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  • Title: [Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of the influenza virus protein NP as a sign of the epidemicity of virus strains?].
    Author: Zhirnov OP.
    Journal: Mol Gen Mikrobiol Virusol; 1987 Feb; (2):35-9. PubMed ID: 3553909.
    Abstract:
    The main nucleocapsid protein (NP) of human epidemic viruses was found to be cleaved via NP56----HP53 mol. wt. reduction in infected cells, while the NP of animal influenza viruses was refractory to analogous intracellular modification. Like animal influenza viruses, the strain A/Baku/799/82(H1N3) isolated from a sick child has been observed to exhibit the intracellular resistance of NP to intracellular proteolysis. The similar NP resistance has been revealed for A/New Jersey/8/76(H1N1) and A/seal/Massachusetts/81 (H7N7) viruses, which are able to induce only a sporadic human influenza viral infection. Thus, the results reveal a correlation between the viral strains epidemicity and intracellular cleavability of their NPs. The influenza viral strains epidemic for humans are characterized by cleavable NP, whereas the strains, which are known to induce the sporadic influenza human infection are found to exhibit the resistance of NP to intracellular proteolysis. It is reasonable to consider the phenomenon of NP56----NP53 proteolytic modification as a sign of viral strain epidemicity for humans.
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