller SL, Tazi L, Brennan G, Rothenburg S. Orthopoxvirus K3 orthologs show virus- and host-specific inhibition of the antiviral protein kinase PKR. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1009183. [PMID: 33444388 PMCID: PMC7840043 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The antiviral protein kinase R (PKR) is an important host restriction factor, which poxviruses must overcome to productively infect host cells. To inhibit PKR, many poxviruses encode a pseudosubstrate mimic of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 (eIF2), designated K3 in vaccinia virus. Although the interaction between PKR and eIF2α is highly conserved, some K3 orthologs from host-restricted poxviruses were previously shown to inhibit PKR in a species-specific manner. To better define this host range function, we compared the sensitivity of PKR from 17 mammals to inhibition by K3 orthologs from closely related orthopoxviruses, a genus with a generally broader host range. The K3 orthologs showed species-specific inhibition of PKR and exhibited three distinct inhibition profiles. In some cases, PKR from closely related species showed dramatic differences in their sensitivity to K3 orthologs. Vaccinia virus expressing the camelpox virus K3 ortholog replicated more than three orders of magnitude better in human and sheep cells than a virus expressing vaccinia virus K3, but both viruses replicated comparably well in cow cells. Strikingly, in site-directed mutagenesis experiments between the variola virus and camelpox virus K3 orthologs, we found that different amino acid combinations were necessary to mediate improved or diminished inhibition of PKR derived from different host species. Because there is likely a limited number of possible variations in PKR that affect K3-interactions but still maintain PKR/eIF2α interactions, it is possible that by chance PKR from some potential new hosts may be susceptible to K3-mediated inhibition from a virus it has never previously encountered. We conclude that neither the sensitivity of host proteins to virus inhibition nor the effectiveness of viral immune antagonists can be inferred from their phylogenetic relatedness but must be experimentally determined. Most virus families are composed of large numbers of virus species. However, in general, only a few prototypic viruses are experimentally studied in-depth, and it is often assumed that the obtained results are representative of other viruses in the same family. In order to test this assumption, we compared the sensitivity of the antiviral protein kinase PKR from various mammals to inhibition by multiple orthologs of K3, a PKR inhibitor expressed by several closely related orthopoxviruses. We found strong differences in PKR inhibition by the K3 orthologs, demonstrating that sensitivity to a specific inhibitor was not indicative of broad sensitivity to orthologs of these inhibitors from closely related viruses. We also show that PKR from even closely related species displayed markedly different sensitivities to these poxvirus inhibitors. Furthermore, we identified amino acid residues in these K3 orthologs that are critical for enhanced or decreased PKR inhibition and found that distinct amino acid combinations affected PKRs from various species differently. Our study shows that even closely related inhibitors of an antiviral protein can vary dramatically in their inhibitory potential, and cautions that results from host-virus interaction studies of a prototypic virus genus member cannot necessarily be extrapolated to other viruses in the same genus without experimental verification.
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- Chorong Park
- School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, United States of America
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, United States of America
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- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, United States of America
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- School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, Davis, California, United States of America
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Jain J, Kaur N, Haller SL, Kumar A, Rossi SL, Narayanan V, Kumar D, Gaind R, Weaver SC, Auguste AJ, Sunil S. Chikungunya Outbreaks in India: A Prospective Study Comparing Neutralization and Sequelae during Two Outbreaks in 2010 and 2016. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020; 102:857-868. [PMID: 32067624 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a major public health concern and is caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV). In 2005, the virus was reintroduced into India, resulting in massive outbreaks in several parts of the country. During 2010 and 2016 outbreaks, we recruited 588 patients from a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi, India, during the acute phase of CHIKF; collected their blood and clinical data; and determined their arthralgic status 12 weeks post-onset of fever. We evaluated IgM/IgG CHIKV-binding antibodies and their neutralizing capacity, sequenced complete genomes of 21 CHIKV strains, and correlated mutations with patient sequelae status. We also performed infections in murine models using representative strains from each outbreak to evaluate differences in pathogenesis. Our screening and analysis revealed that patients of the 2016 outbreak developed earlier IgM and neutralizing antibody responses that were negatively correlated with sequelae, compared with 2010 patients. Mutations that correlated with human disease progression were also correlated with enhanced murine virulence and pathogenesis. Overall, our study suggests that the development of early neutralizing antibodies and sequence variation in clinical isolates are predictors of human sequelae.
