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ArticleNature microbiology2016

Influenza virus mRNA trafficking through host nuclear speckles.

Amir Mor, Alexander White, Ke Zhang, Matthew Thompson, Matthew Esparza, Raquel Muñoz-Moreno, Kazunori Koide, Kristen W Lynch, Adolfo García-Sastre, Beatriz M A Fontoura

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 76 papers.

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76citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Amir MorDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039, USA.
Alexander WhiteDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039, USA.
Ke ZhangDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039, USA.
Matthew ThompsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6059, USA.
Matthew EsparzaDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039, USA.
Raquel Muñoz-MorenoDepartment of Microbiology, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Kazunori KoideDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
Kristen W LynchDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6059, USA.
Adolfo García-SastreDepartment of Microbiology, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Beatriz M A FontouraDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039, USA.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Sandi Leigh Pruitt · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
Splicing and Nuclear Transport of Influenza Virus mRNAR01AI125524 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI COBB, MELANIE H., FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA · 2016 to 2025
$5.6M
Cancer Biology Training GrantT32CA124334 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHAY, JERRY WILLIAM · 2007 to 2021
$5.3M
Novel Inhibitors of Viral ReplicationR01AI089539 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA, ROTH, MICHAEL G · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
Using Chemical Biology to Interfere with the Influenza Virus Life CycleR01AI079110 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA, ROTH, MICHAEL G · 2010 to 2014
$2.0M
Crosstalk between human mRNA nuclear export and polyadenylation machineriesR01GM113874 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CONRAD, NICHOLAS K, FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA · 2015 to 2018
$1.8M
Chemical intervention of influenza virus RNA nuclear exportR33AI119304 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA, GARCIA-SASTRE, ADOLFO · 2017 to 2019
$1.5M
Chemical intervention of influenza virus RNA nuclear exportR21AI119304 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FONTOURA, BEATRIZ MA, GARCIA-SASTRE, ADOLFO · 2015 to 2016
$462k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NCI NIH HHS T32 CA124334NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201400008CNIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079110NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089539NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125524NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI119304NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI119304NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113874
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A virus is a human pathogen with a genome composed of eight viral RNA segments that replicate in the nucleus. Two viral mRNAs are alternatively spliced. The unspliced M1 mRNA is translated into the matrix M1 protein, while the ion channel M2 protein is generated after alternative splicing. These proteins are critical mediators of viral trafficking and budding. We show that the influenza virus uses nuclear speckles to promote post-transcriptional splicing of its M1 mRNA. We assign previously unknown roles for the viral NS1 protein and cellular factors to an intranuclear trafficking pathway that targets the viral M1 mRNA to nuclear speckles, mediates splicing at these nuclear bodies and exports the spliced M2 mRNA from the nucleus. Given that nuclear speckles are storage sites for splicing factors, which leave these sites to splice cellular pre-mRNAs at transcribing genes, we reveal a functional subversion of nuclear speckles to promote viral gene expression.

Indexed as

RNA SplicingAlternative SplicingCell LineCell NucleusGene Expression Regulation, ViralGenome, ViralHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInfluenza A virusIntranuclear Inclusion BodiesRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsViroporin ProteinsVirus ReleaseINS1 protein, influenza virusM1 protein, Influenza A virusM2 protein, Influenza A virusRNA, ViralViral Matrix ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsViroporin Proteinsinfluenza virusmRMA exportnuclear specklessplicing

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