Hemaptopoietic VIruses Flashcards
What is the general mechanism of most current antiviral drugs?
they inhibit viral genome replication by mimicing the shape of a nucleotide (or nucleoside) and plugging up the enzymes that replicate the viral genome.
What nucleoside does acyclovir mimic?
guanosine
What must happen to acyclovir for it to be active?
it has to be phosphorylated by viral thymidine kinase
after that, host kinases will continue the process until it can be incorporated
Why does acyclovir only work on cells that are actively proliferating?
Because expression of thymidine kinase only occurs when the cells enter S phase
What does viral pathogenesis involve in the acute phase? In the long term?
acute: cell death and inflammation
long term: malignancies and immune suppression (with opportunistic infections)
How can viruses cause cancer (in general terms)?
they express viral oncogenes that mimic and interact with the host cell’s normal replication machinery and promote uncontrolled cellular proliferation
What are the three stages viral oncogenes can act at?
- the G1-S phase checkpoint
- The regulation of cell death by apoptosis
- the immunological synapse
Activation of what molecule is the first step in progression to S phase?
Cyclin D/CDK4
What signalling pathway controls the cell’s normal apoptotic machinery?
In the mitohcondrial membrane, when Bid makes a complex with Bax, it forms a pore that allows cytochrome C release to the cytoplasm where it activates caspases and causes apoptotic cell death
Which complex opposes the Bid/Bax complex and inhibits cytochrome C release (antiapoptotic)?
Bcl2/Bid
What is the genomic organization of parvovirus
linear ssDNA (group 2)
Does parvovirus have an envelope?
no
What is the capsid symmetry of parvovirus
icosahedral
What is the tropism for parvovirus?
erythroid progenitor cells
How does parvovirus establish infection in the host cell?
- recognizes a p antgien (globoside) on progenitor cells
- binds to it
- internalized through coated pits
How does parvovirus replicate
enters nucleus and forms a hairpin structure which is a self primer for DNA replication
The relationship between the viral protein NS1 and pathogenesis is….
NS1 is a cytotoxic molecule and causes hemolysis of the RBC
A typical clinical presentation of erythema infectiosum is…
fifth’s disease: fever, slapped cheek and lacy rash on extremities
What is the treatment for parvovirus?
There is no effective antiviral, so supportive
Transient aplastic crisis can occur when…
If a person already has a baseline blood disorder and they get parvovirus - they pretty much get a total lack of RBCs
Other conditions caused by parvovirus are…
hydrops faetalis: birth defect causing eye disformity
or chronic anemia in immunosuppressed patients
How is parvovivur diagnosed? aka…what do you do assays for?
immunofluoescence antibody assay - there are three things you can test for: b19 DNA (the earliest detection) or b19 IgM (the usually test - but remains detectable for 3 months after infection), or PCR (detected for years after infection)
Colorado tick fever: genomic organization
segmented dsDNA
Colorado tick fever: enveloped?
naked
Colorado tick fever: capsid symmetry
icosahedral
colorado tick fever: tropism?
erythroblasts
Animal vector for colorado tick fever?
rocky mountain wood tick
Geography and season for colorado tick fever?
high altitudes
march - november (summer basically)
What is the clinical presentation of colorado tick fever?
biphasic fever, myalgia, light sensitivity, rash is uncommon, also uncommon is hemorrhagic disease, meningioencephalitis
What is the substrate of the Dicer/RISC complex for colorado tick fever
dsRNA is cleaved by dicer and then RISC is the thing that binds the complementary ssRNA, which will go to the complementary mRNA to break it down and halt translation
How does CTFV protect its genome from DICER/RISC
RNA replication occurs in cytoplasmatic viral factories - protects it from the complex
CTFV uses the ___ stand of its genome for transcription and as a template for replication of the ___strand.
+RNA of the -RNA strand
CTFV diagnosis?
immunofluorescent antibody test for CTFV IgMs
plus CBC with leukocytopenia and thrombocytopenia
CTFV treatment?
supportive - no effective antiviral