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Reconciling West Nile virus with the autophagic pathway
Miguel A Martín-Acebes1, Ana-Belén Blázquez, Juan-Carlos Saiz
1a Department of Virology and Microbiology; Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa" (CSIC-UAM) ; Madrid , Spain.
Abstract:
West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic mosquito-borne flavivirus responsible for recurrent outbreaks of meningitis and encephalitis. Several studies analyzing the interactions of this pathogen with the autophagic pathway have reported opposite results with evidence for and against the upregulation of autophagy in infected cells. In this regard, we have recently reported that minimal genetic changes (single amino acid substitutions) in nonstructural proteins of WNV can modify the ability of the virus to induce autophagic features such as LC3 modification and aggregation in infected cells. We think that these results could help explain some of the previously reported discrepancies. These findings could also aid in deciphering the interactions of this pathogen with the autophagic pathway at the molecular level aimed to develop feasible antiviral strategies to combat this pathogen, and other related flaviviruses.
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