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Hernández-Guzmán J, Arias CF, López S, Sandoval-Jaime C. Nucleolin-RNA interaction modulates rotavirus replication. J Virol 2024; 98:e0167723. [PMID: 38240590 PMCID: PMC10878083 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01677-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Rotavirus infection is a leading cause of gastroenteritis in children worldwide; the genome of this virus is composed of 11 segments of dsRNA packed in a triple-layered protein capsid. Here, we investigated the role of nucleolin, a protein with diverse RNA-binding domains, in rotavirus infection. Knocking down the expression of nucleolin in MA104 cells by RNA interference resulted in a remarkable 6.3-fold increase in the production of infectious rhesus rotavirus (RRV) progeny, accompanied by an elevated synthesis of viral mRNA and genome copies. Further analysis unveiled an interaction between rotavirus segment 10 (S10) and nucleolin, potentially mediated by G-quadruplex domains on the viral genome. To determine whether the nucleolin-RNA interaction regulates RRV replication, MA104 cells were transfected with AGRO100, a compound that forms G4 structures and selectively inhibits nucleolin-RNA interactions by blocking the RNA-binding domains. Under these conditions, viral production increased by 1.5-fold, indicating the inhibitory role of nucleolin on the yield of infectious viral particles. Furthermore, G4 sequences were identified in all 11 RRV dsRNA segments, and transfection of oligonucleotides representing G4 sequences in RRV S10 induced a significant increase in viral production. These findings show that rotavirus replication is negatively regulated by nucleolin through the direct interaction with the viral RNAs by sequences forming G4 structures.IMPORTANCEViruses rely on cellular proteins to carry out their replicative cycle. In the case of rotavirus, the involvement of cellular RNA-binding proteins during the replicative cycle is a poorly studied field. In this work, we demonstrate for the first time the interaction between nucleolin and viral RNA of rotavirus RRV. Nucleolin is a cellular protein that has a role in the metabolism of ribosomal rRNA and ribosome biogenesis, which seems to have regulatory effects on the quantity of viral particles and viral RNA copies of rotavirus RRV. Our study adds a new component to the current model of rotavirus replication, where cellular proteins can have a negative regulation on rotavirus replication.
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- Jey Hernández-Guzmán
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Rotaviruses represent one of the most successful pathogens in the world, with high infectivity and efficient transmission between the young of many animal species, including humans. To overcome host defenses, rotaviruses have evolved a plethora of strategies to effectively evade the innate immune response, establish initial infection in the small intestine, produce progeny, and shed into the environment. Previously, studying the roles and relative contributions of specific rotaviral factors in innate immune evasion had been challenging without a plasmid-only reverse genetics system. Although still in its infancy, current reverse genetics technology will help address important research questions regarding rotavirus innate immune evasion, host range restriction, and viral pathogenesis. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the antiviral host innate immune defense mechanisms, countermeasures of rotavirus-encoded factors, and strategies to better understand these interactions using the rotavirus reverse genetics system.
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Fukuda S, Kugita M, Higashimoto Y, Shiogama K, Tsujikawa H, Moriguchi K, Ito N, Sugiyama M, Nagao S, Murata T, Taniguchi K, Komoto S. Rotavirus incapable of NSP6 expression can cause diarrhea in suckling mice. J Gen Virol 2022; 103. [PMID: 35639587 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The group A rotavirus (RVA) genome comprising 11 double-stranded RNAs encodes six structural proteins (VP1-VP4, VP6, and VP7) and six non-structural proteins (NSP1-NSP6). Among these 12 rotaviral proteins, NSP6 has been less studied as to its function. We previously prepared a recombinant NSP6-deficient RVA derived from simian strain SA11-L2 by reverse genetics, and found that the NSP6-deficient virus grew well in cell culture, although its growth was less abundant than that of the parental SA11-L2 strain. In this study, we examined the potency of a recombinant RVA incapable of NSP6 expression to cause diarrhoea in suckling mice. The suckling mice infected with the NSP6-deficient virus apparently experienced diarrhoea, although the symptom was milder and the duration of diarrhoea was shorter than in the mice infected with the authentic SA11-L2 strain. Thus, together with the results obtained for cultured cells in the previous study, it can be concluded that NSP6 is not necessarily required for replication and pathogenicity in vitro and in vivo.
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- Saori Fukuda
- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Education and Research Facility of Animal Models for Human Diseases, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Division of Morphology and Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Division of Morphology and Diagnostic Pathology, Faculty of Medical Technology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Division of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.,Laboratory of Zoonotic Diseases, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan.,Laboratory of Zoonotic Diseases, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Education and Research Facility of Animal Models for Human Diseases, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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Abid N, Chillemi G, Salemi M. Coding-Gene Coevolution Analysis of Rotavirus Proteins: A Bioinformatics and Statistical Approach. Genes (Basel) 2019; 11:genes11010028. [PMID: 31878331 PMCID: PMC7016848 DOI: 10.3390/genes11010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Rotavirus remains a major cause of diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. The permanent emergence of new genotypes puts the potential effectiveness of vaccines under serious question. The distribution of unusual genotypes subject to viral fitness is influenced by interactions among viral proteins. The present work aimed at analyzing the genetic constellation and the coevolution of rotavirus coding genes for the available rotavirus genotypes. Seventy-two full genome sequences of different genetic constellations were analyzed using a genetic algorithm. The results revealed an extensive genome-wide covariance network among the 12 viral proteins. Altogether, the emergence of new genotypes represents a challenge to the outcome and success of vaccination and the coevolutionary analysis of rotavirus proteins may boost efforts to better understand the interaction networks of proteins during viral replication/transcription.
