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Moreira EA, Yamauchi Y, Matthias P. How Influenza Virus Uses Host Cell Pathways during Uncoating. Cells 2021; 10:1722. [PMID: 34359892 PMCID: PMC8305448 DOI: 10.3390/cells10071722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Influenza is a zoonotic respiratory disease of major public health interest due to its pandemic potential, and a threat to animals and the human population. The influenza A virus genome consists of eight single-stranded RNA segments sequestered within a protein capsid and a lipid bilayer envelope. During host cell entry, cellular cues contribute to viral conformational changes that promote critical events such as fusion with late endosomes, capsid uncoating and viral genome release into the cytosol. In this focused review, we concisely describe the virus infection cycle and highlight the recent findings of host cell pathways and cytosolic proteins that assist influenza uncoating during host cell entry.
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK;
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland;
- Faculty of Sciences, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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Wang J, Peng Y, Zhao L, Cao M, Hung T, Deng T. Influenza A virus utilizes a suboptimal Kozak sequence to fine-tune virus replication and host response. J Gen Virol 2014; 96:756-766. [PMID: 25519170 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The segment-specific non-coding regions (NCRs) of influenza A virus RNA genome play important roles in controlling viral RNA transcription, replication and genome packaging. In this report, we present, for the first time to our knowledge, a full view of the segment-specific NCRs of all influenza A viruses by bioinformatics analysis. Our systematic functional analysis revealed that the eight segment-specific NCRs identified could differentially regulate viral RNA synthesis and protein expression at both transcription and translation levels. Interestingly, a highly conserved suboptimal nucleotide at -3 position of the Kozak sequence, which downregulated protein expression at the translation level, was only present in the segment-specific NCR of PB1. By reverse genetics, we demonstrate that recombinant viruses with an optimized Kozak sequence at the -3 position in PB1 resulted in a significant multiple-cycle replication reduction that was independent of PB1-F2 expression. Our detailed dynamic analysis of virus infection revealed that the mutant virus displays slightly altered dynamics from the wild-type virus on both viral RNA synthesis and protein production. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the level of PB1 expression is involved in regulating type I IFN production. Together, these data reveal a novel strategy exploited by influenza A virus to fine-tune virus replication dynamics and host antiviral response through regulating PB1 protein expression.
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- Jingfeng Wang
- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- College of Information Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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- MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, PR China
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Díaz A, García K, Navarrete A, Higuera G, Romero J. Virtual screening of gene expression regulatory sites in non-coding regions of the infectious salmon anemia virus. BMC Res Notes 2014; 7:477. [PMID: 25069483 PMCID: PMC4132239 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Members of the Orthomyxoviridae family, which contains an important fish pathogen called the infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV), have a genome consisting of eight segments of single-stranded RNA that encode different viral proteins. Each of these segments is flanked by non-coding regions (NCRs). In other Orthomyxoviruses, sequences have been shown within these NCRs that regulate gene expression and virulence; however, only the sequences of these regions are known in ISAV, and a biological role has not yet been attributed to these regions. This study aims to determine possible functions of the NCRs of ISAV. RESULTS The results suggested an association between the molecular architecture of NCR regions and their role in the viral life cycle. The available NCR sequences from ISAV isolates were compiled, alignments were performed to obtain a consensus sequence, and conserved regions were identified in this consensus sequence. To determine the molecular structure adopted by these NCRs, various bioinformatics tools, including RNAfold, RNAstructure, Sfold, and Mfold, were used. This hypothetical structure, together with a comparison with influenza, yielded reliable secondary structure models that lead to the identification of conserved nucleotide positions on an intergenus level. These models determined which nucleotide positions are involved in the recognition of the vRNA/cRNA by RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) or mRNA by the ribosome. CONCLUSIONS The information obtained in this work allowed the proposal of previously unknown sites that are involved in the regulation of different stages of the viral cycle, leading to the identification of new viral targets that may assist future antiviral strategies.
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- Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos, INTA, Universidad de Chile, Avenida El Líbano #5524, Macul, Santiago, Chile.
