@phdthesis{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000047,
 author = {Rajabali, Zadeh  Vahid},
 month = {Sep},
 note = {Bone marrow stromal cell antigen-2 (BST-2), also known as tetherin, is an interferon-inducible membrane-associated protein. It effectively targets enveloped viruses at the release step of progeny viruses from host cells, thereby restricting the further spread of viral infection. Junin virus (JUNV) is a member of Arenaviridae, which causes Argentine haemorrhagic fever that is associated with a high rate of mortality. In this study, we examined the effect of human BST-2 on the replication and propagation of JUNV. The production of JUNV Z-mediated virus-like particles (VLPs) was significantly inhibited by over-expression of BST-2. Electron microscopy analysis revealed that BST-2 functions by forming a physical link that directly retains VLPs on the cell surface. Infection using JUNV showed that infectious JUNV production was moderately inhibited by endogenous or exogenous BST-2. We also observed that JUNV infection triggers an intense interferon response, causing an upregulation of BST-2, in infected cells. However, the expression of cell surface BST-2 was reduced upon infection. Furthermore, the expression of JUNV nucleoprotein (NP) partially recovered VLP production from BST-2 restriction, suggesting that the NP functions as an antagonist against antiviral effect of BST-2. We further showed that JUNV NP also rescued the production of Ebola virus VP40-mediated VLP from BST-2 restriction as a broad spectrum BST-2 antagonist. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing that an arenavirus protein counteracts the antiviral function of BST-2., 長崎大学学位論文 学位記番号:博(医歯薬)甲第1266号 学位授与年月日:令和2年9月18日, Author: Vahid Rajabali Zadeh?, Shuzo Urata?, Miako Sakaguchi, Jiro Yasuda?, Citation: Journal of General Virology, 101(6), pp.573-586; 2020, Nagasaki University (長崎大学), 博士(医学) (2020-09-18)},
 school = {Nagasaki University (長崎大学)},
 title = {Human BST-2/tetherin inhibits Junin virus release from host cells and its inhibition is partially counteracted by viral nucleoprotein},
 year = {2020}
}