Picornavirus

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Picornavirus
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Picornavirales
Family: Picornaviridae
Genera

Aphthovirus
Avihepatovirus
Cardiovirus
Enterovirus
Erbovirus
Hepatovirus
Kobuvirus
Parechovirus
Sapelovirus
Senecavirus
Teschovirus
Tremovirus

A picornavirus is a virus belonging to the family Picornaviridae. Picornaviruses are non-enveloped, positive-stranded RNA viruses with an icosahedral capsid. The genome RNA is unusual because it has a protein on the 5' end that is used as a primer for transcription by RNA polymerase. The name is derived from pico, meaning small, and RNA, referring to the ribonucleic acid genome, so "picornavirus" literally means small RNA virus.

Picornaviruses are separated into a number of genera and include many important pathogens of humans and animals.[1] The diseases they cause are varied, ranging from acute "common-cold"-like illnesses, to poliomyelitis, to chronic infections in livestock. Additional species not belonging to any of the recognised genera continue to be described.[2]

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[edit] Taxonomy

Picornaviruses are separated into a number of genera. Contained within the picornavirus family are many organisms of importance as vertebrate and human pathogens, shown in the table below.

Enteroviruses infect the enteric tract, which is reflected in their name. On the other hand, rhinoviruses infect primarily the nose and the throat. Enteroviruses replicate at 37°C, whereas rhinoviruses grow better at 33°C, as this is the lower temperature of the nose. Enteroviruses are stable under acid conditions and thus they are able to survive exposure to gastric acid. In contrast, rhinoviruses are acid-labile (inactivated or destroyed by low pH conditions) and that is the reason why rhinovirus infections are restricted to the nose and throat.

Picornavirus Genera, Species and Serotypes
Genus Species (* signifies type species) Serotypes
Enterovirus Bovine enterovirus 2 types: bovine enterovirus (BEV) 1-2
Human enterovirus A 22 types: coxsackievirus A2 (CV-A2), CV-A3, CV-A4, CV-A5, CV-A6, CV-A7, CV-A8, CV-A10, CV-A12, CV-A14, CV-A16, enterovirus (EV) A71, EV-A76, EV-A89, EV-A90, EV-A91, EV-114 and the simian enteroviruses EV-A92, SV19, SV43, SV46 and A13; see also coxsackie A virus
Human enterovirus B 60 types: coxsackievirus B1 (CV-B1), CV-B2, CV-B3, CV-B4, CV-B5 (incl. swine vesicular disease virus [SVDV]), CV-B6, CV-A9, echovirus 1 (E-1; incl. E-8), E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5, E-6, E-7, E-9 (incl. CV-A23), E-11, E-12, E-13, E-14, E-15, E-16, E-17, E-18, E-19, E-20, E-21, E-24, E-25, E-26, E-27, E-29, E-30, E-31, E-32, E-33, enterovirus B69 (EV-B69), EV-B73, EV-B74, EV-B75, EV-B77, EV-B78, EV-B79, EV-B80, EV-B81, EV-B82, EV-B83, EV-B84, EV-B85, EV-B86, EV-B87, EV-B88, EV-B93, EV-B97, EV-B98, EV-B100, EV-B101, EV-B106, EV-B107, EV-B110 (from a chimpanzee) and the simian enterovirus SA5; see also coxsackie B virus and echovirus
Human enterovirus C * 22 types: poliovirus (PV) 1, PV-2, PV-3, coxsackievirus A1, CV-A11, CV-A13, CV-A17, CV-A19, CV-A20, CV-A21, CV-A22, CV-A24, EV-C95, EV-C96, EV-C99, EV-C102, EV-C104, EV-C105, EV-C109, EV-C113, EV-C116 and EV-C117; see also coxsackie A virus
Human enterovirus D 4 types: enterovirus (EV) D68, D70, D94 & D111
Porcine enterovirus B 4 types: porcine enterovirus (PEV) 9-10, 14-15
Simian enterovirus A 1 type: simian enterovirus (SEV) A1
Human rhinovirus A * 77 types: human rhinovirus (HRV) A1, A2, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12, A13, A15, A16, A18, A19, A20, A21, A22, A23, A24, A25, A28, A29, A30, A31, A32, A33, A34, A36, A38, A39, A40, A41, A43, A44, A45, A46, A47, A49, A50, A51, A53, A54, A55, A56, A57, A58, A59, A60, A61, A62, A63, A64, A65, A66, A67, A68, A71, A73, A74, A75, A76, A77, A78, A80, A81, A82, A85, A88, A89, A90, A94, A95, A96, A98, A100, A101, A102 and A103
Human rhinovirus B 25 types: human rhinovirus (HRV) B3, B4, B5, B6, B14, B17, B26, B27, B35, B37, B42, B48, B52, B69, B70, B72, B79, B83, B84, B86, B91, B92, B93, B97 and B99
Human rhinovirus C 49 types: human rhinovirus (HRV) C1-C49
Cardiovirus Encephalomyocarditis virus * 1 type: encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) 1. Note: Columbia SK virus, Maus Elberfeld virus and Mengovirus are strains of EMCV.
Theilovirus 12 types: Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), Vilyuisk human encephalomyelitis virus (VHEV), Thera virus (TRV), Saffold virus (SAFV) 1-9
Aphthovirus Foot-and-mouth disease virus[3] * 7 types: O, A, C, Southern African Territories (SAT) 1, SAT 2, SAT 3 and Asia 1
Equine rhinitis A virus 1 type: equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV) 1 (formerly equine rhinovirus 1)
Bovine rhinitis A virus (proposed) 2 types: bovine rhinitis A virus (BRAV) 1-2 (formerly bovine rhinovirus 1 & 3)
Bovine rhinitis B virus 1 type: bovine rhinitis B virus (BRBV) 1 (formerly bovine rhinovirus 2)
Hepatovirus Hepatitis A virus * 1 type: hepatitis A virus (HAV) 1
Parechovirus Human parechovirus * 14 types: human parechovirus (HPeV) 1-14
Ljungan virus 4 types: Ljungan virus (LV) 1-4
Erbovirus Equine rhinitis B virus * 3 types: equine rhinitis B virus (ERBV) 1-3 (formerly equine rhinovirus 2, 3 and acid-stable equine picornavirus)
Kobuvirus Aichi virus * 1 type: Aichi virus (AiV) 1
Bovine kobuvirus 1 type: bovine kobuvirus (BKV) 1
Teschovirus Porcine teschovirus * 11 serotypes: porcine teschovirus (PTV) 1 to 11
Sapelovirus Porcine sapelovirus * (formerly Porcine enterovirus A) 1 type: porcine sapelovirus (PSV) 1 (formerly PEV-8)
Simian sapelovirus 3 types: simian sapleovirus (SSV) 1-3
Avian sapelovirus 1 type: avian sapelovirus (ASV) 1
Senecavirus Seneca Valley virus * 1 type: Seneca Valley virus (SVV) 1
Tremovirus Avian encephalomyelitis virus 1 type: avian encephalomyelitis virus (AEV) 1
Avihepatovirus Duck hepatitis A virus 3 types: duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV) 1-3