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- Jaspreet Jain
- Vector Borne Disease Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Vector Borne Disease Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Vector Borne Disease Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Centre for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
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- Vector Borne Disease Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Vipat S, Brennan G, Park C, Haller SL, Rothenburg S. Rapid, Seamless Generation of Recombinant Poxviruses using Host Range and Visual Selection. J Vis Exp 2020. [PMID: 32510495 DOI: 10.3791/61049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) was instrumental in eradicating variola virus (VARV), the causative agent of smallpox, from nature. Since its first use as a vaccine, VACV has been developed as a vector for therapeutic vaccines and as an oncolytic virus. These applications take advantage of VACV's easily manipulated genome and broad host range as an outstanding platform to generate recombinant viruses with a variety of therapeutic applications. Several methods have been developed to generate recombinant VACV, including marker selection methods and transient dominant selection. Here, we present a refinement of a host range selection method coupled with visual identification of recombinant viruses. Our method takes advantage of selective pressure generated by the host antiviral protein kinase R (PKR) coupled with a fluorescent fusion gene expressing mCherry-tagged E3L, one of two VACV PKR antagonists. The cassette, including the gene of interest and the mCherry-E3L fusion is flanked by sequences derived from the VACV genome. Between the gene of interest and mCherry-E3L is a smaller region that is identical to the first ~150 nucleotides of the 3' arm, to promote homologous recombination and loss of the mCherry-E3L gene after selection. We demonstrate that this method permits efficient, seamless generation of rVACV in a variety of cell types without requiring drug selection or extensive screening for mutant viruses.
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- Sameera Vipat
- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis
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- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis
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- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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- Department of Medial Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis;
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Langsjoen RM, Auguste AJ, Rossi SL, Roundy CM, Penate HN, Kastis M, Schnizlein MK, Le KC, Haller SL, Chen R, Watowich SJ, Weaver SC. Host oxidative folding pathways offer novel anti-chikungunya virus drug targets with broad spectrum potential. Antiviral Res 2017; 143:246-251. [PMID: 28461071 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Alphaviruses require conserved cysteine residues for proper folding and assembly of the E1 and E2 envelope glycoproteins, and likely depend on host protein disulfide isomerase-family enzymes (PDI) to aid in facilitating disulfide bond formation and isomerization in these proteins. Here, we show that in human HEK293 cells, commercially available inhibitors of PDI or modulators thereof (thioredoxin reductase, TRX-R; endoplasmic reticulum oxidoreductin-1, ERO-1) inhibit the replication of CHIKV chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in vitro in a dose-dependent manner. Further, the TRX-R inhibitor auranofin inhibited Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and the flavivirus Zika virus replication in vitro, while PDI inhibitor 16F16 reduced replication but demonstrated notable toxicity. 16F16 significantly altered the viral genome: plaque-forming unit (PFU) ratio of CHIKV in vitro without affecting relative intracellular viral RNA quantities and inhibited CHIKV E1-induced cell-cell fusion, suggesting that PDI inhibitors alter progeny virion infectivity through altered envelope function. Auranofin also increased the extracellular genome:PFU ratio but decreased the amount of intracellular CHIKV RNA, suggesting an alternative mechanism of action. Finally, auranofin reduced footpad swelling and viremia in the C57BL/6 murine model of CHIKV infection. Our results suggest that targeting oxidative folding pathways represents a potential new anti-alphavirus therapeutic strategy.
