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Rodrigues RA
; dos Santos Silva LK
; Dornas FP
; de Oliveira DB
; Magalhães TF
; Santos DA
; Costa AO
; de Macêdo Farias L
; Magalhães PP
; Bonjardim CA
; Kroon EG
; La Scola B
; Cortines JR
; Abrahão JS
J Virol
2015[Dec]; 89
(23
): 11812-9
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Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) is a giant virus from the Mimiviridae
family. It has many unusual features, such as a pseudoicosahedral capsid that
presents a starfish shape in one of its vertices, through which the ? 1.2-Mb
double-stranded DNA is released. It also has a dense glycoprotein fibril layer
covering the capsid that has not yet been functionally characterized. Here, we
verified that although these structures are not essential for viral replication,
they are truly necessary for viral adhesion to amoebae, its natural host. In the
absence of fibrils, APMV had a significantly lower level of attachment to the
Acanthamoeba castellanii surface. This adhesion is mediated by glycans,
specifically, mannose and N-acetylglucosamine (a monomer of chitin and
peptidoglycan), both of which are largely distributed in nature as structural
components of several organisms. Indeed, APMV was able to attach to different
organisms, such as Gram-positive bacteria, fungi, and arthropods, but not to
Gram-negative bacteria. This prompted us to predict that (i) arthropods, mainly
insects, might act as mimivirus dispersers and (ii) by attaching to other
microorganisms, APMV could be ingested by amoebae, leading to the successful
production of viral progeny. To date, this mechanism has never been described in
the virosphere. IMPORTANCE: APMV is a giant virus that is both genetically and
structurally complex. Its size is similar to that of small bacteria, and it
replicates inside amoebae. The viral capsid is covered by a dense glycoprotein
fibril layer, but its function has remained unknown, until now. We found that the
fibrils are not essential for mimivirus replication but that they are truly
necessary for viral adhesion to the cell surface. This interaction is mediated by
glycans, mainly N-acetylglucosamine. We also verified that APMV is able to attach
to bacteria, fungi, and arthropods. This indicates that insects might act as
mimivirus dispersers and that adhesion to other microorganisms could facilitate
viral ingestion by amoebae, a mechanism never before described in the virosphere.