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This work highlights the importance of evaluating the inclusion of non-HA viral proteins in the development of broadly efficacious and long-lasting influenza vaccines.ImportanceInfluenza virus vaccines currently afford short-term protection from viruses that are closely related to the vaccine strains. There is currently much effort to develop improved, next-generation influenza vaccines that elicit broader and longer-lasting protection. While the hemagglutinin protein is the major viral antigen, in this work, we developed an approach with which to evaluate the contributions of the non-hemagglutinin proteins to vaccine mediated protection. Epigenetic inhibitor Our results indicate that other structural proteins together may help to mediate broad antiviral protection and should be considered in the development of more universal influenza vaccines.Previously, we showed that substitution of HIV-1 Env residue 375-Ser by bulky aromatic residues enhances binding to rhesus CD4 and enables primary HIV-1 Envs to support efficient replication as simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) chimeras in rhesus macaques (RMs). Here, we test this design strategy more broadly by constructing SHIVs containing ten primary Envs corresponding to HIV-1 subtypes A, B, C, AE and AG. All ten SHIVs bearing wildtype Env375 residues replicated efficiently in human CD4+ T cells, but only one replicated efficiently in primary rhesus cells. This was a subtype AE SHIV that naturally contained His at Env375. Replacement of wildtype Env375 residues by Trp, Tyr, Phe or His in the other nine SHIVs led to efficient replication in rhesus CD4+ T cells in vitro and in vivo Nine SHIVs containing optimized Env375 alleles were grown large-scale in primary rhesus CD4+ T cells to serve as challenge stocks in preclinical prevention trials. These virus stocks were genetically homogeneous, native-odies, Envs selected for SHIV construction are of paramount importance. Until recently, it has been impossible to strategically design SHIVs bearing clinically relevant Envs that replicate consistently in monkeys. This changed with the discovery that bulky aromatic substitutions at residue Env375 confer enhanced affinity to rhesus CD4. Here, we show that 10 new SHIVs bearing primary HIV-1 Envs with residue 375 substitutions replicated efficiently in RMs and could be transmitted efficiently across rectal, vaginal, penile and oral mucosa. These findings suggest an expanded role for SHIVs as a model of HIV-1 infection.HIV-1 infection persists in humans despite expression of antiviral type 1 interferons (IFN). Even exogenous administration of IFNα only marginally reduces HIV-1 abundance, raising the hypothesis that people living with HIV-1 (PLWH) are refractory to type 1 IFN. We demonstrated type 1 IFN refractoriness in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells isolated from HIV-1 infected persons by detecting diminished STAT1 phosphorylation (pSTAT1) and interferon-stimulated gene (ISG) induction upon type 1 IFN stimulation compared to healthy controls. Importantly, HIV-1 infected people who were virologically suppressed with antiretrovirals also showed type 1 IFN refractoriness. We found that USP18 levels were elevated in people with refractory pSTAT1 and ISG induction and confirmed this finding ex vivo in CD4+ T cells from another cohort of HIV-HCV coinfected persons who received exogenous pegylated interferon-α2b in a clinical trial. We used a cell culture model to recapitulate type 1 IFN refractoriness in uninfected CD4+ T cells that wereHIV-1 uninfected target CD4+ T cells, and this phenomenon was mediated by type 1 IFN from HIV-1 infected cells. Type 1 IFN responses were partially restored by USP18 knockdown. Our findings illuminate a new mechanism by which HIV-1 contributes to innate immune dysfunction in PLWH, through the continuous production of type 1 IFN that induces a refractory state of responsiveness.Herpes simplex virus capsid envelopment at the nuclear membrane is coordinated by nuclear egress complex (NEC) proteins, pUL34 and pUL31, and is accompanied by alteration in the nuclear architecture and local disruption of nuclear lamina. Here, we examined the role of capsid envelopment in the changes of the nuclear architecture by characterizing HSV-1 recombinants that do not form capsids. Typical changes in nuclear architecture and disruption of the lamina were observed in the absence of capsids, suggesting that disruption of the nuclear lamina occurs prior to capsid envelopment. Surprisingly, in the absence of capsid envelopment, lamin A/C becomes concentrated at the nuclear envelope in a pUL34-independent and cell type-specific manner, suggesting that ongoing nuclear egress may be required for the dispersal of lamins observed in wild-type infection. Mutation of virus-encoded protein kinase, pUS3, on a wild-type virus background has been shown to cause accumulation of perinuclear enveloped capsids, formations that maintain the lamina. Here we explore the role of capsid envelopment and the virus-encoded protein kinase, pUS3, in the disruption of lamina structure. We show that capsid envelopment is not necessary for the lamina disruption, or for US3 mutant phenotypes, including exaggerated lamina disruption, that accompany nuclear egress. These results clarify the mechanisms behind alteration of nuclear lamina structure and support a function for pUS3 in regulating the aggregation state of the nuclear egress machinery.Infections of Kashmir bee virus (KBV) are lethal for honeybees and have been associated with colony collapse disorder. KBV and closely related viruses contribute to the ongoing decline in the number of honeybee colonies in North America, Europe, Australia, and other parts of the world. Despite the economic and ecological impact of KBV, its structure and infection process remain unknown. Here we present the structure of the virion of KBV determined to a resolution of 2.8 Å. We show that the exposure of KBV to acidic pH induces a reduction in inter-pentamer contacts within capsids and the reorganization of its RNA genome from a uniform distribution to regions of high and low density. Capsids of KBV crack into pieces at acidic pH, resulting in the formation of open particles lacking pentamers of capsid proteins. The large openings of capsids enable the rapid release of genomes and thus limit the probability of their degradation by RNases. The opening of capsids may be a shared mechanism for the genome release of viruses from the family Dicistroviridae ImportanceThe western honeybee (Apis mellifera) is indispensable for maintaining agricultural productivity as well as the abundance and diversity of wild flowering plants.
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