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- Nabil Abid
- Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biological Active Substances LR99ES27, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir, Rue Ibn Sina, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
- High Institute of Biotechnology of Sidi Thabet, Department of Biotechnology, University Manouba, BP-66, Ariana-Tunis 2020, Tunisia
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +216-92–974-000
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems, DIBAF, University of Tuscia, via S. Camillo de Lellis s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy;
- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, IBIOM, CNR, Via Giovanni Amendola, 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, P.O. Box 100009, Gainesville, FL 32610-3633, USA;
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The Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor GBF1 Participates in Rotavirus Replication. J Virol 2019; 93:JVI.01062-19. [PMID: 31270230 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01062-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cellular and viral factors participate in the replication cycle of rotavirus. We report that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1, which activates the small GTPase Arf1 to induce COPI transport processes, is required for rotavirus replication since knocking down GBF1 expression by RNA interference or inhibiting its activity by treatment with brefeldin A (BFA) or Golgicide A (GCA) significantly reduces the yield of infectious viral progeny. This reduction in virus yield was related to a block in virus assembly, since in the presence of either BFA or GCA, the assembly of infectious mature triple-layered virions was significantly prevented and only double-layered particles were detected. We report that the catalytic activity of GBF1, but not the activation of Arf1, is essential for the assembly of the outer capsid of rotavirus. We show that both BFA and GCA, as well as interfering with the synthesis of GBF1, alter the electrophoretic mobility of glycoproteins VP7 and NSP4 and block the trimerization of the virus surface protein VP7, a step required for its incorporation into virus particles. Although a posttranslational modification of VP7 (other than glycosylation) could be related to the lack of trimerization, we found that NSP4 might also be involved in this process, since knocking down its expression reduces VP7 trimerization. In support, recombinant VP7 protein overexpressed in transfected cells formed trimers only when cotransfected with NSP4.IMPORTANCE Rotavirus, a member of the family Reoviridae, is the major cause of severe diarrhea in children and young animals worldwide. Despite significant advances in the characterization of the biology of this virus, the mechanisms involved in morphogenesis of the virus particle are still poorly understood. In this work, we show that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor GBF1, relevant for COPI/Arf1-mediated cellular vesicular transport, participates in the replication cycle of the virus, influencing the correct processing of viral glycoproteins VP7 and NSP4 and the assembly of the virus surface proteins VP7 and VP4.
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Garcés Suárez Y, Martínez JL, Torres Hernández D, Hernández HO, Pérez-Delgado A, Méndez M, Wood CD, Rendon-Mancha JM, Silva-Ayala D, López S, Guerrero A, Arias CF. Nanoscale organization of rotavirus replication machineries. eLife 2019; 8:e42906. [PMID: 31343403 PMCID: PMC6692110 DOI: 10.7554/elife.42906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Rotavirus genome replication and assembly take place in cytoplasmic electron dense inclusions termed viroplasms (VPs). Previous conventional optical microscopy studies observing the intracellular distribution of rotavirus proteins and their organization in VPs have lacked molecular-scale spatial resolution, due to inherent spatial resolution constraints. In this work we employed super-resolution microscopy to reveal the nanometric-scale organization of VPs formed during rotavirus infection, and quantitatively describe the structural organization of seven viral proteins within and around the VPs. The observed viral components are spatially organized as five concentric layers, in which NSP5 localizes at the center of the VPs, surrounded by a layer of NSP2 and NSP4 proteins, followed by an intermediate zone comprised of the VP1, VP2, VP6. In the outermost zone, we observed a ring of VP4 and finally a layer of VP7. These findings show that rotavirus VPs are highly organized organelles.
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- Yasel Garcés Suárez
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y AplicadasUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MorelosCuernavacaMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y AplicadasUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de MorelosCuernavacaMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
- Laboratorio Nacional de Microscopía Avanzada, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de BiotecnologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico CityMexico
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Oceguera A, Peralta AV, Martínez-Delgado G, Arias CF, López S. Rotavirus RNAs sponge host cell RNA binding proteins and interfere with their subcellular localization. Virology 2018; 525:96-105. [PMID: 30253276 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Cellular mRNAs cycle between translating and non-translating pools, polysomes compose the translating pool, while RNA granules contain translationally-silenced mRNAs, where the RNAs are either stored in stress granules, or accumulate in processing bodies (PBs) or GW-bodies, which have an important role in RNA degradation. Viruses have developed measures to prevent the deleterious effects of these structures during their replication. Rotavirus, the most common agent of viral gastroenteritis, is capable of establishing a successful infection by counteracting several of the antiviral responses of its host. Here, we describe that in rotavirus-infected cells the distribution of several RNA binding proteins is changed causing the disaggregation of PBs, the relocalization of GW-body proteins, and the cytoplasmic accumulation of HuR, a predominantly nuclear protein. We show that this redistribution of proteins is more likely caused by the accumulation of viral RNA in the cytoplasm of infected-cells, where it might be acting as an RBP sponge.
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- Alfonso Oceguera
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico.
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Reverse Genetics System Demonstrates that Rotavirus Nonstructural Protein NSP6 Is Not Essential for Viral Replication in Cell Culture. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00695-17. [PMID: 28794037 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00695-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The use of overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) to synthesize more than one unique protein from a single mRNA has been described for several viruses. Segment 11 of the rotavirus genome encodes two nonstructural proteins, NSP5 and NSP6. The NSP6 ORF is present in the vast majority of rotavirus strains, and therefore the NSP6 protein would be expected to have a function in viral replication. However, there is no direct evidence of its function or requirement in the viral replication cycle yet. Here, taking advantage of a recently established plasmid-only-based reverse genetics system that allows rescue of recombinant rotaviruses entirely from cloned cDNAs, we generated NSP6-deficient viruses to directly address its significance in the viral replication cycle. Viable recombinant NSP6-deficient viruses could be engineered. Single-step growth curves and plaque formation of the NSP6-deficient viruses confirmed that NSP6 expression is of limited significance for RVA replication in cell culture, although the NSP6 protein seemed to promote efficient virus growth.IMPORTANCE Rotavirus is one of the most important pathogens of severe diarrhea in young children worldwide. The rotavirus genome, consisting of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA, encodes six structural proteins (VP1 to VP4, VP6, and VP7) and six nonstructural proteins (NSP1 to NSP6). Although specific functions have been ascribed to each of the 12 viral proteins, the role of NSP6 in the viral replication cycle remains unknown. In this study, we demonstrated that the NSP6 protein is not essential for viral replication in cell culture by using a recently developed plasmid-only-based reverse genetics system. This reverse genetics approach will be successfully applied to answer questions of great interest regarding the roles of rotaviral proteins in replication and pathogenicity, which can hardly be addressed by conventional approaches.
