A Secreted Viral Protein Determines Norovirus Persistence By Immune Evasion

分泌的病毒蛋白通过免疫逃避决定诺如病毒的持久性

基本信息

批准号：
10219936
负责人：
Sanghyun Lee
金额：
$ 24.5万
依托单位：
BROWN UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-08-01 至 2022-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10219936
关键词：
Advisory Committees Antibodies Biological Models Biology Capsid Caspase Cell Line Cells Cellular Tropism Childhood Cleaved cell Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Cultured Cells Cytomegalovirus Data Defect Development Development Plans Diamond Disease Outbreaks Doctor of Philosophy Educational workshop Epithelial Epithelial Cells Exhibits Extracellular Space Faculty Gastroenteritis Genes Genetic Genetic study Goals Grant Growth Human Immune Evasion Immune system Immunity Immunize In Vitro Infection Interferons Interview Intracellular Space Knock-out Korea Mediating Membrane Proteins Mentors Mentorship Modeling Molecular Mus Myeloid Cells Nonstructural Protein Norovirus Occupational activity of managing finances Passive Immunity Patients Physiological Point Mutation Positioning Attribute Postdoctoral Fellow Prevention Production Protein Precursors Proteins Recombinants Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Research Proposals Science Signal Transduction Site System Testing Therapeutic Time Training Activity Tropism Universities Vaccination Vaccines Viral Viral Proteins Virulence Virus Washington Work Writing career career development combinatorial cytokine diarrheal disease enteric infection expression vector foodborne illness improved in vivo in vivo Model inhibitor/antagonist intestinal epithelium intraperitoneal macrophage medical schools mutant novel novel vaccines prevent response screening skills therapeutic development vaccine candidate vaccine development virus host interaction

项目摘要

Project Summary/Abstract This proposal describes a four year career development plan and a research strategy for Dr. Sanghyun Lee to transition from a postdoctoral fellow to an independent academic faculty position investigating virus-host interactions. The overall research goal of the proposal is to elucidate the mechanism by which a secreted viral non-structural protein antagonizes host immunity, and to evaluate this viral factor as a novel vaccine target. Candidate: I have focused my science career on understanding virus and host interactions at both molecular and physiological levels. In my Ph.D. work with Dr. Kwangseog Ahn at Seoul National University in Korea, I worked on understanding the virulence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and specifically focused on the factors contributing to HCMV virulence in human patients. As a postdoc in Dr. Skip Virgin's lab at Washington University School of Medicine, I studied the cellular tropism of norovirus and the key host immune system determinants controlling norovirus infection in the gut. Career Development Plan: In addition to the research proposal outlined here, I will devote approximately 15% of my time to training activities. I will continue my professional development under the guidance of my mentor Dr. Virgin's and my co-mentor Dr. Gaya Amarasinghe. I have assembled a career advisory committee composed of Dr. Michael Diamond, Dr. Megan Baldridge, and Dr. Haina Shin that will evaluate and facilitate my research progress and transition to independence. Beyond these training activities, I will prepare to transition to an independent faculty position by improving grant-writing and interviewing skills through workshops at WUSM, and begin planning for the new financial, management, and mentorship responsibilities of an independent investigator. Research Project: Human noroviruses (HNoVs) are the leading global cause of gastroenteritis. However, there are no approved vaccines or therapeutics. With Murine norovirus (MNoV) model, we identified Tuft cells, a rare type of intestinal epithelial cell (IEC), as the reservoir for MNoV fecal shedding and persistence. Genetic studies revealed that viral non-structural protein NS1, rather than a viral surface protein, is the determinant of Tuft cell tropism, and interferon-lambda (IFN-λ) to be a key host determinant. Our preliminary data suggests that the NS1 protein is cleaved by host caspase(s) and secreted into the extracellular space, and NS1 blocks IFN-λ production. Therefore, we hypothesize that secreted NS1 protein antagonizes IFN-λ production, and that this antagonism is the key determinant of in vivo Tuft cell tropism. The long-term goal of this study is to understand the molecular mechanism of NS1 secretion and IFN-λ immune evasion by MNoV, and to apply our findings to evaluate secreted NS1 as a candidate for vaccine and therapeutic development in humans.

项目概要/摘要该提案描述了 Sanghyun 博士的四年职业发展计划和研究策略李将从博士后研究员转变为研究病毒宿主的独立学术教职职位该提案的总体研究目标是阐明分泌的病毒的机制。非结构蛋白拮抗宿主免疫，并评估这种病毒因子作为新的疫苗靶点。候选人：我的科学生涯主要集中在理解病毒和宿主在分子层面上的相互作用在我与韩国首尔国立大学 Kwangseog Ahn 博士的合作中，我致力于了解人类巨细胞病毒（HCMV）的毒力，并特别关注作为华盛顿 Skip Virgin 博士实验室的博士后，研究导致人类患者中 HCMV 毒力的因素。大学医学院，我研究了诺如病毒的细胞趋向性和关键的宿主免疫系统控制肠道诺如病毒感染的决定因素。职业发展计划：除了这里概述的研究计划外，我将投入大约 15% 我将在导师的指导下继续我的职业发展。维珍博士和我的共同导师加亚·阿马拉辛格博士组建了一个职业咨询委员会。由 Michael Diamond 博士、Megan Baldridge 博士和 Haina Shin 博士组成，将评估和促进我的研究进展和向独立的过渡除了这些培训活动之外，我还将准备：通过提高拨款写作和面试技巧，过渡到独立的教职职位在 WUSM 举办研讨会，并开始规划新的财务、管理和指导职责独立调查员的。研究项目：人类诺如病毒（HNoV）是全球胃肠炎的主要原因。没有批准的疫苗或治疗方法通过鼠诺如病毒（MNoV）模型，我们鉴定了簇细胞，一种罕见的肠上皮细胞（IEC），作为 MNoV 粪便排出和持续存在的储存库。研究表明，病毒非结构蛋白 NS1，而不是病毒表面蛋白，是病毒非结构蛋白 NS1 的决定因素。我们的初步数据表明，簇细胞趋向性和干扰素-λ (IFN-λ) 是关键的宿主决定因素。 NS1 蛋白被宿主 caspase 切割并分泌到细胞外空间，并且 NS1 阻断因此，我们努力研究分泌的 NS1 蛋白是否会拮抗 IFN-λ 的产生。这种拮抗作用是体内簇细胞趋向性的关键决定因素。本研究的长期目标是。了解 MNoV 分泌 NS1 和 IFN-λ 免疫逃避的分子机制，并应用我们的评估分泌型 NS1 作为人类疫苗和治疗开发候选者的发现。