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Non-structural protein 1 from avian influenza virus H9N2 is an efficient RNA silencing suppressor with characteristics that differ from those of Tomat

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Virus Genes. 2018 Feb 26. doi: 10.1007/s11262-018-1544-5. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Non-structural protein 1 from avian influenza virus H9N2 is an efficient RNA silencing suppressor with characteristics that differ from those of Tomato bushy stunt virus p19.[/h] Yu R[SUP]1[/SUP], Jing X[SUP]2[/SUP], Li W[SUP]1[/SUP], Xu J[SUP]1[/SUP], Xu Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Geng L[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhu C[SUP]1[/SUP], Liu H[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Non-structural protein 1 (NS1) of influenza A virus is a multifunctional dimeric protein that contains a conserved N-terminal RNA binding domain. Studies have shown that NS1 suppresses RNA silencing and the NS1 proteins encoded by different influenza A virus strains exhibit differential RNA silencing suppression activities. In this study, we showed that the NS1 protein from avian influenza virus (AIV) H9N2 suppressed systemic RNA silencing induced by sense RNA or dsRNA. It resulted in more severe Potato virus X symptom, but could not reverse established systemic green fluorescent protein silencing in Nicotiana benthamiana. In addition, its systemic silencing suppression activity was much weaker than that of p19. The local silencing suppression activity of AIV H9N2 NS1 was most powerful at 7 dpi and was even stronger than that of p19. And the inhibition ability to RNA silencing of NS1 is stronger than that of p19 in human cells. Collectively, these results indicate that AIV H9N2 NS1 is an effective RNA silencing suppressor that likely targets downstream step(s) of dsRNA formation at an early stage in RNA silencing. Although NS1 and p19 both bind siRNA, their suppression mechanisms seem to differ because of differences in their suppression activities at various times post-infiltration and because p19 can reverse established systemic RNA silencing, but NS1 cannot.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Avian influenza virus; H9N2; NS1; RNA silencing suppressor; p19

PMID: 29480423 DOI: 10.1007/s11262-018-1544-5
 
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