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Recent avian h5n1 viruses exhibit increased propensity for acquiring human receptor specificity

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Overview

authors

  • Stevens, J.
  • Blixt, O.
  • Chen, L. M.
  • Donis, R. O.
  • Paulson, James
  • Wilson, Ian

publication date

  • September 2008

journal

  • Journal of Molecular Biology  Journal

abstract

  • 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 alpha2-6 sialosides and concomitant reduction in affinity for avian alpha2-3 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.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype
  • Insecta
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Mutation
  • Phylogeny
  • Polysaccharides
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Receptors, Virus
  • Virus Diseases
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Research

keywords

  • H5N1
  • glycan array
  • hemagglutinin
  • influenza
  • receptor specificity
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2519951

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0022-2836

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.04.016

PubMed ID

  • 18672252
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1382

end page

  • 1394

volume

  • 381

issue

  • 5

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