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Dhakal A, Salim C, Skelly M, Amichan Y, Lamm AT, Hundley HA. ADARs regulate cuticle collagen expression and promote survival to pathogen infection. BMC Biol 2024; 22:37. [PMID: 38360623 PMCID: PMC10870475 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01840-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In all organisms, the innate immune system defends against pathogens through basal expression of molecules that provide critical barriers to invasion and inducible expression of effectors that combat infection. The adenosine deaminase that act on RNA (ADAR) family of RNA-binding proteins has been reported to influence innate immunity in metazoans. However, studies on the susceptibility of ADAR mutant animals to infection are largely lacking. RESULTS Here, by analyzing adr-1 and adr-2 null mutants in well-established slow-killing assays, we find that both Caenorhabditis elegans ADARs are important for organismal survival to gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, all of which are pathogenic to humans. Furthermore, our high-throughput sequencing and genetic analysis reveal that ADR-1 and ADR-2 function in the same pathway to regulate collagen expression. Consistent with this finding, our scanning electron microscopy studies indicate adr-1;adr-2 mutant animals also have altered cuticle morphology prior to pathogen exposure. CONCLUSIONS Our data uncover a critical role of the C. elegans ADAR family of RNA-binding proteins in promoting cuticular collagen expression, which represents a new post-transcriptional regulatory node that influences the extracellular matrix. In addition, we provide the first evidence that ADAR mutant animals have altered susceptibility to infection with several opportunistic human pathogens, suggesting a broader role of ADARs in altering physical barriers to infection to influence innate immunity.
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- Alfa Dhakal
- Cell, Molecular and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, Indiana University School of Medicine-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA.
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Estevez-Castro CF, Rodrigues MF, Babarit A, Ferreira FV, de Andrade EG, Marois E, Cogni R, Aguiar ERGR, Marques JT, Olmo RP. Neofunctionalization driven by positive selection led to the retention of the loqs2 gene encoding an Aedes specific dsRNA binding protein. BMC Biol 2024; 22:14. [PMID: 38273313 PMCID: PMC10809485 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01821-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Mosquito borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and Chikungunya, cause millions of infections every year. These viruses are mostly transmitted by two urban-adapted mosquito species, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Although mechanistic understanding remains largely unknown, Aedes mosquitoes may have unique adaptations that lower the impact of viral infection. Recently, we reported the identification of an Aedes specific double-stranded RNA binding protein (dsRBP), named Loqs2, that is involved in the control of infection by dengue and Zika viruses in mosquitoes. Preliminary analyses suggested that the loqs2 gene is a paralog of loquacious (loqs) and r2d2, two co-factors of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, a major antiviral mechanism in insects. RESULTS Here we analyzed the origin and evolution of loqs2. Our data suggest that loqs2 originated from two independent duplications of the first double-stranded RNA binding domain of loqs that occurred before the origin of the Aedes Stegomyia subgenus, around 31 million years ago. We show that the loqs2 gene is evolving under relaxed purifying selection at a faster pace than loqs, with evidence of neofunctionalization driven by positive selection. Accordingly, we observed that Loqs2 is localized mainly in the nucleus, different from R2D2 and both isoforms of Loqs that are cytoplasmic. In contrast to r2d2 and loqs, loqs2 expression is stage- and tissue-specific, restricted mostly to reproductive tissues in adult Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus. Transgenic mosquitoes engineered to express loqs2 ubiquitously undergo developmental arrest at larval stages that correlates with massive dysregulation of gene expression without major effects on microRNAs or other endogenous small RNAs, classically associated with RNA interference. CONCLUSIONS Our results uncover the peculiar origin and neofunctionalization of loqs2 driven by positive selection. This study shows an example of unique adaptations in Aedes mosquitoes that could ultimately help explain their effectiveness as virus vectors.
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- Carlos F Estevez-Castro
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-5289, USA
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- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil
- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Ecology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-090, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Science, Center of Biotechnology and Genetics, State University of Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, 45662-900, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil.
- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Brazil.
- CNRS UPR9022, Inserm U1257, Université de Strasbourg, 67084, Strasbourg, France.
