| Virus Name | Borna disease virus |
| Virus Short Name | BDV |
| Order | Mononegavirales |
| Virus Family | Bornaviridae |
| Virus Subfamily | N.A. |
| Genus | Bornavirus |
| Species | Borna disease virus |
| Host | Horses, sheep, cattle, rodents, birds, sometimes human also |
| Cell Tropism | Neurons and astrocytes, also infect oligodendrocytes and ependymal cells |
| Associated Disease | Borna disease ( in mammals), encephalitis, proventricular dilatation disease (in birds) |
| Mode of Transmission | Direct contact with salivary, urine and feces |
| VIPR DB link | N.A. |
| ICTV DB link | https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/negative-sense-rna-viruses-2011/w/negrna_viruses/195/bornaviridae |
| Virus Host DB link | N.A. |
| Paper Title | Cell Entry of Borna disease virus Follows a clathrin-Mediated endocytosis pathway that requires Rab5 and Microtubules |
| Author's Name | Roberto Clemente and Juan C. de la Torre |
| Journal Name | Journal Of Virology |
| Pubmed ID | 19656886 |
| Abstract | Borna disease virus (BDV), the prototypic member of the Bornaviridae family within the order Mononegavirales, exhibits high neurotropism and provides an important and unique experimental model system for studying virus-cell interactions within the central nervous system. BDV surface glycoprotein (G) plays a critical role in virus cell entry via receptor-mediated endocytosis, and therefore, G is a critical determinant of virus tissue and cell tropism. However, the specific cell pathways involved in BDV cell entry have not been determined. Here, we provide evidence that BDV uses a clathrin-mediated, caveola-independent cell entry pathway. We also show that BDV G-mediated fusion takes place at an optimal pH of 6.0 to 6.2, corresponding to an early-endosome compartment. Consistent with this finding, BDV cell entry was Rab5 dependent but Rab7 independent and exhibited rapid fusion kinetics. Our results also uncovered a key role for microtubules in BDV cell entry, whereas the integrity and dynamics of actin cytoskeleton were not required for efficient cell entry of BDV. |
| Used Model | Ol and Vero E6 cells |
| DOI | 10.1128/JVI.00990-09 |