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2016 (English)In: FEMS Microbiology Letters, ISSN 0378-1097, E-ISSN 1574-6968, Vol. 363, no 8, article id fnw058Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is an arthropod-borne pathogen that causes infectious disease with severe hemorrhagic manifestations in vascular system in humans. The proper function of the cells in the vascular system is critically regulated by aquaporins (AQP), water channels that facilitate fluxes of water and small solutes across membranes. With Hazara virus as a model for CCHFV, we investigated the effects of viruses on AQP6 and the impact of AQP6 on virus infectivity in host cells, using transiently expressed GFP-AQP6 cells, immunofluorescent assay for virus detection, epifluorescent imaging of living cells and confocal microscopy. In GFP-AQP6 expressing cells, Hazara virus reduced both the cellular and perinuclear AQP6 distribution and changed the cell area. Infection of human cell with CCHFV strain IbAR 10200 downregulated AQP6 expression at mRNA level. Interestingly, the overexpression of AQP6 in host cells decreased the infectivity of Hazara virus, speaking for a protective role of AQP6. We suggest the possibility for AQP6 being a novel player in the virus–host interactions, which may lead to less severe outcomes of an infection.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford University Press, 2016
Keywords
Host–virus interactions; Nairovirus; Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus; aquaporin; virus infectivity; water homeostasis
National Category
Cell and Molecular Biology Microbiology in the medical area
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-127499 (URN)10.1093/femsle/fnw058 (DOI)000377970600013 ()26976854 (PubMedID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, 2010-3045European Science Foundation (ESF)Magnus Bergvall FoundationSwedish Research Council, 214–7495Linköpings universitet
Note
Funding agencies: Swedish Research Council [2010-3045]; European Science foundation; Magnus Bergvall Foundation; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linkoping University; Infect-ERA Second Call (Swedish Research Council) [214-7495]
2016-04-282016-04-282018-01-10Bibliographically approved