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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Location specific annealing of miR-122 and other small RNAs defines an Hepatitis C Virus 5' UTR regulatory element with distinct impacts on virus translation and genome stability.

Rasika D Kunden, Sarah Ghezelbash, Juveriya Q Khan, Joyce A Wilson

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Differential miRNA signatures in Hepatitis E Virus Infection: Insights into acute, chronic, and pregnancy-related outcomes.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rasika D KundenDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
Sarah GhezelbashDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
Juveriya Q KhanDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
Joyce A WilsonDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
University of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP-133458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication requires annealing of a liver specific small-RNA, miR-122 to 2 sites on 5' untranslated region (UTR). Annealing has been reported to (a) stabilize the genome, (b) stimulate translation and (c) promote the formation of translationally active Internal Ribosome Entry Site (IRES) RNA structure. In this report, we map the RNA element to which small RNA annealing promotes HCV to nucleotides 1-44 and identify the relative impact of small RNA annealing on virus translation promotion and genome stabilization. We mapped the optimal region on the HCV genome to which small RNA annealing promotes virus replication to nucleotides 19-37 and found the efficiency of viral RNA accumulation decreased as annealing moved away from this region. Then, by using a panel of small RNAs that promote replication with varying efficiencies we link the efficiency of lifecycle promotion with translation stimulation. By contrast small RNA annealing stabilized the viral genome even if they did not promote virus replication. Thus, we propose that miR-122 annealing promotes HCV replication by annealing to an RNA element that activates the HCV IRES and stimulates translation, and that miR-122 induced HCV genome stabilization is insufficient alone but enhances virus replication.

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Protein Biosynthesis5' Untranslated RegionsArgonaute ProteinsGenome, ViralGenomic InstabilityHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansInternal Ribosome Entry SitesMicroRNAsRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA StabilityVirus Replication5' Untranslated RegionsArgonaute ProteinsInternal Ribosome Entry SitesMicroRNAsMIRN122 microRNA, human

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PMID32810257
PMCPMC7498337
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