Publications
2014
Chtarbanova Stanislava, Lamiable Olivier, Lee Kwang-Zin, Galiana Delphine, Troxler Laurent, Meignin Carine, Hetru Charles, Hoffmann Jules A, Daeffler Laurent, Imler Jean-Luc
Drosophila C virus systemic infection leads to intestinal obstruction Journal Article
In: Journal of Virology, vol. 88, no. 24, pp. 14057–14069, 2014, ISSN: 1098-5514.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, bioinformatic, Dicistroviridae, Female, Gastrointestinal Tract, Gene Expression Profiling, hoffmann, imler, Intestinal Obstruction, M3i, meignin, Muscle, Nodaviridae, Sindbis Virus, Smooth, Viral Tropism
@article{chtarbanova_drosophila_2014,
title = {Drosophila C virus systemic infection leads to intestinal obstruction},
author = {Stanislava Chtarbanova and Olivier Lamiable and Kwang-Zin Lee and Delphine Galiana and Laurent Troxler and Carine Meignin and Charles Hetru and Jules A Hoffmann and Laurent Daeffler and Jean-Luc Imler},
url = {http://jvi.asm.org/content/88/24/14057},
doi = {10.1128/JVI.02320-14},
issn = {1098-5514},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-12-01},
journal = {Journal of Virology},
volume = {88},
number = {24},
pages = {14057--14069},
abstract = {Drosophila C virus (DCV) is a positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the Dicistroviridae family. This natural pathogen of the model organism Drosophila melanogaster is commonly used to investigate antiviral host defense in flies, which involves both RNA interference and inducible responses. Although lethality is used routinely as a readout for the efficiency of the antiviral immune response in these studies, virus-induced pathologies in flies still are poorly understood. Here, we characterize the pathogenesis associated with systemic DCV infection. Comparison of the transcriptome of flies infected with DCV or two other positive-sense RNA viruses, Flock House virus and Sindbis virus, reveals that DCV infection, unlike those of the other two viruses, represses the expression of a large number of genes. Several of these genes are expressed specifically in the midgut and also are repressed by starvation. We show that systemic DCV infection triggers a nutritional stress in Drosophila which results from intestinal obstruction with the accumulation of peritrophic matrix at the entry of the midgut and the accumulation of the food ingested in the crop, a blind muscular food storage organ. The related virus cricket paralysis virus (CrPV), which efficiently grows in Drosophila, does not trigger this pathology. We show that DCV, but not CrPV, infects the smooth muscles surrounding the crop, causing extensive cytopathology and strongly reducing the rate of contractions. We conclude that the pathogenesis associated with systemic DCV infection results from the tropism of the virus for an important organ within the foregut of dipteran insects, the crop. IMPORTANCE: DCV is one of the few identified natural viral pathogens affecting the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. As such, it is an important virus for the deciphering of host-virus interactions in insects. We characterize here the pathogenesis associated with DCV infection in flies and show that it results from the tropism of the virus for an essential but poorly characterized organ in the digestive tract, the crop. Our results may have relevance for other members of the Dicistroviridae, some of which are pathogenic to beneficial or pest insect species.},
keywords = {Animals, bioinformatic, Dicistroviridae, Female, Gastrointestinal Tract, Gene Expression Profiling, hoffmann, imler, Intestinal Obstruction, M3i, meignin, Muscle, Nodaviridae, Sindbis Virus, Smooth, Viral Tropism},
pubstate = {published},
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}
2013
Petrillo Jessica E, Venter Arno P, Short James R, Gopal Radhika, Deddouche Safia, Lamiable Olivier, Imler Jean-Luc, Schneemann Anette
Cytoplasmic granule formation and translational inhibition of nodaviral RNAs in the absence of the double-stranded RNA binding protein B2 Journal Article
In: Journal of Virology, vol. 87, no. 24, pp. 13409–13421, 2013, ISSN: 1098-5514.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Capsid Proteins, Cell Line, Cricetinae, Cytoplasmic Granules, Double-Stranded, imler, M3i, Nodaviridae, Protein Biosynthesis, RNA, RNA Virus Infections, RNA-Binding Proteins, Viral, Viral Proteins
@article{petrillo_cytoplasmic_2013,
title = {Cytoplasmic granule formation and translational inhibition of nodaviral RNAs in the absence of the double-stranded RNA binding protein B2},
author = {Jessica E Petrillo and Arno P Venter and James R Short and Radhika Gopal and Safia Deddouche and Olivier Lamiable and Jean-Luc Imler and Anette Schneemann},
doi = {10.1128/JVI.02362-13},
issn = {1098-5514},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-12-01},
journal = {Journal of Virology},
volume = {87},
number = {24},
pages = {13409--13421},
abstract = {Flock House virus (FHV) is a positive-sense RNA insect virus with a bipartite genome. RNA1 encodes the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and RNA2 encodes the capsid protein. A third protein, B2, is translated from a subgenomic RNA3 derived from the 3' end of RNA1. B2 is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) binding protein that inhibits RNA silencing, a major antiviral defense pathway in insects. FHV is conveniently propagated in Drosophila melanogaster cells but can also be grown in mammalian cells. It was previously reported that B2 is dispensable for FHV RNA replication in BHK21 cells; therefore, we chose this cell line to generate a viral mutant that lacked the ability to produce B2. Consistent with published results, we found that RNA replication was indeed vigorous but the yield of progeny virus was negligible. Closer inspection revealed that infected cells contained very small amounts of coat protein despite an abundance of RNA2. B2 mutants that had reduced affinity for dsRNA produced analogous results, suggesting that the dsRNA binding capacity of B2 somehow played a role in coat protein synthesis. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization of FHV RNAs, we discovered that RNA2 is recruited into large cytoplasmic granules in the absence of B2, whereas the distribution of RNA1 remains largely unaffected. We conclude that B2, by binding to double-stranded regions in progeny RNA2, prevents recruitment of RNA2 into cellular structures, where it is translationally silenced. This represents a novel function of B2 that further contributes to successful completion of the nodaviral life cycle.},
