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Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species
BACKGROUND: The risk of zoonotic infection by porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) has been highlighted in the context of pig-to-human xenotransplantation. The use of receptors for cell entry often determines the host range of retroviruses. A human-tropic PERV subgroup, PERV-A, can enter human cel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241639/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18081925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-4-93 |
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author | Mattiuzzo, Giada Matouskova, Magda Takeuchi, Yasuhiro |
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description | BACKGROUND: The risk of zoonotic infection by porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) has been highlighted in the context of pig-to-human xenotransplantation. The use of receptors for cell entry often determines the host range of retroviruses. A human-tropic PERV subgroup, PERV-A, can enter human cells through either of two homologous multitransmembrane proteins, huPAR-1 and huPAR-2. Here, we characterised human PARs and their homologues in the PERV-A resistant rodent species, mouse and rat (muPAR and ratPAR, respectively). RESULTS: Upon exogenous expression in PERV-A resistant cells, human and rat PARs, but not muPAR, conferred PERV-A sensitivity. Exogenously expressed ratPAR binds PERV-A Env and allows PERV-A infection with equivalent efficiency to that of huPAR-1. Endogenous ratPAR expression in rat cell lines appeared to be too low for PERV-A infection. In contrast, the presence of Pro at position 109 in muPAR was identified to be the determinant for PERV-A resistance. Pro109. was shown to be located in the second extracellular loop (ECL2) and affected PERV-A Env binding to PAR molecules. CONCLUSION: The basis of resistance to PERV-A infection in two rodent species is different. Identification of a single a.a. mutation in muPAR, which is responsible for mouse cell resistance to PERV-A highlighted the importance of ECL-2 for the viral receptor function. |
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spelling | pubmed-22416392008-02-13 Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species Mattiuzzo, Giada Matouskova, Magda Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Retrovirology Research BACKGROUND: The risk of zoonotic infection by porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) has been highlighted in the context of pig-to-human xenotransplantation. The use of receptors for cell entry often determines the host range of retroviruses. A human-tropic PERV subgroup, PERV-A, can enter human cells through either of two homologous multitransmembrane proteins, huPAR-1 and huPAR-2. Here, we characterised human PARs and their homologues in the PERV-A resistant rodent species, mouse and rat (muPAR and ratPAR, respectively). RESULTS: Upon exogenous expression in PERV-A resistant cells, human and rat PARs, but not muPAR, conferred PERV-A sensitivity. Exogenously expressed ratPAR binds PERV-A Env and allows PERV-A infection with equivalent efficiency to that of huPAR-1. Endogenous ratPAR expression in rat cell lines appeared to be too low for PERV-A infection. In contrast, the presence of Pro at position 109 in muPAR was identified to be the determinant for PERV-A resistance. Pro109. was shown to be located in the second extracellular loop (ECL2) and affected PERV-A Env binding to PAR molecules. CONCLUSION: The basis of resistance to PERV-A infection in two rodent species is different. Identification of a single a.a. mutation in muPAR, which is responsible for mouse cell resistance to PERV-A highlighted the importance of ECL-2 for the viral receptor function. BioMed Central 2007-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2241639/ /pubmed/18081925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-4-93 Text en Copyright © 2007 Mattiuzzo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Mattiuzzo, Giada Matouskova, Magda Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title | Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title_full | Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title_fullStr | Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title_full_unstemmed | Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title_short | Differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup A in rodent species |
title_sort | differential resistance to cell entry by porcine endogenous retrovirus subgroup a in rodent species |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2241639/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18081925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4690-4-93 |
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