Japanese encephalitis virus-based replicon RNAs/particles as an expression system for HIV-1 Pr55Gag that is capable of producing virus-like particles
| Autor: | Byung-Hak Song, Seok-Yong Kim, Iksoo Jeon, Jong-Hyeon Park, Yi-Seok Joo, Young-Min Lee, Sang-Im Yun, Yongbum Koo, Sung June Byun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Cancer Research
Virosomes viruses Genetic Vectors Alphavirus Biology Transfection Cell Line Mice Virus-like particle Cricetinae Virology Gene expression Animals Humans Replicon Protein Precursors Gene Encephalitis Virus Japanese RNA biology.organism_classification Internal ribosome entry site Infectious Diseases RNA Viral Expression cassette |
| Zdroj: | Virus Research. 144:298-305 |
| ISSN: | 0168-1702 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.04.014 |
| Popis: | Ectopic expression of the structural protein Pr55(Gag) of HIV-1 has been limited by the presence of inhibitory sequences in the gag coding region that must normally be counteracted by HIV-1 Rev and RRE. Here, we describe a cytoplasmic RNA replicon based on the RNA genome of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) that is capable of expressing HIV-1 gag without requiring Rev/RRE. This replicon system was constructed by deleting all three JEV structural protein-coding regions (C, prM, and E) from the 5'-proximal region of the genome and simultaneously inserting an HIV-1 gag expression cassette driven by the internal ribosome entry site of encephalomyocarditis virus into the 3'-proximal noncoding region of the genome. Transfection of this JEV replicon RNA led to expression of Pr55(Gag) in the absence of Rev/RRE in the cytoplasm of hamster BHK-21, human HeLa, and mouse NIH/3T3 cells. Production of the Pr55(Gag) derived from this JEV replicon RNA appeared to be increased by approximately 3-fold when compared to that based on an alphavirus replicon RNA. Biochemical and morphological analyses demonstrated that the Pr55(Gag) proteins were released into the culture medium in the form of virus-like particles. We also observed that the JEV replicon RNAs expressing the Pr55(Gag) could be encapsidated into single-round infectious JEV replicon particles when transfected into a stable packaging cell line that provided the three JEV structural proteins in trans. This ectopic expression of the HIV-1 Pr55(Gag) by JEV-based replicon RNAs/particles in diverse cell types may represent a useful molecular platform for various biological applications in medicine and industry. |
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