Holland: RNA Viral Repiratory Tract Infections Flashcards
Respiratory Tract Infections
Basics:
- Most common form of infectious disease
- ~80% of RTIs caused by viruses
- Most respiratory infections remain localized, but some viruses can initially infect the respiratory tract and spread systemically
Respiratory Tract Infections
Modes of Transmission: (2)
- Aerosolized infectious droplets
- Manual spread (direct contact or fomites)
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract: (7)
- Reduced temperature in URT
- Mucous
- Mucins
- Ciliated cells
- Toll-like receptors
- Interferons
- IgA (secreted immunoglobulins in mucous)
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract
Mucins:
Decoy receptors (prevent bacteria from attaching to normal host cells)
High viscosity (difficult for pathogens to spread)
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract
Ciliated cells:
Move mucous, clear particles
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract
Toll-like receptors :
Recognize general features of a large number of pathogens
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract
Interferons:
Induce antiviral state
Innate and Adaptive Immune Mechanisms of Protection of Respiratory Tract
IgA:
Secreted immunoglobulins in mucous
Seasonal Variation
March-May:
December-January:
November-May:
Rubella: spring peak (March-May)
Influenza: winter peak (December-January)
Rotavirus: winter peak (November-May)
Influenza Virus
Family:
Subfamilies:
Family: orthomyxoviridae
Subfamilies: Influenza A, B and C
Influenza Virus
Physical Characteristics:
enveloped?
genome:
segmented?
o Enveloped
o –ssRNA genome (segmented)
• A and B have 8 segments
• C has 7 segments
Influenza Virus
- Medical Significance:
o Frequent cause of severe respiratory disease
o Epidemics occur in the winter
o New strains can lead to world-wide epidemics (pandemics)
11 proteins encoded by 8 RNA segments:
- HA (hemagglutinin)
- NA (neuraminidase)
- M1 (matrix)
- M2 (ion channel)
- PB1 (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase component)
- PB1-F2 (may modulate viral replication and host responses, not found in all strains)
- PB2 (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase component)
- PA (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase component)
- NP (associated with RNA-dependent RNA polymerase)
- NS1 (blocks IFN-induced RNaseL pathway
- NS2 (viral ribonucleoprotein transport- RNA from nucleus to cytoplasm
Influenza A Replication
Attachment:
Attachment: HA binds to sialic acid moieties on cell surface glycoproteins and glycolipids
Influenza A Replication
Penetration/Entry:
- Virion internalized (receptor mediated endocytosis)
- Reduced pH in endosome triggers a conformational change in HA, which induces fusion between the virion envelope and endosomal membrane
Influenza A Replication
Uncoating:
Uncoating: M2 ion channel allows protons to enter into virion interior, freeing ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP); RNPs then transported to the nucleus (transcription takes place here- unusual for RNA virus)
Influenza A Replication
Ribonucleoprotein Transcription:
- mRNA for viral protens
- cRNA (+sense copy of vRNA) to be used as a template to produce more vRNA (genomes)
Influenza A Replication
Assembly and Release
RNP assembly where?
RNPs interact with:
How do they acquire envelopes?
NA removes ____ from cell surface
- RNP assembly in nucleus → transport to cytoplasm
- RNPs interact with M1 (matrix) and acquire envelopes by budding through plasma membrane
- NA removes sialic acid from cell surface to facilitate release
Influenza Virus
Hemagglutinin (HA):
Key to both infection and immunity
- Functions in viral replication (attachment and penetration)
- Major target of neutralizing Abs (NA is secondary target)
Influenza Virus
Synthesis and Cleavage
Made as a:
Activated by:
HA1 binds to:
HA2 contains:
- Made as a single polypeptide (HA0)
- Activated by proteolytic cleavage → HA1 and HA2 (which remain bound to each other)
• HA1 binds receptors (sialic acid)
• HA2 contains transmembrane domain and fusion peptide (FP located at N-terminus of HA2)
Influenza Virus
HA Fusion Mechanism
Neutral pH (~7.4):
Neutral pH (~7.4):
- HA1+HA2 extends from virion envelope
- HA1 binds to cell surface receptors
- Fusion peptide not exposed to aqueous environment due to trimer configuration
Influenza Virus
HA Fusion Mechanism
Acidic pH (~5.3):
Acidic pH (~5.3):
- Low pH induces conformational shift in HA
- Fusion peptide is exposed, and inserts into target membrane
