Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 839-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.03.019
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Funding
- Wellcome Trust [102572/B/13/Z, 102174/B/13/Z, 108466/Z/15/Z]
- Kidney Research UK [RP25/2013, ST4/2014]
- Yorkshire Kidney Research Fund
- BBSRC [BBL021250/1]
- University of Leeds
- BBSRC [BB/L021250/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Kidney Research UK [RP25/2013, RP_022_20170302, ST_006_20151127, ST4/2014] Funding Source: researchfish
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BK polyomavirus (BKV) causes polyomavirus-associated nephropathy and hemorrhagic cystitis in immunosuppressed patients. These are diseases for which we currently have limited treatment options, but potential therapies could include pre-transplant vaccination with a multivalent BKV vaccine or therapeutics which inhibit capsid assembly or block attachment and entry into target cells. A useful tool in such efforts would be a high-resolution structure of the infectious BKV virion and how this interacts with its full repertoire of cellular receptors. We present the 3.4-angstrom cryoelectron microscopy structure of native, infectious BKV in complex with the receptor fragment of GT1b ganglioside. We also present structural evidence that BKV can utilize glycosaminoglycans as attachment receptors. This work highlights features that underpin capsid stability and provides a platform for rational design and development of urgently needed pharmacological interventions for BKV-associated diseases.
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