Schnettler, E, Sreenu, VB, Mottram, T orcid.org/0000-0001-9013-3664 et al. (1 more author) (2016) Wolbachia restricts insect-specific flavivirus infection in Aedes aegypti cells. Journal of General Virology, 97 (11). pp. 3024-3029. ISSN 0022-1317
Abstract
Mosquito-borne viruses are known to cause disease in humans and livestock and are often difficult to control due to the lack of specific antivirals and vaccines. The Wolbachia endosymbiont has been widely studied for its ability to restrict positive-strand RNA virus infection in mosquitoes, although little is known about the precise antiviral mechanism. In recent years, a variety of insect-specific viruses have been discovered in mosquitoes and an interaction with mosquito-borne viruses has been reported for some of them; however, nothing is known about the effect of Wolbachia on insect-specific virus infection in mosquitoes. Here, we show that transinfection of the Drosophila-derived wMelPop Wolbachia strain into Aedes aegypti-derived cells resulted in inhibition and even clearance of the persistent cell-fusing agent flavivirus infection in these cells. This broadens the antiviral activity of Wolbachia from acute infections to persistent infections and from arboviruses to mosquito-specific viruses. In contrast, no effect on the Phasi Charoen-like bunyavirus persistent infection in these cells was observed, suggesting a difference in Wolbachia inhibition between positive- and negative-strand RNA viruses.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | A. aegypti, Wolbachia, CFAV, PCLV, insect-specific virus |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Leeds) > Molecular Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2018 12:00 |
Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2018 12:00 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Microbiology Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1099/jgv.0.000617 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:138272 |