Virus Name | Japanese encephalitis virus |
Virus Short Name | JEV |
Order | Unassigned |
Virus Family | Flaviviridae |
Virus Subfamily | N.A. |
Genus | Flavivirus |
Species | Japanese encephalitis virus |
Host | Human, mammals, mosquitoes and ticks |
Cell Tropism | N.A. |
Associated Disease | Hemorrhagic fever, encephalitis |
Mode of Transmission | Arthropod bite, mainly mosquitoes |
VIPR DB link | http://www.viprbrc.org/brc/home.spg?decorator=flavi |
ICTV DB link | https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_online_report/positive-sense-rna-viruses/w/flaviviridae |
Virus Host DB link | http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Flaviviridae |
Paper Title | Integrin alphavbeta3 promotes infection by Japanese encephalitis virus |
Author's Name | Wenchun Fan, Ping Qian, Dandan Wang, Xianwei Zhi, Yanming Wei, Huanchun Chen, Xiangmin Li |
Journal Name | Research in Veterinary Science |
Pubmed ID | 28043010 |
Abstract | Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is one of the major causes of viral encephalitis diseases worldwide. The JEV envelope protein facilitates viral entry, and its domain III contains an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif, that may modulate JEV entrythrough the RGD-binding integrin. In this study, the roles of integrin alphav and beta3 on the infection of JEV were evaluated. Reduced expression of integrin alphav/beta3 by special shRNA confers 2 to 4-fold inhibition of JEV replication in BHK-21 cells. Meanwhile, antibodies specific for integrin alphav/beta3 displayed ~58% and ~33% inhibition of JEV infectivity and RGD-specific peptides produced ~36% of inhibition. Expression of E protein and JEV RNA loads were clearly increased in CHO cells transfected with cDNA encoding human integrin beta3. Moreover, integrin alphav mediates JEV infection in viral binding stage of life cycle. Therefore, our study suggested that integrin alphav and beta3 serve as a host factor associated with JEV entry into the target cells. |
Used Model | BHK-21 and CHO cells |
DOI | 10.1016/j.rvsc.2016.12.007 |