PMID- 15452230 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041102 LR - 20220309 IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 20 DP - 2004 Oct TI - Molecular mechanisms of attenuation of the Sabin strain of poliovirus type 3. PG - 11097-107 AB - Mutations critical for the central nervous system (CNS) attenuation of the Sabin vaccine strains of poliovirus (PV) are located within the viral internal ribosome entry site (IRES). We examined the interaction of the IRESs of PV type 3 (PV3) and Sabin type 3 (Sabin3) with polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTB) and a neural cell-specific homologue, nPTB. PTB and nPTB were found to bind to a site directly adjacent to the attenuating mutation, and binding at this site was less efficient on the Sabin3 IRES than on the PV3 IRES. Translation mediated by the PV3 and Sabin3 IRESs in neurons of the chicken embryo spinal cord demonstrated a translation deficit for the Sabin3 IRES that could be rescued by increasing PTB expression in the CNS. These data suggest that the low levels of PTB available in the CNS, coupled to a reduced binding of PTB on the Sabin3 IRES, leads to its CNS-specific attenuation. This study also demonstrates the use of the chicken embryo to easily investigate translation of RNA within a neuron in the CNS of an intact living organism. FAU - Guest, Stephen AU - Guest S AD - Department of Neurology, Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA. FAU - Pilipenko, Evgeny AU - Pilipenko E FAU - Sharma, Kamal AU - Sharma K FAU - Chumakov, Konstantin AU - Chumakov K FAU - Roos, Raymond P AU - Roos RP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral) RN - 139076-35-0 (Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Cell Line MH - Chick Embryo MH - Cricetinae MH - Electroporation MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Mutation MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Poliovirus/*genetics/*pathogenicity/physiology MH - Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral/*genetics MH - Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Biosynthesis MH - Ribosomes/metabolism MH - Spinal Cord MH - Virulence/genetics PMC - PMC521805 EDAT- 2004/09/29 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/04 09:00 PMCR- 2004/10/01 CRDT- 2004/09/29 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/29 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/29 05:00 [entrez] PHST- 2004/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 78/20/11097 [pii] AID - 0323-04 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.78.20.11097-11107.2004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2004 Oct;78(20):11097-107. doi: 10.1128/JVI.78.20.11097-11107.2004.