keywords = {Animals, Capsid Proteins, Cell Line, Cricetinae, Cytoplasmic Granules, Double-Stranded, imler, M3i, Nodaviridae, Protein Biosynthesis, RNA, RNA Virus Infections, RNA-Binding Proteins, Viral, Viral Proteins},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2011
Eleftherianos Ioannis, Won Sungyong, Chtarbanova Stanislava, Squiban Barbara, Ocorr Karen, Bodmer Rolf, Beutler Bruce, Hoffmann Jules A, Imler Jean-Luc
ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP))-dependent regulation of cardiotropic viral infections Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 108, no. 29, pp. 12024–12029, 2011, ISSN: 1091-6490.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Heart, HeLa Cells, hoffmann, Humans, imler, Immunity, Immunoblotting, Inbred C57BL, Innate, KATP Channels, M3i, Mice, Nodaviridae, Pinacidil, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA Interference, Tolbutamide, Viral Load, Viremia
@article{eleftherianos_atp-sensitive_2011,
title = {ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K(ATP))-dependent regulation of cardiotropic viral infections},
author = {Ioannis Eleftherianos and Sungyong Won and Stanislava Chtarbanova and Barbara Squiban and Karen Ocorr and Rolf Bodmer and Bruce Beutler and Jules A Hoffmann and Jean-Luc Imler},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1108926108},
issn = {1091-6490},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-07-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
volume = {108},
number = {29},
pages = {12024--12029},
abstract = {The effects of the cellular environment on innate immunity remain poorly characterized. Here, we show that in Drosophila ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)) mediate resistance to a cardiotropic RNA virus, Flock House virus (FHV). FHV viral load in the heart rapidly increases in K(ATP) mutant flies, leading to increased viremia and accelerated death. The effect of K(ATP) channels is dependent on the RNA interference genes Dcr-2, AGO2, and r2d2, indicating that an activity associated with this potassium channel participates in this antiviral pathway in Drosophila. Flies treated with the K(ATP) agonist drug pinacidil are protected against FHV infection, thus demonstrating the importance of this regulation of innate immunity by the cellular environment in the heart. In mice, the Coxsackievirus B3 replicates to higher titers in the hearts of mayday mutant animals, which are deficient in the Kir6.1 subunit of K(ATP) channels, than in controls. Together, our data suggest that K(ATP) channel deregulation can have a critical impact on innate antiviral immunity in the heart.},
keywords = {Animals, Heart, HeLa Cells, hoffmann, Humans, imler, Immunity, Immunoblotting, Inbred C57BL, Innate, KATP Channels, M3i, Mice, Nodaviridae, Pinacidil, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA Interference, Tolbutamide, Viral Load, Viremia},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2006
Galiana-Arnoux Delphine, Dostert Catherine, Schneemann Anette, Hoffmann Jules A, Imler Jean-Luc
Essential function in vivo for Dicer-2 in host defense against RNA viruses in drosophila Journal Article
In: Nature Immunology, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 590–597, 2006, ISSN: 1529-2908.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Genetically Modified, hoffmann, imler, M3i, Mutation, Nodaviridae, Ribonuclease III, RNA, RNA Helicases, RNA Interference, RNA Viruses, Viral, Viral Proteins, Virus Replication
@article{galiana-arnoux_essential_2006,
title = {Essential function in vivo for Dicer-2 in host defense against RNA viruses in drosophila},
author = {Delphine Galiana-Arnoux and Catherine Dostert and Anette Schneemann and Jules A Hoffmann and Jean-Luc Imler},
doi = {10.1038/ni1335},
issn = {1529-2908},
year = {2006},
date = {2006-06-01},
journal = {Nature Immunology},
volume = {7},
number = {6},
pages = {590--597},
abstract = {The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a model system for studying innate immunity, including antiviral host defense. Infection with drosophila C virus triggers a transcriptional response that is dependent in part on the Jak kinase Hopscotch. Here we show that successful infection and killing of drosophila with the insect nodavirus flock house virus was strictly dependent on expression of the viral protein B2, a potent inhibitor of processing of double-stranded RNA mediated by the essential RNA interference factor Dicer. Conversely, flies with a loss-of-function mutation in the gene encoding Dicer-2 (Dcr-2) showed enhanced susceptibility to infection by flock house virus, drosophila C virus and Sindbis virus, members of three different families of RNA viruses. These data demonstrate the importance of RNA interference for controlling virus replication in vivo and establish Dcr-2 as a host susceptibility locus for virus infections.},
keywords = {Animals, Genetically Modified, hoffmann, imler, M3i, Mutation, Nodaviridae, Ribonuclease III, RNA, RNA Helicases, RNA Interference, RNA Viruses, Viral, Viral Proteins, Virus Replication},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}