Goto H. A novel function of plasminogen-binding activity of the NA determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus. Uirusu. 2004 Jun;54(1):83-91
[A novel function of plasminogen-binding activity of the NA determines the pathogenicity of influenza A virus]
[Article in Japanese]
Goto H.
Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639. hgoto@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Because cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) molecule by proteases is a prerequisite for infectivity of influenza A viruses, this molecule is a major determinant of viral pathogenicity. Although well documented in the pathogenicity of avian influenza viruses, the role of HA cleavage in the pathogenicity of mammalian viruses is not well understood. Therefore, we studied a mouse-adapted human isolate A/WSN/33 (WSN), a neurovirulent influenza virus strain that causes systemic infection when inoculated intranasally into mice. We found a novel mechanism of HA cleavage for WSN virus: the neuraminidase (NA) of WSN virus binds and sequesters plasminogen on the cell surface, leading to enhanced cleavage of the HA. The structural basis of this novel function of the NA molecule appears to be the presence of a carboxyl-terminal lysine and the absence of an oligosaccharide side chain at position 146. To obtain direct evidence that the plasminogen-binding activity of the NA enhances the pathogenicity of WSN virus, we generated mutant viruses that are deficient in plasminogen-binding activity by reverse genetics. The mutant viruses showed attenuated growth in mice and failed to grow at all in the brains of these animals. Therefore, we concluded that the novel function of plasminogen-binding activity of the NA determines the pathogenicity of WSN virus in mice.
[Article in Japanese]
Goto H.
Division of Virology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639. hgoto@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Because cleavage of the hemagglutinin (HA) molecule by proteases is a prerequisite for infectivity of influenza A viruses, this molecule is a major determinant of viral pathogenicity. Although well documented in the pathogenicity of avian influenza viruses, the role of HA cleavage in the pathogenicity of mammalian viruses is not well understood. Therefore, we studied a mouse-adapted human isolate A/WSN/33 (WSN), a neurovirulent influenza virus strain that causes systemic infection when inoculated intranasally into mice. We found a novel mechanism of HA cleavage for WSN virus: the neuraminidase (NA) of WSN virus binds and sequesters plasminogen on the cell surface, leading to enhanced cleavage of the HA. The structural basis of this novel function of the NA molecule appears to be the presence of a carboxyl-terminal lysine and the absence of an oligosaccharide side chain at position 146. To obtain direct evidence that the plasminogen-binding activity of the NA enhances the pathogenicity of WSN virus, we generated mutant viruses that are deficient in plasminogen-binding activity by reverse genetics. The mutant viruses showed attenuated growth in mice and failed to grow at all in the brains of these animals. Therefore, we concluded that the novel function of plasminogen-binding activity of the NA determines the pathogenicity of WSN virus in mice.
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