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Impact of the segment-specific region of the 3'-untranslated region of the influenza A virus PB1 segment on protein expression. Virus Genes 2013; 47:429-38. [PMID: 23949786 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-013-0969-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The 12 and 13 terminal nucleotides in the 3'- and 5'-untranslated regions (UTRs) of the influenza A virus genome, respectively, are important for the transcription of the viral RNA and the translation of mRNA. However, the functions of the segment-specific regions of the UTRs are not well known. We utilized an enhanced green fluorescent protein (eGFP) flanked at both ends by different UTRs (from the eight segments of H1N1 PR8/34) as a reporter gene to evaluate the effects of these UTRs on protein expression in vitro. The results showed that the protein expression levels of NP-eGFP, NS-eGFP, and HA-eGFP were higher than those of the other reporters and that the protein level of PB1-eGFP remained at a relatively low amount 48-h post-transfection. The results revealed that the UTRs of all segments differently affected the protein expression levels and that the effect of the UTRs of PB1 segment on protein expression was significant. The deletion of "UAAA" and "UAAACU" motifs in the PB1-3'-UTR significantly increased the protein expression level by 49.8 and 142.6%, respectively. This finding suggests that the "UAAACU" motif in the PB1-3'-UTR is at least partly responsible for the low protein expression level. By introducing the "UAAACU" motif into other 3'-UTRs (PA, NS, NP, and HA) at similar locations, the eGFP expression was reduced as expected by 56, 61, 22, and 22%, respectively. This result further confirmed that the "UAAACU" motif of the PB1-3'-UTR can inhibit protein expression. Our findings suggest that the segment-specific regions in the UTRs and not just the conserved regions of the UTRs play an important role in the viral protein expression. Additionally, the reported findings may also shed light on novel regulatory mechanism for the influenza A virus genome.
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Girard G, Gultyaev AP, Olsthoorn RCL. Upstream start codon in segment 4 of North American H2 avian influenza A viruses. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2011; 11:489-95. [PMID: 21232632 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 12/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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H2N2 influenza A virus was the cause of the 1957 pandemic. Due to its constant presence in birds, the H2 subtype remains a topic of interest. In this work, comparison of H2 leader sequences of influenza A segment 4 revealed the presence of an upstream in-frame start codon in a majority of North American avian strains. This AUG is located seven codons upstream of the conventional start codon and is in a good Kozak context. In vivo experiments, using a luciferase reporter gene fused to leader sequences derived from North American avian H2 strains, support the efficient use of the upstream start codon. These results were corroborated by in vitro translation data using full-length segment 4 mRNA. Phylogenic analyses indicate that the upstream AUG, first detected in 1976, is stably nested in the North American avian lineage of H2 strains nowadays. The possible consequences of the upstream AUG are discussed.
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- Geneviève Girard
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Intracellular events that take place during influenza virus replication in animal cells are well understood qualitatively. However, to better understand the complex interaction of the virus with its host cell and to quantitatively analyze the use of cellular resources for virion formation or the overall dynamic for the entire infection cycle, a mathematical model for influenza virus replication has to be formulated. Here, we present a structured model for the single-cell reproductive cycle of influenza A virus in animal cells that accounts for the individual steps of the process such as attachment, internalization, genome replication and translation, and progeny virion assembly. The model describes an average cell surrounded by a small quantity of medium and infected by a low number of virus particles. The model allows estimation of the cellular resources consumed by virus replication. Simulation results show that the number of cellular surface receptors and endosomes, as well as other resources, such as the number of free nucleotides or amino acids, is not significantly influenced by influenza virus propagation. A factor that limits the growth rate of progeny viruses and their release is the total amount of matrix proteins (M1) in the nucleus while other newly synthesized viral proteins (e.g., nucleoprotein NP) and viral RNAs accumulate. During budding, synthesis of vRNPs (viral ribonucleoprotein complexes) represents another limiting factor. Based on this model it is also possible to analyze effects of parameter changes on the dynamics of virus replication, to identify possible targets for molecular engineering, or to develop strategies for improving yields in vaccine production processes. Furthermore, a better insight into the interactions of viruses and host cells might help to improve our understanding of virus-related diseases and to develop therapies.
