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1
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Virus are given 3 different names…

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  • Into FAMILIES: end in viridae
  • Viruses are given a genus name : end in virus
  • Viruses are given a species name: Usually in english, descriptive
2
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Classification of viruses is based on different characteristics. Name them…

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  • Nature of the host (ex: bacteriophage infect bacteria)
  • Type of disease caused (ex: murine leukemia virus)
  • Life cycle (pathways of nucleic acid replication and transcription)
  • Naked or enveloped
  • Type of nucleic acids and strandedness (+ strand = same as mRNA)
3
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What is the baltimore classification scheme?

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-Scheme where classification is based on the type of genome. It is useful because THE KIND OF GENOME WILL DICTATE THE REPLICATION MECHANISM.

4
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What are RNA genomes?

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+ configuration: Same strand than mRNA (can be translated directly)

  • configuration: complementary to mRNA (needs to be transcribed into + strand before it can be translated)
5
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What are the 5 steps of the life cycle of viruses?

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  • Attachment ( absorption)
  • Penetration
  • Synthesis of nucleic acid and prots
  • Assembly and packaging
  • Release (lysis)

OR

  • Absorption
  • Penetration
  • Uncoating
  • Replication
  • Maturation
  • Release
6
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What happens during the penetration step of a viruses life cycle?

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The virus genome enters the cell:

  • In ENVELOPED AND NAKED VIRUSES: the complete virion ma enter the cell
  • In ENVELOPED viruses , the envelope may be left at the surface of the cell, such that only the nucleocapsid enters the cell
  • In NAKED viruses, the nucleocapsid may be left at the surface
7
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What is uncoating in the life cycle of the virus?

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removal of the envelope and/or the nucleocapsid by host enzymes, sometimes within lysosomes (in eukaryotes)

8
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What are the 3 penetration method used by viruses?

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  • Direct penetration
  • Membrane fusion
  • Endocytosis
9
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What penetration method is most commonly used by ENVELOPED VIRUSES OF EUKARYOTES?

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Most enveloped viruses of eukaryotes use endocytosis (VIROPEXIS). Such viruses are then delivered to lysosomes which degrade the nucleocapsid and the nucleic acid is released into the cytoplasm.

10
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What happens during the maturation phase of lice cycle of viruses?

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  • assembly of virus components, nucleic acid, nuceloapsid and accessory prots to form new virions
  • Usually, the assembly is spontaneous
11
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What happens during the release phase of life cycle of viruses?

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  • Mature virions exit the host cell by means of BUDDING or by causing lysis of the cell. Plant viruses exit and are transmitted by means of vectors.
12
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What are the main phases ( on the curve) of virus replication ? What subphase does it include?

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Latent Phase: eclipse + maturation

  - ECLIPSE : time necessary for the host cells to replicate the viral genome and to synthesize the viral components 
 - MATURATION : time needed for the different components to be assembled. 

Release phase (RISE period)

 - Virions are detected OUTSIDE the cell
 - LYSIS : damage of cytoplasm (in bacteria, destroy peptidoglycan layer)
 - BUDDING: developed virus
13
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What is the definition of Burst size?

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Number of virions released

14
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What type of DNA do most of the phages contain?

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Most of the phages contain LINEAR dsDNA genomes. Most are NAKED, but some possess lipid envelope.

15
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What are the 2 pathways of a viral life cycle?

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LYTIC PATHWAY: in virulent phages, replication results in host cell lysis–> T4

LYSOGENIC PATHWAY: in temperate phages, the genome becomes incorporated into the bacterial host genome –> Lambda

16
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What type of phage is T4 bacteriophage?

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Virulent phage

17
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How does bacteriophage T4 invade a host?

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  • Absorption: T4 attaches to core region of LPS by the tail fibers
  • Tail sheath contracts, force central core through outer membrane. LYSOSYMES of the tail digest peptidoglycan layer, forming a pore
  • The phage DNA is then injected into the cytoplasm of the host cell.
18
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How do we call a prolonged, latent state of infection?

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lysogeny

19
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What kind of phage is Lambda?

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temperate phage

20
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What is a prophage?

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Phage genome within the host cell chromosome

21
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What is Lysogen?

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bacterium that contains a prophage

22
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What are the 2 pathways possible in the infection of Lambda bacteriophage?

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Lytic pathway and lysogenic pathway (see slides…)

23
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True or false

Prophages can never exit the chromosome of the host.

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False. Prophage can exit the chromosome (a process called EXCISION) and continue along the lytic pathway, resulting in the production of NEW VIRUS PARTICLES, and HOST CELL LYSIS.

24
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Describe the genome of Lambda.

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  • linear dsDNA with cohesive ends, a region of ss complementary DNA
25
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aller voir la slide qui parle de labda replication, tout le process

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GO

26
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What kind of phage is MS2 phage?

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it is a + strand RNA phage

27
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What is the process of replication of MS2 genome?

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  • genome is used as mRNA
  • direct synthesis of and RNA REPLICASE (RNA-dependant RNA polymerase, fct not performed by the host) and other viral prots
  • RNA replicase synthesize a minus strand RNA is used to produce additional mRNA and additional copies of genome (+ strand) for the production of new virions)
28
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Where does DNa replication occur in eukaryotic cells?

