Aminopeptidase N is a major receptor for the enteropathogenic coronavirus TGEV
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Aminopeptidase N is a major receptor for the enteropathogenic coronavirus TGEV. / Delmas, Bernard; Gelfi, Jaqueline; L'Haridon, René; Vogel, Lotte; Sjöström, Hans Gunnar; Norén, Ove; Laude, Hubert.
In: Nature, Vol. 357, No. 6377, 1992, p. 417-419.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Aminopeptidase N is a major receptor for the enteropathogenic coronavirus TGEV
AU - Delmas, Bernard
AU - Gelfi, Jaqueline
AU - L'Haridon, René
AU - Vogel, Lotte
AU - Sjöström, Hans Gunnar
AU - Norén, Ove
AU - Laude, Hubert
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - CORONAVIRUSES, like many animal viruses, are characterized by a restricted host range and tissue tropism1. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), a major pathogen causing a fatal diarrhoea in newborn pig, replicates selectively in the differentiated enterocytes covering the villi of the small intestine2. To investigate the molecular determinants of the infection, we characterized the surface molecule used by the virus for binding and entry into host cells. Here we report that aminopeptidase N, an ectoenzyme abundantly expressed at the apical membrane of the enterocytes, serves as a receptor for TGEV. Monoclonal antibodies were selected for their ability to block infection by TGEV of porcine cell lines. They recognized a brush-border membrane protein of Mr, 150K, which was identified as aminopeptidase N by ammo-terminal sequencing. Two lines of evidence supported the view that the peptidase itself acts as a receptor. First, virions bound specifically to aminopep-tidase N that was purified to homogeneity. Second, recombinant expression of aminopeptidase N conferred infectivity by TGEV to an otherwise non-permissive cell line.
AB - CORONAVIRUSES, like many animal viruses, are characterized by a restricted host range and tissue tropism1. Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), a major pathogen causing a fatal diarrhoea in newborn pig, replicates selectively in the differentiated enterocytes covering the villi of the small intestine2. To investigate the molecular determinants of the infection, we characterized the surface molecule used by the virus for binding and entry into host cells. Here we report that aminopeptidase N, an ectoenzyme abundantly expressed at the apical membrane of the enterocytes, serves as a receptor for TGEV. Monoclonal antibodies were selected for their ability to block infection by TGEV of porcine cell lines. They recognized a brush-border membrane protein of Mr, 150K, which was identified as aminopeptidase N by ammo-terminal sequencing. Two lines of evidence supported the view that the peptidase itself acts as a receptor. First, virions bound specifically to aminopep-tidase N that was purified to homogeneity. Second, recombinant expression of aminopeptidase N conferred infectivity by TGEV to an otherwise non-permissive cell line.
U2 - 10.1038/357417a0
DO - 10.1038/357417a0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 357
SP - 417
EP - 419
JO - Nature
JF - Nature
SN - 0028-0836
IS - 6377
ER -
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