[edit] Plant picornaviruses

The plant picornaviruses have a number of properties that are distinct from the animal viruses. They have been classified into the family Secoviridae containing the subfamily Comovirinae (genera Comovirus, Fabavirus and Nepovirus), and genera Sequivirus, Waikavirus, Cheravirus, Sadwavirus and Torradovirus (type species Tomato torrado virus)).

[edit] Insect picornaviruses

A number of picorna like viruses have been described infecting insects. These include Perina nuda picorna-like virus of the tussock moth, infectious flacherie virus of the silkworm and Sacbrood virus of the honeybee,[4] Plautia stali intestine virus[5] kelp fly virus,[6] Ectropis obliqua picorna-like virus,[7] deformed wing virus,[8] acute bee paralysis virus, Drosophila C virus, Rhopalosiphum padi virus, and Himetobi P virus.[9] Several have been placed in a separate family - the Dicistroviridae. Others have been placed into a new family Iflaviridae. This family includes Infectious flacherie virus and SeIV-1 virus.[10]

[edit] Virology

Picornaviruses are classed under Baltimore's viral classification system as group IV viruses as they contain a single stranded, positive sense RNA genome of between 7.2 and 9.0 kb (kilobases) in length. Like most positive sense RNA genomes, the genetic material alone is infectious; although substantially less virulent than if contained within the viral particle, the RNA can have increased infectivity when transfected into cells.

[edit] Structure

The capsid is an arrangement of 60 protomers in a tightly packed Icosahedral structure. Each protometer consists of 4 polypeptides known as VP (viral protein)1, 2, 3 and 4. VP2 and VP4 polypeptides originate from one protomer known as VP0 that is cleaved to give the different capsid components. The Icosahedral is said to have a triangulation number of 3, this means that in the icosahedral structure each of the 60 triangles that make up the capsid are split into 3 little triangles with a subunit on the corner. Depending on the type and degree of dehydration the viral particle is around 27-30 nm in diameter. The viral genome is around 2500 nm in length so we can therefore conclude that it must be tightly packaged within the capsid along with substances such as sodium ions in order to cancel out the negative charges on the RNA caused by the phosphate groups.

