Transmission electron micrograph of a PCV particle[1]
Virus classification
Group:
Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Family:
Flaviviridae
Genus:
Flavivirus
Species:
Palm Creek virus
Palm Creek virus (PCV) is an insect virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus, of the family Flaviviridae. It was discovered in 2013 from the mosquito Coquillettidia xanthogaster. The female mosquitoes were originally collected in 2010 from Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs, Alyangula, Groote Eylandt, Jabiru and the McArthur River Mine, and had since been preserved. The discovery was made by biologists at the University of Queensland.[1] The virus is named after Palm Creek, near Darwin, from where it was originally isolated.[2]
PCV is the first insect-specific virus discovered in Australia. Genetically it most closely related to Nakiwogo virus, isolated from Mansonia mosquito in Uganda, and clustered more broadly with Culex-associated viruses, such as Culex flavivirus (CxFV).In one experiment in 2016, when cultivated mosquito [Aedes albopictus (C6/36)] cells were preinfected with PCV, human-pathogenic viruses such as West Nile and Murray Valley encephalitis viruses were found to be unable to develop in the infected cells.[1]
The follow-up experiment confirmed the fact that pre-infection of mosquitoes prevents transmission of harmful arbovirus. Further, it shown that PCV could not infect Culex annulirostris, the primary vector of encephalitic flaviviruses in Australia, through blood meal indicating that the virus is not a threat to human, or other vertebrate, health. However, the virus could be inoculated (at the thorax region) with successful infection in the C. annulirostris, Aedes aegypti and A. vigilax. This further supports the fact that preinfection of these disease-vector mosquitoes with PCV can be prevented from transmitting harmful viral diseases in humans, since a mosquito generally do not carry mixed infection.[2]
The PCV genome encodes a polyprotein that consists of 3,364 amino acids. Genetic analysis shows that it is most closely related African virus Nakiwogo virus (NAKV), sharing 63.7% nucleotide similarity.[1] A report indicates that the virus is also closely related to Assam virus, discovered in Assam, India, in 2015.[3]
The complete structure of the 3'UTR RNA of PCV has been solved, revealing that that PCV has evolved to produce multiple sfRNAs from its 3'UTR.[4] Duplicated xrRNAs in PCV appear to be evolutionarily selected for to provide functional redundancy allowing the production of sfRNAs if one structures is disabled by mutations.[4]
^ abcdHobson-Peters, Jody; Yam, Alice Wei Yee; Lu, Jennifer Wei Fei; Setoh, Yin Xiang; May, Fiona J.; Kurucz, Nina; Walsh, Susan; Prow, Natalie A.; Davis, Steven S.; Weir, Richard; Melville, Lorna; Hunt, Neville; Webb, Richard I.; Blitvich, Bradley J.; Whelan, Peter; Hall, Roy A.; Wang, Tian (2013). "A new insect-specific flavivirus from northern Australia suppresses replication of West Nile virus and Murray Valley encephalitis virus in co-infected mosquito cells". PLOS ONE. 8 (2): e56534. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...856534H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056534. PMC 3584062. PMID 23460804.
^ abHall-Mendelin, Sonja; McLean, Breeanna J.; Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Helle; Hobson-Peters, Jody; Hall, Roy A.; van den Hurk, Andrew F. (2016). "The insect-specific Palm Creek virus modulates West Nile virus infection in and transmission by Australian mosquitoes". Parasites & Vectors. 9 (1): 414. doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1683-2. PMC 4960669. PMID 27457250.
^Datta, Sibnarayan; Gopalakrishnan, Reji; Chatterjee, Soumya; Veer, Vijay (2015). "Phylogenetic Characterization of a Novel Insect-Specific Flavivirus Detected in a Culex Pool, Collected from Assam, India". Intervirology. 58 (3): 149–154. doi:10.1159/000381901. PMID 25999094.
^ abSlonchak A, Parry R, Pullinger B, Sng JDJ, Wang X, Buck TF; et al. (2022). "Structural analysis of 3'UTRs in insect flaviviruses reveals novel determinants of sfRNA biogenesis and provides new insights into flavivirus evolution". Nat Commun. 13 (1): 1279. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.1279S. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28977-3. PMC 8917146. PMID 35277507.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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