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Rosales-Martinez D, Gutierrez-Xicotencatl L, Badillo-Godinez O, Lopez-Guerrero D, Santana-Calderon A, Cortez-Gomez R, Ramirez-Pliego O, Esquivel-Guadarrama F. Rotavirus activates dendritic cells derived from umbilical cord blood monocytes. Microb Pathog 2016; 99:162-172. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chanda S, Nandi S, Chawla-Sarkar M. Rotavirus-induced miR-142-5p elicits proviral milieu by targeting non-canonical transforming growth factor beta signalling and apoptosis in cells. Cell Microbiol 2015; 18:733-47. [PMID: 26572508 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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MicroRNA (miRNA) expression is significantly influenced by viral infection, because of either host antiviral defences or proviral factors resulting in the modulation of viral propagation. This study was undertaken to identify and analyse the significance of cellular miRNAs during rotavirus (SA11 or KU) infection. Sixteen differentially regulated miRNAs were identified during rotavirus infection of which hsa-miR-142-5p was up-regulated and validated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Exogenous expression of miR-142-5p inhibitor resulted in a significant reduction of viral titer indicating proviral role of miR-142-5p. Functional studies of hsa-miR-142-5p identified its role in transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) signalling as TGFβ receptor 2 and SMAD3 were degraded during both hsa-miR-142-5p overexpression and rotavirus infection. TGFβ is induced during rotavirus infection, which may promote apoptosis by activation of non-canonical pathways in HT29 cells. However, up-regulated miR-142-5p resulted in the inhibition of TGFβ-induced apoptosis suggesting its anti-apoptotic function. Rotavirus NSP5 was identified as a regulator of miR-142-5p expression. Concurrently, NSP5-HT29 cells showed inhibition of TGFβ-induced apoptosis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition by blocking non-canonical pathways. Overall, the study identified proviral function of hsa-miR-142-5p during rotavirus infection. In addition, modulation of TGFβ-induced non-canonical signalling in microsatellite stable colon cancer cells can be exploited for cancer therapeutics.
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- Shampa Chanda
- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C.I.T. Road Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700010, India
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C.I.T. Road Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700010, India
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C.I.T. Road Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700010, India
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Rotavirus prevents the expression of host responses by blocking the nucleocytoplasmic transport of polyadenylated mRNAs. J Virol 2013; 87:6336-45. [PMID: 23536677 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00361-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Rotaviruses are the most important agent of severe gastroenteritis in young children. Early in infection, these viruses take over the host translation machinery, causing a severe shutoff of cell protein synthesis while viral proteins are efficiently synthesized. In infected cells, there is an accumulation of the cytoplasmic poly(A)-binding protein in the nucleus, induced by the viral protein NSP3. Here we found that poly(A)-containing mRNAs also accumulate and become hyperadenylated in the nuclei of infected cells. Using reporter genes bearing the untranslated regions (UTRs) of cellular or viral genes, we found that the viral UTRs do not determine the efficiency of translation of mRNAs in rotavirus-infected cells. Furthermore, we showed that while a polyadenylated reporter mRNA directly delivered into the cytoplasm of infected cells was efficiently translated, the same reporter introduced as a plasmid that needs to be transcribed and exported to the cytoplasm was poorly translated. Altogether, these results suggest that nuclear retention of poly(A)-containing mRNAs is one of the main strategies of rotavirus to control cell translation and therefore the host antiviral and stress responses.
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- Chang-Ryul Kim
- Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea
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Chung KT, McCrae MA. Regulation of gene expression by the NSP1 and NSP3 non-structural proteins of rotavirus. Arch Virol 2011; 156:2197-203. [PMID: 21947567 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1117-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The role of the rotavirus non-structural proteins NSP1 and NSP3 in regulating cellular and viral mRNA translation has been investigated by examining the effect of added recombinant NSP3 on protein translation in a T7-based in vitro coupled transcription-translation system. Addition of purified NSP3 to assays primed solely with cellular mRNA was found to have no effect on the translation efficiency of the mRNA. However, as expected, the addition of viral mRNA to such assays competitively inhibited the synthesis of cellular protein, and interestingly, this inhibition was enhanced by the addition of NSP3. Treatment of NSP3 with antisera raised against the purified protein abrogated its function, but only when used prior to mixing the protein with viral mRNA. Addition of partially purified NSP1 to the coupled system was able to alleviate the enhancement of the inhibition of cellular mRNA translation caused by NSP3. The role of NSP1 in this process appears to be to modulate the impact of the NSP3-based inhibition of cellular translation by binding to the 5' end of viral mRNAs.
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- K T Chung
- School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Matthijnssens J, Ciarlet M, McDonald SM, Attoui H, Bányai K, Brister JR, Buesa J, Esona MD, Estes MK, Gentsch JR, Iturriza-Gómara M, Johne R, Kirkwood CD, Martella V, Mertens PPC, Nakagomi O, Parreño V, Rahman M, Ruggeri FM, Saif LJ, Santos N, Steyer A, Taniguchi K, Patton JT, Desselberger U, Van Ranst M. Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG). Arch Virol 2011; 156:1397-413. [PMID: 21597953 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-011-1006-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 731] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In April 2008, a nucleotide-sequence-based, complete genome classification system was developed for group A rotaviruses (RVs). This system assigns a specific genotype to each of the 11 genome segments of a particular RV strain according to established nucleotide percent cutoff values. Using this approach, the genome of individual RV strains are given the complete descriptor of Gx-P[x]-Ix-Rx-Cx-Mx-Ax-Nx-Tx-Ex-Hx. The Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG) was formed by scientists in the field to maintain, evaluate and develop the RV genotype classification system, in particular to aid in the designation of new genotypes. Since its conception, the group has ratified 51 new genotypes: as of April 2011, new genotypes for VP7 (G20-G27), VP4 (P[28]-P[35]), VP6 (I12-I16), VP1 (R5-R9), VP2 (C6-C9), VP3 (M7-M8), NSP1 (A15-A16), NSP2 (N6-N9), NSP3 (T8-T12), NSP4 (E12-E14) and NSP5/6 (H7-H11) have been defined for RV strains recovered from humans, cows, pigs, horses, mice, South American camelids (guanaco), chickens, turkeys, pheasants, bats and a sugar glider. With increasing numbers of complete RV genome sequences becoming available, a standardized RV strain nomenclature system is needed, and the RCWG proposes that individual RV strains are named as follows: RV group/species of origin/country of identification/common name/year of identification/G- and P-type. In collaboration with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), the RCWG is also working on developing a RV-specific resource for the deposition of nucleotide sequences. This resource will provide useful information regarding RV strains, including, but not limited to, the individual gene genotypes and epidemiological and clinical information. Together, the proposed nomenclature system and the NCBI RV resource will offer highly useful tools for investigators to search for, retrieve, and analyze the ever-growing volume of RV genomic data.
