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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 10, Pages 5816-5833Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03826-13
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- National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) [2011CB504703, 2010CB530102]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81321063, 31270211, 31370201]
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Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a highly transmissible pathogenic agent that causes severe central nervous system diseases in infected infants and young children. Here, we reported that EV71 VP1 protein could bind to vimentin intermediate filaments expressed on the host cell surface. Soluble vimentin or an antibody against vimentin could inhibit the binding of EV71 to host cells. Accompanied with the reduction of vimentin expression on the cell surface, the binding of EV71 to cells was remarkably decreased. Further evidence showed that the N terminus of vimentin is responsible for the interaction between EV71 and vimentin. These results indicated that vimentin on the host cell surface may serve as an attachment site that mediated the initial binding and subsequently increased the infectivity of EV71.
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