This project represents the continuation of a long-term application of influenza virus genetics to the study of viral virulence and the pathogenesis and epidemiology of influenza. The model for this investigation will be the study of naturally occurring swine influenza virus hemagglutinin mutants and their derived reassortants. These mutants are dimorphic variants of current swine influenza viruses which differ pleiotropically in antigenicity and replication characteristics in chick embryos, MDCK cells and intact swine. In these studies dimorphic L and H mutants of A/NJ/11/76 H1N1 swine influenza virus and their derived reassortant viruses will be antigenically defined further by monoclonal antibodies which will be produced from mouse hybridomas by standard techniques. The reaction of L and H prototype viruses with nonspecific inhibitors and cellular receptors will be studied in order to better characterize the biological phenotype of these mutants and to develop easier methods for their identification in vitro. In collaborative studies with others a routine assay system for the differentiation of the mutants in swine will be developed. Other collaborative studies now in progress which have involved the cloning and sequencing of the hemagglutinin genes of the L and H mutant viruses will continue to establish the nucleotide and amino acid sequence difference which defines genotype of the mutants. Ultimate objectives of the study are to locate the site of amino acid change in these mutant hemagglutinin molecules which pleiotropically influence viral virulence, the minor antigenic difference which distinguishes them, and to determine the mechanism by which viral replication is so influenced by a single mutational change, and to investigate the role of this mutation in the epidemiology of swine influenza virus in its natural host. It is hoped that these studies will also aid in defining the exact nature of the receptor site on the hemagglutinin molecule.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01AI009304-16
Application #
3124530
Study Section
Virology Study Section (VR)
Project Start
1975-01-01
Project End
1988-11-30
Budget Start
1984-12-01
Budget End
1985-11-30
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
1985
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10029
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