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Deciphering the unconventional receptor binding and modulation activity of bat i...

Deciphering the unconventional receptor binding and modulation activity of bat influenza A viruses Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are zoonotic pathogens that frequently cross the species barrier into humans, often causing severe morbidity and even global pandemics. This cross-species transmission is facilitated in large part by alt... ver más

31/10/2025

UKLFR

2M€

Presupuesto del proyecto: 2M€

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UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.

TRL 4-5

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Financiación concedida El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2020-08-07

ERC-2019-ADG: ERC Advanced Grant

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ICER BRAKES

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UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.

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Presupuesto del proyecto 2M€

Descripción del proyecto Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are zoonotic pathogens that frequently cross the species barrier into humans, often causing severe morbidity and even global pandemics. This cross-species transmission is facilitated in large part by alterations in the interaction between the viral surface proteins hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) and sialic acid, a ubiquitous glycan that serves as the cellular entry receptor. Although avian hosts have generally been thought to be the primary reservoir for all influenza A viruses, this dogma has recently been challenged by the identification of two novel IAV subtypes in bats, H17N10 and H18N11. Despite an otherwise high degree of functional homology to conventional IAVs, the surface proteins of bat IAVs demonstrate several unprecedented characteristics. Specifically, these proteins are unable to interact with sialic acid; rather, we recently showed that bat IAVs use the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) protein to gain entry into host cells. Unexpectedly, we observed that N11 downregulates surface expression of MHC-II, suggesting that it potentially harbors a receptor-destroying function. Most surprisingly, bat IAV could replicate to even higher titers the absence of functional NA, a capability which has never been observed among influenza viruses. These findings suggest that the surface glycoproteins of bat IAV may possess a structural plasticity that is much broader than that of conventional IAV. In light of the critical importance of the surface proteins for cross-species transmission of IAV, the goal of this project will be to probe this plasticity, first by determining the mode of interaction between H17/H18 and MHC-II and elucidating the mechanism of N10/N11-dependent downregulation of MHC-II, but most importantly by using forced evolution to explore the plasticity of IAV for new cellular entry factors. The insights from these studies will have a major impact on our understanding of influenza virus tropism.

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