Unité de Génétique Moléculaire des Bunyavirus, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France.
J Virol. 2011 Nov;85(22):12093-7. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00429-11. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
Lassa virus (LASV; Arenaviridae) is responsible for severe hemorrhagic fevers in Africa. LASV nucleoprotein (NP) plays important roles in regulating viral transcription and replication and in inhibiting type I interferon (IFN) production. The NP C-terminal domain contains a 3'-to-5' exonuclease activity involved in suppressing IFN induction. We have established a murine polymerase (Pol) I reverse genetics system for LASV, showing that residues D389 and G392 of NP were critical for LASV viability, while the D389A/G392A and D389T/392A double mutants were severely altered in the ability to suppress IFN in macrophages and dendritic cells. Assessing their attenuation in vivo may open new perspectives in vaccinology.
拉沙病毒(LASV;沙粒病毒科)可引起非洲的严重出血热。LASV 核蛋白(NP)在调节病毒转录和复制以及抑制 I 型干扰素(IFN)产生方面发挥重要作用。NP 的 C 末端结构域含有参与抑制 IFN 诱导的 3'-5'外切核酸酶活性。我们已经建立了用于 LASV 的鼠聚合酶(Pol)I 反向遗传学系统,表明 NP 的残基 D389 和 G392 对于 LASV 的生存能力至关重要,而 D389A/G392A 和 D389T/392A 双突变体在抑制巨噬细胞和树突状细胞中 IFN 的能力方面发生了严重改变。评估它们在体内的减毒情况可能会在疫苗学方面开辟新的视角。