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Distribution of O-Acetylated Sialic Acids among Target Host Tissues for Influenza Virus.

Brian R Wasik, Karen N Barnard, Robert J Ossiboff, Zahra Khedri, Kurtis H Feng, Hai Yu, Xi Chen, Daniel R Perez, Ajit Varki, Colin R Parrish

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56citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Brian R WasikDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5442-3883
Karen N BarnardDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Robert J OssiboffDepartment of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Animal Health Diagnostic Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Zahra KhedriGlycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Kurtis H FengDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Hai YuDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Xi ChenDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.
Daniel R PerezDepartment of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6569-5689
Ajit VarkiGlycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Colin R ParrishDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1836-6655
Cornell University · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of California San Diego · USUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

The Evolutionary and Biological Bases of Host Switching in VirusesR01GM080533 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI PARRISH, COLIN R. · 2007 to 2019
$4.1M
Sialoglycan-Recognizing Probes for Defining Sialoglycomes in Biological SystemsU01CA199792 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI VARKI, AJIT P · 2015 to 2017
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA199792NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400008CNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080533
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sialic acids (Sias) are important glycans displayed on the cells and tissues of many different animals and are frequent targets for binding and modification by pathogens, including influenza viruses. Influenza virus hemagglutinins bind Sias during the infection of their normal hosts, while the encoded neuraminidases and/or esterases remove or modify the Sia to allow virion release or to prevent rebinding. Sias naturally occur in a variety of modified forms, and modified Sias can alter influenza virus host tropisms through their altered interactions with the viral glycoproteins. However, the distribution of modified Sia forms and their effects on pathogen-host interactions are still poorly understood. Here we used probes developed from viral Sia-binding proteins to detect O-acetylated (4-O-acetyl, 9-O-acetyl, and 7,9-O-acetyl) Sias displayed on the tissues of some natural or experimental hosts for influenza viruses. These modified Sias showed highly variable displays between the hosts and tissues examined. The 9-O-acetyl (and 7,9-) modified Sia forms were found on cells and tissues of many hosts, including mice, humans, ferrets, guinea pigs, pigs, horses, dogs, as well as in those of ducks and embryonated chicken egg tissues and membranes, although in variable amounts. The 4-O-acetyl Sias were found in the respiratory tissues of fewer animals, being primarily displayed in the horse and guinea pig, but were not detected in humans or pigs. The results suggest that these Sia variants may influence virus tropisms by altering and selecting their cell interactions.

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host rangeinfluenzareceptor-ligand interactionrespiratory virusessialic acidvirus-host interactions

Identifiers

PMID28904995
PMCPMC5588038
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