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ArticleVirology2017

Characterization of a PKR inhibitor from the pathogenic ranavirus, Ambystoma tigrinum virus, using a heterologous vaccinia virus system.

Trung P Huynh, James K Jancovich, Latha Tripuraneni, Michael C Heck, Jeffrey O Langland, Bertram L Jacobs

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Article in Virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Trung P HuynhSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA.
James K JancovichSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA.
Latha TripuraneniSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA.
Michael C HeckSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA.
Jeffrey O LanglandSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA; Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe, AZ 85282, USA.
Bertram L JacobsSchool of Life Sciences, and The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5001, USA. Electronic address: bjacobs@asu.edu.
Arizona State University · US

Funding

Monkeypox virus, Interferon, and NecroptosisR01AI095394 · NIAID · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI JACOBS, BERTRAM L. · 2012 to 2024
$4.9M
Disabling Vaccinia IFNr: A New Smallpox VaccineU01AI066326 · NIAID · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI JACOBS, BERTRAM L. · 2005 to 2008
$2.6M
Development of a post-exposure vaccine for smallpoxR01AI066501 · NIAID · ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY-TEMPE CAMPUS · PI JACOBS, BERTRAM L. · 2005 to 2005
$1.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI066501NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI095394NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI066326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV) (family Iridoviridae, genus Ranavirus) was isolated from diseased tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) from the San Rafael Valley in southern Arizona, USA in 1996. Genomic sequencing of ATV, as well as other members of the genus, identified an open reading frame that has homology to the eukaryotic translation initiation factor, eIF2α (ATV eIF2α homologue, vIF2αH). Therefore, we asked if the ATV vIF2αH could also inhibit PKR. To test this hypothesis, the ATV vIF2αH was cloned into vaccinia virus (VACV) in place of the well-characterized VACV PKR inhibitor, E3L. Recombinant VACV expressing ATV vIF2αH partially rescued deletion of the VACV E3L gene. Rescue coincided with rapid degradation of PKR in infected cells. These data suggest that the salamander virus, ATV, contains a novel gene that may counteract host defenses, and this gene product may be involved in the presentation of disease caused by this environmentally important pathogen.

Indexed as

AmbystomaAnimalsArizonaeIF-2 KinaseGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmune EvasionProtein Kinase InhibitorsRanavirusRecombinant ProteinsVaccinia virusViral ProteinsVirulence FactorseIF-2 KinaseProtein Kinase InhibitorsRecombinant ProteinsViral ProteinsVirulence FactorsdsRNAeIF2αInnate immune evasionPathogenesis factorPKR

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PMID28919326
PMCPMC6192022
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