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- Y Sidorenko
- Max-Planck-Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Sandtorstr. 1, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
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Maeda Y, Goto H, Horimoto T, Takada A, Kawaoka Y. Biological significance of the U residue at the -3 position of the mRNA sequences of influenza A viral segments PB1 and NA. Virus Res 2004; 100:153-7. [PMID: 15019233 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2003.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2003] [Revised: 11/20/2003] [Accepted: 11/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The levels of viral proteins in infected cells are thought to be regulated by a variety of mechanisms. The initiation codons for the PB1 and NA proteins of A/WSN/33 (H1N1) influenza virus are in a suboptimal Kozak sequence for translation. To determine the significance of these suboptimal Kozak sequences, model vRNAs, whose coding regions were replaced with the reporter SEAP gene (for secreted alkaline phosphatase) and recombinant viruses with optimal Kozak sequences for PB1 and NA were constructed. Conversion of the upstream sequence of the PB1 and NA initiation codon to an optimal Kozak sequence was reflected in the level of reporter protein expression, but not the level of PB1 and NA protein expression. The recombinant viruses that had optimal Kozak sequences for PB1, NA, or both genes had similar replicative properties, both in cell culture and in mice, to those of the wild-type virus. These results suggest that expression of the PB1 and NA proteins is regulated by a mechanism other than that controlling the initiation of translation of these proteins.
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- Yasuko Maeda
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses rely exclusively on the translational machinery of the host cell for the synthesis of viral proteins. This relationship has imposed numerous challenges on both the infecting virus and the host cell. Importantly, viruses must compete with the endogenous transcripts of the host cell for the translation of viral mRNA. Eukaryotic viruses have thus evolved diverse mechanisms to ensure translational efficiency of viral mRNA above and beyond that of cellular mRNA. Mechanisms that facilitate the efficient and selective translation of viral mRNA may be inherent in the structure of the viral nucleic acid itself and can involve the recruitment and/or modification of specific host factors. These processes serve to redirect the translation apparatus to favor viral transcripts, and they often come at the expense of the host cell. Accordingly, eukaryotic cells have developed antiviral countermeasures to target the translational machinery and disrupt protein synthesis during the course of virus infection. Not to be outdone, many viruses have answered these countermeasures with their own mechanisms to disrupt cellular antiviral pathways, thereby ensuring the uncompromised translation of virion proteins. Here we review the varied and complex translational programs employed by eukaryotic viruses. We discuss how these translational strategies have been incorporated into the virus life cycle and examine how such programming contributes to the pathogenesis of the host cell.
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- M Gale
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Watanabe K, Handa H, Mizumoto K, Nagata K. Mechanism for inhibition of influenza virus RNA polymerase activity by matrix protein. J Virol 1996; 70:241-7. [PMID: 8523532 PMCID: PMC189810 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.1.241-247.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Influenza virus M1 protein has been shown to inhibit the transcription catalyzed by viral ribonucleoprotein complexes isolated from virions. Here, this inhibition mechanism was studied with the recombinant M1 protein purified from Escherichia coli expressing it from cDNA. RNA mobility shift assays indicated that both soluble and aggregate forms of the recombinant M1, which were separated by the glycerol density gradient, were bound to RNA. Once an M1-RNA complex was formed, free M1 was bound to the M1-RNA complex cooperatively rather than to free RNA. In addition, the recombinant M1 was capable of binding to preformed RNA-nucleocapsid protein complexes. The mechanism for inhibition of the viral RNA polymerase activity was analyzed by the in vitro RNA synthesis systems that depend on an exogenously added RNA template. These systems were more sensitive for evaluating the inhibition by M1 than the RNA synthesis system depending on an endogenous RNA template. The RNA synthesis inhibition was examined at four steps: cleavage of capped RNA; incorporation of the first nucleotide, GMP; limited elongation; and synthesis of full-size product. M1 inhibited RNA synthesis mainly at the early steps. The experiments with M1 mutant proteins containing amino acid deletions suggested that the M1 region between amino acid residues 91 and 111 was essential for anti-RNA synthesis activity, RNA binding, and oligomerization of M1 on RNA.
