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Zhang D, Wang J, Wu H, Chen Q. Picroside II disrupts IBDV replication via targeting VP1 polymerase. Vet Microbiol 2024; 296:110191. [PMID: 39032445 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2024.110191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a highly contagious virus with a dsRNA genome, predominantly infecting chickens and causing significant economic losses due to high mortality rates. The emergence of recombinant, novel variant, and highly virulent strains that evade current vaccines has led to frequent epidemics and outbreaks in the poultry industry. The lack of targeted antivirals for IBDV underscores the pressing requirement to develop potent therapeutic options. Within this framework, our research investigated the effectiveness of picroside II, a naturally derived iridoid glycoside, against viruses in DF-1 cells. Our findings demonstrate that picroside II significantly inhibits viral replication, with its efficacy increasing proportionally to the dosage administered. Through time-addition and antiviral duration analysis, we determined that picroside II therapeutically blocks IBDV replication, with its effects persisting for over 72 hours. Further investigation revealed that picroside II specifically inhibits the cellular replication stage of IBDV's lifecycle. Additionally, our findings indicate that picroside II impairs VP1 polymerase activity by binding to the active pocket, which significantly disrupts the interaction between VP1 and VP3. Mutations at three critical binding sites on VP1 not only impair virus replication but also hinder polymerase function and disrupt VP1-VP3 interactions. Collectively, these results demonstrate that picroside II, by inhibiting viral polymerase activity, represents a promising antiviral agent against IBDV.
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- Donghu Zhang
- School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, PR China; Department of Pharmacy, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P R China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110004, PR China
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- Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330045, PR China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110122, PR China.
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Manríquez RA, Sandoval M, Loncoman C, Tafalla C, Avendaño-Herrera R, Cárcamo JG. Epigenetic reprogramming around IFN1 and IFNy2 promoters in rainbow trout cells inoculated with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 140:108947. [PMID: 37454879 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) has proven to effectively evade the host antiviral responses. This study clarifies whether the modulation of the antiviral immune response exerted by IPNV involves epigenetic mechanisms. An in-silico characterization of the rainbow trout IFN1 and IFNγ2 promoters was performed, identifying the islands or sequences rich in CpG dinucleotides and the putative transcription factor binding sites (TBS) for both gene promoters. RTS11 cells (rainbow trout monocyte/macrophage) were infected with IPNV, and the course of viral infection was followed up to 48 h post infection (hpi). Infected cells showed increased IFN1 and IFNγ2 transcriptional expression at 6 and 24 hpi, respectively. IPNV infection caused increases and decreases in global IFNγ2 promoter methylation at 6 and 24 hpi, respectively. The CpG dinucleotides at positions -392 and + 38 of this promoter were the most sensitive to methylation changes. The IFN1 promoter remained fully unmethylated during the course of the infection, similar to the control. The changes in the methylation pattern observed for the IFNγ2 promoter were coincident with the changes in DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) expression levels, increasing at 6 hpi and decreasing below basal level at 24 hpi. Similarly, the H4 histones associated with the IFN1 and IFNγ2 promoters were hyperacetylated at 6 hpi, subsequently decreasing their acetylation below basal levels at 24 hpi, in both promoters. Coincidentally with the above, overexpression of histone acetyltransferase (HAT) was observed at 6 hpi and of histone deacetylase (HDAC) at 24 hpi, with return to baseline of HAT. These results suggest that IPNV would epigenetically modulate the expression of IFN1 by changing acetylation levels of the histones H4 associated with its promoter. Also, the modulation of the expression of IFNy2 would be by switching methylation/demethylation levels of its promoter, in addition to changes in acetylation levels of histones H4 associated with this promoter. This study is the first to demonstrate the effect of epigenetic reprogramming after IPNV infection in salmonid cells, demonstrating that promoter methylation/demethylation level and changes in the histone code associated with promoters may play a role in the modulation of the immune response induced by the virus.
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- René A Manríquez
- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia, Chile
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- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia, Chile
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- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Animal Health Research Center (CISA), INIA-CSIC, Valdeolmos-Alalpardo, 28130, Madrid, Spain
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- Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia, Chile; Laboratorio de Patología de Organismos Acuáticos y Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile; Centro de Investigación Marina Quintay (CIMARQ), Universidad Andrés Bello, Quintay, Chile
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- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), Valdivia, Chile.
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Goldstein M, Vallejos-Vidal E, Wong-Benito V, Barraza-Rojas F, Tort L, Reyes-Lopez FE, Imarai M. Effects of artificial photoperiods on antigen-dependent immune responses in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2023; 137:108759. [PMID: 37088347 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2023.108759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In this study, we investigated the effects of the artificial photoperiods that mimic summer (16L:8D) and winter (8L:16D) solstices, equinoxes (12L:12D), and the artificial 24-h light regimen (24L:0D) on the leukocyte populations and the T helper and regulatory type responses on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Using flow cytometry analysis, we found that photoperiod induces changes in head kidney leukocyte subsets. The lymphoid subset increased in the 16L:8D summer solstice regime. The analysis using antibodies against B and T cells showed the increase of CD4-1+ T lymphocytes and other unidentified lymphoid cells, with no changes in the B cells. To investigate the modulatory influence of the photoperiod on the fish T cell response, we quantified in the head kidney the transcript levels of genes involved in the Th1 type response (t-bet, ifn-ƴ, il-12p35, il-12p40c), Th2 type response (gata3, il-4/13a), Th17 response (ror-ƴt, il-17a/f), T regulatory response (foxp3α, il-10a, tgf-β1), and the T cell growth factor il-2. The results showed that the seasonal photoperiod alone has a limited influence on the expression of these genes, as the only difference was observed in il-14/13a and il-10a transcripts of fish kept on the 16L:8D regimen. In addition, the 24L:0D treatment used in aquaculture produces a reduction of il-14/13a and il-17a/f. We also evaluated the effect of photoperiod in the presence of an antigenic stimulus. Thus, in fish immunized with the recombinant viral protein 1 (rVP1) of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), the photoperiod had a striking influence on the type of adaptive immune response. Each photoperiod fosters a unique immune signature of antigenic response. A classical type 1 response is observed in fish subjected to the 16D:8L photoperiod. In contrast, fish in the 12L:12D photoperiod showed only the upregulation of il-12p40c. Furthermore, none of the cytokines were increased in fish maintained on the artificial 24L:0D regimen, and a decrease in the master transcription factors (t-bet, ror-ƴt, and foxp3α) was observed. Thus, fish on the 12L:12D and 24L:0D photoperiod appear hyporesponsive regarding the T cell response. Altogether, this study showed that photoperiods modify the magnitude and quality of the T-helper response in rainbow trout and thus impact essential mechanisms for the generation of immune memory and protection against microorganisms.
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- Merari Goldstein
- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile; Núcleo de Investigación Aplicada en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago, Chile.
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Physiology, and Immunology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile.
