Laboratory of Virology.
Genomics Unit, Research Technology Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana.
J Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 13;228(Suppl 7):S498-S507. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad228.
RNA editing has been discovered as an essential mechanism for the transcription of the glycoprotein (GP) gene of Ebola virus but not Marburg virus. We developed a rapid transcript quantification assay (RTQA) to analyze RNA transcripts generated through RNA editing and used immunoblotting with a pan-ebolavirus monoclonal antibody to confirm different GP gene-derived products. RTQA successfully quantified GP gene transcripts during infection with representative members of 5 ebolavirus species. Immunoblotting verified expression of the soluble GP and the transmembrane GP. Our results defined RNA editing as a general trait of ebolaviruses. The degree of editing, however, varies among ebolaviruses with Reston virus showing the lowest and Bundibugyo virus the highest degree of editing.
RNA 编辑已被发现是埃博拉病毒糖蛋白 (GP) 基因转录的重要机制,但不是马尔堡病毒。我们开发了一种快速转录定量分析 (RTQA) 来分析通过 RNA 编辑产生的 RNA 转录本,并使用针对泛埃博拉病毒的单克隆抗体进行免疫印迹来确认不同的 GP 基因衍生产物。RTQA 成功地对 5 种埃博拉病毒代表成员的感染过程中的 GP 基因转录本进行了定量分析。免疫印迹验证了可溶性 GP 和跨膜 GP 的表达。我们的结果将 RNA 编辑定义为埃博拉病毒的普遍特征。然而,编辑程度在埃博拉病毒之间有所不同,其中 Reston 病毒的编辑程度最低,Bundibugyo 病毒的编辑程度最高。