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ArticleVirology2003

Amino acid substitutions within the heptad repeat domain 1 of murine coronavirus spike protein restrict viral antigen spread in the central nervous system.

Jean C Tsai, Linda de Groot, Josefina D Pinon, Kathryn T Iacono, Joanna J Phillips, Su-hun Seo, Ehud Lavi, Susan R Weiss

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Article in Virology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jean C TsaiDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6076, USA.
Linda de Groot
Josefina D Pinon
Kathryn T Iacono
Joanna J Phillips
Su-hun Seo
Ehud Lavi
Susan R Weiss
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

PATHOGNESIS OF MOUSE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUSP01NS030606 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GONZALEZ-SCARANO, FRANCISCO A · 1993 to 2002
$3.2M
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF CORONAVIRUS-INDUCED DEMYELINATIONR01NS021954 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEISS, SUSAN R. · 1985 to 2002
$645k
TRAINING IN VIROLOGYT32AI007325 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EISENBERG, ROSELYN J. · 1987 to 2001
$309k
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007325NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI-07325NINDS NIH HHS NS-21954NINDS NIH HHS NS-30606NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS030606
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted recombination was carried out to select mouse hepatitis viruses (MHVs) in a defined genetic background, containing an MHV-JHM spike gene encoding either three heptad repeat 1 (HR1) substitutions (Q1067H, Q1094H, and L1114R) or L1114R alone. The recombinant virus, which expresses spike with the three substitutions, was nonfusogenic at neutral pH. Its replication was significantly inhibited by lysosomotropic agents, and it was highly neuroattenuated in vivo. In contrast, the recombinant expressing spike with L1114R alone mediated cell-to-cell fusion at neutral pH and replicated efficiently despite the presence of lysosomotropic agents; however, it still caused only subclinical morbidity and no mortality in animals. Thus, both recombinant viruses were highly attenuated and expressed viral antigen which was restricted to the olfactory bulbs and was markedly absent from other regions of the brains at 5 days postinfection. These data demonstrate that amino acid substitutions, in particular L1114R, within HR1 of the JHM spike reduced the ability of MHV to spread in the central nervous system. Furthermore, the requirements for low pH for fusion and viral entry are not prerequisites for the highly attenuated phenotype.

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Amino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntigens, ViralBrainCell FusionCoronavirusDNA, RecombinantMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationPhenotypeProtein Structure, TertiarySpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusViral Envelope ProteinsAntigens, ViralDNA, RecombinantMembrane GlycoproteinsSpike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID12919742
PMCPMC7125853
OpenAlexW2008920231

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