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et al. Vet Res (2021) 52:73
SYNCRIP targets NS1 mRNA to affect the production
of NS2-mRNA and regulated replication of PPV during
PPV infection.
To further identify how SYNCRIP regulates NS1
mRNA splicing, we constructed different NS1 3′-termi-
nal and 5′-terminal splicing site mutants in NS1 mRNA.
The results show that the expression of NS1 in the Flag-
NS1 and Flag-NS1
pNmut
were
significantly reduced by
SYNCRIP co-expression, while the expression of NS1 in
Flag-NS1
pCmut
and Flag-NS1
pNpCmut
were not decreased
by SYNCRIP co-expression.
The increasing of SYN-
CRIP expression also did gradually decrease the expres-
sion of Flag-NS1 and Flag-NS1
pNmut
, but did not affect
the expression of Flag-NS1
pCmut
and Flag-NS1
pNpCmut
.
Consistently, we noted that NS1
mRNA was obviously
decreased in the cells that transfected with Flag-NS1 and
Flag-NS1
pNmut
expressing vectors, but not in the cells that
were transfected with Flag-NS1
pCmut
and Flag-NS1
pNpC-
mut
expressing vectors. When these cells overexpressed
SYNCRIP, these results demonstrate that SYNCRIP tar-
gets the 3′-terminal of NS1
mRNA to regulate the pro-
duction of NS2 mRNA. Meanwhile, a 3′-terminal site
mutant of NS2 infectious clone (Y-PPV
pCmut
) shows a
lower replication rate compared to parental PPV, further
demonstrating that the 3′-terminal of NS1
mRNA as the
splicing target of SYNCRIP is important for NS2 expres-
sion and PPV replication.
In summary, the data presented here demonstrate that
a porcine RNA binding protein
SYNCRIP can directly
interact with PPV NS1 mRNA to modulate PPV repli-
cation by targeting the 3′-termial site of NS1 mRNA to
regulate NS2 expression. This finding will provide one
possible antiviral target for porcine parvovirus disease.
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