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- Jelle Matthijnssens
- Laboratory of Clinical & Epidemiological Virology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Characterization of viroplasm formation during the early stages of rotavirus infection. Virol J 2010; 7:350. [PMID: 21114853 PMCID: PMC3009706 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background During rotavirus replication cycle, electron-dense cytoplasmic inclusions named viroplasms are formed, and two non-structural proteins, NSP2 and NSP5, have been shown to localize in these membrane-free structures. In these inclusions, replication of dsRNA and packaging of pre-virion particles occur. Despite the importance of viroplasms in the replication cycle of rotavirus, the information regarding their formation, and the possible sites of their nucleation during the early stages of infection is scarce. Here, we analyzed the formation of viroplasms after infection of MA104 cells with the rotavirus strain RRV, using different multiplicities of infection (MOI), and different times post-infection. The possibility that viroplasms formation is nucleated by the entering viral particles was investigated using fluorescently labeled purified rotavirus particles. Results The immunofluorescent detection of viroplasms, using antibodies specific to NSP2 showed that both the number and size of viroplasms increased during infection, and depend on the MOI used. Small-size viroplasms predominated independently of the MOI or time post-infection, although at MOI's of 2.5 and 10 the proportion of larger viroplasms increased. Purified RRV particles were successfully labeled with the Cy5 mono reactive dye, without decrease in virus infectivity, and the labeled viruses were clearly observed by confocal microscope. PAGE gel analysis showed that most viral proteins were labeled; including the intermediate capsid protein VP6. Only 2 out of 117 Cy5-labeled virus particles colocalized with newly formed viroplasms at 4 hours post-infection. Conclusions The results presented in this work suggest that during rotavirus infection the number and size of viroplasm increases in an MOI-dependent manner. The Cy5 in vitro labeled virus particles were not found to colocalize with newly formed viroplasms, suggesting that they are not involved in viroplasm nucleation.
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Analysis of the kinetics of transcription and replication of the rotavirus genome by RNA interference. J Virol 2009; 83:8819-31. [PMID: 19553303 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02308-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Rotaviruses have a genome composed of 11 segments of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) surrounded by three protein layers. The virus contains an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that synthesizes RNA transcripts corresponding to all segments of the viral genome. These transcripts direct the synthesis of the viral proteins and also serve as templates for the synthesis of the complementary strand to form the dsRNA genome. In this work, we analyzed the kinetics of transcription and replication of the viral genome throughout the replication cycle of the virus using quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. The role of the proteins that form double-layered particles ([DLPs] VP1, VP2, VP3, and VP6) in replication and transcription of the viral genome was analyzed by silencing their expression in rotavirus-infected cells. All of them were shown to be essential for the replication of the dsRNA genome since in their absence there was little synthesis of viral mRNA and dsRNA. The characterization of the kinetics of RNA transcription and replication of the viral genome under conditions where these proteins were silenced provided direct evidence for a second round of transcription during the replication of the virus. Interestingly, despite the decrease in mRNA accumulation when any of the four proteins was silenced, the synthesis of viral proteins decreased when VP2 and VP6 were knocked down, whereas the absence of VP1 and VP3 did not have a severe impact on viral protein synthesis. Characterization of viral particle assembly in the absence of VP1 and VP3 showed that while the formation of triple-layered particles and DLPs was decreased, the amount of assembled lower-density particles, often referred to as empty particles, was not different from the amount in control-infected cells, suggesting that viral particles can assemble in the absence of either VP1 or VP3.
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Endoplasmic reticulum chaperones are involved in the morphogenesis of rotavirus infectious particles. J Virol 2008; 82:5368-80. [PMID: 18385250 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02751-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The final assembly of rotavirus particles takes place in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In this work, we evaluated by RNA interference the relevance to rotavirus assembly and infectivity of grp78, protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), grp94, calnexin, calreticulin, and ERp57, members of the two ER folding systems described herein. Silencing the expression of grp94 and Erp57 had no effect on rotavirus infectivity, while knocking down the expression of any of the other four chaperons caused a reduction in the yield of infectious virus of about 50%. In grp78-silenced cells, the maturation of the oligosaccharide chains of NSP4 was retarded. In cells with reduced levels of calnexin, the oxidative folding of VP7 was impaired and the trimming of NSP4 was accelerated, and in calreticulin-silenced cells, the formation of disulfide bonds of VP7 was also accelerated. The knockdown of PDI impaired the formation and/or rearrangement of the VP7 disulfide bonds. All these conditions also affected the correct assembly of virus particles, since compared with virions from control cells, they showed an altered susceptibility to EGTA and heat treatments, a decreased specific infectivity, and a diminished reactivity to VP7 with monoclonal antibody M60, which recognizes only this protein when its disulfide bonds have been correctly formed. In the case of grp78-silenced cells, the virus produced bound less efficiently to MA104 cells than virus obtained from control cells. All these results suggest that these chaperones are involved in the quality control of rotavirus morphogenesis. The complexity of the steps of rotavirus assembly that occur in the ER provide a useful model for studying the organization and operation of the complex network of chaperones involved in maintaining the quality control of this organelle.
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Piña-Vázquez C, De Nova-Ocampo M, Guzmán-León S, Padilla-Noriega L. Post-translational regulation of rotavirus protein NSP1 expression in mammalian cells. Arch Virol 2006; 152:345-68. [PMID: 17019530 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0850-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The nonstructural rotavirus protein NSP1 binds specifically to viral mRNAs and to interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3), inducing IRF3 degradation through a proteasome-dependent pathway. By using a vaccinia virus expression system in mammalian cells, we found that the yield of NSP1 was 8- and 13-fold lower than the viral proteins VP2 or NSP3, respectively; while in the presence of proteasome inhibitors such difference could be reduced to 2- to 2.5-fold, respectively. The susceptibility of NSP1 to proteasome degradation was fully reversed in a dose-dependent manner by transfection with the full complement of 11 molecules of translation-competent rotavirus mRNAs, but this effect was abrogated by the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. These results demonstrate that NSP1 is degraded through a proteasome-dependent pathway, and viral proteins, alone or in combination with viral mRNAs, interfere with such degradation.
