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ArticlePLoS pathogens2025

Small interfering RNAs generated from the terminal panhandle structure of negative-strand RNA virus promote viral infection.

Wan Zhao, Qiong Li, Mengqi Sun, Lan Luo, Xiaoming Zhang, Feng Cui

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Animal virus-host interactions mediated by non-coding RNAs.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Wan ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qiong LiState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Mengqi SunState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lan LuoState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaoming ZhangState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Feng CuiState Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6215-7159

Funding

Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences of CASNational Key R&D Program of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaYouth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Virus-derived small interfering RNAs (vsiRNAs) have been widely recognized to play an antiviral immunity role. However, it is unclear whether vsiRNAs can also play a positive role in viral infection. Here, we characterized three highly abundant vsiRNAs mapped to the genomic termini of rice stripe virus (RSV), a negative-strand RNA virus transmitted by insect vectors. The three vsiRNAs shared 11 nucleotides due to the conservative genomic termini and were likely generated from viral terminal panhandle structure, depending on both Dicer1 and Dicer2 in insects. In addition to targeting viral RNAs in a miRNA-like manner, the three vsiRNAs coordinately downregulated the expression of DOPA decarboxylase, thereby suppressing the prophenoloxidase immune reaction in insect vectors. In vsiRNA-silenced transgenic rice, the viral titer significantly decreased, indicating that these vsiRNAs promote RSV replication in rice. This study elucidates a unique function of vsiRNAs derived from the conserved panhandle structure of negative-strand RNA viruses in enhancing viral infection.

Indexed as

OryzaPlant DiseasesRNA, Small InterferingRNA, ViralTenuivirusAnimalsInsect VectorsNegative-Sense RNA VirusesPlants, Genetically ModifiedVirus ReplicationRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Viral

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PMID39752360
PMCPMC11698402

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