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ArticleCellular microbiology2021

Acrylamide inhibits vaccinia virus through vimentin-independent anti-viral granule formation.

Jennifer J Wood, Ian J White, Jerzy Samolej, Jason Mercer

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Article in Cellular microbiology, 2021. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
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What it found

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer J WoodMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Ian J WhiteMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.
Jerzy SamolejInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0615-3297
Jason MercerMRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1466-9541
MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

H2020 European Research Council 649101Medical Research Council MC_U12266BMedical Research Council MC_UU_00012/7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The replication and assembly of vaccinia virus (VACV), the prototypic poxvirus, occurs exclusively in the cytoplasm of host cells. While the role of cellular cytoskeletal components in these processes remains poorly understood, vimentin-a type III intermediate filament-has been shown to associate with viral replication sites and to be incorporated into mature VACV virions. Here, we employed chemical and genetic approaches to further investigate the role of vimentin during the VACV lifecycle. The collapse of vimentin filaments, using acrylamide, was found to inhibit VACV infection at the level of genome replication, intermediate- and late-gene expression. However, we found that CRISPR-mediated knockout of vimentin did not impact VACV replication. Combining these tools, we demonstrate that acrylamide treatment results in the formation of anti-viral granules (AVGs) known to mediate translational inhibition of many viruses. We conclude that vimentin is dispensable for poxvirus replication and assembly and that acrylamide, as a potent inducer of AVGs during VACV infection, serves to bolster cell's anti-viral response to poxvirus infection.

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Antiviral AgentsVaccinia virusAcrylamideIntermediate FilamentsVimentinVirus ReplicationAcrylamideAntiviral AgentsVimentinacrylamideAVGspoxvirusvacciniaVACVvimentin

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PMID33792166
PMCPMC11478914
OpenAlexW3145024564

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