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Arch Virol ; 158(6): 1189-207, 2013 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23344777

ABSTRACT

Dengue virus (DENV) is the causative agent of the most important mosquito-borne viral disease, which is endemic to over 100 countries in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. It is transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. The first step in the viral infection of host cells is virion attachment to the plasma membrane, which is mediated by specific surface molecules. There are several molecules that participate in DENV infection of mosquitoes, but only a few have been identified. In this work, we co-purified 4 proteins from C6/36 cells using a recombinant DENV 4 E protein and identified them as 70 kDa Heat Shock and 70 kDa Heat Shock cognate proteins (HSP70/HSc70), Binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP), Thioredoxin/protein disulphide isomerase (PDI), and 44 kDa Endoplasmic reticulum resident protein (ERp44) via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time of flight (Maldi-ToF) analysis. Using immunofluorescence and flow cytometry assays, we observed re-localisation of HSP70/HSc70 and, to a lesser extent, BiP to the plasma membrane under stress conditions, such as during DENV infection. By performing binding and infection assays independently, we found that all 4 proteins participate in both processes, but to differing extents: HSP70/HSc70 is the most critical component, while ERp44 is less important. Viral infection was not inhibited when the cells were incubated with antibodies against all of the surface proteins after virus binding, which suggests that DENV entry to C6/36 cells is mediated by these proteins at the same step and not sequentially.


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Aedes/virology , Dengue Virus/physiology , Dengue/virology , Virus Attachment , Virus Internalization , Aedes/cytology , Aedes/physiology , Animals , Blotting, Western , Cell Line , Endoplasmic Reticulum/physiology , Flow Cytometry , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , HSC70 Heat-Shock Proteins/physiology , HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins/physiology , Mass Spectrometry , Membrane Proteins/physiology , Recombinant Proteins , Viral Envelope Proteins/physiology
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Arch Virol ; 158(3): 583-99, 2013 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23129130

ABSTRACT

Dengue virus is the most important arbovirus that affects humans, and it can establish persistent infections, especially in insect-derived cell cultures. Defective viral genomes have been implicated in the establishment and maintenance of persistent infections with several flaviviruses; however, there exists almost no information concerning defective dengue virus genomes. Here, we report the detection of defective dengue 2 virus genomes in persistently infected mosquito C6/36 cells. The defective viral genomes were detected at a low ratio compared with the wild-type genome. Deletions of approximately 147 residues (222-368) were found in the E protein, and these mainly affected domain III (73 %) of the protein; deletions of approximately 153 residues (4-156) and 228 residues (597-825) were found in the methyltransferase and polymerase domains, respectively, of the NS5 protein. The truncated versions of NS5 could be detected by western blot only in the protein extracts derived from persistently infected cells.


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Defective Viruses/genetics , Dengue Virus/genetics , Genome, Viral , Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics , Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics , Aedes/virology , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Base Sequence , Cell Line , Cricetinae , Molecular Sequence Data , Sequence Alignment , Sequence Analysis, RNA , Sequence Deletion , Viral Envelope Proteins/chemistry
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