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Vaccinia Virus Infection Requires Maturation of Macropinosomes.

Zaira Rizopoulos, Giuseppe Balistreri, Samuel Kilcher, Caroline K Martin, Mohammedyaseen Syedbasha, Ari Helenius, Jason Mercer

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Article in Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zaira RizopoulosETH Zürich Institute of Biochemistry, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Giuseppe BalistreriETH Zürich Institute of Biochemistry, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Samuel KilcherMRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Caroline K MartinMRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Mohammedyaseen SyedbashaETH Zürich Institute of Biochemistry, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Ari HeleniusETH Zürich Institute of Biochemistry, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Jason MercerMRC-Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
ETH Zurich · CHUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prototypic poxvirus, vaccinia virus (VACV), occurs in two infectious forms, mature virions (MVs) and extracellular virions (EVs). Both enter HeLa cells by inducing macropinocytic uptake. Using confocal microscopy, live-cell imaging, targeted RNAi screening and perturbants of endosome maturation, we analyzed the properties and maturation pathway of the macropinocytic vacuoles containing VACV MVs in HeLa cells. The vacuoles first acquired markers of early endosomes [Rab5, early endosome antigen 1 and phosphatidylinositol(3)P]. Prior to release of virus cores into the cytoplasm, they contained markers of late endosomes and lysosomes (Rab7a, lysosome-associated membrane protein 1 and sorting nexin 3). RNAi screening of endocytic cell factors emphasized the importance of late compartments for VACV infection. Follow-up perturbation analysis showed that infection required Rab7a and PIKfyve, confirming that VACV is a late-penetrating virus dependent on macropinosome maturation. VACV EV infection was inhibited by depletion of many of the same factors, indicating that both infectious particle forms share the need for late vacuolar conditions for penetration.

Indexed as

PhagocytosisEndosomesHeLa CellsHumansLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1Phagosomesrab5 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab7 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSorting NexinsVaccinia virusLysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein 1rab5 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab7 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab GTP-Binding ProteinsSorting Nexinsendocytosismacropinocytosisphosphoinositide exchangePIKfyvePoxvirusRab conversionvirus entry

Identifiers

PMID25869659
PMCPMC4973667
OpenAlexW2014668618

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