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Characterization of the glycoproteins of bat-derived influenza viruses

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Virology. 2015 Nov 19;488:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.11.002. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Characterization of the glycoproteins of bat-derived influenza viruses.[/h] Maruyama J[SUP]1[/SUP], Nao N[SUP]1[/SUP], Miyamoto H[SUP]1[/SUP], Maeda K[SUP]2[/SUP], Ogawa H[SUP]3[/SUP], Yoshida R[SUP]1[/SUP], Igarashi M[SUP]4[/SUP], Takada A[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Recently found bat-derived influenza viruses (BatIVs) have hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) gene segments distinct from those of previously known influenza A viruses. However, pathogenicities of these BatIVs remain unknown since infectious virus strains have not been isolated yet. To gain insight into the biological properties of BatIVs, we generated vesicular stomatitis viruses (VSVs) pseudotyped with the BatIV HA and NA. We found that VSVs pseudotyped with BatIV HAs and NAs efficiently infected particular bat cell lines but not those derived from primates, and that proteolytic cleavage with a trypsin-like protease was necessary for HA-mediated virus entry. Treatment of the susceptible bat cells with some enzymes and inhibitors revealed that BatIV HAs might recognize some cellular glycoproteins as receptors rather than the sialic acids used for the other known influenza viruses. These data provide fundamental information on the mechanisms underlying the cellular entry and host restriction of BatIVs.
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[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Bat influenza virus; Hemagglutinin; Pseudotyped vesicular stomatitis virus

PMID: 26605499 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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