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TMPRSS2 Independency for Haemagglutinin Cleavage In Vivo Differentiates Influenza B Virus from Influenza A Virus

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Sci Rep. 2016 Jul 8;6:29430. doi: 10.1038/srep29430.
[h=1]TMPRSS2 Independency for Haemagglutinin Cleavage In Vivo Differentiates Influenza B Virus from Influenza A Virus.[/h] Sakai K[SUP]1[/SUP], Ami Y[SUP]2[/SUP], Nakajima N[SUP]3[/SUP], Nakajima K[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Kitazawa M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Anraku M[SUP]5[/SUP], Takayama I[SUP]6[/SUP], Sangsriratanakul N[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Komura M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]4[/SUP], Sato Y[SUP]3[/SUP], Asanuma H[SUP]6[/SUP], Takashita E[SUP]6[/SUP], Komase K[SUP]1[/SUP], Takehara K[SUP]4[/SUP], Tashiro M[SUP]6[/SUP], Hasegawa H[SUP]3[/SUP], Odagiri T[SUP]6[/SUP], Takeda M[SUP]1[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Influenza A and B viruses show clear differences in their host specificity and pandemic potential. Recent studies have revealed that the host protease TMPRSS2 plays an essential role for proteolytic activation of H1, H3, and H7 subtype strains of influenza A virus (IAV) in vivo. IAV possessing a monobasic cleavage site in the haemagglutinin (HA) protein replicates poorly in TMPRSS2 knockout mice owing to insufficient HA cleavage. In the present study, human isolates of influenza B virus (IBV) strains and a mouse-adapted IBV strain were analysed. The data showed that IBV successfully underwent HA cleavage in TMPRSS2 knockout mice, and that the mouse-adapted strain was fully pathogenic to these mice. The present data demonstrate a clear difference between IAV and IBV in their molecular mechanisms for spreading in vivo.


PMID: 27389476 DOI: 10.1038/srep29430
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