2021
Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid
Walker FC, Hassan E, Peterson ST, Rodgers R, Schriefer LA, Thompson CE, Li Y, Kalugotla G, Blum-Johnston C, Lawrence D, McCune BT, Graziano VR, Lushniak L, Lee S, Roth AN, Karst SM, Nice TJ, Miner JJ, Wilen CB, Baldridge MT. Norovirus evolution in immunodeficient mice reveals potentiated pathogenicity via a single nucleotide change in the viral capsid. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009402. PMID: 33705489, PMCID: PMC7987144, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009402.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNucleotide changesSingle nucleotide changeViral capsidAmino acid changesEvolutionary potentialIFN-competent hostsIntestinal myeloid cellsSelective pressureSingle nucleotideKey controllerNorovirus evolutionAcid changesLethal pathogenVirus growthEnhanced virulenceMice revealsIFN responseHigh replicationEnhanced recruitmentMyeloid cellsExtraintestinal disseminationIntestinal replicationReplicationPathogenicityCapsid
2020
Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase and Solute Carrier Family 35 Member A1 Are Required for Reovirus Binding and Infection
Urbanek K, Sutherland DM, Orchard RC, Wilen CB, Knowlton JJ, Aravamudhan P, Taylor GM, Virgin HW, Dermody TS. Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase and Solute Carrier Family 35 Member A1 Are Required for Reovirus Binding and Infection. Journal Of Virology 2020, 95: 10.1128/jvi.01571-20. PMID: 33087464, PMCID: PMC7944449, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01571-20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSialic acid expressionMicroglial cellsCell surface expressionReovirus-induced cell deathReovirus infectionSialic acidMurine microglial BV2 cellsReovirus-induced diseaseMember A1Microglial BV2 cellsSurface expressionMurine microglial cellsCell deathReovirus bindingBV2 cellsViral tropismInfectionHost genesLow-level bindingCell surface receptorsHost factorsCell surfaceReceptorsSialic acid synthesisSurface receptors
2019
Norovirus Attachment and Entry
Graziano VR, Wei J, Wilen CB. Norovirus Attachment and Entry. Viruses 2019, 11: 495. PMID: 31151248, PMCID: PMC6630345, DOI: 10.3390/v11060495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHisto-blood group antigensNorovirus attachmentMajority of casesMajor human pathogenViral life cycleImmune interactionsViral gastroenteritisCell tropismGroup antigensViral entryKey mediatorHuman norovirusBile saltsViral genome releaseMurine norovirusReceptorsMinor capsid protein VP2Capsid protein VP2Human pathogensMolecular mechanismsNorovirusSignificant determinantsProtein VP2Important future directionsCurrent understanding