Shi N, Zhang S, Guo Y, Yu X, Zhao W, Zhang M, Guan. CircRNA_0050463 promotes influenza A virus replication by sponging miR-33b-5p to regulate EEF1A1. Vet Microbiol. 2021 Jan 19;254:108995
Circular RNAs (circRNAs), a new class of widely expressed endogenous regulatory RNAs, are characterized by a covalently closed loop structure without a 5´ cap or 3´ tail. Increasing numbers of studies have shown that circRNAs play important roles in diverse physiological and pathological processes, including the dynamic interactions between viruses and hosts. However, their multifaceted roles in cellular responses to influenza A virus (IAV) infection remain largely unknown. Here, we analyzed the expression of circ_0050463, which is predominantly localized in cytoplasm, in response to IAV infection. Knockdown of circ_0050463 with siRNA in A549 cells inhibited IAV replication. In addition, the activation of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) was involved in IAV-induced circ_0050463 expression, as revealed by assay using a NF-Kb inhibitor (Bay 11-7082). By performing biotin-labeled RNA pull-down and luciferase reporter assay, we demonstrated that circ_0050463 functioned as an endogenous microRNA-33b-5p sponge to sequester and inhibit miR-33b-5p activity, resulting in increased eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1 (EEF1A1) expression with subsequent facilitation of IAV replication. Taken together, the results of our study indicate that the circ_0050463 promotes IAV replication via miR-33b-5p/EEF1A1 axis, thus providing evidence for the host circRNAs utilized by viruses to support their replication.
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