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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Mutations in the PA Protein of Avian H5N1 Influenza Viruses Affect Polymerase Activity and Mouse Virulence.

Gongxun Zhong, Mai Quynh Le, Tiago J S Lopes, Peter Halfmann, Masato Hatta, Shufang Fan, Gabriele Neumann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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Article in Journal of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Gongxun ZhongDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Mai Quynh LeNational Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tiago J S LopesDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Peter HalfmannDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Masato HattaDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Shufang FanDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Gabriele NeumannDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA gabriele.neumann@wisc.edu yoshihiro.kawaoka@wisc.edu.
Yoshihiro KawaokaDepartment of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA gabriele.neumann@wisc.edu yoshihiro.kawaoka@wisc.edu.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USNational Institute Of Hygiene And Epidemiology · VN

Funding

Transforming Genomics with 5 PB Big Omics Data Engine Cray CS300-AC SupercomputerS10OD018522 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2014 to 2014
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NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400008CNIH HHS S10 OD018522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To study the influenza virus determinants of pathogenicity, we characterized two highly pathogenic avian H5N1 influenza viruses isolated in Vietnam in 2012 (A/duck/Vietnam/QT1480/2012 [QT1480]) and 2013 (A/duck/Vietnam/QT1728/2013 [QT1728]) and found that the activity of their polymerase complexes differed significantly, even though both viruses were highly pathogenic in mice. Further studies revealed that the PA-S343A/E347D (PA with the S-to-A change at position 343 and the E-to-D change at position 347) mutations reduced viral polymerase activity and mouse virulence when tested in the genetic background of QT1728 virus. In contrast, the PA-343S/347E mutations increased the polymerase activity of QT1480 and the virulence of a low-pathogenic H5N1 influenza virus. The PA-343S residue (which alone increased viral polymerase activity and mouse virulence significantly relative to viral replication complexes encoding PA-343A) is frequently found in H5N1 influenza viruses of several subclades; infection with a virus possessing this amino acid may pose an increased risk to humans.

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Virus ReplicationA549 CellsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsFemaleHEK293 CellsHumansInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMutationOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsReassortant VirusesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral ProteinsVirulencePA protein, influenza virusesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral ProteinsinfluenzaPApolymerase activityvirulence

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PMID29212927
PMCPMC5790930
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