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ArticleVirology2018

Ectromelia virus lacking the E3L ortholog is replication-defective and nonpathogenic but does induce protective immunity in a mouse strain susceptible to lethal mousepox.

Tiffany R Frey, Katherine S Forsyth, Maura M Sheehan, Brian C De Haven, Julia G Pevarnik, Erin S Hand, Marie C Pizzorno, Laurence C Eisenlohr, Adam R Hersperger

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Article in Virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Tiffany R FreyDepartment of Biology, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA.
Katherine S ForsythPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Maura M SheehanDepartment of Biology, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA.
Brian C De HavenDepartment of Biology, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Julia G PevarnikDepartment of Biology, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA.
Erin S HandDepartment of Biology, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA.
Marie C PizzornoDepartment of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
Laurence C EisenlohrPerelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Adam R HerspergerDepartment of Biology, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA. Electronic address: ahersperger@albright.edu.
Albright College · USBucknell University · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USLa Salle University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

MHCII Cross-presentation as a Driver of CD4+ T Cell Responses to PoxvirusesR01AI110542 · NIAID · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI EISENLOHR, LAURENCE CRANE, HERSPERGER, ADAM · 2015 to 2019
$2.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All known orthopoxviruses, including ectromelia virus (ECTV), contain a gene in the E3L family. The protein product of this gene, E3, is a double-stranded RNA-binding protein. It can impact host range and is used by orthopoxviruses to combat cellular defense pathways, such as PKR and RNase L. In this work, we constructed an ECTV mutant with a targeted disruption of the E3L open reading frame (ECTVΔE3L). Infection with this virus resulted in an abortive replication cycle in all cell lines tested. We detected limited transcription of late genes but no significant translation of these mRNAs. Notably, the replication defects of ECTVΔE3L were rescued in human and mouse cells lacking PKR. ECTVΔE3L was nonpathogenic in BALB/c mice, a strain susceptible to lethal mousepox disease. However, infection with ECTVΔE3L induced protective immunity upon subsequent challenge with wild-type virus. In summary, E3L is an essential gene for ECTV.

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Virus ReplicationAnimalsCell LineEctromelia, InfectiousEctromelia virusGene Knockout TechniquesHumansMice, Inbred BALB CRNA-Binding ProteinsVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsViral VaccinesE3L protein, Ectromelia virusRNA-Binding ProteinsVaccines, AttenuatedViral ProteinsViral VaccinesDouble-stranded RNAdsRNAE3L geneEctromelia virusHost range geneInnate immune evasionMousepox virusPKR

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PMID29602068
PMCPMC5911240
OpenAlexW2794564850

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