VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-24DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110464
Masaharu Iwasaki
{"title":"Multifunctional noncoding regions in the mammarenavirus genome","authors":"Masaharu Iwasaki","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110464","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110464","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mammarenaviruses often cause long-term asymptomatic chronic infections in their natural hosts, primarily rodents, and include several human pathogens responsible for diseases ranging from mild febrile illnesses to life-threatening hemorrhagic fever. Mammarenaviruses encode two genes in each segment of their bisegmented RNA genome, with ambisense polarity. The multifunctionality of each gene product supports the optimal propagation of the virus. Moreover, the noncoding regions of the mammarenaviral genome have been shown to have multiple functions, beyond the control of viral transcription and replication. For instance, the noncoding intergenic region (IGR) is integral to the posttranscriptional regulation of viral protein expression. This mechanism underlies the efficient multiplication of the virus, which utilizes an ambisense coding strategy. Further clarification of the multifunctionality of the noncoding regions of the mammarenaviral genome will extend our understanding of the complex biology of these simple viruses and provide the basis for the development of novel medical countermeasures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110464"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110459
Teng Yan , Rui Lu
{"title":"Shared and unique mechanisms of RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity in C. elegans","authors":"Teng Yan , Rui Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110459","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110459","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), generated by Dicer proteins, play a pivotal role in antiviral immunity in eukaryotes. Dicer proteins also produce microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of endogenous small non-coding RNAs that regulate essential cellular functions through post-transcriptional mechanisms. In plants and insects, multiple Dicer proteins are produced and deployed to separately manage the biogenesis of antiviral siRNAs and miRNAs. This separation ensures that viral infections, especially the production of viral RNAi suppressors, do not severely compromise host growth or development. In contrast, nematode worms, such as <em>Caenorhabditis elegans,</em> rely on a single Dicer protein to produce both types of small RNAs. Probably as a strategy to mitigate the potential disruption of miRNA production by viral infections, nematodes have evolved distinct strategies for generating primary and secondary siRNAs for antiviral defense. This review explores the shared and unique features of siRNA-mediated antiviral immunity in <em>Caenorhabditis elegans</em>, shedding light on the specialized adaptations that enable robust antiviral defenses without compromising miRNA-mediated function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110459"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143511330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110462
Ilana Kuzminsky , Murad Ghanim
{"title":"Immunity responses as checkpoints for efficient transmission of begomoviruses by whiteflies","authors":"Ilana Kuzminsky , Murad Ghanim","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110462","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110462","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Begomoviruses are a group of single stranded DNA plant viruses exclusively transmitted by the sweet potato whitefly <em>Bemisia tabaci</em> in a persistent, circulative manner. After acquisition from plant phloem, this group of viruses circulate and are retained within the whitefly, interacting with tissues, cells and molecular pathways for maintaining the safety of the infective intact virions, by exploiting cellular mechanisms and avoiding degradation by the insect immune responses. During retention, the virions are internalized in the midgut cells, exit and spend hours-days in the hemolymph and cross into salivary gland cells, before transmission. Destroying this group of viruses by the insect immune system seems inefficient for the most part, by examining their very efficient transmission. Thus, within the various sites along the transmission pathway especially in the midgut, it is thought that the immune system with its various layers is activated for avoiding the damage caused by the viruses on one hand, and for ensuring their safe circulation and transmission on the other hand. Begomoviruses have evolved mechanisms for counteracting and exploiting the activated immune system for their safe translocation within the whitefly. In this review, we discuss the various levels of immunity activated against begomoviruses in <em>B. tabaci,</em> taking other pathogen-vector systems as examples and reflecting relevant components on the interactions between <em>B. tabaci</em> and Begomoviruses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110462"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143509476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110461
Md Belal Hossain , Benjy Jek Yang Tan , Yorifumi Satou
