Construction of a Recombinant Japanese Encephalitis Virus with a Hemagglutinin-Tagged NS2A: A Model for an Analysis of Biological Characteristics and Functions of NS2A during Viral Infection

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第一作者： Ma, Xiaochun

作者： Ma, Xiaochun;Li, Chenxi;Xia, Qiqi;Zhang, Yan;Yang, Yang;Wahaab, Abdul;Liu, Ke;Li, Zongjie;Li, Beibei;Qiu, Yafeng;Wei, Jianchao;Ma, Zhiyong

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关键词： Japanese encephalitis virus; nonstructural protein 2A (NS2A); HA-tag; recombinant virus; NS1'; replication; model

期刊名称：VIRUSES-BASEL （ 影响因子：5.818； 五年影响因子：5.811 ）

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年卷期： 2022 年 14 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Nonstructural protein 2A (NS2A) of the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) contributes to viral replication and pathogenesis; however, a lack of NS2A-specific antibodies restricts studies on the underlying mechanisms. In this study, we constructed a recombinant JEV with a hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged NS2A (JEV-HA/NS2A/ increment NS1') to overcome this challenge. An HA-tag was fused to the N-terminus of NS2A (HA-NS2A) at the intergenic junction between NS1 and NS2A. A peptide linker, "FNG", was added to the N-terminus of HA-tag to ensure correct cleavage between the C-terminus of NS1 and the N-terminus of HA-NS2A. To avoid the side effects of an unwanted NS1' tagged with HA (HA-NS1'), an alanine-to-proline (A30P) substitution was introduced at residue 30 of NS2A to abolish HA-NS1' production. The HA-tag insertion and A30P substitution were stably present in JEV-HA/NS2A/ increment NS1' after six passages and did not exhibit any significant effects on viral replication and plaque morphology. Taking advantage of HA-NS2A, we examined the activities of NS2A during JEV infection in vitro using anti-HA antibodies. NS2A was observed to be localized to the endoplasmic reticulum and interact with viral NS2B and NS3 during virus infection. These data suggest that JEV-HA/NS2A/ increment NS1' can serve as a model for the analysis of the biological characteristics and functions of NS2A in vitro during JEV infection.

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