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The influence of viral RNA secondary structure on interactions with innate host cell defences
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dc.contributor.author | Witteveldt, Jeroen | |
dc.contributor.author | Blundell, Richard | |
dc.contributor.author | Maarleveld, Joris J. | |
dc.contributor.author | McFadden, Nora | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans, David J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Simmonds, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-26T16:10:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-26T16:10:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-03 | |
dc.identifier | 211241627 | |
dc.identifier | 02eba027-02af-4f95-a357-b1f63fdd2086 | |
dc.identifier | 000333093600048 | |
dc.identifier | 84898955095 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Witteveldt , J , Blundell , R , Maarleveld , J J , McFadden , N , Evans , D J & Simmonds , P 2014 , ' The influence of viral RNA secondary structure on interactions with innate host cell defences ' , Nucleic Acids Research , vol. 42 , no. 5 , pp. 3314-3329 . https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt1291 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-1048 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-1315-4258/work/104252543 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/7335 | |
dc.description | Funding for open access charge: Wellcome Trust [WT087628MA]. Date of Acceptance: 19/11/2013 | en |
dc.description.abstract | RNA viruses infecting vertebrates differ fundamentally in their ability to establish persistent infections with markedly different patterns of transmission, disease mechanisms and evolutionary relationships with their hosts. Although interactions with host innate and adaptive responses are complex and persistence mechanisms likely multi-factorial, we previously observed associations between bioinformatically predicted RNA secondary formation in genomes of positive-stranded RNA viruses with their in vivo fitness and persistence. To analyse this interactions functionally, we transfected fibroblasts with non-replicating, non-translated RNA transcripts from RNA viral genomes with differing degrees of genome-scale ordered RNA structure (GORS). Single-stranded RNA transcripts induced interferon-beta mediated though RIG-I and PKR activation, the latter associated with rapid induction of antiviral stress granules. A striking inverse correlation was observed between induction of both cellular responses with transcript RNA structure formation that was independent of both nucleotide composition and sequence length. The consistent inability of cells to recognize RNA transcripts possessing GORS extended to downstream differences from unstructured transcripts in expression of TNF-alpha, other interferon-stimulated genes and induction of apoptosis. This functional association provides novel insights into interactions between virus and host early after infection and provides evidence for a novel mechanism for evading intrinsic and innate immune responses. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.format.extent | 5096592 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nucleic Acids Research | en |
dc.subject | Double-stranded-RNA | en |
dc.subject | Hepatitis-C virus | en |
dc.subject | Protein-kinase PKR | en |
dc.subject | Acting replication element | en |
dc.subject | Target site accessibility | en |
dc.subject | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA75 | en |
dc.title | The influence of viral RNA secondary structure on interactions with innate host cell defences | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/nar/gkt1291 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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