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Neutralizing antibody-resistant hepatitis C virus cell-to-cell transmission.

ABSTRACT: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can initiate infection by cell-free particle and cell-cell contact-dependent transmission. In this study we use a novel infectious coculture system to examine these alternative modes of infection. Cell-to-cell transmission is relatively resistant to anti-HCV glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal immunoglobulin isolated from infected individuals, providing an effective strategy for escaping host humoral immune responses. Chimeric viruses expressing the structural proteins representing the seven major HCV genotypes demonstrate neutralizing antibody-resistant cell-to-cell transmission. HCV entry is a multistep process involving numerous receptors. In this study we demonstrate that, in contrast to earlier reports, CD81 and the tight-junction components claudin-1 and occludin are all essential for both cell-free and cell-to-cell viral transmission. However, scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) has a more prominent role in cell-to-cell transmission of the virus, with SR-BI-specific antibodies and small-molecule inhibitors showing preferential inhibition of this infection route. These observations highlight the importance of targeting host cell receptors, in particular SR-BI, to control viral infection and spread in the liver.

SUBMITTER: Brimacombe CL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3014195 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neutralizing antibody-resistant hepatitis C virus cell-to-cell transmission.

Brimacombe Claire L CL Grove Joe J Meredith Luke W LW Hu Ke K Syder Andrew J AJ Flores Maria Victoria MV Timpe Jennifer M JM Krieger Sophie E SE Baumert Thomas F TF Tellinghuisen Timothy L TL Wong-Staal Flossie F Balfe Peter P McKeating Jane A JA

Journal of virology 20101020 1

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can initiate infection by cell-free particle and cell-cell contact-dependent transmission. In this study we use a novel infectious coculture system to examine these alternative modes of infection. Cell-to-cell transmission is relatively resistant to anti-HCV glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal immunoglobulin isolated from infected individuals, providing an effective strategy for escaping host humoral immune responses. Chimeric viruses expressing the structur ...[more]

PMID: 20962076

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Project description:ObjectiveDespite of antiviral drugs and successful treatment, an effective vaccine against hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is still required. Recently, bioinformatic methods same as prediction algorithms, have greatly contributed to the use of peptides in the design of immunogenic vaccines. Therefore, finding more conserved sites on the surface glycoproteins (E1 and E2) of HCV, as major targets to design an effective vaccine against genetically different viruses in each genotype was the goal of the study.Materials and methodsIn this experimental study, 100 entire sequences of E1 and E2 were retrieved from the NCBI website and analyzed in terms of mutations and critical sites by Bioedit 7.7.9, MEGA X software. Furthermore, HCV-1a samples were obtained from some infected people in Iran, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) assay was optimized to amplify their E1 and E2 genes. Moreover, all three-dimensional structures of E1 and E2 downloaded from the PDB database were analyzed by YASARA. In the next step, three interest areas of humoral immunity in the E2 glycoprotein were evaluated. OSPREY3.0 protein design software was performed to increase the affinity to neutralizing antibodies in these areas.ResultsWe found the effective in silico binding affinity of residues in three broadly neutralizing epitopes of E2 glycoprotein. First, positions that have substitution capacity were detected in these epitopes. Furthermore, residues that have high stability for substitution in these situations were indicated. Then, the mutants with the strongest affinity to neutralize antibodies were predicted. I414M, T416S, I422V, I414M-T416S, and Q412N-I414M-T416S substitutions theoretically were exhibited as mutants with the best affinity binding.ConclusionUsing an innovative filtration strategy, the residues of E2 epitopes which have the best in silico binding affinity to neutralizing antibodies were exhibited and a distinct peptide library platform was designed.

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Neutralizing antibody-resistant hepatitis C virus cell-to-cell transmission.

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