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Table 1 Viral sfRNA and small RNA in flavivirus infection.

From: A glance at subgenomic flavivirus RNAs and microRNAs in flavivirus infections

Virus

sfRNA

Small RNAa

Host system

Function

Reference

WNV

600 nt

 

MEF

 

Scherbik et al., 2006

WNV

525 nt

 

BHK-21 and mice

Facilitated viral replication and viral pathogenicity

Pijlman et al., 2008

WNV

525 nt

 

MEF and mice

Viral evasion

Schuessler et al., 2012

WNV (replicon)

  

Vero, BHK-21, S2, U4.4 and Ap61

Suppression of RNAi machinery

Schnettler et al., 2012

WNV

 

19 – 29 nt

Culex (pipiens) quinquefasciatus

 

Brackney et al., 2009

WNV

 

19, 21 and 28 nt

DC from WT mouse, lymph node and spleen cells from IFNRab −/− mice

Possible involvement with IFN response

Parameswaran et al., 2010

WNV

 

KUN-miR-1 (21 nt)

C6/36, Aag2

Targets GATA4 mRNA

Hussain et al., 2012

DENV-2

(replicon)

400 nt

 

BHK-21

 

Pijlman et al., 2008

DENV-1

DENV-2

DENV-3

DENV-4

430 nt

180, 270, 429 nt

410 nt

390 nt

 

Vero, BHK-21, A549, HepG2, C6/36 and mouse brain

Possible role in viral life cycle and pathogenesis

Liu et al., 2010

DENV-2

429 nt

 

Vero and BHK-21

Cytopathogenicity and apoptosis

Liu et al., 2014

DENV-2

  

Huh7

Interference with translation of antiviral interferon-stimulated mRNAs

Bidet et al. 2014

DENV-2

  

Huh7 and primary monocytes

sfRNA binds TRIM25

Manokaran et al., 2015

DENV-2

 

17 and 22 nt

Huh.7

 

Parameswaran et al., 2010

DENV-2

 

27 nt

21 nt

C6/36

Aag2 and Aedes aegypti

 

Scott et al., 2010

DENV-2

 

13-19 nt

24–30 nt

Aedes aegypti

 

Hess et al., 2011

DENV-2

 

vsRNA-1 (22 nt)

vsRNA-2 (27 nt)

vsRNA-3 (20 nt)

vsRNA-4 (21 nt)

vsRNA-5 (23 nt)

vsRNA-6 (21 nt)

Aedes aegypti

Aag2, C6/36 and Vero

Regulation of RNA replication by targeting NS1 (vsRNA-5)

Hussain and Asgari, 2014

DENV-4

 

21 nt

12–36 nt

U4.4

Vero and Huh7

 

Schirtzinger et al., 2015

JEV

521 - 523 nt

 

BHK-21 and C6/36

Modulation of viral replication

Lin et al., 2004

JEV

  

BHK-21

Regulation of viral RNA replication and translation

Fan et al., 2011

JEV

  

BHK-21, C6/36 and A549

Inhibition of the induction of IFN-beta

Chang et al., 2013

MVEV

600 nt

 

Brain of infected mice (C3H/HeJ and C3H/RV) and Vero

 

Urosevic et al., 1997

MVEV

500 nt

 

BHK-21

 

Pijlman et al., 2008

YFV

300 nt

 

BHK-21

 

Pijlman et al., 2008

YFV

235, 330 and 630 nt

330 nt

 

BHK-21, Vero, SW13

C6/36

 

Silva et al., 2010

SRV

500 nt

 

BHK-21

 

Pijlman et al., 2008

TBEV

 

22 nt

IDE8

 

Schnettler et al., 2014

LGTV

 

22 nt

IDE8

 

Schnettler et al., 2014

  1. Grey specifies the molecule found and the respective host system
  2. Abbreviations: DENV Dengue virus; JEV Japanese encephalitis virus; LGTV Langat virus; MVEV Murray Valley encephalitis virus; SRV Saumarez Reef virus; TBEV Tick-borne encephalitis virus; WNV West Nile virus; YFV Yellow fever virus
  3. Host system: A549 (Human lung carcinoma cell line), Aag2 (Aedes aegypti cell line), Ap61 (Aedes pseudoscutellaris cell line), BHK-21 (Baby hamster kidney fibroblast cell line), C6/36 (Aedes albopictus cell line), HepG2 (Human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line), Huh7 (Human hepatocarcinoma cell line), IDE8 (Ixodes scapularis-derived cell line), MEF (Mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line), S2 (Drosophila melanogaster Schneider-2 cell line), SW13 (Human adrenal carcinoma cell line), U4.4 (Aedes albopictus cell line), Vero (Kidney epithelial cells from African green monkey).
  4. aAll information on small RNAs and miRNAs with either no function described or functionally characterized were included