Infection by echoviruses 1 and 8 depends on the alpha 2 subunit of human VLA-2.
Bergelson J.M., St John N., Kawaguchi S., Chan M., Stubdal H., Modlin J., Finberg R.W.
Anti-VLA-2 antibodies protected HeLa cells from infection by echoviruses 1 and 8 but not from infection by other echovirus serotypes. Echoviruses 1 and 8 bound to and infected nonpermissive hamster cells transfected with the alpha 2 subunit of human VLA-2. These results indicate that the human alpha 2 subunit is critical for infection by echoviruses 1 and 8 but that other echovirus serotypes must bind receptors other than VLA-2.
J. Virol. 67:6847-6852(1993) [PubMed] [Europe PMC]