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Pathogenic mechanisms of how human parvovirus breaks self-tolerance
2017
It is known that viral infections can cause acute, chronic, and autoimmune diseases (ADs). However, the mechanism of how a persistent viral infection contributes to ADs remains still unclear. In this thesis, pathological and immunological aspects of how common viruses can initiate autoimmunity were investigated, and human parvovirus B19 (B19V) was employed as a model virus. B19V non-structural protein 1 (NS1), a superfamily 3 (SF3) helicase, initiated DNA damage resulting in cellular apoptosis. The apoptotic bodies (ApoBods) induced by B19V NS1 were purified and characterized. These ApoBods contained viral NS1 proteins with modified autoimmune-associated self-antigens, e.g. DNA, Smith, Apol…
Cell biology of canine parvovirus entry
2003
Sanna Suikkasen väitöskirjatyössä havaittiin, että koiran parvovirus tarvitsee solun tarjoamaa kuljetuskoneistoa edetäkseen sen sisällä ja happamia olosuhteita pystyäkseen lisääntymään. Tulokset antavat kehykset viruksen ja sen läheisten sukulaisten solunsisäisen reitin tarkemmalle tutkimukselle ja luovat pohjaa viruslääkkeiden suunnitteluun. Mielenkiintoa parvoviruksien tutkimukseen lisää tutkijan mielestä myös kiinnostus parvopartikkeleiden geeniterapiasovellutuksiin. Koiran parvovirus eriytyi kissan panleukopeniaviruksesta 1970-luvun lopulla ja levisi nopeasti ympäri maailmaa. Se aiheuttaa aikuisille koirille ankaraa ripulia ja pennuille tappavia sydänlihastulehduksia. Parvovirukset aihe…
Impact of VP1-Specific Protein Sequence Motifs on Adeno-Associated Virus Type 2 Intracellular Trafficking and Nuclear Entry
2012
ABSTRACT Adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV2) has gained much interest as a gene delivery vector. A hallmark of AAV2-mediated gene transfer is an intracellular conformational change of the virus capsid, leading to the exposure of infection-relevant protein domains. These protein domains, which are located on the N-terminal portion of the structural proteins VP1 and VP2, include a catalytic phospholipase A 2 domain and three clusters of basic amino acids. We have identified additional protein sequence motifs located on the VP1/2 N terminus that also proved to be obligatory for virus infectivity. These motifs include signals that are known to be involved in protein interaction, endosomal sort…
Truncated forms of viral VP2 proteins fused to EGFP assemble into fluorescent parvovirus-like particles
2006
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) monitors random movements of fluorescent molecules in solution, giving information about the number and the size of for example nano-particles. The canine parvovirus VP2 structural protein as well as N-terminal deletion mutants of VP2 (-14, -23, and -40 amino acids) were fused to the C-terminus of the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). The proteins were produced in insect cells, purified, and analyzed by western blotting, confocal and electron microscopy as well as FCS. The non-truncated form, EGFP-VP2, diffused with a hydrodynamic radius of 17 nm, whereas the fluorescent mutants truncated by 14, 23 and 40 amino acids showed hydrodynamic r…