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Journal of Virology, December 2005, p. 15246-15257, Vol. 79, No. 24
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.24.15246-15257.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Genetic Analysis of Influenza Virus NS1 Gene: a Temperature-Sensitive Mutant Shows Defective Formation of Virus Particles

Urtzi Garaigorta,{ddagger} Ana M. Falcón,{dagger},{ddagger} and Juan Ortín*

Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain

Received 13 July 2005/ Accepted 20 September 2005

To perform a genetic analysis of the influenza A virus NS1 gene, a library of NS1 mutants was generated by PCR-mediated mutagenesis. A collection of mutant ribonucleic proteins containing the nonstructural genes was generated from the library that were rescued for an infectious virus mutant library by a novel RNP competition virus rescue procedure. Several temperature-sensitive (ts) mutant viruses were obtained by screening of the mutant library, and the sequences of their NS1 genes were determined. Most of the mutations identified led to amino acid exchanges and concentrated in the N-terminal region of the protein, but some of them occurred in the C-terminal region. Mutant 11C contained three mutations that led to amino acid exchanges, V18A, R44K, and S195P, all of which were required for the ts phenotype, and was characterized further. Several steps in the infection were slightly altered: (i) M1, M2, NS1, and neuraminidase (NA) accumulations were reduced and (ii) NS1 protein was retained in the nucleus in a temperature-independent manner, but these modifications could not justify the strong virus titer reduction at restrictive temperature. The most dramatic phenotype was the almost complete absence of virus particles in the culture medium, in spite of normal accumulation and nucleocytoplasmic export of virus RNPs. The function affected in the 11C mutant was required late in the infection, as documented by shift-up and shift-down experiments. The defect in virion production was not due to reduced NA expression, as virus yield could not be rescued by exogenous neuraminidase treatment. All together, the analysis of 11C mutant phenotype may indicate a role for NS1 protein in a late event in virus morphogenesis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC), Darwin 3, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Phone: 34 91 585 4557. Fax: 34 91 585 4506. E-mail: jortin{at}cnb.uam.es.

{ddagger} U.G. and A.M.F. contributed equally to this work.

{dagger} Present address: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda 28220, Madrid, Spain.

Journal of Virology, December 2005, p. 15246-15257, Vol. 79, No. 24
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.24.15246-15257.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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