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Murine norovirus-1 entry into permissive macrophages and dendritic cells is pH-independent

Jeffrey W. Perry, Stefan Taube, Christiane E. Wobus*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

Abstract

Murine norovirus (MNV) is a recently discovered mouse pathogen. Unlike the fastidious human noroviruses that cause the overwhelming majority of non-bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, MNV readily infects cells in culture. Its replication in primary murine macrophages and dendritic cells and their derived cell lines allows the study of norovirus cell entry for the first time. In this study we determined the role of pH during MNV-1 infection since the low pH environment of endosomes often triggers uncoating of viruses. We demonstrated that MNV-1 viral titers by plaque assay and expression of the non-structural protein VPg by immunofluorescence were not affected by pH in cultured and primary macrophages and dendritic cells in the presence of two known endosome acidification inhibitors, bafilomycin A1 and chloroquine. These data indicate that MNV-1 enters permissive cells in a pH-independent manner.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftVirus Research
Jahrgang143
Ausgabenummer1
Seiten (von - bis)125-129
Seitenumfang5
ISSN0168-1702
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 01.07.2009

Fördermittel

This work was sponsored in part by the NIH/NIAID Regional Center of Excellence for Bio-defense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) Program, Region V ‘Great Lakes’ RCE (NIH award 1-U54-AI-057153) to C.W. J.P. was funded by the University of Michigan Human Genetics Training Grant (grant NIH T32 GM 07544). We would like to thank Drs. Kim Green (NIAID, NIH, USA), Ian Clark (University of Southampton, UK), and John Connor (Boston University, USA) for their generous gifts of antibodies, Dr. Isabelle Dimier-Poisson (University of Tours, France) for the SRDC cell line, and members of the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research at the University of Michigan for advice on statistical analysis. We are indebted to Drs. Kathy Spindler and Oveta Fuller (University of Michigan, USA) for critical reading of the manuscript and helpful suggestions.

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