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- Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 3363, Edificio de Investigación Eduardo Morales, 9170002 Estación Central, Santiago, Chile; Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Phosphorylation of VP1 Mediated by CDK1-Cyclin B1 Facilitates Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Replication. J Virol 2023; 97:e0194122. [PMID: 36602364 PMCID: PMC9888224 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01941-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus belonging to the genus Avibirnavirus in the family Birnaviridae. It can cause serious failure of vaccination in young poultry birds with impaired immune systems. Post-translational modifications of the VP1 protein are essential for viral RNA transcription, genome replication, and viral multiplication. Little information is available so far regarding the exact mechanism of phosphorylation of IBDV VP1 and its significance in the viral life cycle. Here, we provide several lines of evidence that the cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1)-cyclin B1 complex phosphorylates VP1, which facilitates viral replication. We show that the CDK1-cyclin B1 specifically interacts with VP1 and phosphorylates VP1 on the serine 7 residue, located in the N-terminal 7SPAQ10 region, which follows the optimal phosphorylation motif of CDK1, p-S/T-P. Additionally, IBDV infection drives the cytoplasmic accumulation of CDK1-cyclin B1, which co-localizes with VP1, supporting the kinase activity of CDK1-cyclin B1. Treatment with CDK1 inhibitor RO3306 and knockdown of CDK1-cyclin B1 severely disrupts the polymerase activity of VP1, resulting in diminished viral replication. Moreover, the replication of S7A mutant recombinant IBDV was significantly decreased compared to that of wild-type (WT) IBDV. Thus, CDK1-cyclin B1 is a crucial enzyme which phosphorylates IBDV VP1 on serine 7, which is necessary both for the polymerase activity of VP1 and for viral replication. IMPORTANCE Infectious bursal disease virus still poses a great economic threat to the global poultry farming industry. Detailed information on the steps of viral genome replication is essential for the development of antiviral therapeutics. Phosphorylation is a common post-translational modification in several viral proteins. There is a lack of information regarding the significance of VP1 phosphorylation and its role in modulating the viral life cycle. In this study, we found that CDK1-cyclin B1 accumulates in the cytoplasm and phosphorylates VP1 on serine 7. The presence of a CDK1 inhibitor and the silencing of CDK1-cyclin B1 decrease IBDV replication. The mutation of VP1 serine 7 to alanine reduces VP1 polymerase activity, disrupting the viral life cycle, which suggests that this residue serves an essential function. Our study offers novel insights into the regulatory mechanism of VP1 phosphorylation.
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Wong-Benito V, Barraza F, Trujillo-Imarai A, Ruiz-Higgs D, Montero R, Sandino AM, Wang T, Maisey K, Secombes CJ, Imarai M. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) recombinant viral protein 1 (VP1) and VP2-Flagellin fusion protein elicit distinct expression profiles of cytokines involved in type 1, type 2, and regulatory T cell response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 131:785-795. [PMID: 36323384 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2022.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In this study, we examined the cytokine immune response against two proteins of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the virion-associated RNA polymerase VP1 and VP2-Flagellin (VP2-Flg) fusion protein. Since VP1 is not a structural protein, we hypothesize it can induce cellular immunity, an essential mechanism of the antiviral response. At the same time, the fusion construction VP2-Flg could be highly immunogenic due to the presence of the flagellin used as an adjuvant. Fish were immunized with the corresponding antigen in Montanide™, and the gene expression of a set of marker genes of Th1, Th2, and the immune regulatory response was quantified in the head kidney of immunized and control fish. Results indicate that VP1 induced upregulation of ifn-γ, il-12p40c, il-4/13a, il-4/13b2, il-10a, and tgf-β1 in immunized fish. Expression of il-2a did not change in treated fish at the times tested. The antigen-dependent response was analysed by in vitro restimulation of head kidney leukocytes. In this assay, the group of cytokines upregulated after VP1-restimulation was consistent with those upregulated in the head kidney in vivo. Interestingly, VP1 induced il-2a expression after in vitro restimulation. The analysis of sorted lymphocytes showed that the increase of cytokines occurred in CD4-1+ T cells suggesting that Th differentiation happens in response to VP1. This is also consistent with the expression of t-bet and gata3, the master regulators for Th1/Th2 differentiation in the kidneys of immunized animals. A different cytokine expression profile was found after VP2-Flg administration, i.e., upregulation occurs for ifn-γ, il-4/13a, il-10a, and tgf-β1, while down-regulation was observed in il-4/13b2 and il-2a. The cytokine response was due to flagellin; only the il-2a effect was dependent upon VP2 in the fusion protein. To the best of our knowledge this study reports for the first-time characteristics of the adaptive immune response induced in response to IPNV VP1 and the fusion protein VP2-Flg in fish. VP1 induces cytokines able to trigger the humoral and cell-mediated immune response in rainbow trout. The analysis of the fish response against VP2-Flg revealed the immunogenic properties of Aeromonas salmonicida flagellin, which can be further tested for adjuvanticity. The novel immunogenic effects of VP1 in rainbow trout open new opportunities for further IPNV vaccine development using this viral protein.
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- Valentina Wong-Benito
- Laboratorio de Inmunología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Comparativa. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Laboratorio de Virología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología Comparativa. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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- Scottish Fish Immunology Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ, United Kingdom.
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología. Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Alameda, 3363, Santiago, Chile.
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Fu X, Luo M, Zheng G, Liang H, Liu L, Lin Q, Niu Y, Luo X, Li N. Determination and Characterization of a Novel Birnavirus Associated with Massive Mortality in Largemouth Bass. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0171621. [PMID: 35319246 PMCID: PMC9045220 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01716-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is an important and fast-growing aquaculture species in China. In 2017, an epidemic associated with severe mortality occurred in fingerlings of largemouth bass in Guangdong, China. The causative pathogen was identified and named as largemouth bass Birnavirus (LBBV) by virome analysis, viral isolation, electron microscopy, genome sequencing, Western blot, indirect immunofluorescence, experimental challenge, and so on. Virome sequencing results showed that the relative abundance reads related to the family Birnaviridae were the highest, occupied ∼25% of the total viral reads. Electron microscopy revealed large numbers of nonenveloped virus particles in the spleen of diseased fish with a diameter of about 53 nm. LBBV was isolated and propagated in Chinese perch brain cells and induced a typical cytopathic effect. LBBV was stable to chloroform, heat, and 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, but sensitive to acid (pH 3.0). The complete genome of LBBV was comprised of segment A with a size 3525 bp and segment B with a size 2737 bp. Phylogenetic analysis basing on RdRp and VP2 protein sequences revealed that LBBV were clustered into one clade with Lates calcarifer Birnavirus (LCBV), sharing 98.7% or 91.9% sequence identity with LCBV, respectively, but only sharing 59.7% and 52.7% sequence identity with Blosnavirus, suggesting that LBBV and LCBV probably belonged to a new genus. Challenge experiments results indicated that clinical disease symptoms similar to those observed naturally were replicated and the cumulative mortality reached 100% at 3 dpi by i.p. injection. The investigation of prevalence of LBBV infection showed that 41.5% (17/41) sample pools collected from diseased ponds was positive during 2017-2020, indicating that an emerging outbreak of this disease may be spreading within the largemouth bass in China. Above results confirmed that LBBV is a novel Birnavirus associated with massive mortality for fingerlings of largemouth bass. This provides a basis for prevention and control of this emerging viral disease. IMPORTANCE Pathogen isolation and identification are vital for emerging infectious outbreaks. Here we report the isolation, determination and characterization of a novel largemouth bass Birnavirus (LBBV) associated with massive mortality in largemouth bass. And genome of LBBV is determined and analyzed. Based on phylogenetic and alignment analysis of genome, we suggest LBBV belongs to a new genus (designated as Perbirnavirus genus) in Birnaviridae family. Our findings will provide a basis for the further study on prevention and control of this emerging viral disease.
