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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 381, 期 5, 页码 1382-1394出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.016
关键词
influenza; glycan array; hemagglutinin; receptor specificity; H5N1
资金
- [A1058113]
- [GM062116]
- [GM060938]
- [CA058896]
- [AI42266]
Adaptation of avian influenza viruses for replication and transmission in the human host is believed to require mutations in the hemagglutinin glycoprotein (HA) which enable binding to human alpha 2-6 sialosides and concomitant reduction in affinity for avian alpha 2-3 linked sialosides. Here, we show by glycan microarray analyses that the two mutations responsible for such specificity changes in 1957 H2N2 and 1968 H3N2 pandemic viruses, when inserted into recombinant HAs or intact viruses of some recent avian H5N1 isolates (clade 2.2), impart such attributes. This propensity to adapt to human receptors is primarily dependent on arginine at position 193 within the receptor-binding site, as well as loss of a vicinal glycosylation site. Widespread occurrence of these susceptible H5N1 clade 2.2 influenza strains has already occurred in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Thus, these avian strains should be considered high-risk, because of their significantly lower threshold for acquiring human receptor specificity and, therefore, warrant increased surveillance and further study. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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