Avian infectious bronchitis virus enters cells via the endocytic pathway.
Avian infectious bronchitis virus enters cells via the endocytic pathway.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-0-387-33012-9_54
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发表时间:
2006
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通讯作者:
Whittaker GR
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作者:
Chu VC;McElroy LJ;Ferguson AD;Bauman BE;Whittaker GR
Avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a group III coronavirus that has a major economic impact in the poultry industry. Infected layers often have a large drop in egg production due to impaired ovary and oviduct functions. Clinical manifestations of IBV-infected chickens include respiratory, renal, and reproductive diseases and are often coupled with secondary infections such as airsaculitis and oviduct salpingitis. 1 Although the etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis have been described since the 1930s, the molecular mechanism of viral entry remains elusive. Viruses utilize various mechanisms to gain entry into their host cells. Enveloped viruses need to shed the viral envelope in order to release their genomes into target cells and initiate further replication. 2 The process of uncoating typically follows two distinct mechanisms: pH-dependent fusion in the endosome or pH-independent fusion at the cell surface. 3 Many enveloped viruses (eg, influenza viruses) utilize various endocytic pathways to travel deep into the cell cytoplasm in order to smoothly bypass the cortical cytoskeleton near the cell periphery. 4 The endocytic pathway also provides a suitable acidic environment for the pH-dependent membrane fusion to deliver the viral genome into the cell. 5, 6 In contrast, paramyxoviruses (eg, Sendai viruses) are well established to enter target cells via pH-independent fusion with the plasma membrane. 7 For coronaviruses, contrasting results have been reported regarding the role of endosomes and low pH activation, and consequently, there is no general consensus regarding the entry mechanism. 8-11A major characteristic of IBV infected cells is the formation of large syncytia, which has become a key piece of evidence supporting fusion with the cell plasma membrane at neutral pH during viral entry. 12 In this model, pH-neutral syncytia formation is thought to be a representative model of coronavirus fusion during entry. However, electron microscopy from Patterson et al. clearly shows IBV entering chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) and chick kidney cells via “viroplexis” through cellular engulfment into