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- Xiaozhe Fu
- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Key Laboratory of fishery Drug Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology, Guangzhou, China
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González-Catrilelbún S, Cartagena J, Vargas D, Breguel-Serrano P, Sandino AM, Rivas-Aravena A. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of the infectious pancreatic necrosis virus is linked to viral mRNA acting as a cap substitute. J Gen Virol 2022; 103. [DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is responsible for significant economic losses in the aquaculture industry. It is an unenveloped virus with an icosahedral capsid. Its viral genome comprises two dsRNA segments, A and B. Segment A contains a small ORF, which encodes VP5, and a large ORF, which encodes a polyprotein that generates the structural proteins and the viral protease. Segment B encodes the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), called VP1 in this free form, or Vpg when it covalently attaches to the viral RNA. The viral genome does not have cap or poly(A). Instead, each 5′ end is linked to the Vpg. Recently, we demonstrated that mRNA-A contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) to command polyprotein synthesis. However, the presence of Vpg on IPNV mRNAs and its impact on cellular translation has not been investigated. This research demonstrates that IPNV mRNAs are linked to Vpg and that this protein inhibits cap-dependent translation on infected cells. Also, it is demonstrated that Vpg interacts with eIF4E and that rapamycin treatment partially diminishes the viral protein synthesis. In addition, we determined that an IRES does not command translation of IPNV mRNA-B. We show that VPg serves as a cap substitute during the initiation of IPNV translation, contributing to understanding the replicative cycle of Birnaviruses. Our results indicate that the viral protein VP1/Vpg is multifunctional, having a significant role during IPNV RNA synthesis as the RdRp and the primer for IPNV RNA synthesis and translation as the viral protein genome, acting as a cap substitute.
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Centro de Biotecnología Acuícola, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencia, Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago, Chile
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Pathania S, Rawal RK, Singh PK. RdRp (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase): A key target providing anti-virals for the management of various viral diseases. J Mol Struct 2022; 1250:131756. [PMID: 34690363 PMCID: PMC8520695 DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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With the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, anti-viral agents have regained center stage in the arena of medicine. Out of the various drug targets involved in managing RNA-viral infections, the one that dominates almost all RNA viruses is RdRp (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase). RdRp are proteins that are involved in the replication of RNA-based viruses. Inhibition of RdRps has been an integral approach for managing various viral infections such as dengue, influenza, HCV (Hepatitis), BVDV, etc. Inhibition of the coronavirus RdRp is currently rigorously explored for the treatment of Covid-19 related complications. So, keeping in view the importance and current relevance of this drug target, we have discussed the importance of RdRp in developing anti-viral agents against various viral diseases. Different reported inhibitors have also been discussed, and emphasis has been laid on highlighting the inhibitor's pharmacophoric features and SAR profile.
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- Shelly Pathania
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga-142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-133207, Haryana, India,CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat-785006, Assam, India,Corresponding authors
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- Faculty of Medicine, Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, FI-20014, Finland,Corresponding authors
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Xu C, Li T, Lei J, Zhang Y, Zhou J, Hu B. The Autophagy Cargo Receptor SQSTM1 Inhibits Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Infection through Selective Autophagic Degradation of Double-Stranded Viral RNA. Viruses 2021; 13:v13122494. [PMID: 34960763 PMCID: PMC8704251 DOI: 10.3390/v13122494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Selective autophagy mediates the degradation of cytoplasmic cargos, such as damaged organelles, invading pathogens, and protein aggregates. However, whether it targets double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) of intracellular pathogens is still largely unknown. Here, we show that selective autophagy regulates the degradation of the infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) dsRNA genome. The amount of dsRNA decreased greatly in cells that overexpressed the autophagy-required protein VPS34 or autophagy cargo receptor SQSTM1, while it increased significantly in SQSTM1 or VPS34 knockout cells or by treating wild-type cells with the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine or wortmannin. Confocal microscopy and structured illumination microscopy showed SQSTM1 colocalized with dsRNA during IBDV infection. A pull-down assay further confirmed the direct binding of SQSTM1 to dsRNA through amino acid sites R139 and K141. Overexpression of SQSTM1 inhibited the replication of IBDV, while knockout of SQSTM1 promoted IBDV replication. Therefore, our findings reveal the role of SQSTM1 in clearing viral dsRNA through selective autophagy, highlighting the antiviral role of autophagy in the removal of the viral genome.
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- Chenyang Xu
- MOE International Joint Collaborative Research Laboratory for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.X.); (T.L.); (J.L.)
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- MOE International Joint Collaborative Research Laboratory for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.X.); (T.L.); (J.L.)
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- MOE International Joint Collaborative Research Laboratory for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.X.); (T.L.); (J.L.)
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Virology, Center for Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Virology, Center for Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.Z.); (J.Z.)
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- MOE International Joint Collaborative Research Laboratory for Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; (C.X.); (T.L.); (J.L.)
- MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Virology, Center for Veterinary Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; (Y.Z.); (J.Z.)
- Correspondence:
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Yang Z, He B, Lu Z, Mi S, Jiang J, Liu Z, Tu C, Gong W. Mammalian birnaviruses identified in pigs infected by classical swine fever virus. Virus Evol 2021; 7:veab084. [PMID: 34659797 PMCID: PMC8516818 DOI: 10.1093/ve/veab084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Currently, the Birnaviridae family contains four genera with all members identified from birds, fishes, and insects only. The present study reports a novel birnavirus unexpectedly identified from classical swine fever virus-infected pigs by viral metagenomic analysis, which is, therefore, named as porcine birnavirus (PBRV). Follow-up reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) screening of archived tissues of diseased pigs identified 16 PBRV strains from nine provinces/autonomous regions in China spanning 21 years (1998–2019), and the viral loads of PBRV in clinical samples were 105.08–107.95 genome copies per 0.1 g tissue, showing the replication of PBRVs in the pigs. Genome-based sequence comparison showed that PBRVs are genetically distant from existing members within the Birnaviridae family with 45.8–61.6 per cent and 46.2–63.2 per cent nucleotide sequence similarities in segments A and B, respectively, and the relatively closed viruses are avibirnavirus strains. In addition, indels of 57, 5, and 18 amino acid residues occurred in 16, 2, and 7 locations of the PBRV polyprotein and VP5 and VP1 proteins, respectively, as compared to the reference avibirnaviruses. Phylogenetic analysis showed that PBRVs formed an independent genotype separated from four other genera, which could be classified into two or three subgenotypes (PBRV-A1-2 and PBRV-B1-3) based on the nucleotide sequences of full preVP2 and VP1 genes, respectively. All results showed that PBRV represents a novel porcine virus species, which constitutes the first mammalian birnavirus taxon, thereby naming as Mambirnavirus genus is proposed.
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- Zhe Yang
- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130122, China
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- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130122, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Human and Animal Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses Research, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Engineering, Foshan University, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Human and Animal Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses Research, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Human and Animal Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Key Laboratory of Zoonoses Research, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130062, China
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Levanova AA, Vainio EJ, Hantula J, Poranen MM. RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase from Heterobasidion RNA Virus 6 Is an Active Replicase In Vitro. Viruses 2021; 13:v13091738. [PMID: 34578320 PMCID: PMC8473416 DOI: 10.3390/v13091738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Heterobasidion RNA virus 6 (HetRV6) is a double-stranded (ds)RNA mycovirus and a member of the recently established genus Orthocurvulavirus within the family Orthocurvulaviridae. The purpose of the study was to determine the biochemical requirements for RNA synthesis catalyzed by HetRV6 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). HetRV6 RdRp was expressed in Escherichia coli and isolated to near homogeneity using liquid chromatography. The enzyme activities were studied in vitro using radiolabeled UTP. The HetRV6 RdRp was able to initiate RNA synthesis in a primer-independent manner using both virus-related and heterologous single-stranded (ss)RNA templates, with a polymerization rate of about 46 nt/min under optimal NTP concentration and temperature. NTPs with 2'-fluoro modifications were also accepted as substrates in the HetRV6 RdRp-catalyzed RNA polymerization reaction. HetRV6 RdRp transcribed viral RNA genome via semi-conservative mechanism. Furthermore, the enzyme demonstrated terminal nucleotidyl transferase (TNTase) activity. Presence of Mn2+ was required for the HetRV6 RdRp catalyzed enzymatic activities. In summary, our study shows that HetRV6 RdRp is an active replicase in vitro that can be potentially used in biotechnological applications, molecular biology, and biomedicine.
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- Alesia A. Levanova
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
- Correspondence: (A.A.L.); (M.M.P.)
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; (E.J.V.); (J.H.)
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- Natural Resources Institute Finland, 00790 Helsinki, Finland; (E.J.V.); (J.H.)
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- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
- Correspondence: (A.A.L.); (M.M.P.)
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Ferrero DS, Falqui M, Verdaguer N. Snapshots of a Non-Canonical RdRP in Action. Viruses 2021; 13:v13071260. [PMID: 34203380 PMCID: PMC8310298 DOI: 10.3390/v13071260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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RNA viruses typically encode their own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) to ensure genome replication and transcription. The closed “right hand” architecture of RdRPs encircles seven conserved structural motifs (A to G) that regulate the polymerization activity. The four palm motifs, arranged in the sequential order A to D, are common to all known template dependent polynucleotide polymerases, with motifs A and C containing the catalytic aspartic acid residues. Exceptions to this design have been reported in members of the Permutotetraviridae and Birnaviridae families of positive single stranded (+ss) and double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses, respectively. In these enzymes, motif C is located upstream of motif A, displaying a permuted C–A–B–D connectivity. Here we study the details of the replication elongation process in the non-canonical RdRP of the Thosea asigna virus (TaV), an insect virus from the Permutatetraviridae family. We report the X-ray structures of three replicative complexes of the TaV polymerase obtained with an RNA template-primer in the absence and in the presence of incoming rNTPs. The structures captured different replication events and allowed to define the critical interactions involved in: (i) the positioning of the acceptor base of the template strand, (ii) the positioning of the 3’-OH group of the primer nucleotide during RNA replication and (iii) the recognition and positioning of the incoming nucleotide. Structural comparisons unveiled a closure of the active site on the RNA template-primer binding, before rNTP entry. This conformational rearrangement that also includes the repositioning of the motif A aspartate for the catalytic reaction to take place is maintained on rNTP and metal ion binding and after nucleotide incorporation, before translocation.
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Structure Unveils Relationships between RNA Virus Polymerases. Viruses 2021; 13:v13020313. [PMID: 33671332 PMCID: PMC7922027 DOI: 10.3390/v13020313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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RNA viruses are the fastest evolving known biological entities. Consequently, the sequence similarity between homologous viral proteins disappears quickly, limiting the usability of traditional sequence-based phylogenetic methods in the reconstruction of relationships and evolutionary history among RNA viruses. Protein structures, however, typically evolve more slowly than sequences, and structural similarity can still be evident, when no sequence similarity can be detected. Here, we used an automated structural comparison method, homologous structure finder, for comprehensive comparisons of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRps). We identified a common structural core of 231 residues for all the structurally characterized viral RdRps, covering segmented and non-segmented negative-sense, positive-sense, and double-stranded RNA viruses infecting both prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts. The grouping and branching of the viral RdRps in the structure-based phylogenetic tree follow their functional differentiation. The RdRps using protein primer, RNA primer, or self-priming mechanisms have evolved independently of each other, and the RdRps cluster into two large branches based on the used transcription mechanism. The structure-based distance tree presented here follows the recently established RdRp-based RNA virus classification at genus, subfamily, family, order, class and subphylum ranks. However, the topology of our phylogenetic tree suggests an alternative phylum level organization.
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Delmas B, Attoui H, Ghosh S, Malik YS, Mundt E, Vakharia VN, Ictv Report Consortium. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Birnaviridae. J Gen Virol 2018; 100:5-6. [PMID: 30484762 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Birnaviridae is a family of viruses with bi-segmented dsRNA genomes totalling about 6 kbp forming icosahedral, non-enveloped virions. The family includes four genera, members of three of which (Aquabirnavirus, Avibirnavirus and Blosnavirus) infect vertebrates (excluding mammals), whereas members of the fourth genus (Entomobirnavirus) infect insects. Each genus includes 1-3 species. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus of salmonids and infectious bursal disease virus of poultry are two economically important birnaviruses. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on the taxonomy of Birnaviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/birnaviridae.
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- Bernard Delmas
- 1VIM, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- 2UMR1161 Virologie, ANSES, INRA, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- 3Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St. Kitts and Nevis
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- 4Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- 5Boehringer Ingelheim Veterinary Research Center, Bemeroder Str. 31 30559 Hannover, Germany
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- 6Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 701, East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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Ulrich K, Wehner S, Bekaert M, Di Paola N, Dilcher M, Muir KF, Taggart JB, Matejusova I, Weidmann M. Molecular epidemiological study on Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus isolates from aquafarms in Scotland over three decades. J Gen Virol 2018; 99:1567-1581. [PMID: 30358526 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In order to obtain an insight into genomic changes and associated evolution and adaptation of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV), the complete coding genomes of 57 IPNV isolates collected from Scottish aquafarms from 1982 to 2014 were sequenced and analysed. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequenced IPNV strains showed separate clustering of genogroups I, II, III and V. IPNV isolates with genetic reassortment of segment A/B of genogroup III/II were determined. About 59 % of the IPNV isolates belonged to the persistent type and 32 % to the low-virulent type, and only one highly pathogenic strain (1.79 %) was identified. Codon adaptation index calculations indicated that the IPNV major capsid protein VP2 has adapted to its salmonid host. Under-representation of CpG dinucleotides in the IPNV genome to minimize detection by the innate immunity receptors, and observed positive selection in the virulence determination sites of VP2 embedded in the variable region of the main antigenic region, suggest an immune escape mechanism driving virulence evolution. The prevalence of mostly persistent genotypes, together with the assumption of adaptation and immune escape, indicates that IPNV is evolving with the host.
