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ArticleJournal of virology2018

Enhanced Human-Type Receptor Binding by Ferret-Transmissible H5N1 with a K193T Mutation.

Wenjie Peng, Kim M Bouwman, Ryan McBride, Oliver C Grant, Robert J Woods, Monique H Verheije, James C Paulson, Robert P de Vries

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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 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenjie PengDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Kim M BouwmanPathology Division, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Ryan McBrideDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Oliver C GrantComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Robert J WoodsComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Monique H VerheijePathology Division, Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
James C PaulsonDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
Robert P de VriesDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA r.vries@uu.nl.
Scripps Research Institute · USUtrecht University · NLUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

Structural Basis of Immune Recognition of Glycosylated AntigensU54GM062116 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI BLIXT, OLA KLAS · 2001 to 2010
$80.3M
TR&D3. Approaches to Proteoglycan Function at Biochemical and Cellular LevelsP41GM103390 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MOREMEN, KELLEY W. · 2012 to 2019
$14.5M
Influenza virus receptors on human airway epithelial cellsR01AI114730 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI PAULSON, JAMES C · 2015 to 2023
$5.1M
Tools to enable non-specialists to model glycoconjugates and glycan-protein interactionsU01CA207824 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI FOLEY, B. LACHELE, WOODS, ROBERT J · 2016 to 2018
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA207824NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114730NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103390NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM062116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All human influenza pandemics have originated from avian influenza viruses. Although multiple changes are needed for an avian virus to be able to transmit between humans, binding to human-type receptors is essential. Several research groups have reported mutations in H5N1 viruses that exhibit specificity for human-type receptors and promote respiratory droplet transmission between ferrets. Upon detailed analysis, we have found that these mutants exhibit significant differences in fine receptor specificity compared to human H1N1 and H3N2 and retain avian-type receptor binding. We have recently shown that human influenza viruses preferentially bind to α2-6-sialylated branched N-linked glycans, where the sialic acids on each branch can bind to receptor sites on two protomers of the same hemagglutinin (HA) trimer. In this binding mode, the glycan projects over the 190 helix at the top of the receptor-binding pocket, which in H5N1 would create a stearic clash with lysine at position 193. Thus, we hypothesized that a K193T mutation would improve binding to branched N-linked receptors. Indeed, the addition of the K193T mutation to the H5 HA of a respiratory-droplet-transmissible virus dramatically improves both binding to human trachea epithelial cells and specificity for extended α2-6-sialylated N-linked glycans recognized by human influenza viruses.

Indexed as

Virus AttachmentCell LineEpithelial CellsHEK293 CellsHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H3N2 SubtypeInfluenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMutationPolysaccharidesProtein BindingReceptors, VirusSialic AcidsTracheahemagglutinin, avian influenza A virusHemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza VirusPolysaccharidesReceptors, VirusSialic Acidsglycan arrayH5N1influenzaN-linked glycanreceptor bindingsialic acid

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PMID29491160
PMCPMC5923085
OpenAlexW2790400261

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