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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Recovery of infectious recombinant human norovirus using zebrafish embryos.

Tomohiro Kotaki, Yuki Akieda, Zelin Chen, Megumi Onishi, Sayuri Komatsu, Daisuke Motooka, Hiroko Omori, Shigeyuki Tamiya, Yuta Kanai, Shohei Minami and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plscr1 inhibits murine norovirus entry.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Tomohiro KotakiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Yuki AkiedaDepartment of Homeostatic Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7899-3186
Zelin ChenDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Megumi OnishiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Sayuri KomatsuDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-1958-2325
Daisuke MotookaNext Generation Sequencing Core Facility, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Hiroko OmoriCentral Instrumentation Laboratory, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Shigeyuki TamiyaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 640-8156, Japan.
Yuta KanaiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5102-6951
Shohei MinamiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3999-348X
Takahiro KawagishiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Naomi SakonDepartment of Microbiology, Osaka Institute of Public Health, Osaka 537-0025, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7521-9654
Shintaro SatoDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5156-3354
Tohru IshitaniDepartment of Homeostatic Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Takeshi KobayashiDepartment of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, The University of Osaka, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5532-207X

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP20wm0225006 JP22gm1610008 JP22wm0125010 JP223fa627002 JP23fk0108668Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP24gm2010001MEXT | JST | Moonshot Research and Development Program (Moonshot) JPMJMS2025Secom Science and Technology Foundation (SSTF) Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of gastroenteritis. However, the lack of a reverse genetics system for infectious HuNoV has hindered the development of antivirals and vaccines. Herein, we established a reverse genetics system for infectious HuNoV using a robust HuNoV replication system based on zebrafish embryos. Transfection of a HuNoV cDNA clone into cultured cells, followed by microinjection of the supernatant into zebrafish embryos, produced infectious recombinant HuNoVs. The recombinant HuNoVs can replicate in human intestinal organoids, confirming their infectivity in a physiologically relevant system. Notably, we also recovered recombinant HuNoVs following direct HuNoV cDNA microinjection into zebrafish embryos without the use of cultured cells, which is a simpler and more efficient approach. Using the established systems, we recovered an infectious recombinant HuNoV carrying a reporter tag insertion, enabling rapid antiviral evaluation and virus inactivation assays. Furthermore, we generated recombinant HuNoVs of the GII.17 and GII.4 genotypes, as well as a chimeric virus carrying the GII.4 VP1 gene in a GII.17 backbone, demonstrating the utility of the systems for viral replication studies. These systems will accelerate research on HuNoV replication and enhance efforts to develop vaccines and antivirals.

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NorovirusZebrafishAnimalsCaliciviridae InfectionsEmbryo, NonmammalianHumansOrganoidsReverse GeneticsVirus Replicationhuman norovirusreverse genetics systemzebrafish

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PMID41343680
PMCPMC12704787

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