{"title":"Viral oncogenesis of δ-retroviruses, HTLV-1 and BLV, and recent advances in its diagnosis","authors":"Md Belal Hossain , Benjy Jek Yang Tan , Yorifumi Satou","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110461","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110461","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The δ-retrovirus genus includes human T-cell leukemia viruses (HTLV-1, HTLV-2, HTLV-3), simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLV), and bovine leukemia viruses (BLV), which establish lifelong, typically asymptomatic, infections. However, HTLV-1 and BLV can lead to leukemia or lymphoma in 2–5% of infected hosts after prolonged latency. HTLV-1, the first identified human oncogenic retrovirus, drives T-cell leukemia/lymphoma via cell-intrinsic mechanisms. Similarly, BLV induces B-cell lymphoma in cattle, sharing key genomic and disease progression features with HTLV-1. Retrovirus-induced leukemias/lymphomas arise through complex interactions of viral and host factors. This review explores current virological perspectives on δ-retroviral oncogenesis, focusing on proviral integration sites within the host genome. Additionally, we briefly compare HTLV-1 with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), highlighting that while HIV causes AIDS, it also induces clonal expansion of infected cells. Finally, we discuss the potential diagnostic and prognostic value of analyzing viral factors and integration sites.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110461"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143487140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110460
Rio Harada , Takahiro Hiono , Manabu Igarashi , Daiki Kobayashi , Hinako Ban , Norikazu Isoda , Yoshihiro Sakoda
{"title":"Altered receptor-binding specificity of gull-adapted H13 avian influenza viruses corresponds to their unique host preferences","authors":"Rio Harada , Takahiro Hiono , Manabu Igarashi , Daiki Kobayashi , Hinako Ban , Norikazu Isoda , Yoshihiro Sakoda","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110460","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110460","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) recognize α2-3 sialosides as receptors. Previous studies showed that the structural diversity within α2-3 sialosides is related to the host specificity of AIVs. H13 AIVs are primarily isolated from gulls, although almost all AIV subtypes have been isolated from ducks, the natural hosts of AIVs. To elucidate the molecular basis of the host specificity of H13 viruses to gulls, the receptor-binding specificity of H13 hemagglutinins (HAs) and the distribution of viral receptors in gulls were investigated. The results revealed that recombinant HA (rHA) of H13 viruses had a binding preference for fucosylated α2-3 sialosides, which were distributed widely in the respiratory tract and intestines of gulls but not in the colon of ducks. Moreover, the receptor-binding specificity of mutant rHAs revealed that amino acids in the 130-loop and at position 227 of H13 HA were critical for the preference for fucosylated α2-3 sialosides. The results of the present study suggest that the binding specificity of H13 HA to fucosylated α2-3 sialosides is a key factor for the host susceptibility of H13 viruses to gulls.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110460"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-21DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110458
James Lok , James M. Harris , Ivana Carey , Kosh Agarwal , Jane A. McKeating
{"title":"Assessing the virological response to direct-acting antiviral therapies in the HBV cure programme","authors":"James Lok , James M. Harris , Ivana Carey , Kosh Agarwal , Jane A. McKeating","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a global health problem with over 250 million people affected worldwide. Nucleos(t)ide analogues remain the standard of care and suppress production of progeny virions; however, they have limited effect on the viral transcriptome and long-term treatment is associated with off-target toxicities. Promising results are emerging from clinical trials and several drug classes have been evaluated, including capsid assembly modulators and RNA interfering agents. Whilst peripheral biomarkers are used to monitor responses and define treatment endpoints, they fail to reflect the full reservoir of infected hepatocytes. Given these limitations, consideration should be given to the merits of sampling liver tissue, especially in the context of clinical trials. In this review article, we will discuss methods for profiling HBV in liver tissue and their value to the HBV cure programme.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110458"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143519819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110457
Yuejia Qiu , Ming Qiu , Shubin Li , Shubo Li , Jianzhong Zhu , Kegong Tian , Nanhua Chen
{"title":"Emergence, prevalence and evolution of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 1 in China from 1994 to 2024","authors":"Yuejia Qiu , Ming Qiu , Shubin Li , Shubo Li , Jianzhong Zhu , Kegong Tian , Nanhua Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110457","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110457","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 1 (PRRSV-1) was first detected in Chinese swine herds during an epidemiological investigation since 1994. Even though PRRSV-1 has been existed in China for 30 years, much less attention was paid on PRRSV-1 than PRRSV-2. This review systematically evaluated the emergence, prevalence and evolution of Chinese PRRSV-1 from 1994 to 2024. Here we showed that PRRSV-1 has been detected in at least 28 regions of China, which can be divided into eight subgroups within subtype 1. During the evolution in Chinese swine herds, a large number of substitutions, insertions and deletions were identified. Recombination events were also commonly detected accompanying with nsp1-nsp3, nsp9-nsp10 and ORF2-ORF6 regions as the cross-over hotspots. Remarkably, Chinese PRRSV-1 isolates showed a trend of increasing in pathogenicity in recent years. At last, we discussed the differential detection methods and cross-protection strategies against PRRSV-1 isolates. Overall, PRRSV-1 has become one of the widely-spread viruses in China posing a significant threat to China's swine industry.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110457"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143474924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110454
