2019
Subgenomic flavivirus RNA binds the mosquito DEAD/H-box helicase ME31B and determines Zika virus transmission by Aedes aegypti
Göertz GP, van Bree JWM, Hiralal A, Fernhout BM, Steffens C, Boeren S, Visser TM, Vogels CBF, Abbo SR, Fros JJ, Koenraadt CJM, van Oers MM, Pijlman GP. Subgenomic flavivirus RNA binds the mosquito DEAD/H-box helicase ME31B and determines Zika virus transmission by Aedes aegypti. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 19136-19144. PMID: 31488709, PMCID: PMC6754610, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1905617116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubgenomic flavivirus RNAInfectious blood mealZika virusMosquito infectionWild-type Zika virusesFlavivirus RNAMosquito midgut barrierArthropod-borne flavivirusZika virus transmissionBlood mealGlobal human health threatMosquito cell culturesZIKV infectionMosquito salivaIntrathoracic injectionViral Small Interfering RNAsInfected mosquitoesViral titersAntiviral activityFlavivirus replicationFlavivirus transmissionMidgut barrierHealth threatInfectionInfected cells
2016
Noncoding Subgenomic Flavivirus RNA Is Processed by the Mosquito RNA Interference Machinery and Determines West Nile Virus Transmission by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes
Göertz GP, Fros JJ, Miesen P, Vogels CB, van der Bent ML, Geertsema C, Koenraadt CJ, van Rij RP, van Oers MM, Pijlman GP. Noncoding Subgenomic Flavivirus RNA Is Processed by the Mosquito RNA Interference Machinery and Determines West Nile Virus Transmission by Culex pipiens Mosquitoes. Journal Of Virology 2016, 90: 10145-10159. PMID: 27581979, PMCID: PMC5105652, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00930-16.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubgenomic flavivirus RNARNA interference machineryCulex pipiens mosquitoesWest Nile virusInterference machinerySfRNA productionPipiens mosquitoesBiological functionsUntranslated regionNile virusPivotal biological functionsIntrathoracic injectionWild-type WNVRNA deep sequencingKey biological functionsBlood mealFlavivirus RNAMosquito cell linesFlavivirus West Nile virusViral genomic RNAMosquito midgut barrierMutant West Nile virusTick-borne flavivirusesWNV-infected mosquitoesMammalian cells