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- C Piña-Vázquez
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Sen A, Agresti D, Mackow ER. Hyperphosphorylation of the rotavirus NSP5 protein is independent of serine 67, [corrected] NSP2, or [corrected] the intrinsic insolubility of NSP5 is regulated by cellular phosphatases. J Virol 2006; 80:1807-16. [PMID: 16439537 PMCID: PMC1367154 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.4.1807-1816.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The NSP5 protein is required for viroplasm formation during rotavirus infection and is hyperphosphorylated into 32- to 35-kDa isoforms. Earlier studies reported that NSP5 is not hyperphosphorylated without NSP2 coexpression or deleting the NSP5 N terminus and that serine 67 is essential for NSP5 hyperphosphorylation. In this report, we show that full-length NSP5 is hyperphosphorylated in the absence of NSP2 or serine 67 and demonstrate that hyperphosphorylated NSP5 is predominantly present in previously unrecognized cellular fractions that are insoluble in 0.2% sodium dodecyl sulfate. The last 68 residues of NSP5 are sufficient to direct green fluorescent protein into insoluble fractions and cause green fluorescent protein localization into viroplasm-like structures; however, NSP5 insolubility was intrinsic and did not require NSP5 hyperphosphorylation. When we mutated serine 67 to alanine we found that the NSP5 mutant was both hyperphosphorylated and insoluble, identical to unmodified NSP5, and as a result serine 67 is not required for NSP5 phosphorylation. Interestingly, treating cells with the phosphatase inhibitor calyculin A permitted the accumulation of soluble hyperphosphorylated NSP5 isoforms. This suggests that soluble NSP5 is constitutively dephosphorylated by cellular phosphatases and demonstrates that hyperphosphorylation does not direct NSP5 insolubility. Collectively these findings indicate that NSP5 hyperphosphorylation and insolubility are completely independent parameters and that analyzing insoluble NSP5 is essential for studies assessing NSP5 phosphorylation. Our results also demonstrate the involvement of cellular phosphatases in regulating NSP5 phosphorylation and indicate that in the absence of other rotavirus proteins, domains on soluble and insoluble NSP5 recruit cellular kinases and phosphatases that coordinate NSP5 hyperphosphorylation.
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- Adrish Sen
- Department of Medicine and Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Roner MR, Roehr J. The 3' sequences required for incorporation of an engineered ssRNA into the Reovirus genome. Virol J 2006; 3:1. [PMID: 16390540 PMCID: PMC1352349 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-3-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 01/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Understanding how an organism replicates and assembles a multi-segmented genome with fidelity previously measured at 100% presents a model system for exploring questions involving genome assortment and RNA/protein interactions in general. The virus family Reoviridae, containing nine genera and more than 200 members, are unique in that they possess a segmented double-stranded (ds) RNA genome. Using reovirus as a model member of this family, we have developed the only functional reverse genetics system for a member of this family with ten or more genome segments. Using this system, we have previously identified the flanking 5' sequences required by an engineered s2 ssRNA for efficient incorporation into the genome of reovirus. The minimum 5' sequence retains 96 nucleotides and contains a predicted sequence/structure element. Within these 96 nucleotides, we have identified three nucleotides A-U-U at positions 79-81 that are essential for the incorporation of in vitro generated ssRNAs into new reovirus progeny viral particles. The work presented here builds on these findings and presents the results of an analysis of the required 3' flanking sequences of the s2 ssRNA. RESULTS The minimum 3' sequence we localized retains 98 nucleotides of the wild type s2 ssRNA. These sequences do not interact with the 5' sequences and modifications of the 5' sequences does not result in a change in the sequences required at the 3' end of the engineered s2 ssRNA. Within the 3' sequence we discovered three regions that when mutated prevent the ssRNA from being replicated to dsRNA and subsequently incorporated into progeny virions. Using a series of substitutions we were able to obtain additional information about the sequences in these regions. We demonstrate that the individual nucleotides from, 98 to 84, 68 to 59, and 28 to 1, are required in addition to the total length of 98 nucleotides to direct an engineered reovirus ssRNA to be replicated to dsRNA and incorporated into a progeny virion. Extensive analysis using a number of RNA structure-predication software programs revealed three possible structures predicted to occur in all 10 reovirus ssRNAs but not predicted to contain conserved individual nucleotides that we could probe further by using individual nucleotide substitutions. The presence of a conserved structure would permit all ten ssRNAs to be identified and selected as a set, while unique nucleotides within the structure would direct the set to contain 10 unique members. CONCLUSION This study completes the characterization and mapping of the 5' and 3' sequences required for an engineered reovirus s2 ssRNA to be incorporated into an infectious progeny virus and establishes a firm foundation for additional investigations into the assortment and encapsidation mechanism of all 10 ssRNAs into the dsRNA genome of reovirus. As researchers build on this work and apply this system to additional reovirus genes and additional dsRNA viruses, a complete model for genome assortment and replication for these viruses will emerge.
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- Michael R Roner
- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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- Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
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López T, Camacho M, Zayas M, Nájera R, Sánchez R, Arias CF, López S. Silencing the morphogenesis of rotavirus. J Virol 2005; 79:184-92. [PMID: 15596814 PMCID: PMC538724 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.1.184-192.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The morphogenesis of rotaviruses follows a unique pathway in which immature double-layered particles (DLPs) assembled in the cytoplasm bud across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), acquiring during this process a transient lipid membrane which is modified with the ER resident viral glycoproteins NSP4 and VP7; these enveloped particles also contain VP4. As the particles move towards the interior of the ER cisternae, the transient lipid membrane and the nonstructural protein NSP4 are lost, while the virus surface proteins VP4 and VP7 rearrange to form the outermost virus protein layer, yielding mature infectious triple-layered particles (TLPs). In this work, we have characterized the role of NSP4 and VP7 in rotavirus morphogenesis by silencing the expression of both glycoproteins through RNA interference. Silencing the expression of either NSP4 or VP7 reduced the yield of viral progeny by 75 to 80%, although the underlying mechanism of this reduction was different in each case. Blocking the synthesis of NSP4 affected the intracellular accumulation and the cellular distribution of several viral proteins, and little or no virus particles (neither DLPs nor TLPs) were assembled. VP7 silencing, in contrast, did not affect the expression or distribution of other viral proteins, but in its absence, enveloped particles accumulated within the lumen of the ER, and no mature infectious virus was produced. Altogether, these results indicate that during a viral infection, NSP4 serves as a receptor for DLPs on the ER membrane and drives the budding of these particles into the ER lumen, while VP7 is required for removing the lipid envelope during the final step of virus morphogenesis.
