2020
Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy in mice
Yang L, Geng T, Yang G, Ma J, Wang L, Ketkar H, Yang D, Lin T, Hwang J, Zhu S, Wang Y, Dai J, You F, Cheng G, Vella AT, Flavell RA, Fikrig E, Wang P. Macrophage scavenger receptor 1 controls Chikungunya virus infection through autophagy in mice. Communications Biology 2020, 3: 556. PMID: 33033362, PMCID: PMC7545163, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01285-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage scavenger receptor 1Scavenger receptor 1Chikungunya virusReceptor 1Antiviral roleType I IFN responseChikungunya virus infectionLow-density lipoproteinImportant antiviral roleI IFN responseMarkers of autophagyCHIKV infectionViral loadArthritogenic alphavirusesVirus infectionCHIKV replicationATG5-ATG12Antiviral actionKnockout miceMSR1 expressionIFN responseInfectionMiceNsp1 proteinAutophagic functionA mosquito salivary protein promotes flavivirus transmission by activation of autophagy
Sun P, Nie K, Zhu Y, Liu Y, Wu P, Liu Z, Du S, Fan H, Chen CH, Zhang R, Wang P, Cheng G. A mosquito salivary protein promotes flavivirus transmission by activation of autophagy. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 260. PMID: 31937766, PMCID: PMC6959235, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14115-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeclin-1Viral transmissionFlavivirus transmissionMosquito salivary proteinsHost immune cellsZika virus transmissionActivation of autophagyLow viremiaProphylactic targetsMosquito salivaImmune cellsZIKV transmissionAllergen 1Infected mosquitoesViral infectionMonocyte lineageVirus transmissionMiceMosquitoesSalivary proteinsNumerous studiesViremiaInfectionFlavivirusesProtein
2018
Foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid protein VP2 activates the cellular EIF2S1-ATF4 pathway and induces autophagy via HSPB1
Sun P, Zhang S, Qin X, Chang X, Cui X, Li H, Zhang S, Gao H, Wang P, Zhang Z, Luo J, Li Z. Foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid protein VP2 activates the cellular EIF2S1-ATF4 pathway and induces autophagy via HSPB1. Autophagy 2018, 14: 336-346. PMID: 29166823, PMCID: PMC5902195, DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2017.1405187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCapsid protein VP2FMDV infectionProtein VP2Polyglutamine expansion proteinsMacroautophagy/autophagyMammalian cell linesPrecise molecular mechanismsFMDV capsid proteinsNatural host cellsInhibition of autophagyCloven-hoofed animalsAutophagy inductionMolecular mechanismsAutophagy processHost cellsAkt-mTORMouth disease virusCapsid proteinViral replicationAutophagyFMDV replicationHSPB1InfectionCell linesVP2