yin kun

Dr. yin kun


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1Year (2026-Present)

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7 September 2026 in Veterinary Sciences
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CLChunyu Liu
Chunyu Liu
HGHao Guo
Hao Guo
YKyin kun
yin kun
YSYuming Sun
Yuming Sun
ZMZipeng Ma
Zipeng Ma
YWYongjun Wen
Yongjun Wen
Rabies virus causes fatal neurological disease, but the mechanisms by which its glycoprotein G influences neuronal dysfunction remain incompletely understood. In this study, we rescued two recombinant RABV LBNSE strains carrying G proteins from either the attenuated SAD-B19 strain or the virulent CVS11 strain, designated as rLBNSE-SfG and rLBNSE-CfG, respectively. Infection of primary mouse neurons and challenge experiments in mice showed that rLBNSE-CfG was associated with increased early neuronal infectivity and greater neurovirulence after intracerebral (i.c.) injection. Western blot analysis revealed that the SAD-B19-derived G protein exhibited a higher apparent molecular weight than the CVS11-derived G protein. Bioinformatic analysis identified strain-specific differences in putative post-translational modification sites, which may contribute to the observed migration difference. Quantitative proteomic analysis of mouse brain tissue showed that proteins downregulated in the rLBNSE-CfG group were enriched in synaptic vesicle cycle-related pathways and synapse-associated Gene Ontology (GO) terms. Integrated analysis identified a SNARE-associated module containing Snap25, Stx1a, and Vamp2, among which Vamp2 was significantly reduced in the rLBNSE-CfG group. In primary neurons, reduced Vamp2 abundance was associated with the extracellular domain of CVS11 G protein. These findings associate CVS11-derived G protein variation with reduced Vamp2 abundance and a presynaptic vesicle-related proteomic signature, although whether these molecular alterations directly impair synaptic vesicle release remains to be determined.