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- Tomas López
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Yang H, Makeyev EV, Kang Z, Ji S, Bamford DH, van Dijk AA. Cloning and sequence analysis of dsRNA segments 5, 6 and 7 of a novel non-group A, B, C adult rotavirus that caused an outbreak of gastroenteritis in China. Virus Res 2004; 106:15-26. [PMID: 15522443 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 05/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A diarrhoeal outbreak among adults in China was caused by a new rotavirus, termed ADRV-N, that does not react with antisera directed against group A, B or C rotaviruses [Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi (Chin. Epidemiol.) 19 (1998) 336]. ADRV-N can be propagated in cell cultures [Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Natl. Med. J. China) 82 (2002) 14]. We present the complete sequences for ADRV-N genome segments 5 and 6, and a full ORF sequence of genome segment 7. The deduced amino acid sequences suggest that these segments encode NSP1, VP6 and NSP3, respectively. These three ADRV-N genome segments have a unique -ACCCC-3' terminal sequence. The 5'-GG- terminus of segments 5 and 6 is the same as that of other rotaviruses. The amino acid similarity between VP6 and NSP3 of ADRV-N and the cognate sequences of their closest counterpart, group B IDIR, was 37 and 35%, respectively. The ADRV-N NSP1 has a double-stranded RNA binding motif (DSRM) and a putative autoproteolytic cleavage motif upstream from the DSRM. The putative ADRV-N NSP3 has a truncated C-terminus compared to the cognate protein of group B rotaviruses. All the available data demonstrate that ADRV-N differs significantly from the known rotaviruses and strongly suggest that ADRV-N is the first recognized member of a new group of rotaviruses infecting humans.
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- H Yang
- Institute of Biotechnology and Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Biocenter 2, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5), FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Taraporewala ZF, Patton JT. Nonstructural proteins involved in genome packaging and replication of rotaviruses and other members of the Reoviridae. Virus Res 2004; 101:57-66. [PMID: 15010217 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2003.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Rotaviruses, members of family Reoviridae, are a major cause of acute gastroenteritis of infants and young children. The rotavirus genome consists of 11 segments of double-stranded (ds)RNA and the virion is an icosahedron composed of multiple layers of protein. The virion core is formed by a layer of VP2 and contains multiple copies of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase VP1 and the mRNA-capping enzyme VP3. Double-layered particles (DLPs), representing cores surrounded by a layer of VP6, direct the synthesis of viral mRNAs. Rotavirus core- and DLP-like replication intermediates (RIs) catalyze the synthesis of dsRNA from viral template mRNAs coincidentally with the packaging of the mRNAs into the pre-capsid structures of RIs. In addition to structural proteins, the nonstructural proteins NSP2 and NSP5 are components of RIs with replicase activity. NSP2 self assembles into octameric structures that have affinity for ssRNA and NTPase and helix-destabilizing activites. Its interaction with nucleotides induces a conformational shift in the octamer to a more condensed form. Phosphate residues generated by the NTPase activity are believed to be transferred from NSP2 to NSP5, leading to the hyperphosphorylation of the latter protein. It is suspected that the transfer of the phosphate group to NSP5 allows NSP2 to return to its noncondensed state and, thus, to accept another NTP molecule. The NSP5-mediated cycling of NSP2 from condensed to noncondensed combined with its RNA binding and helix-destabilizing activities are consistent with NSP2 functioning as a molecular motor to facilitate the packaging of template mRNAs into the pre-capsid structures of RIs. Similarities with the bluetongue virus protein NS2 and the reovirus proteins sigmaNS and micro2 suggest that they may be functional homologs of rotavirus NSP2 and NSP5.
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- Zenobia F Taraporewala
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive MSC 8026, Room 6314, Bethesda, MD 20892-8026, USA
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Sánchez-San Martín C, López T, Arias CF, López S. Characterization of rotavirus cell entry. J Virol 2004; 78:2310-8. [PMID: 14963127 PMCID: PMC369217 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.5.2310-2318.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/04/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While recently we have learned much about the viral and cellular proteins involved in the initial attachment of rotaviruses to MA104 cells, the mechanism by which these viruses reach the interior of the cell is poorly understood. For this study, we observed the effects of drugs and of dominant-negative mutants, known to impair clathrin-mediated endocytosis and endocytosis mediated by caveolae, on rotavirus cell infection. Rotaviruses were able to enter cells in the presence of compounds that inhibit clathrin-mediated endocytosis as well as cells overexpressing a dominant-negative form of Eps15, a protein crucial for the assembly of clathrin coats. We also found that rotaviruses infected cells in which caveolar uptake was blocked; treatment with the cholesterol binding agents nystatin and filipin, as well as transfection of cells with dominant-negative caveolin-1 and caveolin-3 mutants, had no effect on rotavirus infection. Interestingly, cells treated with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, a drug that sequesters cholesterol from membranes, and cells expressing a dominant-negative mutant of the large GTPase dynamin, which is known to function in several membrane scission events, were not infected by rotaviruses, indicating that cholesterol and dynamin play a role in the entry of rotaviruses.
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- Claudia Sánchez-San Martín
- Departamento de Genética del Desarrollo y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62210, Mexico
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Carpio RVD, González-Nilo FD, Jayaram H, Spencer E, Prasad BVV, Patton JT, Taraporewala ZF. Role of the histidine triad-like motif in nucleotide hydrolysis by the rotavirus RNA-packaging protein NSP2. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:10624-33. [PMID: 14699117 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311563200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Octamers formed by the nonstructural protein NSP2 of rotavirus are proposed to function as molecular motors in the packaging of the segmented double-stranded RNA genome. The octamers have RNA binding, helix unwinding, and Mg(2+)-dependent NTPase activities and play a crucial role in assembly of viral replication factories (viroplasms). Comparison of x-ray structures has revealed significant structural homology between NSP2 and the histidine triad (HIT) family of nucleotidyl hydrolases, which in turn has suggested the location of the active site for NTP hydrolysis in NSP2. Consistent with the structural predictions, we show here using site-specific mutagenesis and ATP docking simulations that the active site for NTP hydrolysis is localized to residues within a 25-A-deep cleft between the C- and N-terminal domains of the NSP2 monomer. Although lacking the precise signature HIT motif (HØHØHØØ where Ø is a hydrophobic residue), our analyses demonstrate that histidines (His(221) and His(225)) represent critical residues of the active site. Similar to events occurring during nucleotide hydrolysis by HIT proteins, NTP hydrolysis by NSP2 was found to produce a short lived phosphorylated intermediate. Evaluation of the biological importance of the NTPase activity of NSP2 by transient expression in mammalian cells showed that such activity has no impact on the ability of NSP2 to induce the hyperphosphorylation of NSP5 or to interact with NSP5 to form viroplasm-like structures. Hence the NTPase activity of NSP2 probably has a role subsequent to the formation of viroplasms, consistent with its suspected involvement in RNA packaging and/or replication.
