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COVID-19 research v0.348 FOLR1 Rebecca Foulger commented on gene: FOLR1: Evidence Summary from Illumina curation team (Alison Coffey and Julie Taylor): The FOLR1 gene encodes the folate receptor alpha (FR alpha), a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked (GPI-linked) protein that binds folic acid for transport into the cytoplasm. Chan et al. (2001) used genetic complementation to identify FR-alpha as a cofactor for cellular entry of pseudo Marburg (MBG) virus and EBO-Z pseudotype into otherwise non permissive cells. Further experiments showed FR alpha specifically binds glycoproteins of these viruses to mediate syncytia (Chan et al. 2001).

PMID 11461707; Chan et al. (2001) - A complementation screen identified FR alpha as a cofactor for cellular entry of pseudo Marburg (MBG) virus into otherwise non permissive Jurkat-EctR cells (fig 1). FACs analysis showed FR alpha was present on the cell surface of other cell lines permissive for MBG infectivity (Hela cells, Vero E6, human and dog osteosarcoma cells (fig 2). FR alpha specific antagonists inhibited MBG entry (Fig 4) phospholipase C (PLC) cleaves the FR alpha receptor, cells pretreated with PLC showed decreased infectivity. When 293T cells overexpressing MBF GP were co-cultured with cells overexpressing FR alpha syncytia formation was observed, indicating that this type of membrane fusion is also mediated by FRalpha (fig 5). A similar set of experiments showed that FR alpha is also a cofactor for cellular entry of EBO-Z pseudo viruses.

Yang et al. (2019) preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/618306 - Poliovirus (PV), a prototype for human pathogenic positive-sense RNA enteroviruses, transport multiple virions en bloc via infectious extracellular vesicles secreted from host cells. Yang et al. show that in these microvesicles less than 10% of proteins are viral. 168 host cell proteins were identified in the MVs including involved in both caveolar-mediated and mediated endocytic virus entry pathways genes (ITGB1, B2M, FYN, CD55 {DAF}, HLA-A, FLNA, ACTB, RAC1, TFRC {CD71}, FOLR1).
COVID-19 research v0.61 ACTB Abdelazeem Elhabyan reviewed gene: ACTB: Rating: AMBER; Mode of pathogenicity: None; Publications: ; Phenotypes: ; Mode of inheritance: None
COVID-19 research v0.40 ACTB Ellen McDonagh Source Expert Review Green was added to ACTB.
Added phenotypes Congenital defects of phagocyte number or function; neutrophil dysfunction; Mental retardation, short stature; Actin beta deficiency (ACTB); Phagocytic disorder; Poor neutrophil chemotaxis, oxidative burst and actin remodeling. Thrombocytopenia; Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1, 243310 for gene: ACTB
Rating Changed from Red List (low evidence) to Green List (high evidence)
COVID-19 research v0.36 ACTB Ellen McDonagh gene: ACTB was added
gene: ACTB was added to Viral susceptibility. Sources: ESID Registry 20171117,Victorian Clinical Genetics Services,GRID V2.0,IUIS Classification December 2019,Expert Review Red,IUIS Classification February 2018
Mode of inheritance for gene: ACTB was set to MONOALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal, imprinted status unknown
Publications for gene: ACTB were set to 32086639; 32048120; 10411937
Phenotypes for gene: ACTB were set to Congenital defects of phagocyte number or function; neutrophil dysfunction; Mental retardation, short stature; Actin beta deficiency (ACTB); Phagocytic disorder; Poor neutrophil chemotaxis, oxidative burst and actin remodeling. Thrombocytopenia; Baraitser-Winter syndrome 1, 243310