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VIRUSES-BASEL
卷 13, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v13102007
关键词
Zika virus; flavivirus; BAF45b; DPF1
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资金
- ZikaPLAN
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [734584]
- Swedish Research Council [2017-02438]
- UK Medical Research Council grants [MC_UU_12014/8, MR/N017552/1]
- Swedish Research Council [2017-02438] Funding Source: Swedish Research Council
The 2016 Zika virus epidemic highlighted the impact of flaviviruses as emerging human pathogens. The study identified the BAF45b subunit of the BAF protein complexes as important for ZIKV and other flavivirus infection, suggesting that regulators involved in cell and tissue differentiation may play key roles in determining tropism and pathogenicity of arthropod-borne flaviviruses.
The 2016 Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic illustrates the impact of flaviviruses as emerging human pathogens. For unknown reasons, ZIKV replicates more efficiently in neural progenitor cells (NPCs) than in postmitotic neurons. Here, we identified host factors used by ZIKV using the NCI-60 library of cell lines and COMPARE analysis, and cross-analyzed this library with two other libraries of host factors with importance for ZIKV infection. We identified BAF45b, a subunit of the BAF (Brg1/Brm-associated factors) protein complexes that regulate differentiation of NPCs to post-mitotic neurons. ZIKV (and other flaviviruses) infected HAP1 cells deficient in expression of BAF45b and other BAF subunits less efficiently than wildtype (WT) HAP1 cells. We concluded that subunits of the BAF complex are important for infection of ZIKV and other flavivirus. Given their function in cell and tissue differentiation, such regulators may be important determinants of tropism and pathogenesis of arthropod-borne flaviviruses.
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