Acanthocystis turfacea chlorella virus 1

Acanthocystis turfacea chlorella virus 1
Virus classification
Group: Group I (dsDNA)
Family: Phycodnaviridae
Genus: Chlorovirus
Species

Chlorovirus ATCV-1

Acanthocystis turfacea chlorella virus 1 (ATCV-1), also called Chlorovirus ATCV-1 or Chlorella virus ATCV-1 is a species of giant double-stranded DNA virus in the genus Chlorovirus.

The host of ATCV-1 is Chlorella heliozoae; it was demonstrated that "ATCV-1 neither attaches to nor infects" Chlorella variabilis.[1][2]

Human infection

DNA from ATCV-1 has been isolated from the mucous membranes of the noses of humans. In both humans and mice, the presence of ATCV-1 on the oropharyngeal mucosa was associated with lower scores in tests of cognitive and motor skills.[3][4][5] Injection of purified algal virus ATCV-1 intracranially results in long-lasting cognitive and behavioural effects in mice via induction of inflammatory factors.[6]

References

  1. Irina Agarkova, Brigitte Hertel, Xinzheng Zhang, Les Lane, Alexander Tchourbanov, David D. Dunigan, Gerhard Thiel, Michael G. Rossmann, James L. Van Etten (2014). "Dynamic attachment of Chlorovirus PBCV-1 to Chlorella variabilis". Virology. 466-467: 95–102. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2014.07.002. PMC 4254200. PMID 25240455 via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. "SAG 211-6 Chlorella variabilis". EPSAG The Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
  3. Yolken, R. H.; Jones-Brando, L.; Dunigan, D. D.; Kannan, G.; Dickerson, F.; Severance, E.; Sabunciyan, S.; Talbot, C. C.; Prandovszky, E.; Gurnon, J. R.; Agarkova, I. V.; Leister, F.; Gressitt, K. L.; Chen, O.; Deuber, B.; Ma, F.; Pletnikov, M. V.; Van Etten, J. L. (2014). "Chlorovirus ATCV-1 is part of the human oropharyngeal virome and is associated with changes in cognitive functions in humans and mice". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 111 (45): 16106–11. doi:10.1073/pnas.1418895111. PMC 4234575. PMID 25349393.
  4. Yolken; et al. (2015). "Reply to Kjartansdóttir et al.: Chlorovirus ATCV-1 findings not explained by contamination". Microbiology. 112 (9): E927. doi:10.1073/pnas.1424665112. PMC 4352770. PMID 25654982.
  5. Elizabeth Pennisi (27 October 2014), "Algal virus found in humans, slows brain activity", Science
  6. Marilyn S. Petro, Irina V. Agarkova, Thomas M.Petro (May 2016). "Effect of Chlorovirus ATCV-1 infection on behavior of C57Bl/6 mice". Journal of Neuroimmunology. 297: 46–55. doi:10.1016/j.jneuroim.2016.05.009. PMID 27397075.
  • "'Acanthocystis turfacea chlorella virus 1". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 322019.
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