PMID- 29778185 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181120 LR - 20200407 IS - 1873-2542 (Electronic) IS - 0378-1135 (Print) IS - 0378-1135 (Linking) VI - 219 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Serine 105 and 120 are important phosphorylation sites for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus N protein function. PG - 128-135 LID - S0378-1135(18)30209-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.04.010 [doi] AB - The nucleocapsid (N) protein is the most abundant protein of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). It has been shown to be multiphosphorylated. However, the phosphorylation sites are still unknown. In this study, we used liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to analyze the phosphorylation sites of N protein expressed in Sf9 cells. The results showed that N protein contains two phosphorylation sites. Since N protein can regulate IL-10, which may facilitate PRRSV replication, we constructed four plasmids (pCA-XH-GD, pCA-A105, pCA-A120 and pCA-A105-120) and transfected them into Pig alveolar macrophages (PAMs,3D4/2). The qPCR results showed that mutations at residues 105 and 120 were associated with down-regulation of the IL-10 mRNA level, potentially decreasing the viral growth ability. Then, we mutated the phosphorylation sites (S105A and S120A) and rescued three mutated viruses, namely, A105, A120 and A105-120. Compared with wild-type virus titers, the titers of the mutated viruses at 48 hpi were significantly decreased. The Nsp(non-structural protein) 9 qPCR results were consistent with the multistep growth kinetics results. The infected PAMs (primary PAMs) results were similar with Marc-145.The findings indicated that the mutations impaired the viral replication ability. The confocal microscopy results suggested that mutations to residues 105 and 120 did not affect N protein distribution. Whether the mutations affected other functions of N protein and what the underlying mechanisms are need further investigation. In conclusion, our results show that residues 105 and 120 are phosphorylation sites and are important for N protein function and for viral replication ability. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Chen, Yao AU - Chen Y AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - Xing, Xiulin AU - Xing X AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - Li, Qi AU - Li Q AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - Feng, Songlin AU - Feng S AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - Han, Xiaoliang AU - Han X AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - He, Shuyi AU - He S AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. FAU - Zhang, Guihong AU - Zhang G AD - Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Prevention and Control of Guangdong Province, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; College of Veterinary and National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China; National and regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, China. Electronic address: guihongzh@scau.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180407 PL - Netherlands TA - Vet Microbiol JT - Veterinary microbiology JID - 7705469 RN - 0 (Nucleocapsid Proteins) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chromatography, Liquid MH - Down-Regulation MH - Interleukin-10/genetics MH - Kinetics MH - Macrophages, Alveolar/virology MH - Mutation MH - Nucleocapsid Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/isolation & purification/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/*genetics/metabolism MH - Serine/genetics/*metabolism MH - Sf9 Cells MH - Swine MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry MH - Virus Replication PMC - PMC7117435 OTO - NOTNLM OT - N protein OT - PRRSV OT - Phosphorylation EDAT- 2018/05/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/21 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/07 CRDT- 2018/05/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/02/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/04/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/05/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/05/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0378-1135(18)30209-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.04.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Vet Microbiol. 2018 Jun;219:128-135. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.04.010. Epub 2018 Apr 7.