Expression profiles of bovine adeno-associated virus and avian adeno-associated virus display significant similarity to that of adeno-associated virus type 5

J Virol. 2006 Jun;80(11):5482-93. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02735-05.

Abstract

We present the first detailed expression profiles of nonprimate-derived adeno-associated viruses, namely, bovine adeno-associated virus (B-AAV) and avian adeno-associated virus (A-AAV), which were obtained after the infection of cell lines derived from their natural hosts. In general, the profiles of B-AAV and A-AAV were quite similar to that of AAV5; however, both exhibited features found for AAV2 as well. Like adeno-associated virus type 5 (AAV5), B-AAV and A-AAV utilized an internal polyadenylation site [(pA)p]; however, it was used to greater relative levels by B-AAV than by A-AAV. Similar to AAV5, >99% of B-AAV RNAs generated from upstream promoters were polyadenylated at (pA)p and hence not spliced. In contrast, ca. 50% of the A-AAV RNAs generated from upstream promoters read through (pA)p, as seen for AAV2. However, A-AAV generated lower levels of spliced P5 and P19 products than does AAV2, suggesting that A-AAV generates lower relative levels of Rep 68 and Rep 40. An additional difference in the expression profile of these viruses was that B-AAV generated a greater level of ITR-initiated RNAs than did A-AAV or AAV5. In addition, we demonstrate that, like AAV2, transactivation of transcription of the capsid-gene promoter of B-AAV required both adenovirus and targeting of its Rep protein to the transcription template; however, expression of the capsid-gene promoter of A-AAV was, like AAV5, largely independent of both adenovirus and its Rep proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Dependovirus / classification
  • Dependovirus / genetics
  • Dependovirus / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • RNA, Viral / metabolism*
  • Species Specificity
  • Viral Proteins / physiology*

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins