The influenza virus NS1 protein: a novel inhibitor of pre-mRNA splicing.
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 8 (15), 1817-1828
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.8.15.1817
Abstract
We have shown previously that the influenza virus NS1 protein inhibits the nuclear export of mRNAs. Here we demonstrate that the NS1 protein also regulates another post-transcriptional step: It inhibits pre-mRNA splicing both in vivo and in vitro. The mode by which the NS1 protein inhibits pre-mRNA splicing is novel. The pre-mRNA forms spliceosomes, but subsequent catalytic steps in splicing are inhibited. Affinity selection experiments establish that the NS1 protein is associated with the spliceosomes that are formed. The RNA-binding domain of the NS1 protein is required for the inhibition of splicing and for the interaction of the protein with spliceosomes. Because the NS1 protein is associated with U6 snRNA in influenza virus-infected cells as well as in splicing extracts from uninfected cells, it is likely that the NS1 protein also inhibits pre-mRNA splicing in infected cells. Surprisingly, the splicing of the viral ns1 mRNA, the very mRNA that encodes the NS1 protein, was resistant to inhibition by the NS1 protein. This resistance is conferred by sequences in ns1 mRNA.Keywords
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