期刊
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
卷 166, 期 1-2, 页码 11-21出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.04.026
关键词
JEV; 3 '-UTR; ncRNA; sfRNA; IRF-3; Persistent infection
资金
- National Science Council, Taiwan, ROC [NSC 98-2320-B-259-002-MY3]
Noncoding RNA (ncRNA) plays a critical role in modulating a broad range of diseases. All arthropod-borne flaviviruses produce short fragment ncRNA (sfRNA) collinear with highly conserved regions of the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) in the viral genome. We show that the molar ratio of sfRNA to genomic RNA in Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) persistently infected cells is greater than that in acutely infected cells, indicating an sfRNA role in establishing persistent infection. Transfecting excess quantities of sfRNA into JEV-infected cells reduced interferon-beta (IFN-beta) promoter activity by 57% and IFN-beta mRNA levels by 52%, compared to mock-transfected cells. Transfection of sfRNA into JEV-infected cells also reduced phosphorylation of interferon regulatory factor-3 (IRF-3), the IFN-beta upstream regulator, and blocked roughly 30% of IRF-3 nuclear localization. Furthermore, JEV-infected sfRNA transfected cells produced 23% less IFN-beta-stimulated apoptosis than mock-transfected groups did. Taken together, these results suggest that sfRNA plays a role against host-cell antiviral responses, prevents cells from undergoing apoptosis, and thus contributes to viral persistence. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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