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Sendai virus trailer RNA binds TIAR, a cellular protein involved in virus-induced apoptosis |
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Published in | EMBO journal. 2002, vol. 21, no. 19, p. 5141-50 | |
Abstract | Sendai virus (SeV) leader (le) and trailer (tr) RNAs are short transcripts generated during abortive antigenome and genome synthesis, respectively. Recom binant SeV (rSeV) that express tr-like RNAs from the leader region are non-cytopathic and, moreover, prevent wild-type SeV from inducing apoptosis in mixed infections. These rSeV thus appear to have gained a function. Here we report that tr RNA binds to a cellular protein with many links to apoptosis (TIAR) via the AU-rich sequence 5' UUUUAAAUUUU. Duplication of this AU-rich sequence alone within the le RNA confers TIAR binding on this le* RNA and a non-cytopathic phenotype to these rSeV in cell culture. Transgenic overexpression of TIAR during SeV infection promotes apoptosis and reverses the anti-apoptotic effects of le* RNA expression. More over, TIAR overexpression and SeV infection act synergistically to induce apoptosis. These short viral RNAs may act by sequestering TIAR, a multivalent RNA recognition motif (RRM) family RNA-binding protein involved in SeV-induced apoptosis. In this view, tr RNA is not simply a by-product of abortive genome synthesis, but is also an antigenome transcript that modulates the cellular antiviral response. | |
Keywords | Apoptosis/physiology — Cloning, Molecular — Cytoplasm/metabolism — DNA Damage — HeLa Cells — Humans — Promoter Regions, Genetic — RNA, Viral/genetics — RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism — Respirovirus Infections/virology — Sendai virus/genetics/pathogenicity — Transcription, Genetic | |
Identifiers | DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf513 PMID: 12356730 | |
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Research group | Virologie moléculaire (275) | |
Citation (ISO format) | ISENI, Frédéric et al. Sendai virus trailer RNA binds TIAR, a cellular protein involved in virus-induced apoptosis. In: EMBO journal, 2002, vol. 21, n° 19, p. 5141-50. doi: 10.1093/emboj/cdf513 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:38137 |