Affiliation:
1. Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0440
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Here we show that cells expressing genes inserted into Semliki Forest virus (SFV) vectors generate a large fraction of defective ribosomal products (DRiPs) due to frequent initiation on downstream Met residues. In monopolizing the host cell translational machinery, SFV reduces levels of translation eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), diminishes phosphorylation of ribosome subunit S6, and phosphorylates translation initiation factor eIF2α. We show that the last event is required for SFV mistranslation of inserted genes. Downstream initiation is suppressed by fusing inserted genes with the open reading frame encoding the SFV capsid, demonstrating that one function of the capsid element is to enable ribosomes to initiate translation in the proper location. These results show that in modifying translation, viral vectors can unpredictably increase the generation of truncated polypeptides and thereby the DRiP fraction of inserted gene products, which can potentially affect their yield, therapeutic efficacy, and immunogenicity.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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