1. [Correlation between the receptor specificity of pandemic influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus strains isolated in 2009-2011 and the structure of the receptor-binding site and the probability of fatal primary viral pneumonia].
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L'vov DK, Shchelkanov MIu, Bovin NV, Malyshev NA, Chuchalin AG, Kolobukhina LV, Prilipov AG, Bogdanova VS, Al'khovskiĭ SV, Samokhvalov EI, Fediakina IT, Burtseva EI, Deriabin PG, Zhuravleva MM, Shevchenko ES, Lavrishcheva VV, L'vov DN, Proshina ES, Starikov NS, Morozova TN, Bazarova MV, Grigor'eva TA, Kirillov IM, Shidlovskaia EV, Kelli EI, Malikov VE, Iashkulov KB, Anan'ev VIu, Baranov NI, Gorelikov VN, Tsoi OV, Garbuz IuA, Reznik VI, Ivanov LI, Fedelesh IIu, Ponomarenko RA, Sakharova EA, Lebedev GB, and Maslov AI
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- Amino Acid Substitution, Binding Sites, Hemagglutinins metabolism, Humans, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype genetics, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype pathogenicity, Influenza, Human complications, Influenza, Human transmission, Influenza, Human virology, Molecular Mimicry, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral etiology, Pneumonia, Viral transmission, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Polymers chemistry, Polymers metabolism, Probability, Receptors, Virus genetics, Receptors, Virus metabolism, Russia epidemiology, Sialoglycoproteins chemistry, Sialoglycoproteins metabolism, Survival Analysis, Viral Proteins metabolism, Hemagglutinins genetics, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype metabolism, Influenza, Human mortality, Pneumonia, Viral mortality, Receptors, Virus chemistry, Viral Proteins genetics
- Abstract
The receptor specificity (RS) of pandemic influenza A(H1N1) pdm09 virus strains deposited into the State Collection of Viruses of the Russian Federation, D. I. Ivanovsky Research Institute of Virology, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia, in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 epidemic seasons to a panel of 9 sialoglycopolymers (SGP). The strains were divided into 3 groups according to the W(3/6) index proposed by the authors, which was equal to the amount of reactivities to unbranched alpha2-3-SGP to that of reactivities to unbranched alphal-6-SGP: W(3/6) < or = 1.0; 1.0 < W(3/6) < or = 1.5. The W(3/6) < or = 1.5 group showed a predominance of a2-3-RS, attended by the high incidence of fatal primary viral pneumonias (FPVP) (60.0%) and amino acid replacements in the HA1 receptor-binding site (RBS) (80.0%): D222{G, N} and Q223R. The 1.0 < W(3/6) < or = 1.5 group was characterized by mixed alpha2-3/alpha2-6-RS with the incidence of FPVP (29.7%) and amino acid replacements in the HA1 RBS (40.5%) (D222{G, N, V} and Q223), respectively. In the W(3/6) < or = 1.0 group, alpha2-6-RS was prevalent, FPVPs were absent and amino acid replacements in HA1 RBS (D222{G, E}) were seen only in 6.0% of cases. The number of strains with increased specificity to alpha2-3-sialosides increased in the 2010-2011 epidemic season as compared to the previous season. With their further spread among the population, there may be a rise in cases of severe primary viral pneumonias with possible fatal outcomes, which can be, however, accompanied by a decrease in the capacity of mutants to air-dropwise transmission.
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- 2012