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Review
. 2024 Nov;125(11):e30438.
doi: 10.1002/jcb.30438. Epub 2023 Jun 19.

Zika virus: Critical crosstalk between pathogenesis, cytopathic effects, and macroautophagy

Lucas Coêlho Bernardo-Menezes  1 , Almerinda Agrelli  2 , Ana Sofia Lima Estevão de Oliveira  3 , Elisa de Almeida Neves Azevedo  1 , Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais  1
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Review

Zika virus: Critical crosstalk between pathogenesis, cytopathic effects, and macroautophagy

Lucas Coêlho Bernardo-Menezes et al. J Cell Biochem. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a re-emerging positive-sense RNA arbovirus. Its genome encodes a polyprotein that is cleaved by proteases into three structural proteins (Envelope, pre-Membrane, and Capsid) and seven nonstructural proteins (NS1, NS2A, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B, and NS5). These proteins have essential functions in viral replication cycle, cytopathic effects, and host cellular response. When infected by ZIKV, host cells promote macroautophagy, which is believed to favor virus entry. Although several authors have attempted to understand this link between macroautophagy and viral infection, little is known. Herein, we performed a narrative review of the molecular connection between macroautophagy and ZIKV infection while focusing on the roles of the structural and nonstructural proteins. We concluded that ZIKV proteins are major virulence factors that modulate host-cell machinery to its advantage by disrupting and/or blocking specific cellular systems and organelles' function, such as endoplasmic reticulum stress and mitochondrial dysfunction.

Keywords: cytopathic effects; endoplasmic reticulum stress; host cellular response; replication cycle; virulence factors.

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