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Methods: RV-C15 (C15) infection in differentiated human bronchial epithelial cell (HBEC) cultures was assessed using immunofluorescent and time-lapse epifluorescent imaging. Morphology of C15-infected differentiated AECs was assessed by immunohistochemistry.
Results: C15 produced a scattered pattern of infection, and infected cells were shed from the epithelium. The percentage of cells infected with C15 varied from 1.4 to 14.7% depending on cell culture conditions. Infected cells had increased staining for markers of ciliated cells (acetylated-alpha-tubulin [aat], p?
Conclusions: The RV-C only replicate in ciliated AECs in vitro, leading to infected cell shedding. CDHR3 expression positively correlates with RV-C binding and replication, and is largely confined to ciliated AECs. Our data imply that factors regulating differentiation and CDHR3 production may be important determinants of RV-C illness severity.
SUBMITTER: Griggs TF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5418766 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Griggs Theodor F TF Bochkov Yury A YA Basnet Sarmila S Pasic Thomas R TR Brockman-Schneider Rebecca A RA Palmenberg Ann C AC Gern James E JE
Respiratory research 20170504 1
<h4>Background</h4>The Rhinovirus C (RV-C), first identified in 2006, produce high symptom burdens in children and asthmatics, however, their primary target host cell in the airways remains unknown. Our primary hypotheses were that RV-C target ciliated airway epithelial cells (AECs), and that cell specificity is determined by restricted and high expression of the only known RV-C cell-entry factor, cadherin related family member 3 (CDHR3).<h4>Methods</h4>RV-C15 (C15) infection in differentiated h ...[more]