| Literature DB >> 28028222 |
Chung-Yi Wu1, Chih-Wei Lin1, Tsung-I Tsai1, Chang-Chun David Lee1, Hong-Yang Chuang1, Jhih-Bin Chen1, Ming-Hung Tsai1, Bo-Rui Chen1, Pei-Wen Lo1, Chiu-Ping Liu1, Vidya S Shivatare1, Chi-Huey Wong2.
Abstract
We have shown that glycosylation of influenza A virus (IAV) hemagglutinin (HA), especially at position N-27, is crucial for HA folding and virus survival. However, it is not known whether the glycosylation of HA and the other two major IAV surface glycoproteins, neuraminidase (NA) and M2 ion channel, is essential for the replication of IAV. Here, we show that glycosylation of HA at N-142 modulates virus infectivity and host immune response. Glycosylation of NA in the stalk region affects its structure, activity, and specificity, thereby modulating virus release and virulence, and glycosylation at the catalytic domain affects its thermostability; however, glycosylation of M2 had no effect on its function. In addition, using IAV without the stalk and catalytic domains of NA as a live attenuated vaccine was shown to confer a strong IAV-specific CD8+ T-cell response and a strong cross-strain as well as cross-subtype protection against various virus strains.Entities:
Keywords: glycosylation; influenza A virus; vaccine design
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28028222 PMCID: PMC5240703 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617174114
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205