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Mohan KVK, Muller J, Som I, Atreya CD. The N- and C-terminal regions of rotavirus NSP5 are the critical determinants for the formation of viroplasm-like structures independent of NSP2. J Virol 2003; 77:12184-92. [PMID: 14581555 PMCID: PMC254265 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.22.12184-12192.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Molecular events and the interdependence of the two rotavirus nonstructural proteins, NSP5 and NSP2, in producing viroplasm-like structures (VLS) were previously evaluated by using transient cellular coexpression of the genes for the two proteins, and VLS domains as well as the NSP2-binding region of NSP5 were mapped in the context of NSP2. Review of the previous studies led us to postulate that NSP2 binding of NSP5 may block the N terminus of NSP5 or render it inaccessible and that any similar N-terminal blockage may render NSP5 alone capable of producing VLS independent of NSP2. This possibility was addressed in this report by using two forms of NSP5-green fluorescent protein (GFP) chimeras wherein GFP is fused at either the N or the C terminus of NSP5 (GFP-NSP5 and NSP5-GFP) and evaluating their VLS-forming capability (by light and electron microscopy) and phosphorylation and multimerization potential independent of NSP2. Our results demonstrate that NSP5 alone can form VLS when the N terminus is blocked by fusion with a nonrotavirus protein (GFP-NSP5) but the C terminus is unmodified. Only GFP-NSP5 was able to undergo hyperphosphorylation and multimerization with the native form of NSP5, emphasizing the importance of an unmodified C terminus for these events. Deletion analysis of NSP5 mapped the essential signals for VLS formation to the C terminus and clearly suggested that hyperphosphorylation of NSP5 is not required for VLS formation. The present study emphasizes in general that when fusion proteins are used for functional studies, constructs that represent fusions at both the N and the C termini of the protein should be evaluated.
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- K V K Mohan
- Section of Viral Pathogenesis and Vaccine Adverse Reactions, Laboratory of Pediatric and Respiratory Viral Diseases, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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II, 4. Rotavirus genome replication: role of the RNA-binding proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-7069(03)09011-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Graff JW, Mitzel DN, Weisend CM, Flenniken ML, Hardy ME. Interferon regulatory factor 3 is a cellular partner of rotavirus NSP1. J Virol 2002; 76:9545-50. [PMID: 12186937 PMCID: PMC136439 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.18.9545-9550.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP1 is the least conserved protein in the rotavirus genome, and its function in the replication cycle is not known. We employed NSP1 as bait in the yeast two-hybrid interaction trap to identify candidate cellular partners of NSP1 that may provide clues to its function. Interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF-3) was identified as an NSP1 interactor. NSP1 synthesized in rotavirus-infected cells bound IRF-3 in a glutathione S-transferase pull-down assay, indicating that the interaction was not unique to the two-hybrid system. NSP1 of murine rotavirus strain EW also interacted with IRF-3. NSP1 deletion and point mutants were constructed to map domains important in the interaction between NSP1 and IRF-3. The data suggest that a binding domain resides in the C terminus of NSP1 and that the N-terminal conserved zinc finger is important but not sufficient to mediate binding to IRF-3. We predict that a role for NSP1 in rotavirus-infected cells is to inhibit activation of IRF-3 and diminish the cellular interferon response.
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- Joel W Graff
- Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
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Vende P, Taraporewala ZF, Patton JT. RNA-binding activity of the rotavirus phosphoprotein NSP5 includes affinity for double-stranded RNA. J Virol 2002; 76:5291-9. [PMID: 11967345 PMCID: PMC136158 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.10.5291-5299.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphoprotein NSP5 is a component of replication intermediates that catalyze the synthesis of the segmented double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) rotavirus genome. To study the role of the protein in viral replication, His-tagged NSP5 was expressed in bacteria and purified by affinity chromatography. In vitro phosphorylation assays showed that NSP5 alone contains minimal autokinase activity but undergoes hyperphosphorylation when combined with the NTPase and helix-destabilizing protein NSP2. Hence, NSP2 mediates the hyperphosphorylation of NSP5 in the absence of other viral or cellular proteins. RNA-binding assays demonstrated that NSP5 has unique nonspecific RNA-binding activity, recognizing single-stranded RNA and dsRNA with similar affinities. The possible functions of the RNA-binding activities of NSP5 are to cooperate with NSP2 in the destabilization of RNA secondary structures and in the packaging of RNA and/or to prevent the interferon-induced dsRNA-dependent activation of the protein kinase PKR.
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- Patrice Vende
- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Mohan KV, Atreya CD. Nucleotide sequence analysis of rotavirus gene 11 from two tissue culture-adapted ATCC strains, RRV and Wa. Virus Genes 2001; 23:321-9. [PMID: 11778700 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012577407824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We report here nucleotide sequence and characterization of gene 11 from two tissue culture-adapted ATCC rhesus (RRV) and human (Wa) strains of rotavirus. Gene 11 sequence encodes a nonstructural protein, NSP5 and also encodes NSP6, from an out of phase open reading frame. Sequence of RRV(ATCC) gene 11 represents the first report from a rhesus rotavirus which has more than 90% homology at the nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence level with that of its closely related simian SA11 strain. The WaATCC gene sequence differed from that of published Wa (WaPub) at three nucleotide positions, one at 264 (G(Wa-Pub) to A(ATCC-Wa)), another a nucleotide insertion (A) at position 388 and the third, a deletion (A) at 416. The latter two changes in WaATCC NSP5 resulted in drastic amino acid changes within a 10-residue region (123-132) from VHVYQFQLTN in WaPub to DSCVSISTNH in WaATCC NSP5 protein. In this region, WaATCC NSP5 is closer to published sequences from other strains, suggesting the authenticity of the present sequence. The nucleotide difference between WaPub and WaATCC NSP5 sequences, however, did not affect the NSP6 deduced amino acid sequence, which is overall highly conserved among all the strains compared. Sequence-based phylogenetic analysis of gene 11 identified a high degree of conservation within the Group A rotaviruses. In addition, it also separated RRV(ATCC) and WaATCC, suggesting rotavirus segregation by genogroup. An anti-NSP5 monoclonal antibody of SA11 recognized RRV NSP5 protein but not WaATCC NSP5 from the infected cells, further supporting the phylogenetic segregation of RRV(ATCC) and WaATCC strains based on their NSP5 coding sequence.
