title: Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 regulates RNA synthesis of a cytoplasmic virus.
abstract: Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP A1) is involved in pre-mRNA splicing in the nucleus and translational regulation in the cytoplasm. In the present study, we demonstrate that hnRNP A1 also participates in the transcription and replication of a cytoplasmic RNA virus, mouse hepatitis virus (MHV). Overexpression of hnRNP A1 accelerated the kinetics of viral RNA synthesis, whereas the expression in the cytoplasm of a dominant-negative hnRNP A1 mutant that lacks the nuclear transport domain significantly delayed it. The hnRNP A1 mutant caused a global inhibition of viral mRNA transcription and genomic replication, and also a preferential inhibition of the replication of defective-interfering RNAs. Similar to the wild-type hnRNP A1, the hnRNP A1 mutant complexed with an MHV polymerase gene product, the nucleocapsid protein and the viral RNA. However, in contrast to the wild-type hnRNP A1, the mutant protein failed to bind a 250 kDa cellular protein, suggesting that the recruitment of cellular proteins by hnRNP A1 is important for MHV RNA synthesis. Our findings establish the importance of cellular factors in viral RNA-dependent RNA synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D015726:Giant Cells; D000076245:Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1; D034481:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D051379:Mice; D006517:Murine hepatitis virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000076245:Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein A1; D034481:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; C000619657:Hnrnpa1 protein, mouse; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins