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Evidence for emergence of diverse polioviruses from c-cluster coxsackie a viruses and implications for global poliovirus eradication

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Jiang, Ping, Faase, Johan A. J., Toyoda, Hidemi, Paul, Aniko, Wimmer, Eckard, Gorbalenya, Alexander E.·2007·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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The poliovirus (PV) eradication campaign is conducted on the premise that this virus, because of the lack of a zoonotic reservoir, will not reemerge once eradicated. This report examines the origin of PV using theoretical and experimental approaches. Our rooted phylogenetic analysis suggests a speciation of PV from a C-cluster coxsackie A virus (C-CAV) ancestor through mutation of the capsid that caused a receptor switch from intercellular adhesion molecule-1 to CD155, leading to a change of pathogenicity. This hypothesis is supported experimentally with chimeras generated from three different pairs of PV and C-CAV. Those carrying the PV capsid and the replication proteins of C-CAVs replicated well, whereas their reciprocal counterparts were either debilitated or dead. This phenomenon of asymmetry is observed also in recombinants between PV1 and C-CAV20, selected in tissue culture cells using a previously undescribed protocol. The recombinants are generated at frequencies of 10 −6 typical for PV interserotype recombination. Strikingly, they resemble genetically and phenotypically, including neurovirulence in CD155 transgenic mice, the large majority of circulating vaccine-derived PVs that have caused poliomyelitis outbreaks in different parts of the world. These data provide experimental evidence for C-CAVs being partners to PVs in generating diverse PV progeny by homologous recombination. They support speciation of a novel human pathogen (PV) from a pool of different human pathogens (C-CAVs). In a PV-free world without PV neutralizing antibodies, contemporary C-CAV, like their ancestor(s), could be fertile ground for a PV-like agent to emerge by mutation.

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Jiang, P., Faase, J. A. J., Toyoda, H., Paul, A., Wimmer, E., & Gorbalenya, A. E.
Affiliations
  • Stony Brook University (US)
  • Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
Corresponding author
Wimmer, Eckard
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2007-05-29
Volume
104
Issue
22
Pages
9457-9462
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2026369794
Cited by
105
References
38
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FWCI
6.58
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • European Commission (LSHG-CT-2004-511960)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM 650300)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI-15122, R37AI015122, R01AI015122)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Virology and Viral Diseases
Keywords
poliovirus, coxsackievirus A, CD155, ICAM-1, homologous recombination, vaccine-derived poliovirus, polio eradication, neurovirulence, chimeric viruses, poliomyelitis outbreak
MeSH terms
Animals, Base Sequence, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Poliomyelitis, Receptors, Virus, Selection, Genetic, Genetic Variation, Poliovirus, Mice

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