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Stress Granule Formation is One of the Early Antiviral Mechanisms for Host Cells Against Coxsackievirus B Infection

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Virologica Sinica

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Stress granules (SGs) are intracellular granules formed when cellular translation is blocked and have been reported to be involved in a variety of viral infections. Our previous studies revealed that SGs are involved in the coxsackievirus B (CVB) infection process, but the role of SGs in CVB infection has not been fully explored. In this study, we found that CVB type 3 (CVB3) could induce SG formation in the early phase of infection. Results showed that levels of CVB3 RNA and protein were significantly inhibited during the early stage of CVB3 infection by the elevated formation of SGs, while viral RNA and protein synthesis were significantly promoted when SG formation was blocked. Our findings suggest that SG formation is one of the early antiviral mechanisms for host cells against CVB infection.

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This study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 81571999 to Z Zhong; 81672007 to W Zhao; 81772188 to Y Wang, 31300144 to T Wang). We are grateful to the technical support from Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Pathogens and Immunity and Heilongjiang Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team in Higher Education Institutes for Infection and Immunity of Harbin Medical University.

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    1. Department of Microbiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150081, China

      Xia Zhai, Shuo Wu, Lexun Lin, Tianying Wang, Xiaoyan Zhong, Yang Chen, Weizhen Xu, Lei Tong, Yan Wang & Zhaohua Zhong

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    ZZ designed and guided the study. XZ, SW, LL, TW, XZ, YC, and WX performed the experiments. LT and YW contributed in the collection and analysis of data. ZZ and WZ wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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    Zhai, X., Wu, S., Lin, L. et al. Stress Granule Formation is One of the Early Antiviral Mechanisms for Host Cells Against Coxsackievirus B Infection. Virol. Sin. 33, 314–322 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-018-0040-3

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