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Effect of NS3 and NS5B proteins on classical swine fever virus internal ribosome entry site-mediated translation and its host cellular translation

¹ College of Life and Environment Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, PR China
² Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, The Institute of Biodiversity Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, PR China

Correspondence
Ming Xiao
xiaoming88{at}263.net

A full-length NS3 (NS3F) and a truncated NS3 protein (NS3H) with an RNA helicase domain possess RNA helicase activity. Using an in vitro system with a monocistronic reporter RNA or DNA, containing the CSFV 5'-UTR, we observed that both NS3F and NS3H enhanced internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-mediated and cellular translation in a dose-dependent manner, but NS3 protease (NS3P) that lacks a helicase domain did not. NS3F was stronger than NS3H in promoting both translations. These results showed that viral RNA helicase could promote viral and cellular translation, and higher RNA helicase activity might be more efficient. The NS5B protein, the viral replicase, did not significantly affect the IRES-directed or cellular translation alone. NS5B significantly enhanced the stimulative effect of NS3F on both IRES-mediated and cellular translation, but did not affect that of NS3H or NS3P. This suggests that NS5B and NS3 interact via the protease domain during the enhancement of translation.