title: Duck Hepatitis A virus possesses a distinct type IV internal ribosome entry site element of picornavirus.
abstract: Sequence analysis of duck hepatitis virus type 1 (DHV-1) led to its classification as the only member of a new genus, Avihepatovirus, of the family Picornaviridae, and so was renamed duck hepatitis A virus (DHAV). The 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) plays an important role in translation initiation and RNA synthesis of the picornavirus. Here, we provide evidence that the 651-nucleotide (nt)-long 5' UTR of DHAV genome contains an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element that functions efficiently in vitro and within BHK cells. Comparative sequence analysis showed that the 3' part of the DHAV 5' UTR is similar to the porcine teschovirus 1 (PTV-1) IRES in sequence and predicted secondary structure. Further mutational analyses of the predicted domain IIId, domain IIIe, and pseudoknot structure at the 3' end of the DHAV IRES support our predicted secondary structure. However, unlike the case for the PTV-1 IRES element, analysis of various deletion mutants demonstrated that the optimally functional DHAV IRES element with a size of approximately 420 nt is larger than that of PTV-1 and contains other peripheral domains (Id and Ie) that do not exist within the type IV IRES elements. The domain Ie, however, could be removed without significant loss of activity. Surprisingly, like the hepatitis A virus (HAV) IRES element, the activity of DHAV IRES could be eliminated by expression of enterovirus 2A protease. These findings indicate that the DHAV IRES shares common features with type IV picornavirus IRES elements, whereas it exhibits significant differences from type IV IRESs. Therefore, we propose that DHAV possesses a distinct type IV IRES element of picornavirus.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, ChinaAgricultural University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Xiaorong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xinna
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Dabing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hanchun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004372:Ducks; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D010849:Picornaviridae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010850:Picornaviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D012367:RNA, Viral
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