Sangita Venkataraman , Handanahal S. Savithri , M.R.N. Murthy
{"title":"Recent advances in the structure and assembly of non-enveloped spherical viruses","authors":"Sangita Venkataraman , Handanahal S. Savithri , M.R.N. Murthy","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110454","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110454","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Non-enveloped spherical viruses (NSVs) are characterized by their highly symmetrical capsids that serve to protect and encapsulate the genomes. The stability and functionality of the capsids determine their ability for survival and proliferation in harsh environments. Over four decades of structural studies using X-ray crystallography and NMR have provided static, high-resolution snapshots of several viruses. Recently, advances in cryo-electron microscopy, together with AI-based structure predictions and traditional methods, have aided in elucidating not only the structural details of complex NSVs but also the mechanistic processes underlying their assembly. The knowledge thus generated has been instrumental in critical understanding of the conformational changes and interactions associated with the coat proteins, the genome, and the auxiliary factors that regulate the capsid dynamics. This review seeks to summarize current literature regarding the structure and assembly of the NSVs and discusses how the data has facilitated a deeper understanding of their biology and phylogeny.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"606 ","pages":"Article 110454"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143610904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110456
Marta Acchioni , Chiara Acchioni , John Hiscott , Marco Sgarbanti
{"title":"Origin and function of anti-interferon type I viral proteins","authors":"Marta Acchioni , Chiara Acchioni , John Hiscott , Marco Sgarbanti","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110456","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110456","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Type I interferons (IFN-I) are the most important innate immune cytokines produced by vertebrate host cells following, virus infection. Broadly speaking, detection of infecting viral nucleic acids by pattern recognition receptors (PRR) and subsequent downstream signaling triggers synthesis of a large number of IFN-I-stimulated genes (ISGs), endowed with diverse antiviral effector function. The co-evolution of virus-host interactions over million years has resulted in the emergence of viral strategies that target and inhibit host PRR-mediated detection, signal transduction pathways and IFN-I-mediated stimulation of ISGs. In this review, we illustrate the multiple mechanisms of viral immune evasion and discuss the co-evolution of anti-IFN-I viral proteins by summarizing key examples from recent literature. Due to the large number of anti-IFN-I proteins described, we provide here an evaluation of the prominent examples from different virus families. Understanding the unrelenting evolution of viral evasion strategies will provide mechanistic detail concerning these evolving interactions but will further enhance the development of tailored antiviral approaches.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"605 ","pages":"Article 110456"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143479784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
VirologyPub Date : 2025-02-15DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2025.110450
Abdelaal H.A. Shehata , Michael A. Mayfield , Edward J. Sikora , Kathleen M. Martin
{"title":"Characterization of soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV) proteins: Sequence analysis of field strains and comparison of localization patterns in differing cell types","authors":"Abdelaal H.A. Shehata , Michael A. Mayfield , Edward J. Sikora , Kathleen M. Martin","doi":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110450","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.virol.2025.110450","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV) is a persistent, propagative, ambisense single-stranded RNA virus in the genus Orthotospovirus, transmitted by <em>Nehydatothrips variabilis</em>. To understand SVNV in the field, 33 samples exhibiting symptoms of SVNV were collected. The N, NSs, and NSm open reading frames (ORFs) were sequenced, revealing amino acid mutations in each gene. The five open reading frames of the SVNV Tennessee strain (N, NSs, NSm, GN, and GC) were fused in frame to GFP for experimentation in both plant and insect cells. N and NSs localize in plants at the cell periphery and nucleus. NSm induces cell death in plant cells, but not in insect cells, where cytoplasmic localization is observed. G<sub>N</sub> and G<sub>C</sub> glycoproteins localize to the membranes and display increased cytoplasmic localization in insect cells. The findings of this study contribute to understanding the genes of SVNV and capture sequence changes that have occurred over the past fifteen years.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":23666,"journal":{"name":"Virology","volume":"604 ","pages":"Article 110450"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}