Molecular mechanisms of reversion to the ts+ (non-temperature-sensitive) phenotype of influenza A cold-adapted (ca) virus strains

J Gen Virol. 2007 Oct;88(Pt 10):2724-2729. doi: 10.1099/vir.0.83014-0.

Abstract

A ts+ ca- (non-temperature-sensitive, non-cold-adapted) revertant of the A/Leningrad/134/47/57 ca strain influenza virus [A/Leningrad/134/47/ts+18/1957(H2N2)], obtained in our previous study, lost phenotypic manifestation of ts mutations by the PB2, NP and NS genes, although, according to sequencing data, it acquired only two true reversions of a mutation in the PB2 and PB1 genes. Direct sequencing showed the appearance of 27 additional mutations (13 coding) in the genes encoding the PB2, PB1, PA, NP, M and NS proteins of the revertant, along with the above-mentioned two true reversions. We conjecture that some of these mutations suppressed phenotypic manifestation of ts mutations in the NS and NP genes.

MeSH terms

  • Acclimatization
  • Cold Temperature
  • Genetic Complementation Test
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H2N2 Subtype / genetics
  • Influenza A Virus, H2N2 Subtype / physiology*
  • Influenza, Human / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Mutation
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Viral Nonstructural Proteins