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Human rhinoviruses (HRVs), the major cause of the common cold, are classified into two groups on the basis of receptor specificity. Minor group HRVs use members of the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) super-family while major group types bind to intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Here we provide evidence that there is a increasing trend for the involvement of heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans as an alternate receptor. Concerning virus entry, where minor group HRVs depend on clathrin-mediated endocytosis, the pathway of major group HRVs and that of HS-binding viruses is largely unknown. Combining immunofluorescence technique with electron microscopy, dominant negative mutants and pharmacological inhibitor assays, we demonstrate that the major group virus (HRV14) enters via dynamin- independent macropinocytosis into RD-ICAM cells whereas virus entry into RD cells via HS exhibits similar characteristics with respect to co- localization with endocytic markers and pharmacological inhibitor profiles. However, this virus entry is dependent on functional dynamin and viruses accumulate in comparatively larger vesicular structures.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Microbiology (non-medical)

• Full title: Receptor Specificity and Cellular Entry of Human Rhinoviruses
• Subtitle: Receptor recognition and virus entry pathways
• Author: Abdul Ghafoor Khan
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• EAN: 9783639282337
• ISBN: 3639282337
• ID: 06835410
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 213 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 8 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. August 2010

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