| Literature DB >> 8600515 |
J M Ball1, P Tian, C Q Zeng, A P Morris, M K Estes.
Abstract
The rotavirus nonstructural glycoprotein NSP4 is an intracellular receptor that mediates the acquisition of a transient membrane envelope as subviral particles bud into the endoplasmic reticulum. NSP4 also causes an increase in intracellular calcium in insect cells. Purified NSP4 or a peptide corresponding to NSP4 residues 114 to 135 induced diarrhea in young (6 to 10 days old) CD1 mice. This disease response was age-dependent, dose-dependent, and specific. Electrophysiologic data from intestinal mucosa showed that the NSP4 114-135 peptide potentiates chloride secretion by a calcium-dependent signaling pathway. Diarrhea is induced when NSP4, acting as a viral enterotoxin, triggers a signal transduction pathway.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8600515 DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5258.101
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728