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VIROLOGY
Volume 334, Issue 2, Pages 276-283Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.02.003
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influenza virus; hemagglutinin; receptor specificity; sialyloligosaccharides; glycopolymers
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [U54 GM62116-03] Funding Source: Medline
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We studied receptor-binding properties of influenza virus isolates from birds and mammals using polymeric conjugates of sialooligosaccharides terminated with common Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal beta fragment but differing by the structure of the inner part of carbohydrate chain. Viruses isolated from distinct avian species differed by their recognition of the inner part of oligosaccharide receptor. Duck viruses displayed high affinity for receptors having beta 1-3 rather than beta 1-4 linkage between Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal-disaccharide and penultimate N-acetylhexosamine residue. Fucose and sulfate substituents at this residue had negative and low effect, respectively, on saccharide binding to duck viruses. By contrast, gull viruses preferentially bound to receptors bearing fucose at N-acetylglucosamine residue, whereas chicken and mammalian viruses demonstrated increased affinity for oligosaccharides that harbored sulfo group at position 6 of (beta 1-4)-linked GIcNAc. These data suggest that although all avian influenza viruses preferentially bind to Neu5Ac alpha 2-3Gal-terminated receptors, the fine receptor specificity of the viruses varies depending on the avian species. Further studies are required to determine whether observed host-dependent differences in the receptor specificity of avian viruses can affect their ability to infect humans. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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