Mengovirus

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Species of virus

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Mengovirus, also known as Columbia SK virus, mouse Elberfield virus, and Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), belongs to the genus Cardiovirus which is a member of the Picornaviridae. Its genome is a single stranded positive-sense RNA molecule, making the Mengoviruses a class IV virus under the Baltimore classification system. The genome is approximately 8400nt in length, and has 5’ VG protein (Virus genome protein) and a 3’ polyadenine tail. Mengovirus was isolated by George W. A. Dick in 1948, in the Mengo district of Entebbe in Uganda, from a captive rhesus monkey that had developed hind limb paralysis.

Structure

Mengovirus is a non-enveloped virus which has an icosahedral capsid. The virion is 30 nm in diameter and displays icosahedral symmetry.

Gene expression and genome replication

Once inside a host cell, the Mengovirus genome acts as a piece of mRNA and is directly translated by the host ribosomes in the cytoplasm. There is a large un-translated region at the 5’ end of the RNA that has a ribosome binding site, removing the need of a cap. A single polypeptide is made and is cleaved into individual proteins by viral proteases. The genome is divided into three parts: P1, P2, and P3. P1 encodes the virus capsid proteins, P2 and P3 encode genes required for genome replication to occur. For replication to occur an intermediate double-stranded RNA molecule is made to be used as a template for the production of positive sense genomes.

Infection

Mengovirus is infectious to vertebrate animals, and has been isolated from mice and other rodents. It can also cause acute fever in humans. There is no specific treatment for a Mengovirus infection; although dipyridamole has been shown to inhibit its replication. The Mengovirus is able to suppress the host's immune response by reducing the expression of Nuclear Factor kappa B using the leader protein.

References

References

  1. (2012). "The encephalomyocarditis virus". Virulence.
  2. (948). "Mengo Encephalomyelitis Virus. Isolation and Immunological Properties". Br J Exp Pathol.
  3. (1948). "Mengo Encephalomyelitis". The Lancet.
  4. (2005). "Dipyridamole Reversibly Inhibits Mengovirus RNA Replication". Journal of Virology.
  5. (2002). "The Mengovirus Leader Protein Suppresses Alpha/Beta Interferon Production by Inhibition of the Iron/Ferritin-Mediated Activation of NF- B". Journal of Virology.

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