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2019 ◽  
Vol 294 (52) ◽  
pp. 19844-19851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Zani ◽  
Lizhi Zhang ◽  
Temet M. McMichael ◽  
Adam D. Kenney ◽  
Mahesh Chemudupati ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Zani ◽  
Lizhi Zhang ◽  
Adam Kenney ◽  
Temet M. McMichael ◽  
Jesse J. Kwiek ◽  
...  

AbstractType I interferon (IFN) induced by virus infections during pregnancy causes placental damage, though the mechanisms and identities of IFN-stimulated genes that are involved remain under investigation. The IFN-induced transmembrane proteins (IFITMs) inhibit virus infections by preventing virus membrane fusion with cells and by inhibiting fusion of infected cells (syncytialization). Fusion of placental trophoblasts via expression of endogenous retroviral fusogens known as Syncytins forms the syncytiotrophoblast, a multinucleated cell structure essential for fetal development. We found that IFN blocks fusion of BeWo human placental trophoblasts. Stably-expressed IFITMs 1, 2, and 3 also blocked fusion of these trophoblasts, while making them more resistant to virus infections. Conversely, stable knockdown of IFITMs in BeWo trophoblasts increased their spontaneous fusion and allowed fusion in the presence of IFN, while also making the cells more susceptible to virus infection. Overall, our data demonstrate that IFITMs are anti-viral and anti-fusogenic in trophoblasts.


Development ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 129 (14) ◽  
pp. 3335-3348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Alper ◽  
Cynthia Kenyon

During larval development in C. elegans, some of the cells of the ventral epidermis, the Pn.p cells, fuse with the growing epidermal syncytium hyp7. The pattern of these cell fusions is regulated in a complex, sexually dimorphic manner. It is essential that some Pn.p cells remain unfused in order for some sex-specific mating structures to be generated. The pattern of Pn.p cell fusion is regulated combinatorially by two genes of the C. elegans Hox gene cluster: lin-39 and mab-5. Some of the complexity in the Pn.p cell fusion pattern arises because these two Hox proteins can regulate each other’s activities. We describe a zinc-finger transcription factor, REF-2, that is required for the Pn.p cells to be generated and to remain unfused. REF-2 functions with the Hox proteins to prevent Pn.p cell fusion. ref-2 may also be a transcriptional target of the Hox proteins.


Virology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 196 (2) ◽  
pp. 514-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lloyd Hutchinson ◽  
Frank L. Graham ◽  
Weizhong Cai ◽  
Chitrita Debroy ◽  
Stanley Person ◽  
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Virology ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Gwendolyn Noble ◽  
Gloria T-Y. Lee ◽  
Robert Sprague ◽  
Mary Lynn Parish ◽  
Patricia G. Spear

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