Virus recognition of glycan receptors

AJ Thompson, RP de Vries, JC Paulson - Current Opinion in Virology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Most mammalian virus families use cell-surface glycans as receptors.•Glycan
receptors are diverse in structure and distribution, giving rise to species and tissue …

Glycosphingolipid–protein interaction in signal transduction

D Russo, S Parashuraman, G D'Angelo - International Journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are a class of ceramide-based glycolipids essential for embryo
development in mammals. The synthesis of specific GSLs depends on the expression of …

Gangliosides are essential endosomal receptors for quasi-enveloped and naked hepatitis A virus

A Das, R Barrientos, T Shiota, V Madigan, I Misumi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Picornaviridae are a diverse family of positive-strand RNA viruses that includes
numerous human and veterinary pathogens. Among these, hepatitis A virus (HAV), a …

Porcine deltacoronavirus utilizes sialic acid as an attachment receptor and trypsin can influence the binding activity

Y Yuan, S Zu, Y Zhang, F Zhao, X Jin, H Hu - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is a novel coronavirus that causes diarrhea in nursing
piglets. Studies showed that PDCoV uses porcine aminopeptidase N (pAPN) as an entry …

Organization of gangliosides into membrane nanodomains

MJ Sarmento, JC Ricardo, M Amaro, R Šachl - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids consisting of a ceramide base and a bulky sugar chain
that contains one or more sialic acids. This unique structure endows gangliosides with a …

Activation of PI3K, Akt, and ERK during early rotavirus infection leads to V-ATPase-dependent endosomal acidification required for uncoating

M Soliman, JY Seo, DS Kim, JY Kim, JG Park… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The cellular PI3K/Akt and/or MEK/ERK signaling pathways mediate the entry process or
endosomal acidification during infection of many viruses. However, their roles in the early …

Rotavirus-induced early activation of the RhoA/ROCK/MLC signaling pathway mediates the disruption of tight junctions in polarized MDCK cells

M Soliman, EH Cho, JG Park, JY Kim, MM Alfajaro… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJ) are a major barrier restricting the entry of various
harmful factors including pathogens; however, they also represent an important entry portal …

[PDF][PDF] The impact of the glycan headgroup on the nanoscopic segregation of gangliosides

MJ Sarmento, MC Owen, JC Ricardo, B Chmelová… - Biophysical …, 2021 - cell.com
Gangliosides form an important class of receptor lipids containing a large oligosaccharide
headgroup whose ability to self-organize within lipid membranes results in the formation of …

Glycan chains of gangliosides: functional ligands for tissue lectins (siglecs/galectins)

RW Ledeen, J Kopitz, J Abad-Rodríguez… - Progress in Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Molecular signals on the cell surface are responsible for adhesion and communication. Of
relevance in this respect, their chemical properties endow carbohydrates with the capacity to …

Dual recognition of sialic acid and αGal epitopes by the VP8* domains of the bovine rotavirus G6P [5] WC3 and of its mono-reassortant G4P [5] RotaTeq vaccine …

MM Alfajaro, JY Kim, L Barbé, EH Cho, JG Park… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Group A rotaviruses, an important cause of severe diarrhea in children and young animals,
initiate infection via interactions of the VP8* domain of the VP4 spike protein with cell surface …