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ArticleJournal of virology2011

A Rab11- and microtubule-dependent mechanism for cytoplasmic transport of influenza A virus viral RNA.

Maria Joao Amorim, Emily A Bruce, Eliot K C Read, Agnes Foeglein, Robert Mahen, Amanda D Stuart, Paul Digard

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Article in Journal of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers.

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155citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

155 citing papers in PubMed, 236 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maria Joao AmorimDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, United Kingdom.
Emily A Bruce
Eliot K C Read
Agnes Foeglein
Robert Mahen
Amanda D Stuart
Paul Digard
University of Cambridge · GBHutchison/MRC Research Centre · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0700815Wellcome Trust 080346
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The viral RNA (vRNA) genome of influenza A virus is replicated in the nucleus, exported to the cytoplasm as ribonucleoproteins (RNPs), and trafficked to the plasma membrane through uncertain means. Using fluorescent in situ hybridization to detect vRNA as well as the live cell imaging of fluorescently labeled RNPs, we show that an early event in vRNA cytoplasmic trafficking involves accumulation near the microtubule organizing center in multiple cell types and viral strains. Here, RNPs colocalized with Rab11, a pericentriolar recycling endosome marker. Cytoplasmic RNP localization was perturbed by inhibitors of vesicular trafficking, microtubules, or the short interfering RNA-mediated depletion of Rab11. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged RNPs in living cells demonstrated rapid, bidirectional, and saltatory movement, which is characteristic of microtubule-based transport, and also cotrafficked with fluorescent Rab11. Coprecipitation experiments showed an interaction between RNPs and the GTP-bound form of Rab11, potentially mediated via the PB2 subunit of the polymerase. We propose that influenza virus RNPs are routed from the nucleus to the pericentriolar recycling endosome (RE), where they access a Rab11-dependent vesicular transport pathway to the cell periphery.

Indexed as

Virus ReplicationAnimalsBiological TransportCell LineHumansInfluenza A virusMicroscopy, FluorescenceMicrotubulesrab11 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsRNA, Viralrab11 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsRNA, Viral

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PMID21307188
PMCPMC3126276
OpenAlexW2142841122

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