title: 2A protease is not a prerequisite for poliovirus replication.
abstract: Poliovirus (PV) 2A(pro) has been considered important for PV replication and is known to be toxic to host cells. A 2A(pro)-deficient PV would potentially be less toxic and ideal as a vector. To examine whether 2A(pro) is needed to form progeny virus, a full-length cDNA of dicistronic (dc) PV with (pOME) or without (pOMEDelta2A) 2A(pro) was constructed in the strain PV1(M)OM. RNAs of both pOME and pOMEDelta2A were capable of forming progeny viruses, called OME and OMEDelta2A, respectively. In their ability to induce a cytopathic effect (CPE), the strains ranked as OMEDelta2A < OME falling dots PV1(M)OM. These results suggest that 2A(pro) is not essential for full-length dc PV to form progeny virus and that it contributes to the efficient viral replication and/or induction of a CPE. To clarify whether 2A(pro) is essential for P1-null (lacking the entire coding sequence for capsid proteins) PV, the RNA replication activity of P1-null PV (pOMDeltaP1) or P1-null PV without 2A(pro) (pOMDeltaP1Delta2A) or without both 2A(pro) and 2B (pOMDeltaP1Delta2ADelta2B) was examined. The RNAs of pOMDeltaP1 and pOMDeltaP1Delta2A could replicate and form progeny viruses under a trans supply of P1 protein, whereas the RNA of pOMDeltaP1Delta2ADelta2B could not. These results suggest that 2A(pro) is not needed for the replication of P1-null PV, although it is important for PV RNA replication and inducing a CPE. To know whether a 2A(pro)-deficient PV can be used as a vector, a P1-null PV containing the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) coding sequence with or without 2A(pro) was examined. It expressed fluorescent protein. This result suggests that 2A(pro)-deficient PV can express foreign genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Miwako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horie
authors.forename: Seii
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohka
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nomoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000821:virology*; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C057400:picornain 2A, Picornavirus
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