Foot-and-mouth disease virus 5'-terminal S fragment is required for replication and modulation of the innate immune response in host cells

Autor: Anna Kloc, Elizabeth Rieder, Mary Kenney, Elizabeth A. Schafer, Devendra K. Rai, Fayna Diaz-San Segundo, Teresa de los Santos
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Virology. 512
ISSN: 1096-0341
Popis: The S fragment of the FMDV 5’ UTR is predicted to fold into a long stem-loop structure and it has been implicated in virus-host protein interactions. In this study, we report the minimal S fragment sequence required for virus viability and show a direct correlation between the extent of the S fragment deletion mutations and attenuated phenotypes. Furthermore, we provide novel insight into the role of the S fragment in modulating the host innate immune response. Importantly, in an FMDV mouse model system, all animals survive the inoculation with the live A 24 FMDV-S 4 mutant, containing a 164 nucleotide deletion in the upper S fragment loop, at a dose 1000 higher than the one causing lethality by parental A 24 FMDV, indicating that the A 24 FMDV-S 4 virus is highly attenuated in vivo . Additionally, mice exposed to high doses of live A 24 FMDV-S 4 virus are fully protected when challenged with parental A 24 FMDV virus.
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