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- K V Mohan
- Section of Viral Pathogenesis and Adverse Reactions Laboratory of Pediatric and Respiratory Viral Diseases Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Schuck P, Taraporewala Z, McPhie P, Patton JT. Rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP2 self-assembles into octamers that undergo ligand-induced conformational changes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:9679-87. [PMID: 11121414 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009398200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nonstructural protein NSP2 is a component of the rotavirus replication machinery and binds single-stranded RNA cooperatively, with high affinity, and independent of sequence. Recently, NSP2 has been shown to form multimers and to possess an NTPase activity, but its precise function remains unclear. In the present study, we have characterized the solution structure of recombinant NSP2 by velocity and equilibrium ultracentrifugation, dynamic light scattering, and circular dichroism spectroscopy. We found that NSP2 exists as an octamer, which is functional in the binding of RNA and ADP. In the presence of magnesium, a partial dissociation of the octamer into smaller oligomers was observed. This was reversed by binding of ADP and RNA. We observed an increased sedimentation rate in the presence of ADP and a nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue, which suggests a change toward a significantly more compact octameric conformation. The secondary structure of NSP2 showed a high fraction of beta-sheet, with small changes induced by magnesium that were reversed in the presence of RNA. That NSP2 can exist in different conformations lends support to the previously proposed hypothesis (Taraporewala, Z., Chen, D., and Patton, J. T. (1999) J. Virol. 73, 9934-9943) of its function as a molecular motor involved in the packaging of viral mRNA.
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- P Schuck
- Division of Bioengineering and Physical Science, ORS, OD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Torres-Vega MA, González RA, Duarte M, Poncet D, López S, Arias CF. The C-terminal domain of rotavirus NSP5 is essential for its multimerization, hyperphosphorylation and interaction with NSP6. J Gen Virol 2000; 81:821-30. [PMID: 10675420 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-3-821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rotavirus NSP5 is a non-structural phosphoprotein with putative autocatalytic kinase activity, and is present in infected cells as various isoforms having molecular masses of 26, 28 and 30-34 kDa. We have previously shown that NSP5 forms oligomers and interacts with NSP6 in yeast cells. Here we have mapped the domains of NSP5 responsible for these associations. Deletion mutants of the rotavirus YM NSP5 were constructed and assayed for their ability to interact with full-length NSP5 and NSP6 using the yeast two-hybrid assay. The homomultimerization domain was mapped to the 20 C-terminal aa of the protein, which have a predicted alpha-helical structure. A deletion mutant lacking the 10 C-terminal aa (DeltaC10) failed to multimerize both in yeast cells and in an in vitro affinity assay. When transiently expressed in MA104 cells, NSP5 became hyperphosphorylated (30-34 kDa isoforms). In contrast, the DeltaC10 mutant produced forms equivalent to the 26 and 28 kDa species, but was poorly hyperphosphorylated, suggesting that multimerization is important for this proposed activity of the protein. The interaction domain with NSP6 was found to be present in the 35 C-terminal aa of NSP5, overlapping the multimerization domain of the protein, and suggesting that NSP6 might have a regulatory role in the self-association of NSP5. NSP6 was also found to interact with wild-type NSP5, but not with its mutant DeltaC10, in cells transiently transfected with plasmids encoding these proteins, confirming the relevance of the 10 C-terminal aa for the formation of the heterocomplex.
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- M A Torres-Vega
- Departamento de Genética y Fisiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 510-3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, Mexico
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Piron M, Delaunay T, Grosclaude J, Poncet D. Identification of the RNA-binding, dimerization, and eIF4GI-binding domains of rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP3. J Virol 1999; 73:5411-21. [PMID: 10364288 PMCID: PMC112597 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.7.5411-5421.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The rotavirus nonstructural protein NSP3 is a sequence-specific RNA binding protein that binds the nonpolyadenylated 3' end of the rotavirus mRNAs. NSP3 also interacts with the translation initiation factor eIF4GI and competes with the poly(A) binding protein. Deletion mutations and point mutations of NSP3 from group A rotavirus (NSP3A), expressed in Escherichia coli, indicate that the RNA binding domain lies between amino acids 4 and 149. Similar results were obtained with NSP3 from group C rotaviruses. Data also indicate that a dimer of NSP3A binds one molecule of RNA and that dimerization is necessary for strong RNA binding. The dimerization domain of NSP3 was mapped between amino acids 150 and 206 by using the yeast two-hybrid system. The eukaryotic initiation factor 4 GI subunit (eIF-4GI) binding domain of NSP3A has been mapped in the last 107 amino acids of its C terminus by using a pulldown assay and the yeast two-hybrid system. NSP3 is composed of two functional domains separated by a dimerization domain.
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- M Piron
- Laboratoire INRA de Virologie et d'Immunologie Moléculaires, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Mindich L. Precise packaging of the three genomic segments of the double-stranded-RNA bacteriophage phi6. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1999; 63:149-60. [PMID: 10066834 PMCID: PMC98960 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.1.149-160.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage phi6 has a genome of three segments of double-stranded RNA. Each virus particle contains one each of the three segments. Packaging is effected by the acquisition, in a serially dependent manner, of the plus strands of the genomic segments into empty procapsids. The empty procapsids are compressed in shape and expand during packaging. The packaging program involves discrete steps that are determined by the amount of RNA inside the procapsid. The steps involve the exposure and concealment of binding sites on the outer surface of the procapsid for the plus strands of the three genomic segments. The plus strand of segment S can be packaged alone, while packaging of the plus strand of segment M depends upon prior packaging of S. Packaging of the plus strand of L depends upon the prior packaging of M. Minus-strand synthesis begins when the particle has a full complement of plus strands. Plus-strand synthesis commences upon the completion of minus-strand synthesis. All of the reactions of packaging, minus-strand synthesis, and plus-strand synthesis can be accomplished in vitro with isolated procapsids. Live-virus constructions that are in accord with the model have been prepared. Mutant virus with changes in the packaging program have been isolated and analyzed.
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- L Mindich
- Department of Microbiology, The Public Health Research Institute New York, New York 10016, USA.
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