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Kamesh Krishnamoorthy K, Malathi VG, Renukadevi P, Kumar SM, Raveendran M, Sudha M, Manivannan N, Karthikeyan G. Exogenous delivery of dsRNA for management of mungbean yellow mosaic virus on blackgram. Planta 2023; 258:94. [PMID: 37804329 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-023-04253-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023]
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MAIN CONCLUSION Exogenous application of dsRNA molecules targeting MYMV genes offers a promising approach to effectively mitigate yellow mosaic disease in blackgram, demonstrating potential for sustainable plant viral disease management. The exogenous application of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules to control plant viral diseases is gaining traction due to its advantages over conventional methods, such as target specificity, non-polluting nature, and absence of residue formation. Furthermore, this approach does not involve genome modification. In this study, dsRNA molecules targeting the coat protein gene (dsCP) and replication initiator protein gene (dsRep) of mungbean yellow mosaic virus (MYMV) were synthesised using an in vitro transcription method. To evaluate the effectiveness of dsRNA treatment, blackgram plants exhibiting MYMV symptoms at the first trifoliate stage were subjected to exogenous application of dsRNA. Second, third, and fourth trifoliate leaves, which emerged at 7, 15, and 21 days after dsRNA application, respectively, were monitored for MYMV symptoms. Remarkably, a significant reduction in yellow mosaic disease (YMD) symptoms was observed in the newly emerged trifoliate leaves of MYMV-infected blackgram plants after treatment with dsRNA targeting both gene regions. This reduction was evident as a decrease in the intensity of yellow mosaic coverage on the leaf lamina compared to control. dsCP effectively reduced the MYMV titre in the treated plants for up to 15 days. However, dsRep demonstrated greater efficiency in conferring resistance to MYMV at 15 days post-application. These findings were supported by quantitative real-time PCR analysis, where the observed Ct values for DNA extracted from dsRep-treated plants were significantly higher compared to the Ct values of DNA from dsCP-treated plants at 15 days post-application. Similarly, higher viral copy numbers were observed in dsCP-treated plants 15 days after dsRNA treatment, in contrast to plants treated with dsRep.
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- K Kamesh Krishnamoorthy
- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- Centre for Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India
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- National Pulses Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Vamban, 622303, India
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, India.
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Cusic R, Watkins JM, Burke JM. Single-cell analysis of RNase L-mediated mRNA decay. Methods Enzymol 2023; 692:157-175. [PMID: 37925178 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2023]
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Ribonuclease L (RNase L) is a mammalian endoribonuclease that initiates the mass degradation of cellular mRNAs in response to double-stranded RNA or viral infection. The kinetic rate of mRNA decay upon RNase L activation has been elusive because RNase L is heterogeneously activated with respect to time in individual cells. Herein, we describe a method using immunofluorescence combined with single-molecule fluorescence in situ hybridization (smFISH) to determine single-cell mRNA decay rates upon RNase L activation. Using these approaches, we deduce that the rate of mRNA decay upon RNase L activation is extremely rapid, whereby the half-life of stable mRNAs such as GAPDH mRNA is reduced to ∼15 minutes in individual cells. This allows for RNase L to degrade nearly every mRNA in a cell in less than 1 hour, which is much faster than the decay rate that would be derived using bulk measurement techniques for mRNA levels, such as qRT-PCR. These single-cell approaches can generally be employed to resolve mRNA decay kinetics in additional contexts.
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- Renee Cusic
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim University of Florida Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim University of Florida Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim University of Florida Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, Jupiter, FL, United States.
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Hu X, Kassa A. A Random-Screening Approach to Identify RNAi Targets for the Control of Western Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica. virgifera virgifera Le Conte). Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2360:91-103. [PMID: 34495510 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1633-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Identification of active target genes in bioassay screening is the first important step for application of RNA interference (RNAi) for pest control. Here, we describe the methodology for performing high-throughput RNAi target screening against important agriculture pest, Western corn rootworm in 96-well microplate. Two approaches are presented to identify active targets from random-cDNA library or testing a certain group of specific targets via in silico sequence analysis. Methods of PCR primer design, DNA template preparation, and dsRNA production described here can be applied for other pests.
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- Xu Hu
- Corteva AgriScience, Johnston, IA, USA.
