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The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes
BACKGROUND: Genetic reassortment plays a critical role in the generation of pandemic strains of influenza virus. The influenza virus RNA polymerase, composed of PB1, PB2 and PA subunits, has been suggested to influence the efficiency of genetic reassortment. However, the role of the RNA polymerase i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289661/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22389716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032634 |
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author | Nakazono, Yoko Hara, Koyu Kashiwagi, Takahito Hamada, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi |
author_facet | Nakazono, Yoko Hara, Koyu Kashiwagi, Takahito Hamada, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Genetic reassortment plays a critical role in the generation of pandemic strains of influenza virus. The influenza virus RNA polymerase, composed of PB1, PB2 and PA subunits, has been suggested to influence the efficiency of genetic reassortment. However, the role of the RNA polymerase in the genetic reassortment is not well understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here, we reconstituted reassortant ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes, and demonstrated that the PB2 subunit of A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) [HK PB2] dramatically reduced the synthesis of mRNA, cRNA and vRNA when introduced into the polymerase of other influenza strains of H1N1 or H3N2. The HK PB2 had no significant effect on the assembly of the polymerase trimeric complex, or on promoter binding activity or replication initiation activity in vitro. However, the HK PB2 was found to remarkably impair the accumulation of RNP. This impaired accumulation and activity of RNP was fully restored when four amino acids at position 108, 508, 524 and 627 of the HK PB2 were mutated. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Overall, we suggest that the PB2 subunit of influenza polymerase might play an important role for the replication of reassortant ribonucleoprotein complexes. |
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spelling | pubmed-32896612012-03-02 The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Nakazono, Yoko Hara, Koyu Kashiwagi, Takahito Hamada, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Genetic reassortment plays a critical role in the generation of pandemic strains of influenza virus. The influenza virus RNA polymerase, composed of PB1, PB2 and PA subunits, has been suggested to influence the efficiency of genetic reassortment. However, the role of the RNA polymerase in the genetic reassortment is not well understood. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Here, we reconstituted reassortant ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes, and demonstrated that the PB2 subunit of A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) [HK PB2] dramatically reduced the synthesis of mRNA, cRNA and vRNA when introduced into the polymerase of other influenza strains of H1N1 or H3N2. The HK PB2 had no significant effect on the assembly of the polymerase trimeric complex, or on promoter binding activity or replication initiation activity in vitro. However, the HK PB2 was found to remarkably impair the accumulation of RNP. This impaired accumulation and activity of RNP was fully restored when four amino acids at position 108, 508, 524 and 627 of the HK PB2 were mutated. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Overall, we suggest that the PB2 subunit of influenza polymerase might play an important role for the replication of reassortant ribonucleoprotein complexes. Public Library of Science 2012-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3289661/ /pubmed/22389716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032634 Text en Nakazono et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Nakazono, Yoko Hara, Koyu Kashiwagi, Takahito Hamada, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title | The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title_full | The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title_fullStr | The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title_full_unstemmed | The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title_short | The RNA Polymerase PB2 Subunit of Influenza A/HongKong/156/1997 (H5N1) Restrict the Replication of Reassortant Ribonucleoprotein Complexes |
title_sort | rna polymerase pb2 subunit of influenza a/hongkong/156/1997 (h5n1) restrict the replication of reassortant ribonucleoprotein complexes |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289661/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22389716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032634 |
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