Zika viruses encode 5' upstream open reading frames affecting infection of human brain cells.

Autor: Lefèvre C; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Cook GM; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Dinan AM; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Department of Medicine, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Torii S; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR2000, Insect-Virus Interactions Unit, Paris, France., Stewart H; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Gibbons G; John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Nicholson AS; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Echavarría-Consuegra L; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Meredith LW; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Lulla V; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., McGovern N; Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Kenyon JC; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Goodfellow I; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Deane JE; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Graham SC; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Lakatos A; John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, UK., Lambrechts L; Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR2000, Insect-Virus Interactions Unit, Paris, France., Brierley I; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Irigoyen N; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. ni236@cam.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2024 Oct 12; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 8822. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 12.
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53085-9
Abstrakt: Zika virus (ZIKV), an emerging mosquito-borne flavivirus, is associated with congenital neurological complications. Here, we investigate potential pathological correlates of virus gene expression in representative ZIKV strains through RNA sequencing and ribosome profiling. In addition to the single long polyprotein found in all flaviviruses, we identify the translation of unrecognised upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the genomic 5' region. In Asian/American strains, ribosomes translate uORF1 and uORF2, whereas in African strains, the two uORFs are fused into one (African uORF). We use reverse genetics to examine the impact on ZIKV fitness of different uORFs mutant viruses. We find that expression of the African uORF and the Asian/American uORF1 modulates virus growth and tropism in human cortical neurons and cerebral organoids, suggesting a potential role in neurotropism. Although the uORFs are expressed in mosquito cells, we do not see a measurable effect on transmission by the mosquito vector in vivo. The discovery of ZIKV uORFs sheds new light on the infection of the human brain cells by this virus and raises the question of their existence in other neurotropic flaviviruses.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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