Viral pathogens hitchhike with insect sperm for paternal transmission

Qianzhuo Mao; Wei Wu; Zhenfeng Liao; Jiajia Li; Dongsheng Jia; Xiaofeng Zhang; Qian Chen; Hongyan Chen; Jing Wei; Taiyun Wei

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08860-4

Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Viral pathogens hitchhike with insect sperm for paternal transmission

Qianzhuo Mao,
Wei Wu,
Zhenfeng Liao,
Jiajia Li,
Dongsheng Jia,
Xiaofeng Zhang,
Qian Chen,
Hongyan Chen,
Jing Wei,
Taiyun Wei

Affiliations

Qianzhuo Mao: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Wei Wu: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Zhenfeng Liao: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Jiajia Li: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Dongsheng Jia: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Xiaofeng Zhang: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Qian Chen: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Hongyan Chen: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Jing Wei: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou
Taiyun Wei: Vector-borne Virus Research Center, Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08860-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Arbovirus vertical transmission is commonly mediated by transovarial passage of female insect vectors. Here, the authors show that Rice gall dwarf virus can be transmitted by male leafhoppers via interactions of the viral capsid and heparan sulfate proteoglycan on the surface of sperm heads.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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