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Nucleus

29
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Where does the genome of DNA viruses be replicated in animal viruses?

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nucleus

30
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Where does the genome of RNA viruses be usually replicated in animal viruses?

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in the cytoplasm

31
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Give an exemple of DNA virus

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herpesvirus

32
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Give and exemple of RNA genome viruses + strand RNA

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Poliovirus and hepatisis A

33
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Go check RNA genome 1- poliovirus

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Go

34
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Give an exemple of RNA genome -minus strand RNA

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Measles, Influenza, Rhabdovirus

35
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how is a - strand RNA transcribed?

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  • First transcribed into + strand RNA by RNA-dependant RNA polymerase carried inside the virions
36
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Give an exemple of RNA genome dsRNA of a virus

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Rotavirus

37
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Explain the transcription of dsRNA genome of a virus

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  • the dsRNA genome cannot be transcribed
  • First, the + strand RNA must be transcribed using RNA-DEPENDANT RNA POLYMERASE using the MINUS STRAND as the template

+ strand is then translated into prots and is used as template to produce - strand to yield dsRNA genomes

38
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Give an exemple of retrovirus RNA genome

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HIV

Causing cancer= Rous sarcoma virus

39
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What is reverse transcriptase?

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Reverse transcriptase is a RNA-dependant DNA polymerase that reverse transcribes the RNA genome into DNA

40
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What does retrovirus virions carry

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  • 2 identical copies of the genome (+ strand ssRNA )
  • Reverse transcriptase
  • Integrases
  • Proteases
41
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Where does the DNA genome transcribed from retrovirus (+strand RNA) go?

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DNA genome travels to the nucleus and is intergrated into the host cell DNA

42
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What is LTR?

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Long terminal repeats

It contains the promoter for transcription and participate n the integration process

43
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What is a Provirus?

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It is an integrated viral DNA . Contrary to the lambda prophage, the provirus cannot be excise from the host genome.

44
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What are the consequences of viral infection in animals?

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Can lead to :

Attachment and penetration
- Cell fusion

Virus multiplication:

  • Virus present but not replicating —> LATENT INFECTION
  • Slow release of virus without cell death —> PERSISTANT INFECTION
  • Death of cell and release of virus—> LYSIS

Transformation into tumor cell:
- Tumor cell division–> TRANSFORMATION

45
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What is cell fusion

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When virus causes 2 cells to fuse. Results in hybrid that has chromosomal aberrations. Are usually short-lived.

46
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What are 4 different mechanism of tumor producing viruses?

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  • Transduction
  • Insertion of a strong promoter
  • Inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene
  • Expression of a viral protein that induces transformation (DNA virus)
47
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Explain transduction in tumor producing mechanism

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  • RNA virus
  • Rous Sarcoma virus
  • Virus carries many oncogenes ( tumor-causing genes) called v-oncogens
  • v-oncogen is acquired from the host
  • High expression of the oncgene affects the regulation of replication and/or cell death and causes transformation
48
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Explain insertion of a promoter in tumor producing mechanism

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  • RETROVIRUS
  • virus doesn’t encode oncogene
  • voir la slide
49
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Explain inactivation of a tumor suppressor gene in tumor producing mechanism

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  • RETROVIRUS
  • the virus does’nt encode oncogene
  • Insertion of a provirus in a gene involved in the regulation of the proto-oncogene
  • Inactivation of proto-oncogene
  • uncontrolled expression of the proto-oncogene
50
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Explain expression of a viral protein in tumor producing mechanism

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  • DNA virus
  • Viral protein doesn’t have a cell counterpart
  • Integration of the viral genome into the host genome may occur, or the viral genome may persist in the cell as an extrachromosomal episome
  • VOIR LA SLIDE
51
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What is C-oncogen

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  • also called proto-oncogen

- involved in the regulation of the cell cycle or in safety mechanisms that prevent transformation

52
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What is transformation? (oncogenic/tumor providing viruses)

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Conversion of a normal cell into a tumor cell–> cell that has acquire immortality, characterized by UNCONTROLLED REPLICATION

53
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What are the steps of replication of a single DNA phages genome?

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THE STRAND IS POSITIVE

  1. Copy a negative strand using the positive strand
    - dsDNA being the replicative form
  2. The positive strand is cut
  3. Derolling of the olad postivite strand and new positive strand produced

products:
dsDNA strand and postive DNA strand

54
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Can ssRNA of MS2 be replicated by the host cell?

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NO!

Because the cell doens’t have the function to replicate RNA strands… RNA replicase (RNA-dependant RNA polymerase is provided by the phage!)

55
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What are the steps of replication of a ssRNA phage?

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  1. synthesis of minus strand by RNA replicase

2. Use of minus strand to produce more positive strand

56
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Can the ssRNA phage of MS2 be translated right away?

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Yes, because it is a plus-strand, so has the same structure as mRNA

57
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An exemple of DNA virus?

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Human papilloma virus