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Tropism and molecular pathogenesis of canine distemper virus

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VIROLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12985-019-1136-6

Keywords

Canine distemper virus; Canine morbillivirus; Molecular pathogenesis; Zoonosis; Tropism; Neuropathogenesis

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  1. Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion - COLCIENCIAS [123171249669]
  2. CONADI - Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
  3. Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - CNPq
  4. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul - FAPERGS
  5. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - CAPES
  6. Propesq-UFRGS

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BackgroundCanine distemper virus (CDV), currently termed Canine morbillivirus, is an extremely contagious disease that affects dogs. It is identified as a multiple cell tropism pathogen, and its host range includes a vast array of species. As a member of Mononegavirales, CDV has a negative, single-stranded RNA genome, which encodes eight proteins.Main bodyRegarding the molecular pathogenesis, the hemagglutinin protein (H) plays a crucial role both in the antigenic recognition and the viral interaction with SLAM and nectin-4, the host cells' receptors. These cellular receptors have been studied widely as CDV receptors in vitro in different cellular models. The SLAM receptor is located in lymphoid cells; therefore, the infection of these cells by CDV leads to immunosuppression, the severity of which can lead to variability in the clinical disease with the potential of secondary bacterial infection, up to and including the development of neurological signs in its later stage.ConclusionImproving the understanding of the CDV molecules implicated in the determination of infection, especially the H protein, can help to enhance the biochemical comprehension of the difference between a wide range of CDV variants, their tropism, and different steps in viral infection. The regions of interaction between the viral proteins and the identified host cell receptors have been elucidated to facilitate this understanding. Hence, this review describes the significant molecular and cellular characteristics of CDV that contribute to viral pathogenesis.

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