Abstract
AbstractDengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus causing an estimated 390 million infections per year around the world. Despite the immense global health and economic impact of this virus, its true receptor(s) for internalization into live cells has not yet been identified, and no successful antivirals or treatments have been isolated to this date. This study aims to improve our understanding of virus entry routs by exploring the sialic acid-based cell surface molecule GM1a and its role in DENV infection. The interaction of the virus with GM1a was studied using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy (FCCS), imaging FCS (ImFCS) and amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDXMS), and the effect on infectivity and movement of the virus during infection was explored using plaque assays and fluorescence-based imaging and single particle tracking (SPT). GM1a was deemed to interact with DENV at domain I (DI) and domain II (DII) of the E protein of the protein coat at quaternary contacts of a fully assembled virus, leading to a ten-fold increase and seven-fold increase in infectivity for DENV1 and DENV2 in mammalian cell systems respectively. The interaction of virus with GM1a triggers a speeding up of virus movement on live cell surfaces, possibly resulting from a reduction in rigidity of cellular rafts during infection, and functions as a coreceptor/ attachment factor for DENV during infection in mammalian systems.Author SummaryDengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus causing an estimated 390 million infections per year around the world. Despite the immense global health and economic impact of this virus, no successful antivirals or treatments have been isolated to this date. This may be due to the incomplete understanding of the virus infection mechanism, including a lack of an identified ‘true’ receptor and entry related attachment factors or co-receptors responsible for internalization of the virus. This work focuses on the early infection stage of DENV1 and DENV2 strains, to identify how the virus moves on cell surfaces in its search for its receptors, and identifies the critical role of the sialic acid ganglioside GM1a during internalization of the virus.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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