Neupane Durga, Bayzid Md, Neelakanta Girish, Sultana Hameeda
Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Jul 31;26(15):7394. doi: 10.3390/ijms26157394.
The expanding distribution and geographic range of mosquitoes have potentially contributed to increased flaviviral dissemination and transmission. Despite the growing burden of flaviviral infections, there are no effective antiviral treatments or vaccines, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic targets. Tetraspanins, a superfamily of transmembrane domain glycoproteins involved in cellular organization, signaling, and protein-protein interactions have been recognized as potential mediators of flaviviral infection and transmission. While their roles in vertebrate hosts have been explored, their involvement in flaviviral replication and dissemination within medically important vectors remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the role of arthropod tetraspanins in mosquito cells and extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from cells infected with Zika virus (ZIKV) and dengue virus (serotype 2; DENV2). Among several of the tetraspanins analyzed, only CD151 was significantly upregulated in both mosquito cells and in EVs derived from ZIKV/DENV2-infected cells. RNAi-mediated silencing of CD151 led to a marked reduction in viral burden, suggesting its crucial role in flavivirus replication. Inhibition of EV biogenesis using GW4869 further demonstrated that EV-mediated viral transmission contributes to flavivirus propagation. Additionally, co-immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence analyses revealed direct interactions between CD151 and ZIKV NS2B and DENV2 capsid proteins. Overall, our findings highlight the functional importance of mosquito CD151 in the replication and transmission of ZIKV and DENV2. This study provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms of flaviviral infection in mosquitoes and suggests that targeting vector tetraspanins may offer a potential approach to controlling mosquito-borne flaviviruses.
蚊子分布范围的扩大和地理区域的扩展可能促使黄病毒的传播和扩散增加。尽管黄病毒感染的负担日益加重,但目前尚无有效的抗病毒治疗方法或疫苗,这凸显了寻找新治疗靶点的必要性。四跨膜蛋白是一个跨膜结构域糖蛋白超家族,参与细胞组织、信号传导和蛋白质 - 蛋白质相互作用,已被认为是黄病毒感染和传播的潜在介质。虽然它们在脊椎动物宿主中的作用已得到研究,但它们在医学上重要的病媒体内黄病毒复制和传播中的作用仍知之甚少。在本研究中,我们调查了节肢动物四跨膜蛋白在蚊子细胞以及源自感染寨卡病毒(ZIKV)和登革病毒(血清型2;DENV2)的细胞的细胞外囊泡(EVs)中的作用。在分析的几种四跨膜蛋白中,只有CD151在蚊子细胞和源自ZIKV / DENV2感染细胞的EVs中均显著上调。RNAi介导的CD151沉默导致病毒载量显著降低,表明其在黄病毒复制中起关键作用。使用GW4869抑制EV生物发生进一步证明,EV介导的病毒传播有助于黄病毒的传播。此外,免疫共沉淀和免疫荧光分析揭示了CD151与ZIKV NS2B和DENV2衣壳蛋白之间的直接相互作用。总体而言,我们的研究结果突出了蚊子CD151在ZIKV和DENV2复制和传播中的功能重要性。本研究为蚊子中黄病毒感染的分子机制提供了新见解,并表明靶向病媒四跨膜蛋白可能为控制蚊媒黄病毒提供一种潜在方法。
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