[edit] Genome

The genome itself is the same sense as mammalian mRNA, being read 5' to 3'. Unlike mammalian mRNA picornaviruses do not have a 5' cap but a virally encoded protein known as VPg. However, like mammalian mRNA, the genome does have a poly(A) tail at the 3' end. There is an un-translated region (UTR) at both ends of the picornavirus genome. The 5' UTR is longer, being around 600-1200 nucleotides (nt) in length, compared to that of the 3' UTR, which is around 50-100 nt. It is thought that the 5' UTR is important in translation and the 3' in negative strand synthesis; however the 5' end may also have a role to play in virulence of the virus. The rest of the genome encodes structural proteins at the 5' end and non-structural proteins at the 3' end in a single polyprotein.

The polyprotein is organised as follows: L-1ABCD-2ABC-3ABCD with each letter representing a protein.

The 3B protein is the VPg protein. The 3D protein is the RNA polymerase.

[edit] Replication

The viral particle binds to cell surface receptors. This causes a conformational change in the viral capsid proteins, and myristic acid are released. These acids form a pore in the cell membrane through which RNA is injected[2]. Once inside the cell, the RNA un-coats and the (+) strand RNA genome is replicated through a double-stranded RNA intermediate that is formed using viral RDRP (RNA-Dependent RNA polymerase). Translation by host cell ribosomes is not initiated by a 5' G cap as usual, but rather is initiated by an IRES (Internal Ribosome Entry Site). The viral lifecycle is very rapid with the whole process of replication being completed on average within 8 hours. However as little as 30 minutes after initial infection, cell protein synthesis declines to almost zero output – essentially the macromolecular synthesis of cell proteins is “shut off”. Over the next 1–2 hours there is a loss of margination of chromatin and homogeneity in the nucleus, before the viral proteins start to be synthesized and a vacuole appears in the cytoplasm close to the nucleus that gradually starts to spread as the time after infection reaches around 3 hours. After this time the cell plasma membrane becomes permeable, at 4–6 hours the virus particles assemble, and can sometimes be seen in the cytoplasm. At around 8 hours the cell is effectively dead and lyses to release the viral particles.

Experimental data from single step growth-curve-like experiments have allowed scientists to look at the replication of the picornaviruses in great detail. The whole of replication occurs within the host cell cytoplasm and infection can even happen in cells that do not contain a nucleus (known as enucleated cells) and those treated with actinomycin D (this antibiotic would inhibit viral replication if this occurred in the nucleus.)

[edit] History

In 1897, foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV), the first animal virus, was discovered. FMDV is the prototypic member of the Aphthovirus genus in the Picornaviridae family.[3] The plaque assay was developed using poliovirus. Both RNA dependent RNA polymerase and polyprotein synthesis were discovered by studying poliovirus infected cells.

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[edit] References

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  2. ^ Lau SK, Woo PC, Lai KK, Huang Y, Yip CC, Shek CT, Lee P, Lam CS, Chan KH, Yuen KY (2011) Complete genome analysis of three novel picornaviruses from diverse bat species. J Virol.
  3. ^ a b Martinez-Salas et al. (2008). "Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus". Animal Viruses: Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/978-1-904455-22-6]|978-1-904455-22-6]]]. [http://www.horizonpress.com/avir. http://www.horizonpress.com/avir. 
  4. ^ Wu CY, Lo CF, Huang CJ, Yu HT, Wang CH (2002) The complete genome sequence of Perina nuda picorna-like virus, an insect-infecting RNA virus with a genome organization similar to that of the mammalian picornaviruses. Virology 294(2):312-323
  5. ^ Sasaki J, Nakashima N, Saito H, Noda H (1998) An insect picorna-like virus, Plautia stali intestine virus, has genes of capsid proteins in the 3' part of the genome. Virology 244(1):50-58
  6. ^ Hartley CJ, Greenwood DR, Gilbert RJ, Masoumi A, Gordon KH, Hanzlik TN, Fry EE, Stuart DI, Scotti PD (2005) Kelp fly virus: a novel group of insect picorna-like viruses as defined by genome sequence analysis and a distinctive virion structure. J Virol 79(21):13385-13398
  7. ^ Wang X, Zhang J, Lu J, Yi F, Liu C, Hu Y. Sequence analysis and genomic organization of a new insect picorna-like virus, Ectropis obliqua picorna-like virus, isolated from Ectropis obliqua. J Gen Virol 85(Pt 5):1145-1151
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  9. ^ Govan VA, Leat N, Allsopp M, Davison S (2000) Analysis of the complete genome sequence of acute bee paralysis virus shows that it belongs to the novel group of insect-infecting RNA viruses. Virology 277(2):457-463
  10. ^ Millán-Leiva A, Jakubowska AK, Ferré J, Herrero S (2011) Genome sequence of SeIV-1, a novel virus from the Iflaviridae family infective to Spodoptera exigua. J Invertebr Pathol

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