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Chapter 13/14: Viruses Flashcards

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In its most simple form, a virus is composed of ____ ______ ______ __ _ ____ _____

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Genomic material surrounded by a protein shell

Virus = “poison”

Virus particle also called virion

Virus size: 20 - 1000 nm

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Genomic material

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carries instructions for how to make more virus particles

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Protein Shell

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Protects the genomic material

Organized structure

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A Virus Particle itself is inert

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  • Doesn’t reproduce, respire or divide by itself
  • Does not have an energy source
  • Does not have a way to make proteins
  • or any building blocks to make more proteins or genomic material
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Viruses are an ________ _______ __________

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Obligate intracellular parasite

must get materials from a cell

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Icosahedral

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20 equal triangular faces

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Naked and Enveloped Viruses

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Naked - spike proteins attach to host cell receptors in a specific manner

capsomers are protein subunits

Enveloped - the envelope is a lipid bilayer with proteins (spikes embedded in lipid bilayer)

derived from eukaryotic cells

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The eukaryotic cell is the ___ for animal viruses

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Host

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Animal Viruses

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  • Vary by size, shape, envelope/naked, type of genetic material (DNA/RNA), and by transmission routes
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Steps of Virus Lifecycle

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  1. Enter a cell
  2. Make more genomic material
  3. Make more protein
  4. Assemble protein and genomic material
  5. Exit a cell
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Membrane Fusion (Enveloped)

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Entry of enveloped animal viruses into host cells by membrane fusion - nucleic acid and capsid (protein coat) separate

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Endocytosis (Naked and Enveloped)

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naked and enveloped animal viruses can enter the host cell by endocytosis, process in which the host cell “engulfs” the virus

Protein coat and nucleic acid are separated in the host

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The Viral Genome

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  • may be DNA or RNA, not both; single stranded or double stranded
  • May be linear, circular or segmented
  • may be positive(+) strand RNA, negative(-) strand RNA, double stranded RNA, double stranded DNA
  • Life cycle is dependent on genome type
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____ is required for translation

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+mRNA

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RNA animal viruses and their enzymes

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  • RNA —-> RNA (RNA replicase)
  • RNA —-> ssDNA (Reverse Transcriptase)
  • RNA —-> dsDNA (Reverse Transcriptase)

THESE ENZYMES DO NOT HAVE PROOFREADING ABILITY AND MAKE MANY MISTAKES = MUTATIONS

Retroviruses

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Which structures on a virus mediate attachment to host cells?

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Spike structures

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Do these structures bind to specific receptors or to any receptor

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Specific receptors

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HIV - human immunodeficiency virus

enveloped

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What is the genome of HIV composed of?

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​RNA

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What enzymes are required for the lifecycle of HIV?

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  • Reverse transcriptase (RT)
  • Integrase (IN)
  • Protease (PR)
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a RNA-dependent DNA polymerase; an enzyme that synthesizes a complementary DNA from an RNA template

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Reverse Transcriptase

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An enzyme produced by HIV that allows the integration of HIV DNA into the host cells DNA

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​Integrase

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An enzyme that digests protein

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Protease

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Which cells are targeted by HIV?

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Helper T cells and Macrophages

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Surface Glycoprotein (SU) gp120

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spike protein that binds to the CD4 receptor on helper T cells and macrophages

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Which enzymes/proteins/processes in the HIV lifecycle do anti- HIV medications target?

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  • Targets the enzyme reverse transcriptase
  • targets protease
  • targets cell entry
  • integrase inhibitors
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Difference between HIV+ and AIDS

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  • HIV+ has the HIV virus
  • AIDS must test positive for HIV virus and
  • have a CD4 T cell count of less than 200/mm^3 of whole blood or less than 14% CD4 T cells/total lymphocytes
  • CD4 T cell count of more than 200/mm3 and an opportunistic infection
  • develops when HIV has caused serious damage to the immune system
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Influenza Virus

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I

29
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What is the genome of influenza?

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8 separate strands of RNA

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_____ _____ is required for replication of the influenza genome

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RNA replicase

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is the reason for new influenza strains each year

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Antigenic drift (point mutations)

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can give rise to completely new H and N proteins, thus leading to potential epidemics

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Antigenic shift (from reassortment)

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​Influenza Strains

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  • based on their hemagglutinin (H) protein and their neuraminidase (N) protein; the different numbers associated with the H and N indicate different H and N proteins
  • antibodies are specific to specific flu strains
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Exit a cell

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Release of envelope viruses by budding

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Types of Infections

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  • Carriers: persons with or without disease symptoms who shed the virus
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​Acute Infections

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  • self-limited diseases in which the virus often remains localized
  • short duration
  • mumps, measles, influenza, polio
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Persistent infections

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  • Virus establishes infection that remains for years or even life, often without disease symptoms
  • Latent - symptom-less period followed by reactivation, can detect infection only during reactivation period
    • ex. herpes, chickenpox (reactivates as shingles)
  • Chronic - infectious virus present at all times
    • ex. hepatitis B virus is continually produced in carriers
  • Slow - infectious agent gradually increases in amount over a very long time; often there are no symptoms
    • ex. HIV
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Human Herpes Virus

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  • Herpesviridae family is very large with 100 different viruses
  • double-strand DNA genome, enveloped with surface projections
  • the shapeless tegument consists of viral enzymes
  • latent infection
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Hepatitis

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  • hepatitis - liver inflammation - symptoms are fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, right-side abdominal pain, dark urine, clay colored feces, jaudice
  • 6 different viruses/diseases: Hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, G
    • B virus: dsDNA genome
    • C virus: ssRNA genome
40
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Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

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most common sexually transmitted disease - 40 million Americans

diagnosed by looking for abnormal cells in pap smear

41
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What is cancer

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Uncontrolled cell growth and spread

42
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relentlessly growing mass of abnormal cells, ​our cells

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Tumor

  • Benign Tumor : localized tumor
  • Malignant Tumor : metastasized (spreading) tumor
43
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HPV and cervical cancer

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HPV is a major cause of cervical cancer

12,500 cases each year with 4,500 deaths

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​Antivirals

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  • antibiotics don’t work against them (no cell wall or ribosomes)
  • most anti-virals are against a specific virus
  • no anti-virals can eliminate latent viral infections
  • Anti-virals typically work against virus-encoded enzymes
  • often becomes resistant to drugs due to mutations
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Differentiation of bacteria and viruses experimentally

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  • Filtration: viruses pass through .2 micron filters, but bacteria do not
  • microscopy: bacteria are visible through light microscopes, but viruses are not; use electron microscope
  • antibiotics: bacteria are susceptible to antibiotics, but viruses are not
  • independent growth: bacteria are able to grow/reproduce on their own, but viruses need animal hosts and are thus cultured via tissues

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