PMID- 31631782 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200115 LR - 20200115 IS - 2222-1751 (Electronic) IS - 2222-1751 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2019 TI - The Nsp12-coding region of type 2 PRRSV is required for viral subgenomic mRNA synthesis. PG - 1501-1510 LID - 10.1080/22221751.2019.1679010 [doi] AB - As one of many nonstructural proteins of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), nonstructural protein 12 (Nsp12) has received relatively little attention, and its role in virus replication, if any, is essentially unknown. By the application of reverse genetic manipulation of an infectious PRRSV clone, the current study is the first to demonstrate that Nsp12 is a key component of PRRSV replication. In addition, the biochemical properties of Nsp12 were evaluated, revealing that Nsp12 forms dimers when exposed to oxidative conditions. Furthermore, we systemically analyzed the function of Nsp12 in PRRSV RNA synthesis using a strand-specific PCR method. To our surprise, Nsp12 was not found to be involved in minus-strand genomic RNA (-gRNA) synthesis; importantly, our results indicate that Nsp12 is involved in the synthesis of both plus- and minus-strand subgenomic mRNAs (+sgmRNA and -sgmRNA). Finally, we found that the combination of cysteine 35 and cysteine 79 in Nsp12 is required for sgmRNA synthesis. To our knowledge, we are the first to report the biological role of Nsp12 in the PRRSV lifecycle, and we conclude that Nsp12 is involved in the synthesis of both + sgRNA and -sgRNA. FAU - Wang, Tong-Yun AU - Wang TY AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Fang, Qiong-Qiong AU - Fang QQ AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Cong, Feng AU - Cong F AD - Guangdong Key Laboratory of Laboratory Animals, Guangdong Laboratory Animals Monitoring Institute , Guangzhou , People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Yong-Gang AU - Liu YG AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Hai-Ming AU - Wang HM AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Hong-Liang AU - Zhang HL AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Tian, Zhi-Jun AU - Tian ZJ AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Tang, Yan-Dong AU - Tang YD AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. FAU - Cai, Xue-Hui AU - Cai XH AD - State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Harbin , People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Emerg Microbes Infect JT - Emerging microbes & infections JID - 101594885 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Viral MH - Open Reading Frames MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/*genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Viral/*genetics/metabolism MH - Swine MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Virus Replication PMC - PMC6818116 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Nsp12 OT - PRRSV OT - RNA synthesis OT - dimer OT - subgenomic mRNA COIS- No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors. EDAT- 2019/10/22 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/16 06:00 PMCR- 2019/10/21 CRDT- 2019/10/22 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/10/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1679010 [pii] AID - 10.1080/22221751.2019.1679010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):1501-1510. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1679010.