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Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 6281-6290, Vol. 79, No. 10
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.10.6281-6290.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Determinants of Cell Type-Specific Poliovirus Propagation in HEK 293 Cells

Stephanie A. Campbell, Jennifer Lin, Elena Y. Dobrikova, and Matthias Gromeier*

Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710

Received 6 April 2004/ Accepted 27 December 2004

The ability of poliovirus to propagate in neuronal cells can be reduced by introducing appropriate nucleotide substitutions into the viral genome. Specific mutations scattered throughout the poliovirus genome yielded the live attenuated vaccine strains of poliovirus. Neuron-specific propagation deficits of the Sabin strains are partially encrypted within a confined region of the internal ribosomal entry site (IRES), which carries attenuating point mutations in all three serotypes. Recently, high levels of neurovirulence attenuation were achieved with genetically engineered polioviruses containing heterologous IRES elements. This is exemplified with poliovirus recombinants replicating under control of a human rhinovirus type 2 (HRV2) IRES element. We have carried out experiments delineating the genetic basis for neuronal IRES function. Neuronal dysfunction of the HRV2 IRES is determined mainly by IRES stem-loop domain V, the locus for attenuating point mutations within the Sabin strains. Neuronal incompetence associated with HRV2 IRES domain V is substantially more pronounced than that observed with the attenuating IRES point mutation of the Sabin serotype 1 vaccine strain. Mix-and-match recombination of polio and HRV2 IRES domain V suggests that the attenuation phenotype correlates with overall structural features rather than primary sequence. Our experiments have identified HEK 293 cells as a novel system for the study of neuron-specific replication phenotypes of poliovirus. This cell line, originally derived from embryonic human kidney, has recently been described to display neuronal characteristics. We report propagation properties in HEK 293 cells for poliovirus recombinants with attenuated neurovirulence in experimental animals that corroborate this observation.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3020, Durham, NC 27710. Phone: (919) 668-6205. Fax: (919) 684-8735. E-mail: grome001{at}mc.duke.edu.

Journal of Virology, May 2005, p. 6281-6290, Vol. 79, No. 10
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.10.6281-6290.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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