Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a re-emerging virus that can cause life-threatening yellow fever disease in humans. Despite the availability of an effective vaccine, little is known about the replication mechanism of YFV, and there are still no available specific anti-YFV medicines. Herein, by introducing the Renilla luciferase gene (Rluc) into an infectious clone of YFV vaccine strain 17D, we generated a recombinant virus 17D-Rluc.2A via reverse genetics approaches. The 17D-Rluc.2A had similar plaque morphology and comparable in vitro growth characteristics with its parental strain. Importantly, the reporter luciferase was efficiently expressed in 17D-Rluc.2A-infected mammalian and mosquito cells, and there was a good linear correlation between intracellular luciferase expression and extracellular infectious virion reproduction. Furthermore, by a combination of the 17D-Rluc.2A reporter virus and selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) technology, the conserved 5'-SLA element was shown to be essential for YFV replication, highlighting the capability of 17D-Rluc.2A in the investigation of YFV replication. At last, we demonstrated that two compounds with distinct anti-viral mechanisms can effectively inhibit the viral propagation in 17D-Rluc.2A-infected cells, demonstrating its potential application in the evaluation of anti-viral medicines. Taken together, the 17D-Rluc.2A serves as a useful tool for the study of YFV replication and anti-YFV medicine development.
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