J 2022

Guanine quadruplexes in the RNA genome of the tick-borne encephalitis virus: their role as a new antiviral target and in virus biology

HOLOUBEK, Jiří; Klára BEDNÁŘOVÁ; Jan HAVIERNIK; Ivana HUVAROVÁ; Zuzana DVOŘÁKOVÁ et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Guanine quadruplexes in the RNA genome of the tick-borne encephalitis virus: their role as a new antiviral target and in virus biology

Autoři

HOLOUBEK, Jiří; Klára BEDNÁŘOVÁ; Jan HAVIERNIK; Ivana HUVAROVÁ; Zuzana DVOŘÁKOVÁ; Jiří ČERNÝ; Martina OUTLÁ; Jiří SALÁT; Eva KONKOLOVA; Evzen BOURA; Daniel RŮŽEK; Michaela VORLÍČKOVÁ; Luděk EYER a Daniel RENČIUK

Vydání

Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford University Press, 2022, 0305-1048

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10607 Virology

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 14.900

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125682

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

EID Scopus

Klíčová slova česky

guaninový kvadruplex; kvadruplex; sekundární struktura; RNA; virus klíšťové encefalitidy; TBEV; antivirotika

Klíčová slova anglicky

guanine quadruplex; quadruplex; secondary structure; RNA; tick-borne encephalitis virus; antivirotics; TBEV

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 9. 1. 2023 10:28, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

We have identified seven putative guanine quadruplexes (G4) in the RNA genome of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), a flavivirus causing thousands of human infections and numerous deaths every year. The formation of G4s was confirmed by biophysical methods on synthetic oligonucleotides derived from the predicted TBEV sequences. TBEV-5, located at the NS4b/NS5 boundary and conserved among all known flaviviruses, was tested along with its mutated variants for interactions with a panel of known G4 ligands, for the ability to affect RNA synthesis by the flaviviral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and for effects on TBEV replication fitness in cells. G4-stabilizing TBEV-5 mutations strongly inhibited RdRp RNA synthesis and exhibited substantially reduced replication fitness, different plaque morphology and increased sensitivity to G4-binding ligands in cell-based systems. In contrast, strongly destabilizing TBEV-5 G4 mutations caused rapid reversion to the wild-type genotype. Our results suggest that there is a threshold of stability for G4 sequences in the TBEV genome, with any deviation resulting in either dramatic changes in viral phenotype or a rapid return to this optimal level of G4 stability. The data indicate that G4s are critical elements for efficient TBEV replication and are suitable targets to tackle TBEV infection.