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- Rose M Langsjoen
- Institute for Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Center in Environmental Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Center in Environmental Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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Madiyar FR, Haller SL, Farooq O, Rothenburg S, Culbertson C, Li J. AC dielectrophoretic manipulation and electroporation of vaccinia virus using carbon nanoelectrode arrays. Electrophoresis 2017; 38:1515-1525. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.201600436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Foram Ranjeet Madiyar
- Department of Physical Sciences; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daytona Beach FL USA
- Department of Chemistry; Kansas State University; Manhattan KS USA
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- Department of Pathology; University of Texas Medical Branch; Galveston TX USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Daytona Beach FL USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine; the University of California at Davis; Davis CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Kansas State University; Manhattan KS USA
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Hubei Normal University; Huangshi P. R. China
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Hand ES, Haller SL, Peng C, Rothenburg S, Hersperger AR. Ectopic expression of vaccinia virus E3 and K3 cannot rescue ectromelia virus replication in rabbit RK13 cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119189. [PMID: 25734776 PMCID: PMC4348479 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
As a group, poxviruses have been shown to infect a wide variety of animal species. However, there is individual variability in the range of species able to be productively infected. In this study, we observed that ectromelia virus (ECTV) does not replicate efficiently in cultured rabbit RK13 cells. Conversely, vaccinia virus (VACV) replicates well in these cells. Upon infection of RK13 cells, the replication cycle of ECTV is abortive in nature, resulting in a greatly reduced ability to spread among cells in culture. We observed ample levels of early gene expression but reduced detection of virus factories and severely blunted production of enveloped virus at the cell surface. This work focused on two important host range genes, named E3L and K3L, in VACV. Both VACV and ECTV express a functional protein product from the E3L gene, but only VACV contains an intact K3L gene. To better understand the discrepancy in replication capacity of these viruses, we examined the ability of ECTV to replicate in wild-type RK13 cells compared to cells that constitutively express E3 and K3 from VACV. The role these proteins play in the ability of VACV to replicate in RK13 cells was also analyzed to determine their individual contribution to viral replication and PKR activation. Since E3L and K3L are two relevant host range genes, we hypothesized that expression of one or both of them may have a positive impact on the ability of ECTV to replicate in RK13 cells. Using various methods to assess virus growth, we did not detect any significant differences with respect to the replication of ECTV between wild-type RK13 compared to versions of this cell line that stably expressed VACV E3 alone or in combination with K3. Therefore, there remain unanswered questions related to the factors that limit the host range of ECTV.
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- Erin S. Hand
- Department of Biology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Hiraishi H, Oatman J, Haller SL, Blunk L, McGivern B, Morris J, Papadopoulos E, Gutierrez W, Gordon M, Bokhari W, Ikeda Y, Miles D, Fellers J, Asano M, Wagner G, Tazi L, Rothenburg S, Brown SJ, Asano K. Essential role of eIF5-mimic protein in animal development is linked to control of ATF4 expression. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10321-30. [PMID: 25147208 PMCID: PMC4176352 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Translational control of transcription factor ATF4 through paired upstream ORFs (uORFs) plays an important role in eukaryotic gene regulation. While it is typically induced by phosphorylation of eIF2α, ATF4 translation can be also induced by expression of a translational inhibitor protein, eIF5-mimic protein 1 (5MP1, also known as BZW2) in mammals. Here we show that the 5MP gene is maintained in eukaryotes under strong purifying selection, but is uniquely missing in two major phyla, nematoda and ascomycota. The common function of 5MP from protozoa, plants, fungi and insects is to control translation by inhibiting eIF2. The affinity of human 5MP1 to eIF2β was measured as being equivalent to the published value of human eIF5 to eIF2β, in agreement with effective competition of 5MP with eIF5 for the main substrate, eIF2. In the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, RNA interference studies indicate that 5MP facilitates expression of GADD34, a downstream target of ATF4. Furthermore, both 5MP and ATF4 are essential for larval development. Finally, 5MP and the paired uORFs allowing ATF4 control are conserved in the entire metazoa except nematoda. Based on these findings, we discuss the phylogenetic and functional linkage between ATF4 regulation and 5MP expression in this group of eukaryotes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hiroyuki Hiraishi
- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Hard WinterWheat Genetics Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology Program, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Haller SL, Peng C, McFadden G, Rothenburg S. Poxviruses and the evolution of host range and virulence. Infect Genet Evol 2014; 21:15-40. [PMID: 24161410 PMCID: PMC3945082 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [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] [Received: 05/29/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Poxviruses as a group can infect a large number of animals. However, at the level of individual viruses, even closely related poxviruses display highly diverse host ranges and virulence. For example, variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, is human-specific and highly virulent only to humans, whereas related cowpox viruses naturally infect a broad spectrum of animals and only cause relatively mild disease in humans. The successful replication of poxviruses depends on their effective manipulation of the host antiviral responses, at the cellular-, tissue- and species-specific levels, which constitutes a molecular basis for differences in poxvirus host range and virulence. A number of poxvirus genes have been identified that possess host range function in experimental settings, and many of these host range genes target specific antiviral host pathways. Herein, we review the biology of poxviruses with a focus on host range, zoonotic infections, virulence, genomics and host range genes as well as the current knowledge about the function of poxvirus host range factors and how their interaction with the host innate immune system contributes to poxvirus host range and virulence. We further discuss the evolution of host range and virulence in poxviruses as well as host switches and potential poxvirus threats for human and animal health.
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- Sherry L Haller
- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, KS 66506, USA
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- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Laboratory for Host-Specific Virology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, KS 66506, USA.
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