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- Kristina Ulrich
- 1Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- 1Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- 3Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- 4Canterbury Health Laboratories, Christchurch, New-Zealand
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- 1Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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- 1Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
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Bello-Pérez M, Falcó A, Galiano V, Coll J, Perez L, Encinar JA. Discovery of nonnucleoside inhibitors of polymerase from infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2018; 12:2337-2359. [PMID: 30104863 PMCID: PMC6072831 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s171087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Introduction Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) causes serious losses in several fish species of commercial interest. IPNV is a non-enveloped double-stranded RNA virus with a genome consisting of two segments A and B. Segment B codes for the VP1 protein, a non-canonical RNA-dependent RNA polymerase that can be found both in its free form and linked to the end of genomic RNA, an essential enzyme for IPNV replication. Materials and methods We take advantage of the knowledge over the allosteric binding site described on the surface of the thumb domain of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) polymerase to design new non-nucleoside inhibitors against the IPNV VP1 polymerase. Results Molecular docking techniques have been used to screen a chemical library of 23,760 compounds over a defined cavity in the surface of the thumb domain. Additional ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity) filter criteria has been applied. Conclusion We select two sets of 9 and 50 inhibitor candidates against the polymerases of HCV and IPNV, respectively. Two non-toxic compounds have been tested in vitro with antiviral capacity against IPNV Sp and LWVRT60 strains in the low µM range with different activity depending on the IPNV strain used.
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- Melissa Bello-Pérez
- Molecular and Cell Biology Institute (IBMC), Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Elche, Spain, ;
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Institute (IBMC), Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Elche, Spain, ;
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- Department of Physics and Computer Architecture, Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Elche, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Institute (IBMC), Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Elche, Spain, ;
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Institute (IBMC), Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Elche, Spain, ;
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Venkataraman S, Prasad BVLS, Selvarajan R. RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases: Insights from Structure, Function and Evolution. Viruses 2018; 10:v10020076. [PMID: 29439438 PMCID: PMC5850383 DOI: 10.3390/v10020076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 01/30/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is one of the most versatile enzymes of RNA viruses that is indispensable for replicating the genome as well as for carrying out transcription. The core structural features of RdRps are conserved, despite the divergence in their sequences. The structure of RdRp resembles that of a cupped right hand and consists of fingers, palm and thumb subdomains. The catalysis involves the participation of conserved aspartates and divalent metal ions. Complexes of RdRps with substrates, inhibitors and metal ions provide a comprehensive view of their functional mechanism and offer valuable insights regarding the development of antivirals. In this article, we provide an overview of the structural aspects of RdRps and their complexes from the Group III, IV and V viruses and their structure-based phylogeny.
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- Sangita Venkataraman
- Department of Biotechnology, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur 522510, India.
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Manesar, Gurgaon 122413, India.
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- ICAR National Research Centre for Banana, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirapalli 620102, India.
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Most emerging and re-emerging human and animal viral diseases are associated with RNA viruses. All these pathogens, with the exception of retroviruses, encode a specialized enzyme called RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), which catalyze phosphodiester-bond formation between ribonucleotides (NTPs) in an RNA template-dependent manner. These enzymes function either as single polypeptides or in complex with other viral or host components to transcribe and replicate the viral RNA genome. The structures of RdRPs and RdRP catalytic complexes, currently available for several members of (+) ssRNA, (-)ssRNA and dsRNA virus families, have provided high resolution snapshots of the functional steps underlying replication and transcription of viral RNA genomes and their regulatory mechanisms.
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- Diego Ferrero
- Structural Biology Unit, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain.
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Dauter Z, Jaskolski M. On the helical arrangements of protein molecules. Protein Sci 2017; 27:643-652. [PMID: 29194829 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Helical structures are prevalent in biology. In the PDB, there are many examples where protein molecules are helically arranged, not only according to strict crystallographic screw axes but also according to approximate noncrystallographic screws. The preponderance of such screws is rather striking as helical arrangements in crystals must preserve an integer number of subunits per turn, while intuition and simple packing arguments would seem to favor fractional helices. The article provides insights into such questions, based on stereochemistry, trigonometry, and topology, and illustrates the findings with concrete PDB structures. Updated statistics of Sohncke space groups in the PDB are also presented.
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- Zbigniew Dauter
- Synchrotron Radiation Research Section, MCL, National Cancer Institute, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, 60439
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- Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 61-614, Poland.,Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, 61-704, Poland
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Kumar S, Subbarao BL, Kumari R, Hallan V. Molecular characterization of a novel cryptic virus infecting pigeonpea plants. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181829. [PMID: 28771507 PMCID: PMC5542627 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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A new member of the genus Deltapartitivirus was identified containing three dsRNAs with an estimated size of 1.71, 1.49 and 1.43 kb. The dsRNAs were extracted from symptomless pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh] plants cv. Erra Kandulu. This new virus with 4.64 kb genome was tentatively named Arhar cryptic virus-1 (ArCV-1). The genomic RNAs were amplified and characterized by sequence independent single primer amplification. The dsRNAs shared a highly conserved 16 nt 5' non-coding region (5'-GATAATGATCCAAGGA-3'). The largest dsRNA (dsRNA-1) was identified as the viral RNA dependent RNA polymerase (replicase), predicted to encode a putative 55.34 kDa protein (P1). The two other smaller dsRNAs (dsRNA-2 and dsRNA-3) predicted to encode for putative capsid proteins of 38.50kDa (P2) and 38.51kDa (P3), respectively. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ArCV-1 formed a clade together with Fragaria chiloensis cryptic virus, Rosa multiflora cryptic virus and Rose cryptic virus-1, indicating that ArCV-1 could be a new member of the genus Deltapartitivirus. ArCV-1 3Dpol structure revealed several interesting features. The 3Dpol in its full-length shares structural similarities with members of the family Caliciviridaeand family Picornaviridae. In addition, fourth dsRNA molecule (dsRNA-2A), not related to ArCV-1 genome, was found in the same plant tissue. The dsRNA-2A (1.6 kb) encodes a protein (P4), with a predicted size of 44.5 kDa. P4 shares similarity with coat protein genes of several cryptic viruses, in particular the bipartite cryptic viruses including Raphanus sativus cryptic virus-3. This is the first report of occurrence of a cryptic virus in pigeonpea plants.
