RNAi screening reveals requirement for host cell secretory pathway in infection by diverse families of negative-strand RNA viruses.

ABSTRACT: Negative-strand (NS) RNA viruses comprise many pathogens that cause serious diseases in humans and animals. Despite their clinical importance, little is known about the host factors required for their infection. Using vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), a prototypic NS RNA virus in the family Rhabdoviridae, we conducted a human genome-wide siRNA screen and identified 72 host genes required for viral infection. Many of these identified genes were also required for infection by two other NS RNA viruses, the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus of the Arenaviridae family and human parainfluenza virus type 3 of the Paramyxoviridae family. Genes affecting different stages of VSV infection, such as entry/uncoating, gene expression, and assembly/release, were identified. Depletion of the proteins of

SUBMITTER: Panda D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3223448 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature