title: Study of adenovirus and CAR axonal transport in primary neurons.
abstract: Vectors derived from the canine adenovirus serotype 2 (CAV-2) possess a high neurotropism and efficient retrograde transport that lead to widespread neuronal transduction in the central nervous system (CNS) of various animals. These abilities are due to the engagement of virions to the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor at the surface of neurons, which is linked to the endocytic and axonal transport machineries. The trafficking of CAV-2 and the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CAR) can be visualized ex vivo by incubating primary neurons (e.g., motoneurons and hippocampal neurons) with fluorescently labeled virions or recombinant viral proteins. Using this approach, we could recapitulate the mechanisms responsible for long-range transport of adenovirus in neurons.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, CNRS UMR 5535, Universités de Montpellier I & II, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Charleine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zussy
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salinas
mesh_terms: D006516:Adenoviruses, Canine / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001370:Axonal Transport; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002460:Cell Line; D058948:Cell Tracking / Q000379:methods; D062727:Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor-Like Membrane Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology*; D061251:Primary Cell Culture; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D062727:Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor-Like Membrane Protein