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- K Watanabe
- Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Park YW, Katze MG. Translational control by influenza virus. Identification of cis-acting sequences and trans-acting factors which may regulate selective viral mRNA translation. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:28433-9. [PMID: 7499349 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.47.28433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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We have shown that sequences contained within the viral mRNA 5'-untranslated region (UTR) played a critical role in directing selective influenza viral mRNA translation. We therefore attempted to identify transacting factors that may regulate viral mRNA translation through interactions with the 5'-UTR and at the same time map the precise sequences to which these factors bind. We can now demonstrate that multiple cellular proteins interact with influenza viral but not cellular 5'-UTRs using gel mobility shift and UV cross-linking analyses. Gel supershift studies revealed that the La autoantigen was one of the cellular proteins that interacted with the viral 5'-UTR. Utilizing mutants of the viral mRNA 5' UTR, we have determined that sequences within the very 5'-conserved region and nucleotides immediately 3' are necessary but not always sufficient for binding certain cellular proteins. Northwestern analysis showed the binding of a distinct subset of cellular proteins to the viral 5'-UTR, but also demonstrated interactions of the viral nonstructural protein NS1. Gel shift analysis with purified recombinant NS1 confirmed the binding of the viral protein to a specific region of the viral 5'-UTRs. A model describing the possible role of these cellular and viral RNA-binding proteins in regulating influenza virus mRNA translation will be discussed.
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- Y W Park
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Enami K, Sato TA, Nakada S, Enami M. Influenza virus NS1 protein stimulates translation of the M1 protein. J Virol 1994; 68:1432-7. [PMID: 7508995 PMCID: PMC236597 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.68.3.1432-1437.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The influenza virus NS1 protein was shown to stimulate translation of the M1 protein. M-CAT RNA, which contains the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene and the terminal noncoding sequence of segment 7 (coding for the M1 and M2 proteins), was ribonucleoprotein transfected into clone 76 cells expressing the influenza virus RNA polymerase and NP proteins required for the transcription and replication of influenza virus ribonucleoproteins. When the cells were superinfected with a recombinant vaccinia virus which expresses the NS1 protein, CAT expression from the M-CAT RNA was significantly stimulated but transcription was not altered. The expression of NS-CAT RNA, which contains noncoding sequences of segment 8 (coding for the NS1 and NS2 proteins), was not altered by the NS1 protein. Site-directed mutagenesis showed that the sequence GGUAGAUA upstream of the initiation codon on segment 7 was required for stimulation.
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- K Enami
- Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan
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Yamanaka K, Ogasawara N, Yoshikawa H, Ishihama A, Nagata K. In vivo analysis of the promoter structure of the influenza virus RNA genome using a transfection system with an engineered RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:5369-73. [PMID: 2052614 PMCID: PMC51874 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.12.5369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A system for the expression of a foreign gene derived from negative polarity RNA was developed using influenza virus, a negative-stranded RNA virus. From cDNA for the influenza virus RNA genome segment 8, the region coding for the nonstructural protein was deleted and replaced by the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. The resulting DNA sequence was placed under the control of the promoter of T7 RNA polymerase such that the antisense RNA to CAT mRNA was produced when transcribed by T7 RNA polymerase. Transfection of HeLa cells with this antisense CAT RNA in the presence of the helper ribonucleoprotein cores led to no significant production of the CAT. In contrast, when the RNA was covered with purified nucleoprotein prior to transfection, the CAT gene was efficiently expressed. This indicated that the viral RNA polymerase transcribed the RNA transfected as the RNA-nucleoprotein complexes. In addition, this system was used for analysis of the cis-acting region in transcription and the promoter structure of the viral RNA genome.
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- K Yamanaka
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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Yamanaka K, Nagata K, Ishihama A. Temporal control for translation of influenza virus mRNAs. Arch Virol 1991; 120:33-42. [PMID: 1929878 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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cDNAs for genome RNAs of influenza virus A/PR/8/34 were cloned and portions containing the ATG initiation codon for translation were inserted into the 5' leader sequence of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene in a pSV2cat vector. In cells that were transfected with a plasmid containing a cDNA segment for the early gene and then super-infected with influenza virus, the maximal CAT activity was obtained at the early stage of infection. In contrast, a plasmid containing a cDNA segment for the late gene directed the highest activity at the late stage of infection. These observations together with the previous observations [K. Yamanaka et al. (1988) Virus Genes 2: 19-30] indicate that the translational efficiency of influenza viral mRNA is subjected to temporal control following viral infection.
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- K Yamanaka
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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