Regulation of the extent of splicing of influenza virus NS1 mRNA: role of the rates of splicing and of the nucleocytoplasmic transport of NS1 mRNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Alonso-Caplen, F V
RESUMO
Influenza virus NS1 mRNA is spliced by host nuclear enzymes to form NS2 mRNA, and this splicing is regulated in infected cells such that the steady-state amount of spliced NS2 mRNA is only about 10% of that of unspliced NS1 mRNA. This regulation would be expected to result from a suppression in the rate of splicing coupled with the efficient transport of unspliced NS1 mRNA from the nucleus. To determine whether the rate of splicing of NS1 mRNA was controlled by trans factors in influenza virus-infected cells, the NS1 gene was inserted into an adenovirus vector. The rates of splicing of NS1 mRNA in cells infected with this vector and in influenza virus-infected cells were measured by pulse-labeling with [3H]uridine. The rates of splicing of NS1 mRNA in the two systems were not significantly different, strongly suggesting that the rate of splicing of NS1 mRNA in influenza virus-infected cells is controlled solely by cis-acting sequences in NS1 mRNA itself. In contrast to the rate of splicing, the extent of splicing of NS1 mRNA in the cells infected by the adenovirus recombinant was dramatically increased relative to that occurring in influenza virus-infected cells. This could be attributed largely, if not totally, to a block in the nucleocytoplasmic transport of unspliced NS1 mRNA in the recombinant-infected cells. Most of the unspliced NS1 mRNA was in the nuclear fraction, and no detectable NS1 protein was synthesized. When the 3' splice site of NS1 mRNA was inactivated by mutation, NS1 mRNA was transported and translated, indicating that the transport block occurred because NS1 rRNA was committed to the splicing pathway. This transport block is apparently obviated in influenza virus-infected cells. These experiments demonstrate the important role of the nucleocytoplasmic transport of unspliced NS1 mRNA in regulating the extent of splicing of NS1 mRNA.
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