Recent evolution of equine influenza and the origin of canine influenza.
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Summary
The study explores the evolution of equine influenza, a horse disease, and its crossover to dogs, resulting in a new strain of canine influenza. The researchers used X-ray crystallography to analyze molecular structures and identified specific structural changes in the virus that likely contributed to its ability to infect dogs.
Investigation into H3N8 Virus Evolution and Crossover
The focus of the research was on a specific instance of cross-species transmission. In 2004, an equine influenza virus known as H3N8 jumped from horses to dogs in Florida, then spread throughout the United States and to Europe. The researchers were interested in understanding the molecular changes that allowed this to happen.
- They studied the antigenicity of H3 hemagglutinins (HAs), a protein on the surface of the virus, using X-ray crystallography to examine structural details.
- They examined HAs from two distinct equine viruses and one canine virus, all of which proved similar in structure.
- The team identified the majority of amino acid sequence differences between the equine HAs on the surface of the virus membrane, the part that comes into contact with the host’s cell.
Key Structural Modifications in the Virus
In their findings, the researchers noted some unique attributes of the canine virus HA that could have influenced the cross-species transmission.
- The canine virus HA contains a specific Trp-222 → Leu substitution in the receptor binding site. This alteration influences the virus’s specificity for receptor analogs, or synthetic compounds that mimic the structure and function of natural biological receptors.
- In the fusion subdomain of the HA, the part responsible for the virus merging with the host cell’s membrane, both the canine and recent equine virus HAs exhibited a unique difference compared to all other HAs examined so far.
- The team showed that a single amino acid substitution, Thr-30 → Ser, influences interactions between the N-terminal and C-terminal regions of this fusion subdomain, which play a crucial role in the structural changes required for membrane fusion activities.
The researchers concluded that these two specific structural modifications could have contributed to the H3N8 influenza virus’s ability to jump from horses to dogs, thus creating a new form of canine influenza.
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Researcher Affiliations
- Divisions of Virology,Molecular Structure, and.
- Divisions of Virology,Molecular Structure, and.
- Molecular Structure, and.
- Molecular Structure, and.
- Physical Biochemistry, Medical Research Council, National Institute for Medical Research, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom.
- Molecular Structure, and.
- Divisions of Virology,Molecular Structure, and.
- Molecular Structure, and.
- Divisions of Virology, skeheljj@nimr.mrc.ac.uk.
MeSH Terms
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Dog Diseases / genetics
- Dog Diseases / metabolism
- Dog Diseases / virology
- Dogs
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / chemistry
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / genetics
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / metabolism
- Horse Diseases / genetics
- Horse Diseases / metabolism
- Horse Diseases / virology
- Horses
- Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / chemistry
- Influenza A Virus, H3N8 Subtype / metabolism
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections / genetics
- Orthomyxoviridae Infections / metabolism
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
Grant Funding
- G0600522 / Medical Research Council
- MC_U117584222 / Medical Research Council
Conflict of Interest Statement
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