Chapter 13 Flashcards
What are the key features of retrovirus replication?
- Entry via membrane fusion or receptor mediated endocytosis
- High error rate of reverse transcriptase
- Stable integration into host genome
- Release from cell via budding
What is a provirus?
A DNA copy of genomic RNA, which integrates into the hosts genome
What are the four main retroviral genes?
LTR, GAG, POL, and ENV
What does LTR do?
controls the expression of viral genes
What does GAG encode for?
Encodes core proteins
What does POL encode for?
Encodes polymerase and viral enzymes
What does ENV encode for?
Encodes envelope proteins
What are the 7 principle retroviral genera?
- Alpharetrovirus
- Betaretrovirus
- Gammaretrovirus
- Deltaretrovirus
- Episilonretrovirus
- Lentivirus
- Spumavirus
What are the three key features of retrovirus replication that contribute to transformation?
- Reverse transcription of (+) ssRNA into dsDNA
- Integration of dsDNA into host cell chromosome
- Transcriptional regulatory sequences in the viral long terminal repeat
What three genera of retroviruses can cause transduction of proto-oncogenes?
alpha, beta, and gamma
What is cis-activation in the context of retroviral oncogenesis?
- The retrovirus genome integrates near a cellular oncogene
- The transcriptional expression of proto-oncogene is under the control of the virus LTR and no longer the control of the cell
What is trans-activation in the context of retroviral oncogenesis?
- The retrovirus encodes a protein that activates expression of cellular proto-oncogene
What retrovirus genuses use cis-activation?
alpha, beta, and gamma
What retrovirus genuses use trans-activation?
delta
What are the two classes of avian alpharetroviruses and which is pathogenic?
Endogenous - non-pathogenic
Exogenous - pathogenic
What are the two forms of exogenous alpharetroviruses?
Replication competent and replication defective
Explain the concept of the helper virus.
Replication defective viruses have required an oncogene from a cellular oncogene so they are not able to replicate. Helper viruses are replication competent viruses. They aid replication defective viruses by providing the function of the missing gene.
What five disease forms does Avian Leukosis Virus cause?
- Erythroblastosis
- Myeloblastosis
- Myelocytomatosis
- Hemangioma
- Connective tissue tumors
What five clinical syndromes does Avian Leukosis Virus cause?
- Lymphoid leukosis
- Osteopetrosis
- Erythroblastosis
- Myeloblastosis
- Others: connective tissue tumors, hemangiomas, myelocytomatosis
What genus does Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus belong in?
betaretrovirus
What does Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus cause?
Ovine pulmonary adenomatosis
What clinical syndrome/disease does Ovine pulmonary adenomatosis cause?
bronchioalveolar carcinoma of sheep
What are the two broad groups gammaretroviruses and what species are involved?
Exogenous and endogenous viruses
cats
What are the exogenous gammaretroviruses?
Feline leukemia viruses
Feline Sarcoma virus
What are the endogenous gammaretroviruses?
Endogenous feline leukemia virus
What are the four subgroups of FeLV?
A, B, C, and T
Which FeLV subgroup is contagious and transmitted horizontally from cat to cat?
A
Which FeLV subgroup is a genetic variant of subgroup A?
T
How did FeLV subgroups B and C evolve?
They evolved de novo in FeLV-A infected cats by mutation and recombination between FeLV-A and cellular or endogenous retroviral sequences contained in normal feline DNA
Pathogenicity of subgroups _ and _ are higher than subgroup B.
B and C
Which FeLV subgroup is mainly associated with malignancies?
B