- Membranes are drawn close together, are locally disrupted, and fuse
Influenza Virus
Neuraminidase (NA)
Removes sialic acid from cell surface:
Removes sialic acid from cell surface
- Facilitates release of virus from the cell surface (without it, newly budded virions could bind back to the infected cell from which they were just released)
Influenza Virus
Neuraminidase (NA)
Removes sialic acid from mucins:
Removes sialic acid from mucins
- Destroy decoy receptors (normally inactivate virus)
- Lowers viscosity of mucous (helps virus to spread)
Influenza Virus
Target of Antiviral Drugs:
- Oseltamivir (Tamiflu): oral
• Note: cannot be used against seasonal influenza A (H1N1) as most strains are resistant - Zamanivir (Relenza): inhalation
Other Antivirals Against Influenza:
- Amantidine and Rimantidine:
o MOA: target M2 ion channel to block uncoating
o Issue: widely overused and misused; many (if not all) influenza strains have become resistant
Influenza Immunity and Vaccine Composition
Immunity:
Key Antigens:
Immunity: provided mainly by virus neutralizing Abs (Abs to HA better neutralizers than those against NA)
Key Antigens:
• HA: 9 subtypes
• NA: 15 subtypes
Major Influenzas Infecting Humans:
- H1N1 (1977 and 2009 strains)
- H2N2
- H3N2
Influenza
Vaccine:
Vaccine: against 2 influenza A strains and 1 influenza B
2010-2011 Vaccine:
• A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)
• A/Perth/16/2009 (H3N2)
• B/Brisbane/60/2008
Influenza Pandemics:
- 1918: H1N1 Spanish flu
- 1957: H2N2 Asian flu
- 1968: H3N2 Hong Kong flu (still in circulation today)
- 1977: H1N1 Russian flu (still in circulation today)
- 2009: H1N1 swine flu
o Formed from the combination of 3 different preexisting strains
• Eurasian swine (H1N1/H3N2)
• Swine (H1/N2)
• Triple Reassortment Swine (formed from segments of 3 previously known viruses)
Influenza
Antigenic Variation
Antigenic Drift:
Driven by:
Results in:
Antigenic Shift:
Occurs via:
Results in:
Antigenic Drift: minor antigenic changes in HA and NA, resulting from mutations
o Driven by selection for resistance to Abs
o Results in a need to change vaccine composition annually
Antigenic Shift: major change in HA or NA, sometimes both
o Occurs via genetic reassortment after infection of a cell with 2 different Influenza A viruses
o Results in a virus for which there is little pre-existing immunity in the human population (results in a pandemic)
1918 H1N1 Virus Pathogenicity:
- Excellent genetic synergy (individual genome segments worked well together)
- High replication potential in bronchial epithelium (high Pathogenicity potential)
- Broad cell tropism (not trypsin dependent)
o Most influenza virus trains require trypsin-like enzyme to cleave HA to HA1 and HA2
o This virus could be cleaved by enzymes found in most cell types - Dysregulation of immune responses (cytokine storms)
- Inhibition of IFN responses via NS1 protein
Avian Influenza H5N1
Basics:
Transmission to humans:
What limits its ability to replicate in humans?
How does it have a high pandemic potential?
Basics: highly pathogenic H5N1 virus circulating in avian populations in many parts of the world
Not easily transmitted to humans, but could adapt to be
Mutation of viral genes that currently limit its ability to replicate in humans
Reassortment with viruses that replicate well in humans
- Have a high pandemic potential
Avian Influenza H5N1
Determinants of Pathogenicity:
Only transmissible to humans on exposure to:
Hemagglutinin H5 contains:
Preference for avian influenza receptors:
What allows HA cleavage by enzymes present in many cell types?
Only transmissible to humans on exposure to high doses
• Little to no ability to transmit from person to person
Hemagglutinin H5 contains 2 key pathogenicity determinants:
Preference for avian influenza receptors (sialic acid with alpha 2,3-linkage)
- Humans have sialic acid with alpha 2,6-linkage
- May also have avian-like receptors deeper in the human respiratory tract (not easy for the virus to access)
Multibasic amino acid sequence at HA cleavage site allows HA cleavage by enzymes present in many cell types
Paramyxoviridae
Family:
Subfamilies:
Family: Paramyxoviridae
Subfamily: Paramyxovirinae, Pneumovirinae
Paramyxoviridae
Paramyxovirinae
Genus: Paramyxovirus:
Genus: Paramyxovirus:
➢ Human Parainflueznavirus 1 (HPIV-1)
➢ Human Parainfluenzavirus 2 (HPIV-3)
Paramyxoviridae
Paramyxovirinae
Genus: Rubulavirus:
Genus: Rubulavirus
➢ Mumps Virus
➢ HPIV-2
➢ HPIV-4
Paramyxoviridae
Paramyxovirinae
Genus: Morbilivirus:
• Genus: Morbilivirus
➢ Measles Virus