1. Novel Role for miR-1290 in Host Species Specificity of Influenza A Virus
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Sheng-Yu Huang, Chih-Heng Huang, Chi-Jene Chen, Ting-Wen Chen, Chun-Yuan Lin, Yueh-Te Lin, Shu-Ming Kuo, Chung-Guei Huang, Li-Ang Lee, Yi-Hsiang Chen, Mei-Feng Chen, Rei-Lin Kuo, and Shin-Ru Shih
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Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,RM1-950 - Abstract
The role of microRNA (miRNA) in influenza A virus (IAV) host species specificity is not well understood as yet. Here, we show that a host miRNA, miR-1290, is induced through the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway upon IAV infection and is associated with increased viral titers in human cells and ferret animal models. miR-1290 was observed to target and reduce expression of the host vimentin gene. Vimentin binds with the PB2 subunit of influenza A virus ribonucleoprotein (vRNP), and knockdown of vimentin expression significantly increased vRNP nuclear retention and viral polymerase activity. Interestingly, miR-1290 was not detected in either chicken cells or mouse animal models, and the 3′ UTR of the chicken vimentin gene contains no binding site for miR-1290. These findings point to a host species-specific mechanism by which IAV upregulates miR-1290 to disrupt vimentin expression and retain vRNP in the nucleus, thereby enhancing viral polymerase activity and viral replication. Keywords: influenza A virus, miR-1290, vimentin, viral ribonucleoprotein, vRNP, miRNA, virus, host species-specificity, ferret
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- 2019
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