Hemagglutinating and fusogenic activities of Newcastle disease virus: studies on receptor binding specificity and pH-induced conformational changes

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

E. S. S. Couceiro¹  J. N. S. S. Couceiro¹  M. C. Cabral¹ 

[1] ,UFRJ CCS Instituto de Microbiologia. Departamento de VirologiaRio de Janeiro,Brasil

关键词: Newcastle Disease virus;    hemagglutinin-neuraminidase;    fusion protein;    variants;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761995000400017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Vaccinal and wild strains of Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) were analyzed for cell receptor binding and fusogenic biological properties associated with their HN (hemagglutinin-neuraminidase) and F (fusion protein) surface structures respectively. The evaluation of the biological activities of HN and F was carried out respectively by determination of hemagglutinating titers and hemolysis percentages, using erythrocytes from various animal origins at different pH values. Significant differences in hemagglutination titers for some strains of NDV were detected, when interacting with goose, sheep, guinea-pip and human "O" group erythrocytes at neutral pH. Diversity of hemolysis percentagens was observed between different NDV strains at acid pH. These analysis were developed to evaluate particular aspects of the actual influence of the receptor specifity and pH on the receptor binding and fusogenic processes of Newcastle Disease viruses.

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