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Hepatitis delta virus mutant: effect on RNA editing

T T Wu1, V V Bichko, W S Ryu

  • 1Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111-2497, USA.

Journal of Virology
|November 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) RNA editing at site 1012 is unaffected by a mutation at adjacent site 1011. Site 1011 also becomes an editing site, with both sites edited independently to produce a larger delta antigen.

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Area of Science:

  • Virology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Hepatitis Delta Virus Research

Background:

  • Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) replication involves RNA editing at position 1012.
  • This editing modifies the amber termination codon (UAG) to tryptophan (UGG), enabling translation of a larger delta antigen (delta Ag).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the editing potential of HDV RNA with a mutation at nucleotide 1011, adjacent to the known editing site 1012.
  • To determine if the mutated site 1011 can also be edited and how it interacts with the editing at site 1012.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized HDV cDNA-transfected cells.
  • Employed nucleotide sequencing, a PCR-based RNA-editing assay, immunoblot assays, and immunofluorescence to analyze editing at sites 1011 and 1012.

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Main Results:

  • Editing at site 1012 persisted despite the mutation at site 1011.
  • Site 1011 emerged as a novel RNA editing site.
  • Editing at sites 1011 and 1012 occurred independently.
  • Dual editing at both sites was observed, leading to the synthesis of the large delta antigen (delta Ag-L).
  • Immunofluorescence revealed dual editing as a stochastic cellular event.

Conclusions:

  • HDV RNA editing can occur at novel sites, such as position 1011.
  • The editing process at sites 1011 and 1012 is independent.
  • These findings support the model of HDV RNA editing occurring on antigenomic RNA, mediated by the DRADA enzyme.