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Liu H, Cheng L. Viral Capsid and Polymerase in Reoviridae. Subcell Biochem 2022; 99:525-552. [PMID: 36151388 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-00793-4_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The members of the family Reoviridae (reoviruses) consist of 9-12 discrete double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) segments enclosed by single, double, or triple capsid layers. The outer capsid proteins of reoviruses exhibit the highest diversity in both sequence and structural organization. By contrast, the conserved RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) structure in the conserved innermost shell in all reoviruses suggests that they share common transcriptional regulatory mechanisms. After reoviruses are delivered into the cytoplasm of a host cell, their inner capsid particles (ICPs) remain intact and serve as a stable nanoscale machine for RNA transcription and capping performed using enzymes in ICPs. Advances in cryo-electron microscopy have enabled the reconstruction at near-atomic resolution of not only the icosahedral capsid, including capping enzymes, but also the nonicosahedrally distributed complexes of RdRps within the capsid at different transcriptional stages. These near-atomic resolution structures allow us to visualize highly coordinated structural changes in the related enzymes, genomic RNA, and capsid protein during reovirus transcription. In addition, reoviruses encode their own enzymes for nascent RNA capping before RNA releasing from their ICPs.
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- Hongrong Liu
- Key Laboratory for Matter Microstructure and Function of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Matter Microstructure and Function of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Low-dimensional Quantum Structures and Quantum Control, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
- School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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Erdmann EA, Mahapatra A, Mukherjee P, Yang B, Hundley HA. To protect and modify double-stranded RNA - the critical roles of ADARs in development, immunity and oncogenesis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 56:54-87. [PMID: 33356612 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1856768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Adenosine deaminases that act on RNA (ADARs) are present in all animals and function to both bind double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and catalyze the deamination of adenosine (A) to inosine (I). As inosine is a biological mimic of guanosine, deamination by ADARs changes the genetic information in the RNA sequence and is commonly referred to as RNA editing. Millions of A-to-I editing events have been reported for metazoan transcriptomes, indicating that RNA editing is a widespread mechanism used to generate molecular and phenotypic diversity. Loss of ADARs results in lethality in mice and behavioral phenotypes in worm and fly model systems. Furthermore, alterations in RNA editing occur in over 35 human pathologies, including several neurological disorders, metabolic diseases, and cancers. In this review, a basic introduction to ADAR structure and target recognition will be provided before summarizing how ADARs affect the fate of cellular RNAs and how researchers are using this knowledge to engineer ADARs for personalized medicine. In addition, we will highlight the important roles of ADARs and RNA editing in innate immunity and cancer biology.
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- Emily A Erdmann
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University School of Medicine-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Medical Sciences Program, Indiana University School of Medicine-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Ismail S, Tulsi Naik KS, Rajam MV, Mishra RK. Targeting genes involved in nucleopolyhedrovirus DNA multiplication through RNA interference technology to induce resistance against the virus in silkworms. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:5333-5342. [PMID: 32617957 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05615-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RNA interference (RNAi) has become an efficient tool for inducing resistance to viruses in many organisms. In this study, Escherichia coli cells were engineered to produce stable double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) against the nucleopolyhedrosis virus to elicit RNAi in silkworms. The immediate-early-1 (ie-1) and late expression factor-1 (lef-1) genes of the Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) involved in viral DNA multiplication were cloned in the plasmid L4440 under the influence of the double T7 promoter and transformed to E. coli HT115 DE3 host cells. On induction with isopropyl β-D-thiogalactopyranoside, these cells efficiently produced dsRNA of the cloned genes. The B. mori larvae were fed with 50 µL of E. coli cells expressing ie-1 and lef-1 dsRNAs (each approximately 25 µg) to elicit RNAi. The semi-quantitative and quantitative PCR analysis of RNA from the midgut of the dsRNA-fed larvae revealed a significant reduction in the expression of the target genes involved in BmNPV multiplication, which restricted virus copy numbers to 100 compared with 1.9 × 105 in the infected controls. Furthermore, the dsRNA-fed infected larvae showed > 50% increased survivability compared with the infected controls. The study revealed the successful use of bacteria as vectors for efficiently delivering dsRNA to elicit RNAi against BmNPV in silkworms.
