Abstract
Ten stable temperature-sensitive mutants of Japanese encephalitis virus were isolated after mutagenesis by growth of cloned wild-type virus in the presence of the nucleic acid precursor analogs 5-fluorouracil and 5-azacytidine. Mutants were selected which grew at least 100-fold better at 33 degrees C than at 41 degrees C. The 5-fluorouracil was found to be more effective at inducing temperature-sensitive mutations than was 5-azacytidine. Analysis of the virus-specific RNA and proteins synthesized by each mutant at the nonpermissive temperature was used to determine biochemical phenotypes. The mutants were analyzed for abilities to complement in mixed infections. Although inefficient and sometimes nonreciprocal, complementation occurred at higher levels than previously reported for flavivirus mutants. Interference between mutants in some mixed infections was also observed. Seven complementation groups were defined. Three groups contained mutants incapable of synthesizing virus-specific RNA at the nonpermissive temperature, whereas the remaining complementation groups displayed an RNA+ phenotype. Levels of protein synthesis comparable to that of wild type were observed at the nonpermissive temperature in three groups. Two other groups were represented by mutants which synthesized only low levels of virus-specific proteins at the higher temperature. Mutants in the remaining two groups did not produce detectable levels of proteins under nonpermissive conditions.
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