PMID- 29307597 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180420 LR - 20180420 IS - 1096-0341 (Electronic) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 517 DP - 2018 Apr TI - Intercellular transfer of mitochondria rescues virus-induced cell death but facilitates cell-to-cell spreading of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. PG - 122-134 LID - S0042-6822(17)30423-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.virol.2017.12.018 [doi] AB - Our recent study showed that intercellular tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) serve as an alternative pathway for cell-to-cell spreading of infectious materials of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). In this study, we found that PRRSV infection could induce the formation of TNTs between infected and uninfected cells. Co-culturing PRRSV-infected cells with uninfected cells, including porcine umbilical cord stem cells, rescued PRRSV-induced cell death. Mitochondrion, an important regulator of cell survival/death, was observed transferring from uninfected to PRRSV-infected cells. Importantly, impaired formation of nanotube or defective mitochondrion was unable to rescue infected cells from apoptosis/necrosis. Certain PRRSV proteins were detected to associate with mitochondria and transport from infected to uninfected cells through TNTs. Our results suggest that TNTs-transfer of functional mitochondria rescued PRRSV-infected cells from apoptosis/necrosis in the early stage of infection. On the other hand, mitochondria could be utilized as a vehicle to transport viral materials for spreading the infection. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Guo, Rui AU - Guo R AD - Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States. FAU - Davis, Duane AU - Davis D AD - Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States. FAU - Fang, Ying AU - Fang Y AD - Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, United States. Electronic address: yfang@vet.k-state.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20180104 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Death MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Intercellular Junctions MH - Macrophages, Alveolar/physiology/virology MH - Mitochondria/*physiology MH - Nanotubes MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*physiology MH - Swine OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cell death OT - Intercellular nanotube OT - Mitochondria OT - Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) EDAT- 2018/01/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/01/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/01/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0042-6822(17)30423-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2017.12.018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2018 Apr;517:122-134. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2017.12.018. Epub 2018 Jan 4.