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- Sahar Ismail
- Seri Biotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560035, India
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- Seri Biotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560035, India.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, Benito Juarez Marg, South Campus, New Delhi, 110021, India
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- Seri Biotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560035, India
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Ma Y, Marais A, Lefebvre M, Faure C, Candresse T. Metagenomic analysis of virome cross-talk between cultivated Solanum lycopersicum and wild Solanum nigrum. Virology 2019; 540:38-44. [PMID: 31734382 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Wild plants and weeds growing close to crops constitute a potential reservoir for future epidemies or for the emergence of novel viruses but the frequency and directionality of viral flow between cultivated and wild plants remains poorly documented in many cases. Here, we studied the diversity of viral populations between tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and neighboring european black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) using high throughput sequencing (HTS) based metagenomics. A large variability in virome richness with only 17.9% shared Operational Taxonomy Units between tomato and nightshade, but this richness could not be linked to a particular host or to local conditions. A detailed population analysis based on assembled contigs for potato virus Y (PVY), broad wilt bean virus 1 and a new ilarvirus tentatively named Solanum nigrum ilarvirus 1 provides information on the circulation of these viruses between these two Solanum species and enriches our knowledge of the tomato virome.
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- Yuxin Ma
- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, CS20032, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, CS20032, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, CS20032, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, CS20032, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- UMR 1332 BFP, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, CS20032, 33882, Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France.
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Guo X, Wang Y, Sinakevitch I, Lei H, Smith BH. Comparison of RNAi knockdown effect of tyramine receptor 1 induced by dsRNA and siRNA in brains of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. J Insect Physiol 2018; 111:47-52. [PMID: 30393170 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool for artificially manipulating gene expression in diverse organisms. In the honey bee, Apis mellifera, both long double stranded RNA (dsRNA) and small interference RNA (siRNA) have been successfully used to reduce targeted gene expression and induce specific phenotypes. However, whether dsRNA and siRNA have different effects and efficiencies in gene silencing has never been investigated in honey bees. Thus, we tested the effect of dsRNA and siRNA on the tyramine receptor 1 (tyr1), which encodes a receptor of neurotransmitter tyramine, in honey bee brains at mRNA and protein levels over time. We found that both dsRNA and siRNA achieved successful gene knockdown. The siRNA mixes affected tyr1 gene expression faster than dsRNA, and the duration of the knockdown between dsRNA and siRNA varied. We also found that the turnover rate of TYR1 protein was relatively fast, which is consistent with its role as a neurotransmitter receptor. Our study reveals the different efficiencies of dsRNA and siRNA in honey bee brains. We show that consideration of the gene regions targeted by RNAi, prior screening for RNAi molecules and combing siRNAs are important strategies to enhance RNAi efficiency.
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- Xiaojiao Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.
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Fischer JR, Zapata F, Dubelman S, Mueller GM, Uffman JP, Jiang C, Jensen PD, Levine SL. Aquatic fate of a double-stranded RNA in a sediment---water system following an over-water application. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017; 36:727-734. [PMID: 27530554 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Determining the rate of biodegradation of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in the environment is an essential element of a comprehensive risk assessment of an RNA-based agricultural product. This information is used during problem formulation to define relevant routes and durations of environmental exposure for in planta-expressed dsRNA. Although exposure to biotechnology-derived crops expressing dsRNA traits in the aquatic environment is predicted to be minimal, little is known regarding the fate of dsRNA in these environments. To assess exposure to aquatic environments, a study was conducted to measure the rate of biodegradation of DvSnf7 dsRNA in aerobic water-sediment systems. Aquatic systems containing natural water and sediments that varied in physical and chemical characteristics were treated with dsRNA by applying DvSnf7 dsRNA directly to the water column. In the present study, DvSnf7 dsRNA dissipated rapidly from the water phase and was undetectable within 7 d as measured by QuantiGene (Affymetrix) and a sensitive insect bioassay in these diverse systems. Degradation kinetics estimated a half-life (time to 50% dissipation [DT50]) of less than 3 d and a time to 90% dissipation of approximately 4 d. Further analysis indicated that DvSnf7 dsRNA had DT50 values of less than 6 d in both sediment-free systems containing natural water and systems with only sediment. Taken together, the results of the present study indicate that dsRNA-based agricultural products rapidly degrade and consequently are unlikely to persist in aquatic environments. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:727-734. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Regulatory Sciences, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Palchetti S, Starace D, De Cesaris P, Filippini A, Ziparo E, Riccioli A. Transfected poly(I:C) activates different dsRNA receptors, leading to apoptosis or immunoadjuvant response in androgen-independent prostate cancer cells. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:5470-83. [PMID: 25568326 PMCID: PMC4342463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.601625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2014] [Revised: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Despite the effectiveness of surgery or radiation therapy for the treatment of early-stage prostate cancer (PCa), there is currently no effective strategy for late-stage disease. New therapeutic targets are emerging; in particular, dsRNA receptors Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) and cytosolic helicases expressed by cancer cells, once activated, exert a pro-apoptotic effect in different tumors. We previously demonstrated that the synthetic analog of dsRNA poly(I:C) induces apoptosis in the androgen-dependent PCa cell line LNCaP in a TLR3-dependent fashion, whereas only a weak apoptotic effect is observed in the more aggressive and androgen-independent PCa cells PC3 and DU145. In this paper, we characterize the receptors and the signaling pathways involved in the remarkable apoptosis induced by poly(I:C) transfected by Lipofectamine (in-poly(I:C)) compared with the 12-fold higher free poly(I:C) concentration in PC3 and DU145 cells. By using genetic inhibition of different poly(I:C) receptors, we demonstrate the crucial role of TLR3 and Src in in-poly(I:C)-induced apoptosis. Therefore, we show that the increased in-poly(I:C) apoptotic efficacy is due to a higher binding of endosomal TLR3. On the other hand, we show that in-poly(I:C) binding to cytosolic receptors MDA5 and RIG-I triggers IRF3-mediated signaling, leading uniquely to the up-regulation of IFN-β, which likely in turn induces increased TLR3, MDA5, and RIG-I proteins. In summary, in-poly(I:C) activates two distinct antitumor pathways in PC3 and DU145 cells: one mediated by the TLR3/Src/STAT1 axis, leading to apoptosis, and the other one mediated by MDA5/RIG-I/IRF3, leading to immunoadjuvant IFN-β expression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sara Palchetti
- From the Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine, and Orthopedics, Section of Histology and Medical Embryology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy and
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- From the Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine, and Orthopedics, Section of Histology and Medical Embryology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy and
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- the Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- From the Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine, and Orthopedics, Section of Histology and Medical Embryology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy and
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- From the Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine, and Orthopedics, Section of Histology and Medical Embryology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy and
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- From the Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine, and Orthopedics, Section of Histology and Medical Embryology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy and
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Jones A, Kainz D, Khan F, Lee C, Carrithers MD. Human macrophage SCN5A activates an innate immune signaling pathway for antiviral host defense. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:35326-40. [PMID: 25368329 PMCID: PMC4271219 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.611962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Revised: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Pattern recognition receptors contain a binding domain for pathogen-associated molecular patterns coupled to a signaling domain that regulates transcription of host immune response genes. Here, a novel mechanism that links pathogen recognition to channel activation and downstream signaling is proposed. We demonstrate that an intracellular sodium channel variant, human macrophage SCN5A, initiates signaling and transcription through a calcium-dependent isoform of adenylate cyclase, ADCY8, and the transcription factor, ATF2. Pharmacological stimulation with a channel agonist or treatment with cytoplasmic poly(I:C), a mimic of viral dsRNA, activates this pathway to regulate expression of SP100-related genes and interferon β. Electrophysiological analysis reveals that the SCN5A variant mediates nonselective outward currents and a small, but detectable, inward current. Intracellular poly(I:C) markedly augments an inward voltage-sensitive sodium current and inhibits the outward nonselective current. These results suggest human macrophage SCN5A initiates signaling in an innate immune pathway relevant to antiviral host defense. It is postulated that SCN5A is a novel pathogen sensor and that this pathway represents a channel activation-dependent mechanism of transcriptional regulation.
