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Generation of mutant Uukuniemi viruses lacking the nonstructural protein NSs by reverse genetics indicates that NSs is a weak interferon antagonist.
- Rezelj, Veronica V (author)
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- Överby, Anna K, 1978- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Virologi
- Elliott, Richard M (author)
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- 2015
- 2015
- English.
- In: Journal of Virology. - 0022-538X .- 1098-5514. ; 89:9, s. 4849-4856
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Uukuniemi virus (UUKV) is a tick-borne member of the Phlebovirus genus (family Bunyaviridae) and has been widely used as a safe laboratory model to study aspects of bunyavirus replication. Recently, a number of new tick-borne phleboviruses have been discovered, some of which, like severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and Heartland virus, are highly pathogenic in man. UUKV could now serve as a useful comparator to understand the molecular basis for the different pathogenicities of these related viruses. We established a reverse genetics system to recover UUKV entirely from cDNA clones. We generated two recombinant viruses, one in which the nonstructural protein NSs open reading frame was deleted from the S segment and one in which the NSs gene was replaced with GFP, allowing convenient visualization of viral infection. We show that the UUKV NSs protein acts as a weak interferon antagonist in human cells, but it is unable to completely counteract the interferon response, which could serve as an explanation for its inability to cause disease in man.IMPORTANCE: Uukuniemi virus (UUKV) is a tick-borne phlebovirus that is apathogenic for man and has been used as a convenient model to investigate aspects of phlebovirus replication. Recently new tick-borne phleboviruses have emerged, such as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in China and Heartland virus in the US, that are highly pathogenic, and UUKV will now serve as a comparison to aid understanding of the molecular basis for the virulence of these new viruses. To help such investigations, we have developed a reverse genetics system for UUKV that permits manipulation of the viral genome. We generated viruses lacking the nonstructural protein NSs and show that UUKV NSs is a weak interferon antagonist. In addition, we created a virus that expresses GFP and thus allows convenient monitoring of virus replication. These new tools represent a significant advance in the study of tick-borne phleboviruses.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Mikrobiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Microbiology (hsv//eng)
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