Amino Acid Residue at Position 79 of Marburg Virus VP40 Confers Interferon Antagonism in Mouse Cells

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Marburg viruses (MARVs) cause highly lethal infections in humans and nonhuman primates. Mice are not generally susceptible to MARV infection; however, if the strain is first adapted to mice through serial passaging, it becomes able to cause disease in this animal. A previous study correlated changes accrued during mouse adaptation in the VP40 gene of a MARV strain known as Ravn virus (RAVV) with an increased capacity to inhibit interferon (IFN) signaling in mouse cell lines. The MARV strain Ci67, which belongs to a different phylogenetic clade than RAVV, has also been adapted to mice and in the process the Ci67 VP40 acquired a different collection of genetic changes than did RAVV VP40. Here, we demonstrate that the mouse-adapted Ci67 VP40 more potently antagonizes IFN-α/β-induced STAT1 and STAT2 tyrosine phosphorylation, gene expression, and antiviral activity in both mouse and human cell lines, compared with the parental Ci67 VP40. Ci67 VP40 is also demonstrated to target the activation of kinase Jak1. A single change at VP40 residue 79 was found to be sufficient for the increased VP40 IFN antagonism. These data argue that VP40 IFN-antagonist activity plays a key role in MARV pathogenesis in mice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:212 Suppl 2

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 212 Suppl 2(2015) vom: 01. Okt., Seite S219-25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feagins, Alicia R [VerfasserIn]
Basler, Christopher F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

77238-31-4
Amino Acids
Ci67 strain
EC 2.7.10.2
Interferon
Interferon-alpha
Interferon-beta
Janus Kinase 1
Journal Article
Marburg virus
Mouse-adapted
Ravn virus
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
STAT1 Transcription Factor
STAT2 Transcription Factor
VP40
VP40 protein, virus
Viral Matrix Proteins

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Date Completed 01.12.2015

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiv010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM248558293