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- Surender Kumar
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT) Campus, Palampur, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Plant Virus Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Plant Virus Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Plant Virus Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Du Y, Wu NC, Jiang L, Zhang T, Gong D, Shu S, Wu TT, Sun R. Annotating Protein Functional Residues by Coupling High-Throughput Fitness Profile and Homologous-Structure Analysis. mBio 2016; 7:e01801-16. [PMID: 27803181 PMCID: PMC5090041 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01801-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Identification and annotation of functional residues are fundamental questions in protein sequence analysis. Sequence and structure conservation provides valuable information to tackle these questions. It is, however, limited by the incomplete sampling of sequence space in natural evolution. Moreover, proteins often have multiple functions, with overlapping sequences that present challenges to accurate annotation of the exact functions of individual residues by conservation-based methods. Using the influenza A virus PB1 protein as an example, we developed a method to systematically identify and annotate functional residues. We used saturation mutagenesis and high-throughput sequencing to measure the replication capacity of single nucleotide mutations across the entire PB1 protein. After predicting protein stability upon mutations, we identified functional PB1 residues that are essential for viral replication. To further annotate the functional residues important to the canonical or noncanonical functions of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (vRdRp), we performed a homologous-structure analysis with 16 different vRdRp structures. We achieved high sensitivity in annotating the known canonical polymerase functional residues. Moreover, we identified a cluster of noncanonical functional residues located in the loop region of the PB1 β-ribbon. We further demonstrated that these residues were important for PB1 protein nuclear import through the interaction with Ran-binding protein 5. In summary, we developed a systematic and sensitive method to identify and annotate functional residues that are not restrained by sequence conservation. Importantly, this method is generally applicable to other proteins about which homologous-structure information is available. IMPORTANCE To fully comprehend the diverse functions of a protein, it is essential to understand the functionality of individual residues. Current methods are highly dependent on evolutionary sequence conservation, which is usually limited by sampling size. Sequence conservation-based methods are further confounded by structural constraints and multifunctionality of proteins. Here we present a method that can systematically identify and annotate functional residues of a given protein. We used a high-throughput functional profiling platform to identify essential residues. Coupling it with homologous-structure comparison, we were able to annotate multiple functions of proteins. We demonstrated the method with the PB1 protein of influenza A virus and identified novel functional residues in addition to its canonical function as an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Not limited to virology, this method is generally applicable to other proteins that can be functionally selected and about which homologous-structure information is available.
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- Yushen Du
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cancer Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, ZJU-UCLA Joint Center for Medical Education and Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cancer Institute, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, ZJU-UCLA Joint Center for Medical Education and Research, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Ferrero DS, Buxaderas M, Rodríguez JF, Verdaguer N. The Structure of the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase of a Permutotetravirus Suggests a Link between Primer-Dependent and Primer-Independent Polymerases. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005265. [PMID: 26625123 PMCID: PMC4666646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thosea asigna virus (TaV), an insect virus belonging to the Permutatetraviridae family, has a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) genome with two overlapping open reading frames, encoding for the replicase and capsid proteins. The particular TaV replicase includes a structurally unique RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) with a sequence permutation in the palm sub-domain, where the active site is anchored. This non-canonical arrangement of the RdRP palm is also found in double-stranded RNA viruses of the Birnaviridae family. Both virus families also share a conserved VPg sequence motif at the polymerase N-terminus which in birnaviruses appears to be used to covalently link a fraction of the replicase molecules to the 5’-end of the genomic segments. Birnavirus VPgs are presumed to be used as primers for replication initiation. Here we have solved the crystal structure of the TaV RdRP, the first non-canonical RdRP of a ssRNA virus, in its apo- form and bound to different substrates. The enzyme arranges as a stable dimer maintained by mutual interactions between the active site cleft of one molecule and the flexible N-terminal tail of the symmetrically related RdRP. The latter, partially mimicking the RNA template backbone, is involved in regulating the polymerization activity. As expected from previous sequence-based bioinformatics predictions, the overall architecture of the TaV enzyme shows important resemblances with birnavirus polymerases. In addition, structural comparisons and biochemical analyses reveal unexpected similarities between the TaV RdRP and those of Flaviviruses. In particular, a long loop protruding from the thumb domain towards the central enzyme cavity appears to act as a platform for de novo initiation of RNA replication. Our findings strongly suggest an unexpected evolutionary relationship between the RdRPs encoded by these distant ssRNA virus groups. RNA dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) are the catalytic components of the RNA replication and transcription machineries, and thus central players in the life cycle of RNA viruses. The in-depth understanding of both the structure and regulation of viral RdRPs displaying different replication-transcription strategies might provide essential clues for an effective control of virus propagation. The characterization of the first non-canonical RdRP of a positive-stranded RNA virus, the permutotetravirus Thosea asigna virus, has unveiled two essential elements controlling polymerization activity: (i) the protein N-terminus that invades the central cleft of the neighboring RdRP molecule, thus stabilizing a dimeric form of the enzyme with partially occluded template binding channels; and (ii) a long loop protruding towards the catalytic cavity which harbors the binding site of incoming nucleotides, thus providing a platform for de novo replication initiation. The close structural and functional resemblance between this enzyme and flaviviral RdRPs strongly suggests the existence of an unexpected evolutionary link between these two distant virus groups.
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- Diego S. Ferrero
- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- * E-mail: (JFR); (NV)
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- * E-mail: (JFR); (NV)
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RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases of Picornaviruses: From the Structure to Regulatory Mechanisms. Viruses 2015; 7:4438-60. [PMID: 26258787 PMCID: PMC4576190 DOI: 10.3390/v7082829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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RNA viruses typically encode their own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) to ensure genome replication within the infected cells. RdRP function is critical not only for the virus life cycle but also for its adaptive potential. The combination of low fidelity of replication and the absence of proofreading and excision activities within the RdRPs result in high mutation frequencies that allow these viruses a rapid adaptation to changing environments. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about structural and functional aspects on RdRP catalytic complexes, focused mainly in the Picornaviridae family. The structural data currently available from these viruses provided high-resolution snapshots for a range of conformational states associated to RNA template-primer binding, rNTP recognition, catalysis and chain translocation. As these enzymes are major targets for the development of antiviral compounds, such structural information is essential for the design of new therapies.
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Lauksund S, Greiner-Tollersrud L, Chang CJ, Robertsen B. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus proteins VP2, VP3, VP4 and VP5 antagonize IFNa1 promoter activation while VP1 induces IFNa1. Virus Res 2014; 196:113-21. [PMID: 25445351 PMCID: PMC7114410 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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IPNV genes preVP2, VP3, VP4 and VP5 inhibited activation of the IFNa1 promoter. The viral protease VP4 was the most potent inhibitor of IFN induction. IFN antagonism by VP4 is independent of its protease activity. The RNA polymerase VP1 activated the IFNa1 promoter.
Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is one of the major viral pathogens causing disease in farmed Atlantic salmon worldwide. In the present work we show that several of the IPN proteins have powerful antagonistic properties against type I IFN induction in Atlantic salmon. Each of the five IPNV genes cloned into an expression vector were tested for the ability to influence activation of the Atlantic salmon IFNa1 promoter by the interferon promoter inducing protein one (IPS-1) or interferon regulatory factors (IRF). This showed that preVP2, VP3 and VP5 inhibited activation of both promoters, while VP4 only antagonized activation of the IFNa1 promoter. The viral protease VP4 was the most potent inhibitor of IFN induction, apparently targeting the IRF1 and IRF3 branch of the signaling cascade. VP4 antagonism is independent of its protease activity since the catalytically dead mutant VP4K674A inhibited activation of the IFNa1 promoter to a similar extent as wild type VP4. In contrast to the other IPNV proteins, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase VP1 activated the IFNa1 promoter. The ability to activate the IFN response was disrupted in the mutant VP1S163A, which has lost the ability to produce dsRNA. VP1 also exhibited synergistic effects with IRF1 and IRF3 in inducing an IFNa1-dependent antiviral state in cells. Taken together these results suggest that IPNV has developed multiple IFN antagonistic properties to prevent IFN-induction by VP1 and its dsRNA genome.
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- Silje Lauksund
- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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te Velthuis AJW. Common and unique features of viral RNA-dependent polymerases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:4403-20. [PMID: 25080879 PMCID: PMC4207942 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1695-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 06/29/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Eukaryotes and bacteria can be infected with a wide variety of RNA viruses. On average, these pathogens share little sequence similarity and use different replication and transcription strategies. Nevertheless, the members of nearly all RNA virus families depend on the activity of a virally encoded RNA-dependent polymerase for the condensation of nucleotide triphosphates. This review provides an overview of our current understanding of the viral RNA-dependent polymerase structure and the biochemistry and biophysics that is involved in replicating and transcribing the genetic material of RNA viruses.
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- Aartjan J W te Velthuis
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands,
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Mönttinen HAM, Ravantti JJ, Stuart DI, Poranen MM. Automated structural comparisons clarify the phylogeny of the right-hand-shaped polymerases. Mol Biol Evol 2014; 31:2741-52. [PMID: 25063440 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Polymerases are essential for life, being responsible for replication, transcription, and the repair of nucleic acid molecules. Those that share a right-hand-shaped fold and catalytic site structurally similar to the DNA polymerase I of Escherichia coli may catalyze RNA- or DNA-dependent RNA polymerization, reverse transcription, or DNA replication in eukarya, archaea, bacteria, and their viruses. We have applied novel computational methods for structure-based clustering and phylogenetic analyses of this functionally diverse polymerase superfamily, which currently comprises six families. We identified a structural core common to all right-handed polymerases, composed of 57 amino acid residues, harboring two positionally and chemically conserved residues, the catalytic aspartates. The structural conservation within each of the six families is considerable, for example, the structural core shared by family Y DNA polymerases covers over 90% of the polymerase domain of the Sulfolobus solfataricus Dpo4. Our phylogenetic analyses propose an early separation of RNA-dependent polymerases that use primers from those that are primer-independent. Furthermore, the exchange of polymerase genes between viruses and their hosts is evident. Because of this horizontal gene transfer, the phylogeny of polymerases does not always reflect the evolutionary history of the corresponding organisms.
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- Heli A M Mönttinen
- Department of Biosciences, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Structural Biology and the Oxford Protein Production Facility, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom Diamond Light Source Limited, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biosciences, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Černý J, Černá Bolfíková B, Valdés JJ, Grubhoffer L, Růžek D. Evolution of tertiary structure of viral RNA dependent polymerases. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96070. [PMID: 24816789 PMCID: PMC4015915 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Viral RNA dependent polymerases (vRdPs) are present in all RNA viruses; unfortunately, their sequence similarity is too low for phylogenetic studies. Nevertheless, vRdP protein structures are remarkably conserved. In this study, we used the structural similarity of vRdPs to reconstruct their evolutionary history. The major strength of this work is in unifying sequence and structural data into a single quantitative phylogenetic analysis, using powerful a Bayesian approach. The resulting phylogram of vRdPs demonstrates that RNA-dependent DNA polymerases (RdDPs) of viruses within Retroviridae family cluster in a clearly separated group of vRdPs, while RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRPs) of dsRNA and +ssRNA viruses are mixed together. This evidence supports the hypothesis that RdRPs replicating +ssRNA viruses evolved multiple times from RdRPs replicating +dsRNA viruses, and vice versa. Moreover, our phylogram may be presented as a scheme for RNA virus evolution. The results are in concordance with the actual concept of RNA virus evolution. Finally, the methods used in our work provide a new direction for studying ancient virus evolution.
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- Jiří Černý
- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
- Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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An influenza A virus hemagglutinin (HA) epitope inserted in and expressed from several loci of the infectious bursal disease virus genome induces HA-specific antibodies. Arch Virol 2014; 159:2033-41. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-2036-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Shatskaya GS, Dmitrieva TM. Structural organization of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 78:231-5. [PMID: 23586715 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297913030036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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This review describes available data on the structure of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases (RdRP) obtained from X-ray analysis and discusses the functional significance of the structural elements of these enzymes. Because most of the studies done to date relate to RdRP structures of picorna-, flavi-, and caliciviruses, here we consider mostly the structures of RdRP of these groups of viruses, and also include information about polymerases of other virus families.
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- G S Shatskaya
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
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Gibrat JF, Mariadassou M, Boudinot P, Delmas B. Analyses of the radiation of birnaviruses from diverse host phyla and of their evolutionary affinities with other double-stranded RNA and positive strand RNA viruses using robust structure-based multiple sequence alignments and advanced phylogenetic methods. BMC Evol Biol 2013; 13:154. [PMID: 23865988 PMCID: PMC3724706 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Birnaviruses form a distinct family of double-stranded RNA viruses infecting animals as different as vertebrates, mollusks, insects and rotifers. With such a wide host range, they constitute a good model for studying the adaptation to the host. Additionally, several lines of evidence link birnaviruses to positive strand RNA viruses and suggest that phylogenetic analyses may provide clues about transition. Results We characterized the genome of a birnavirus from the rotifer Branchionus plicalitis. We used X-ray structures of RNA-dependent RNA polymerases and capsid proteins to obtain multiple structure alignments that allowed us to obtain reliable multiple sequence alignments and we employed “advanced” phylogenetic methods to study the evolutionary relationships between some positive strand and double-stranded RNA viruses. We showed that the rotifer birnavirus genome exhibited an organization remarkably similar to other birnaviruses. As this host was phylogenetically very distant from the other known species targeted by birnaviruses, we revisited the evolutionary pathways within the Birnaviridae family using phylogenetic reconstruction methods. We also applied a number of phylogenetic approaches based on structurally conserved domains/regions of the capsid and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase proteins to study the evolutionary relationships between birnaviruses, other double-stranded RNA viruses and positive strand RNA viruses. Conclusions We show that there is a good correlation between the phylogeny of the birnaviruses and that of their hosts at the phylum level using the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (genomic segment B) on the one hand and a concatenation of the capsid protein, protease and ribonucleoprotein (genomic segment A) on the other hand. This correlation tends to vanish within phyla. The use of advanced phylogenetic methods and robust structure-based multiple sequence alignments allowed us to obtain a more accurate picture (in terms of probability of the tree topologies) of the evolutionary affinities between double-stranded RNA and positive strand RNA viruses. In particular, we were able to show that there exists a good statistical support for the claims that dsRNA viruses are not monophyletic and that viruses with permuted RdRps belong to a common evolution lineage as previously proposed by other groups. We also propose a tree topology with a good statistical support describing the evolutionary relationships between the Picornaviridae, Caliciviridae, Flaviviridae families and a group including the Alphatetraviridae, Nodaviridae, Permutotretraviridae, Birnaviridae, and Cystoviridae families.
