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Title:	Mutagenesis of the dengue virus NS4A protein reveals a novel cytosolic N-terminal domain responsible for virus-induced cytopathic effects and intramolecular interactions within the N-terminus of NS4A
Authors:	Tian, JN;Wu, RH;Chen, SL;Chen, CT;Yueh, A
Contributors:	Institute of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research
Abstract:	The NS4A protein of dengue virus (DENV) has a cytosolic N terminus and four transmembrane domains. NS4A participates in RNA replication and the host antiviral response. However, the roles of amino acid residues within the N-terminus of NS4A during the life cycle of DENV are not clear. Here we explore the function of DENV NS4A by introducing a series of alanine substitutions into the N-terminus of NS4A in the context of a DENV infectious clone or subgenomic replicon. Nine of 17 NS4A mutants displayed a lethal phenotype due to the impairment of RNA replication. M2 and M14 displayed a more than 10 000-fold reduction in viral yields and moderate defects in viral replication by a replicon assay. Sequencing analyses of pseudorevertant viruses derived from M2 and M14 viruses revealed one consensus reversion mutation, A21V, within NS4A. The A21V mutation apparently rescued viral RNA replication in the M2 and M14 mutants although not to wild-type (WT) levels but resulted in 100- and 1000-fold lower titres than that of the WT, respectively. M2 Rev1 (M2+A21V) and M14 Rev1 (M14+A21V) mutants displayed phenotypes of smaller plaque size and WT-like assembly/secretion by a transpackaging assay. A defect in the virus-induced cytopathic effect (CPE) was observed in HEK-293 cells infected with either M2 Rev1 or M14 Rev1 mutant virus by MitoCapture staining, cell proliferation and lactate dehydrogenase release assays. In conclusion, the results revealed the essential roles of the N-terminal NS4A in both RNA replication and virus-induced CPE. Intramolecular interactions in the N-terminus of NS4A were implicated.
Date:	2019-03
Relation:	Journal of General Virology. 2019 Mar;100(3):457-470.
Link to:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001227
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Cited Times(WOS):	https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000460158100011
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Appears in Collections:	[Yueh Andrew Yueh] Periodical Articles [Chiung-Tong Chen] Periodical Articles

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