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J Virol. 2008 August; 82(16): 8204?8209.
Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00718-08.
Amino Acid 226 in the Hemagglutinin of H4N6 Influenza Virus Determines Binding Affinity for α2,6-Linked Sialic Acid and Infectivity Levels in Primary Swine and Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells [down-pointing small open triangle]
Allen C. Bateman,1 Marc G. Busch,1 Alexander I. Karasin,1 Nicolai Bovin,2 and Christopher W. Olsen1*
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin,1Russian Academy of Sciences, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, 2
Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
Received April 1, 2008; Accepted May 29, 2008.
Abstract
Avian lineage H4N6 influenza viruses previously isolated from pigs differ at hemagglutinin amino acids 226 and 228 from H4 subtype viruses isolated from birds. Using a parental H4N6 swine isolate and hemagglutinin mutant viruses (at residues 226 and/or 228), we determined that viruses which contain L226 had a higher affinity for sialic acid α2,6 galactose (SAα2,6Gal) and a higher infectivity level for primary swine and human respiratory epithelial cells, whereas viruses which contain Q226 had lower SAα2,6Gal affinity and lower infectivity levels for both types of cells. Using specific neuraminidases, we found that irrespective of their relative binding preferences, all of the influenza viruses examined utilized SAα2,6Gal to infect swine and human cells.
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J Virol. 2008 August; 82(16): 8204?8209.
Published online 2008 June 11. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00718-08.
Amino Acid 226 in the Hemagglutinin of H4N6 Influenza Virus Determines Binding Affinity for α2,6-Linked Sialic Acid and Infectivity Levels in Primary Swine and Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells [down-pointing small open triangle]
Allen C. Bateman,1 Marc G. Busch,1 Alexander I. Karasin,1 Nicolai Bovin,2 and Christopher W. Olsen1*
Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin,1Russian Academy of Sciences, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, 2
Corresponding author. Mailing address: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
Received April 1, 2008; Accepted May 29, 2008.
Abstract
Avian lineage H4N6 influenza viruses previously isolated from pigs differ at hemagglutinin amino acids 226 and 228 from H4 subtype viruses isolated from birds. Using a parental H4N6 swine isolate and hemagglutinin mutant viruses (at residues 226 and/or 228), we determined that viruses which contain L226 had a higher affinity for sialic acid α2,6 galactose (SAα2,6Gal) and a higher infectivity level for primary swine and human respiratory epithelial cells, whereas viruses which contain Q226 had lower SAα2,6Gal affinity and lower infectivity levels for both types of cells. Using specific neuraminidases, we found that irrespective of their relative binding preferences, all of the influenza viruses examined utilized SAα2,6Gal to infect swine and human cells.
Study at link.
