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Differences in sialic acid-galactose linkages in the chicken egg amnion and allantois influence human influenza virus receptor specificity and variant selection

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Title: Differences in sialic acid-galactose linkages in the chicken egg amnion and allantois influence human influenza virus receptor specificity and variant selection
Authors: Ito, T. Browse this author
Suzuki, Y. Browse this author
Takada, A. Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Kawamoto, A. Browse this author
Otsuki, K. Browse this author
Masuda, H. Browse this author
Yamada, M. Browse this author
Suzuki, T. Browse this author
Kida, H. Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Kawaoka, Y. Browse this author
Issue Date: Apr-1997
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Journal Title: Journal of Virology
Volume: 71
Issue: 4
Start Page: 3357
End Page: 3362
Publisher DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.3357-3362.1997
PMID: 9060710
Abstract: Human influenza viruses are more efficiently isolated by inoculating patient samples into the amniotic rather than the allantoic cavity of embryonated chicken eggs. This type of cultivation selects virus variants with mutations around the hemagglutinin (HA) receptor binding site. To understand the molecular basis of these phenomena, we investigated the abundances of sialic acid (SA) linked to galactose (Gal) by the alpha-2,3 linkage (SA alpha2,3Gal) and SA alpha2,6Gal in egg amniotic and allantoic cells and in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. Using SA-Gal linkage-specific lectins (Maackia amurensis agglutinin specific for SA alpha2,6Gal and Sambucus nigra agglutinin specific for SA alpha2,3Gal), we found SA alpha2,3Gal in both allantoic and amniotic cells and SA alpha2,6Gal in only the amniotic cells. MDCK cells contained both linkages. To investigate how this difference in abundances of SA alpha2,3Gal and SA alpha2,6Gal in allantoic and amniotic cells affects the appearance of host cell variants in eggs, we determined the receptor specificities and HA amino acid sequences of two different patient viruses which were isolated and passaged in the amnion or in the allantois and which were compared with MDCK cell-grown viruses. We found that the viruses maintained high SA alpha2,6Gal specificities when grown in MDCK cells or following up to two amniotic passages; however, further passages in either the amnion or allantois resulted in the acquisition of, or a complete shift to, SA alpha2,3Gal specificity, depending on the virus strain. This change in receptor specificity was accompanied by the appearance of variants in the population with Leu-to-Gln mutations at position 226 in their HA. These findings suggest that lack of SA alpha2,6Gal linkages in the allantois of chicken eggs is a selective pressure for the appearance of host cell variants with altered receptor specificities and amino acid changes at position 226.
Rights: Copyright © 1997 American Society for Microbiology
Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/28142
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Submitter: 喜田 宏

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