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Journal of Virology, July 2006, p. 6936-6942, Vol. 80, No. 14
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00243-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Double-Stranded RNA Binding Protein 76:NF45 Heterodimer Inhibits Translation Initiation at the Rhinovirus Type 2 Internal Ribosome Entry Site

Melinda K. Merrill and Matthias Gromeier*

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

Received 2 February 2006/ Accepted 4 April 2006

Poliovirus (PV) plus-strand RNA genomes initiate translation in a cap-independent manner via an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) in their 5' untranslated region. Viral translation is codetermined by cellular IRES trans-acting factors, which can influence viral propagation in a cell-type-specific manner. Engineering of a poliovirus recombinant devoid of neuropathogenic properties but highly lytic in malignant glioma cells was accomplished by exchange of the cognate poliovirus IRES with its counterpart from human rhinovirus type 2 (HRV2), generating PV-RIPO. Neuroblast:glioma heterokaryon analyses revealed that loss of neurovirulence is due to trans-dominant repression of PV-RIPO propagation in neuronal cells. The double-stranded RNA binding protein 76 (DRBP76) was previously identified to bind to the HRV2 IRES in neuronal cells and to inhibit PV-RIPO translation and propagation (M. Merrill, E. Dobrikova, and M. Gromeier, J. Virol. 80:3347-3356, 2006). The results of size exclusion chromatography indicate that DRBP76 heterodimerizes with nuclear factor of activated T cells, 45 kDa (NF45), in neuronal but not in glioma cells. The DRBP76:NF45 heterodimer binds to the HRV2 IRES in neuronal but not in glioma cells. Ribosomal profile analyses show that the heterodimer preferentially associates with the translation apparatus in neuronal cells and arrests translation at the HRV2 IRES, preventing PV-RIPO RNA assembly into polysomes. Results of this study suggest that the DRBP76:NF45 heterodimer selectively blocks HRV2 IRES-driven translation initiation in neuron-derived cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dept. of Molecular Genetics & 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, July 2006, p. 6936-6942, Vol. 80, No. 14
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00243-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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