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- Jean-François Gibrat
- INRA, UR 1077 Mathématique, Informatique et Génome 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Bahar MW, Sarin LP, Graham SC, Pang J, Bamford DH, Stuart DI, Grimes JM. Structure of a VP1-VP3 complex suggests how birnaviruses package the VP1 polymerase. J Virol 2013; 87:3229-36. [PMID: 23283942 PMCID: PMC3592137 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02939-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV), a member of the family Birnaviridae, infects young salmon, with a severe impact on the commercial sea farming industry. Of the five mature proteins encoded by the IPNV genome, the multifunctional VP3 has an essential role in morphogenesis; interacting with the capsid protein VP2, the viral double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genome and the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase VP1. Here we investigate one of these VP3 functions and present the crystal structure of the C-terminal 12 residues of VP3 bound to the VP1 polymerase. This interaction, visualized for the first time, reveals the precise molecular determinants used by VP3 to bind the polymerase. Competition binding studies confirm that this region of VP3 is necessary and sufficient for VP1 binding, while biochemical experiments show that VP3 attachment has no effect on polymerase activity. These results indicate how VP3 recruits the polymerase into birnavirus capsids during morphogenesis.
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- Mohammad W. Bahar
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research and Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Science Division, Diamond Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Science Division, Diamond Light Source Ltd., Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Lang DM, Zemla AT, Zhou CLE. Highly similar structural frames link the template tunnel and NTP entry tunnel to the exterior surface in RNA-dependent RNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 41:1464-82. [PMID: 23275546 PMCID: PMC3561941 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) is essential to viral replication and is therefore one of the primary targets of countermeasures against these dangerous infectious agents. Development of broad-spectrum therapeutics targeting polymerases has been hampered by the extreme sequence variability of these sequences. RdRps range in length from 400–800 residues, yet contain only ∼20 residues that are conserved in most species. In this study, we made structure-based comparisons that are independent of sequence composition using a recently developed algorithm. We identified residue-to-residue correspondences of multiple protein structures and created (two-dimensional) structure-based alignment maps of 37 polymerase structures that provide both sequence and structure details. Using these maps, we determined that ∼75% of each polymerase species consists of seven protein segments, each of which has high structural similarity to segments in other species, though they are widely divergent in sequence composition and order. We define each of these segments as a ‘homomorph’, and each includes (though most are much larger than) the well-known conserved polymerase motifs. All homomorphs contact the template tunnel or nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) entry tunnel and the exterior of the protein, suggesting they constitute a structural and functional skeleton common among the polymerases.
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- Dorothy M Lang
- Physical and Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
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Both genome segments contribute to the pathogenicity of very virulent infectious bursal disease virus. J Virol 2012; 87:2767-80. [PMID: 23269788 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02360-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) causes an economically significant disease of chickens worldwide. Very virulent IBDV (vvIBDV) strains have emerged and induce as much as 60% mortality. The molecular basis for vvIBDV pathogenicity is not understood, and the relative contributions of the two genome segments, A and B, to this phenomenon are not known. Isolate 94432 has been shown previously to be genetically related to vvIBDVs but exhibits atypical antigenicity and does not cause mortality. Here the full-length genome of 94432 was determined, and a reverse genetics system was established. The molecular clone was rescued and exhibited the same antigenicity and reduced pathogenicity as isolate 94432. Genetically modified viruses derived from 94432, whose vvIBDV consensus nucleotide sequence was restored in segment A and/or B, were produced, and their pathogenicity was assessed in specific-pathogen-free chickens. We found that a valine (position 321) that modifies the most exposed part of the capsid protein VP2 critically modified the antigenicity and partially reduced the pathogenicity of 94432. However, a threonine (position 276) located in the finger domain of the virus polymerase (VP1) contributed even more significantly to attenuation. This threonine is partially exposed in a hydrophobic groove on the VP1 surface, suggesting possible interactions between VP1 and another, as yet unidentified molecule at this amino acid position. The restored vvIBDV-like pathogenicity was associated with increased replication and lesions in the thymus and spleen. These results demonstrate that both genome segments influence vvIBDV pathogenicity and may provide new targets for the attenuation of vvIBDVs.
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Ferrero D, Buxaderas M, Rodriguez JF, Verdaguer N. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Thosea asigna virus. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1263-6. [PMID: 23027763 PMCID: PMC3490467 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112037529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Thosea asigna virus (TaV) is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) virus that belongs to the Permutotetravirus genera within the recently created Permutotetraviridae family. The genome of TaV consists of an RNA segment of about 5.700 nucleotides with two open reading frames, encoding for the replicase and capsid protein. The particular TaV replicase does not contain N7-methyl transferase and helicase domains but includes a structurally unique RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) with a sequence permutation in the domain where the active site is anchored. This architecture is also found in double-stranded RNA viruses of the Birnaviridae family. Here we report the purification and preliminary crystallographic studies TaV RdRp. The enzyme was crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour diffusion method using PEG 8K and lithium sulfate as precipitants. Two different crystal forms were obtained: native RdRp crystallized in space group P2(1)2(1)2 and diffracts up to 2.1 Å and the RdRp-Lu(3+) derivative co-crystals belong to the C222(1) space group, diffracting to 3.0 Å resolution. The structure of TaV RdRp represents the first structure of a non-canonical RdRp from ssRNA viruses.
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- Diego Ferrero
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Calle Darwin No. 3, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 10, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Calle Darwin No. 3, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, CSIC, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri i Reixac 10, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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Arenavirus Z protein controls viral RNA synthesis by locking a polymerase-promoter complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:19743-8. [PMID: 22106304 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112742108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Arenaviruses form a noncytolytic infection in their rodent hosts, yet can elicit severe hemorrhagic disease in humans. How arenaviruses regulate gene expression remains unclear, and further understanding may provide insight into the dichotomy of these disparate infection processes. Here we reconstitute arenavirus RNA synthesis initiation and gene expression regulation in vitro using purified components and demonstrate a direct role of the viral Z protein in controlling RNA synthesis. Our data reveal that Z forms a species-specific complex with the viral polymerase (L) and inhibits RNA synthesis initiation by impairing L catalytic activity. This Z-L complex locks the viral polymerase in a promoter-bound, catalytically inactive state and may additionally ensure polymerase packaging during virion maturation. Z modulates host factors involved in cellular translation, proliferation, and antiviral signaling. Our data defines an additional role in governing viral RNA synthesis, revealing Z as the center of a network of host and viral connections that regulates viral gene expression.
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