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ArticleVirology2011

Role for the conserved N-terminal cysteines in the anti-chemokine activities by the chemokine-like protein MC148R1 encoded by Molluscum contagiosum virus.

Qingwen Jin, Jeffrey D Altenburg, Mohammad M Hossain, Ghalib Alkhatib

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Article in Virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molluscum Contagiosum Virus: Biology and Immune Response.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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  6. CXCR4: a virus's best friend?Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qingwen JinDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.
Jeffrey D Altenburg
Mohammad M Hossain
Ghalib Alkhatib
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

Host Cell Factors and AIDS PathogenesisR01AI052019 · NIAID · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI ALKHATIB, GHALIB ABBAS · 2002 to 2013
$4.0M
NIAID NIH HHS 2R01AI052019NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum poxvirus (MCV) type 1 and type 2 encode two chemokine-like proteins MC148R1 and MC148R2. It is believed that MC148R proteins function by blocking the inflammatory response. However, the mechanism of the proposed biological activities of MC148R proteins and the role of the additional C-terminal cysteines that do not exist in other chemokines are not understood. Here, we demonstrated in two different assay systems that His-tagged MC148R1 displaces the interaction between CXCL12α and CXCR4. The N-terminal cysteines but not the additional C-terminal cysteines modulate this displacement. His-tagged MC148R1 blocked both CXCL12α-mediated and MIP-1α-mediated chemotaxis. In contrast, MC148R2 blocked MIP-1α-mediated but not CXCL12α-mediated chemotaxis. Immunoprecipitation by antibodies to MC148R1 or CXCL12α followed by immunoblotting and detection by antibodies to the other protein demonstrated physical interaction of His-tagged CXCL12α and His-tagged MC148R1. Interaction with chemokines might mask the receptor interaction site resulting in decreased binding and impairment of the biological activities.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell LineChemokine CXCL12Chemokines, CCChemotaxisCysteineHumansImmunoblottingImmunoprecipitationMiceMolecular Sequence DataMolluscum contagiosum virusProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingChemokine CXCL12Chemokines, CCCXCL12 protein, humanCXCR4 protein, humanCysteineMC148 protein, poxvirus molluscum contagiosumReceptors, CXCR4Viral Proteins

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PMID21802105
PMCPMC3760151
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