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ArticleVirology2016

Cell-cell contact promotes Ebola virus GP-mediated infection.

Chunhui Miao, Minghua Li, Yi-Min Zheng, Fredric S Cohen, Shan-Lu Liu

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Article in Virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Direct Intercellular Transport Mode of Filovirus Nucleocapsids.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. Pseudotyped Viruses for Marburgvirus and Ebolavirus.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  7. SARS-CoV-2 spreads through cell-to-cell transmission.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  8. SARS-CoV-2 Spreads through Cell-to-Cell Transmission.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Chunhui MiaoDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Minghua LiDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Yi-Min ZhengDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Fredric S CohenDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Physiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
Shan-Lu LiuDepartment of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: liushan@missouri.edu.

Funding

Virology and Smallpox VaccinationsU54AI057160 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAY, RANJIT · 2003 to 2013
$80.9M
Molecular Regulation of Fusion: Voltage Dependence and Local Physical InteractionR01GM101539 · NIGMS · RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI COHEN, FREDRIC S · 2013 to 2016
$1.4M
Inhibition of Ebolavirus Entry by IFITM2 ProteinR21AI109464 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI LIU, SHAN-LU · 2014 to 2015
$400k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI109464NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057160NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM101539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic filovirus that causes hemorrhagic fever in humans and animals. Here we provide evidence that cell-cell contact promotes infection mediated by the glycoprotein (GP) of EBOV. Interestingly, expression of EBOV GP alone, even in the absence of retroviral Gag-Pol, is sufficient to transfer a retroviral vector encoding Tet-off from cell to cell. Cell-to-cell infection mediated by EBOV GP is blocked by inhibitors of actin polymerization, but appears to be less sensitive to KZ52 neutralization. Treatment of co-cultured cells with cathepsin B/L inhibitors, or an entry inhibitor 3.47 that targets the receptor NPC1 for virus binding, also blocks cell-to-cell infection. Cell-cell contact also enhances spread of rVSV bearing GP in monocytes and macrophages, the primary targets of natural EBOV infection. Altogether, our study reveals that cell-cell contact promotes EBOV GP-mediated infection, and provides new insight into understanding EBOV spread and viral pathogenesis.

Indexed as

Virus InternalizationCarrier ProteinsCell LineEbolavirusHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsNiemann-Pick C1 ProteinReceptors, VirusViral Envelope ProteinsCarrier Proteinsenvelope glycoprotein, Ebola virusIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsNiemann-Pick C1 ProteinNPC1 protein, humanReceptors, VirusViral Envelope ProteinsCell-to-cell infectionEbola virusGP

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PMID26655238
PMCPMC4744524

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