Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.

Viruses capable of causing persistent infection have developed sophisticated mechanisms for evading host immunity, and understanding these processes can reveal novel features of the host immune system. One such virus, human pegivirus (HPgV), infects ~15% of the global human population, but little is...

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Main Authors: Kylie Nennig, Satyapramod Murthy, Sara Maloney, Teressa M Shaw, Mark Sharobim, Eduard Matkovic, Simi Fadiran, Malorie Larsen, Mitchell D Ramuta, Arthur S Kim, John R Teijaro, Joe Grove, Matthew Stremlau, Himanshu Sharma, Sheetal Trivedi, Michael J Blum, David H O'Connor, Jennifer L Hyde, Jack T Stapleton, Amit Kapoor, Adam L Bailey
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012436
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author Kylie Nennig
Satyapramod Murthy
Sara Maloney
Teressa M Shaw
Mark Sharobim
Eduard Matkovic
Simi Fadiran
Malorie Larsen
Mitchell D Ramuta
Arthur S Kim
John R Teijaro
Joe Grove
Matthew Stremlau
Himanshu Sharma
Sheetal Trivedi
Michael J Blum
David H O'Connor
Jennifer L Hyde
Jack T Stapleton
Amit Kapoor
Adam L Bailey
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Satyapramod Murthy
Sara Maloney
Teressa M Shaw
Mark Sharobim
Eduard Matkovic
Simi Fadiran
Malorie Larsen
Mitchell D Ramuta
Arthur S Kim
John R Teijaro
Joe Grove
Matthew Stremlau
Himanshu Sharma
Sheetal Trivedi
Michael J Blum
David H O'Connor
Jennifer L Hyde
Jack T Stapleton
Amit Kapoor
Adam L Bailey
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description Viruses capable of causing persistent infection have developed sophisticated mechanisms for evading host immunity, and understanding these processes can reveal novel features of the host immune system. One such virus, human pegivirus (HPgV), infects ~15% of the global human population, but little is known about its biology beyond the fact that it does not cause overt disease. We passaged a pegivirus isolate of feral brown rats (RPgV) in immunodeficient laboratory mice to develop a mouse-adapted virus (maPgV) that established persistent high-titer infection in a majority of wild-type laboratory mice. maRPgV viremia was detected in the blood of mice for >300 days without apparent disease, closely recapitulating the hallmarks of HPgV infection in humans. We found a pro-viral role for type-I interferon in chronic infection; a lack of PD-1-mediated tolerance to PgV infection; and multiple mechanisms by which PgV immunity can be achieved by an immunocompetent host. These data indicate that the PgV immune evasion strategy has aspects that are both common and unique among persistent viral infections. The creation of maPgV represents the first PgV infection model in wild-type mice, thus opening the entire toolkit of the mouse host to enable further investigation of this persistent RNA virus infections.
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spelling doaj-art-b6ecbb261cbb44198e6fecce41bb0dd52025-07-22T05:31:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Pathogens1553-73661553-73742024-08-01208e101243610.1371/journal.ppat.1012436Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.Kylie NennigSatyapramod MurthySara MaloneyTeressa M ShawMark SharobimEduard MatkovicSimi FadiranMalorie LarsenMitchell D RamutaArthur S KimJohn R TeijaroJoe GroveMatthew StremlauHimanshu SharmaSheetal TrivediMichael J BlumDavid H O'ConnorJennifer L HydeJack T StapletonAmit KapoorAdam L BaileyViruses capable of causing persistent infection have developed sophisticated mechanisms for evading host immunity, and understanding these processes can reveal novel features of the host immune system. One such virus, human pegivirus (HPgV), infects ~15% of the global human population, but little is known about its biology beyond the fact that it does not cause overt disease. We passaged a pegivirus isolate of feral brown rats (RPgV) in immunodeficient laboratory mice to develop a mouse-adapted virus (maPgV) that established persistent high-titer infection in a majority of wild-type laboratory mice. maRPgV viremia was detected in the blood of mice for >300 days without apparent disease, closely recapitulating the hallmarks of HPgV infection in humans. We found a pro-viral role for type-I interferon in chronic infection; a lack of PD-1-mediated tolerance to PgV infection; and multiple mechanisms by which PgV immunity can be achieved by an immunocompetent host. These data indicate that the PgV immune evasion strategy has aspects that are both common and unique among persistent viral infections. The creation of maPgV represents the first PgV infection model in wild-type mice, thus opening the entire toolkit of the mouse host to enable further investigation of this persistent RNA virus infections.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012436
spellingShingle Kylie Nennig
Satyapramod Murthy
Sara Maloney
Teressa M Shaw
Mark Sharobim
Eduard Matkovic
Simi Fadiran
Malorie Larsen
Mitchell D Ramuta
Arthur S Kim
John R Teijaro
Joe Grove
Matthew Stremlau
Himanshu Sharma
Sheetal Trivedi
Michael J Blum
David H O'Connor
Jennifer L Hyde
Jack T Stapleton
Amit Kapoor
Adam L Bailey
Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
PLoS Pathogens
title Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
title_full Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
title_fullStr Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
title_short Determinants of pegivirus persistence, cross-species infection, and adaptation in the laboratory mouse.
title_sort determinants of pegivirus persistence cross species infection and adaptation in the laboratory mouse
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012436
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