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ArticlePLoS pathogens2022

Astrovirus-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition via activated TGF-β increases viral replication.

Virginia Hargest, Theresa Bub, Geoffrey Neale, Stacey Schultz-Cherry

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Virginia HargestDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3883-1232
Theresa BubDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
Geoffrey NealeHartwell Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3776-0858
Stacey Schultz-CherryDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-2021-727X
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
Do they or don't they: astrovirus-induced diarrheaR21AI135254 · NIAID · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI SCHULTZ-CHERRY, STACEY L · 2018 to 2019
$561k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI135254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human astroviruses (HAstV), positive sense single-stranded RNA viruses, are one of the leading causes of diarrhea worldwide. Despite their high prevalence, the cellular mechanisms of astrovirus pathogenesis remain ill-defined. Previous studies showed HAstV increased epithelial barrier permeability by causing a re-localization of the tight junction protein, occludin. In these studies, we demonstrate that HAstV replication induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), by upregulating the transcription of EMT-related genes within 8 hours post-infection (hpi), followed by the loss of cell-cell contacts and disruption of polarity by 24 hpi. While multiple classical HAstV serotypes, including clinical isolates, induce EMT, the non-classical genotype HAstV-VA1 and two strains of reovirus are incapable of inducing EMT. Unlike the re-localization of tight junction proteins, HAstV-induced EMT requires productive replication and is dependent transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) activity. Finally, inhibiting TGF-β signaling and EMT reduces viral replication, highlighting its importance in the viral life cycle. This finding puts classical strains of HAstV-1 in an exclusive group of non-oncogenic viruses triggering EMT.

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Astroviridae InfectionsMamastrovirusEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionHumansTransforming Growth Factor betaVirus ReplicationTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID35452499
PMCPMC9067694
OpenAlexW4224279075

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