2024
SARS-CoV-2-related bat viruses evade human intrinsic immunity but lack efficient transmission capacity
Peña-Hernández M, Alfajaro M, Filler R, Moriyama M, Keeler E, Ranglin Z, Kong Y, Mao T, Menasche B, Mankowski M, Zhao Z, Vogels C, Hahn A, Kalinich C, Zhang S, Huston N, Wan H, Araujo-Tavares R, Lindenbach B, Homer R, Pyle A, Martinez D, Grubaugh N, Israelow B, Iwasaki A, Wilen C. SARS-CoV-2-related bat viruses evade human intrinsic immunity but lack efficient transmission capacity. Nature Microbiology 2024, 9: 2038-2050. PMID: 39075235, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01765-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBat coronavirusesRelatives of SARS-CoV-2Upper airwayUpper airways of miceEpithelial cellsHuman nasal epithelial cellsAirways of miceMajor histocompatibility complex class I.SARS-CoV-2Nasal epithelial cellsHistocompatibility complex class I.Human bronchial epithelial cellsGenetic similarityBronchial epithelial cellsInnate immune restrictionCoronavirus replicationFunctional characterizationMolecular cloningReduced pathogenesisImpaired replicationBat virusCoronavirus pathogenesisPandemic potentialHigh-risk familiesImmune restrictionIntestinal tuft cell immune privilege enables norovirus persistence
Strine M, Fagerberg E, Darcy P, Barrón G, Filler R, Alfajaro M, D'Angelo-Gavrish N, Wang F, Graziano V, Menasché B, Damo M, Wang Y, Howitt M, Lee S, Joshi N, Mucida D, Wilen C. Intestinal tuft cell immune privilege enables norovirus persistence. Science Immunology 2024, 9: eadi7038. PMID: 38517952, PMCID: PMC11555782, DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adi7038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8<sup>+</sup> T cellsIntestinal tuft cellsT cellsTufted cellsViral persistenceSite of viral persistenceChemosensory epithelial cellsNormal antigen presentationImmune-privileged nicheIntestinal stem cellsMemory phenotypeImmune privilegeImmune escapeReporter miceAntigen presentationChronic infectionCytotoxic capacityEpithelial cellsNorovirus infectionStem cellsCell interactionsInfectionCell survivalEnteric microbesCells
2021
CD300lf Conditional Knockout Mouse Reveals Strain-Specific Cellular Tropism of Murine Norovirus
Graziano VR, Alfajaro MM, Schmitz CO, Filler RB, Strine MS, Wei J, Hsieh LL, Baldridge MT, Nice TJ, Lee S, Orchard RC, Wilen CB. CD300lf Conditional Knockout Mouse Reveals Strain-Specific Cellular Tropism of Murine Norovirus. Journal Of Virology 2021, 95: 10.1128/jvi.01652-20. PMID: 33177207, PMCID: PMC7925115, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01652-20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConditional knockout miceIntestinal epithelial cellsCell tropismKnockout miceTuft cellsDendritic cellsMyelomonocytic cellsB cellsCellular tropismMurine norovirusEpithelial cellsViral RNA levelsInnate immune responseCause of gastroenteritisMNoV infectionCell typesViral loadGastrointestinal infectionsReceptor expressionImmunocompetent humansImmune responseCell type-specific rolesMouse modelIntestinal tissueMNoV
2019
Dual Recognition of Sialic Acid and αGal Epitopes by the VP8* Domains of the Bovine Rotavirus G6P[5] WC3 and of Its Mono-reassortant G4P[5] RotaTeq Vaccine Strains
Alfajaro M, Kim J, Barbé L, Cho E, Park J, Soliman M, Baek Y, Kang M, Kim S, Kim G, Park S, Le Pendu J, Cho K. Dual Recognition of Sialic Acid and αGal Epitopes by the VP8* Domains of the Bovine Rotavirus G6P[5] WC3 and of Its Mono-reassortant G4P[5] RotaTeq Vaccine Strains. Journal Of Virology 2019, 93: 10.1128/jvi.00941-19. PMID: 31243129, PMCID: PMC6714814, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00941-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHisto-blood group antigensRotaTeq vaccineIntestinal epithelial cellsAlternative receptorSialic acidVaccine strainGroup antigensSevere rotavirus diseaseEpithelial cellsHuman intestinal epithelial cellsHuman small intestinal epithelial cellsNatural human infectionBearing strainsSmall intestinal epithelial cellsRotaTeq vaccine strainsMA-104 cellsTight junction proteinsGroup A rotavirusesRotavirus diseaseSevere diarrheaIntestinal enteroidsGroup ASurface sialic acidΑGal epitopesImportant causeEarly Porcine Sapovirus Infection Disrupts Tight Junctions and Uses Occludin as a Coreceptor
Alfajaro M, Cho E, Kim D, Kim J, Park J, Soliman M, Baek Y, Park C, Kang M, Park S, Cho K. Early Porcine Sapovirus Infection Disrupts Tight Junctions and Uses Occludin as a Coreceptor. Journal Of Virology 2019, 93: 10.1128/jvi.01773-18. PMID: 30463963, PMCID: PMC6364031, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01773-18.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere acute gastroenteritisClaudin-1Acute gastroenteritisEntry factorsTight junctionsTJ proteinsLLC-PK cellsAdhesion molecule-1Common causative agentChinese hamster ovaryDisrupts tight junctionsIntestinal epithelial cellsTransepithelial electrical resistanceHisto-blood groupTJ protein occludinRole of TJsMolecule-1Functional coreceptorInfectionTerminal sialic acidAffordable drugsProtein occludinOccludinSpecific antibodiesEpithelial cells
2016
Pathogenesis of Korean SapelovirusA in piglets and chicks
Kim D, Kang M, Son K, Bak G, Park J, Hosmillo M, Seo J, Kim J, Alfajaro M, Soliman M, Baek Y, Cho E, Lee J, Kwon J, Choi J, Goodfellow I, Cho K. Pathogenesis of Korean SapelovirusA in piglets and chicks. Journal Of General Virology 2016, 97: 2566-2574. PMID: 27487773, PMCID: PMC5078829, DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExtra-intestinal organsHigher viral RNA levelsNon-suppurative myelitisViral RNA levelsReal-time reverse transcription PCRCells of pigsIntestinal pathologyReverse transcription-PCRViral antigensViral pathogenesisReproductive disordersSapelovirus APathogenesisPorcine sapelovirusVirus entryCultured cell linesRNA levelsEpithelial cellsTranscription-PCRFecal samplesPigletsPneumoniaCell linesSialic acidPathology