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MESH Headings
- Activating Transcription Factor 2/genetics
- Activating Transcription Factor 2/immunology
- Activating Transcription Factor 2/metabolism
- Adenylyl Cyclases/genetics
- Adenylyl Cyclases/immunology
- Adenylyl Cyclases/metabolism
- Animals
- Antigens, Nuclear/genetics
- Antigens, Nuclear/immunology
- Antigens, Nuclear/metabolism
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacology
- Autoantigens/genetics
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoantigens/metabolism
- Blotting, Western
- Cells, Cultured
- Cyclic AMP/immunology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Gene Expression Profiling
- HEK293 Cells
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 1, Human/physiology
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Immunity, Innate/immunology
- Interferon-beta/genetics
- Interferon-beta/immunology
- Interferon-beta/metabolism
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Macrophages/virology
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/genetics
- NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/immunology
- NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel/metabolism
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Poly I-C/pharmacology
- Protein Binding/immunology
- RNA Interference
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/immunology
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- Alexis Jones
- From the Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- From the Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- From the Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- From the Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- From the Department of Neurology and Program in Cellular and Molecular Pathology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin 53705
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Mounting evidence suggests that human pancreatic ribonuclease (RNase 1) plays important roles in vivo, ranging from regulating blood clotting and inflammation to directly counteracting tumorigenic cells. Understanding these putative roles has been pursued with continual comparisons of human RNase 1 to bovine RNase A, an enzyme that appears to function primarily in the ruminant gut. Our results imply a different physiology for human RNase 1. We demonstrate distinct functional differences between human RNase 1 and bovine RNase A. Moreover, we characterize another RNase 1 homolog, bovine brain ribonuclease, and find pronounced similarities between that enzyme and human RNase 1. We report that human RNase 1 and bovine brain ribonuclease share high catalytic activity against double-stranded RNA substrates, a rare quality among ribonucleases. Both human RNase 1 and bovine brain RNase are readily endocytosed by mammalian cells, aided by tight interactions with cell surface glycans. Finally, we show that both human RNase 1 and bovine brain RNase are secreted from endothelial cells in a regulated manner, implying a potential role in vascular homeostasis. Our results suggest that brain ribonuclease, not RNase A, is the true bovine homolog of human RNase 1, and provide fundamental insight into the ancestral roles and functional adaptations of RNase 1 in mammals.
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- Chelcie H Eller
- Departments of Biochemistry and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Departments of Biochemistry and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; Departments of Chemistry, and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706.
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de la Cruz-Herrera CF, Campagna M, García MA, Marcos-Villar L, Lang V, Baz-Martínez M, Gutiérrez S, Vidal A, Rodríguez MS, Esteban M, Rivas C. Activation of the double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase PKR by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO). J Biol Chem 2014; 289:26357-26367. [PMID: 25074923 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.560961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The dsRNA-dependent kinase PKR is an interferon-inducible protein with ability to phosphorylate the α subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)-2 complex, resulting in a shut-off of general translation, induction of apoptosis, and inhibition of virus replication. Here we analyzed the modification of PKR by the small ubiquitin-like modifiers SUMO1 and SUMO2 and evaluated the consequences of PKR SUMOylation. Our results indicate that PKR is modified by both SUMO1 and SUMO2, in vitro and in vivo. We identified lysine residues Lys-60, Lys-150, and Lys-440 as SUMOylation sites in PKR. We show that SUMO is required for efficient PKR-dsRNA binding, PKR dimerization, and eIF2α phosphorylation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SUMO potentiates the inhibition of protein synthesis induced by PKR in response to dsRNA, whereas a PKR SUMOylation mutant is impaired in its ability to inhibit protein synthesis and shows reduced capability to control vesicular stomatitis virus replication and to induce apoptosis in response to vesicular stomatitis virus infection. In summary, our data demonstrate the important role of SUMO in processes mediated by the activation of PKR.
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- Carlos F de la Cruz-Herrera
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Darwin 3, Madrid 28049
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Darwin 3, Madrid 28049
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- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Darwin 3, Madrid 28049
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- Ubiquitylation and Cancer Molecular Biology Laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastian-Donostia, 20009 Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela E15782
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- Confocal Service of Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Darwin 3, Madrid 28049, and
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- Departamento de Fisioloxía and Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela E15782, Spain
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- Ubiquitylation and Cancer Molecular Biology Laboratory, Inbiomed, San Sebastian-Donostia, 20009 Gipuzkoa, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Darwin 3, Madrid 28049
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- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Darwin 3, Madrid 28049,; Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular (CIMUS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela E15782,.
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Wang R, Wang J, Acharya D, Paul AM, Bai F, Huang F, Guo YL. Antiviral responses in mouse embryonic stem cells: differential development of cellular mechanisms in type I interferon production and response. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:25186-98. [PMID: 24966329 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.537746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
We have recently reported that mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are deficient in expressing type I interferons (IFNs) in response to viral infection and synthetic viral RNA analogs (Wang, R., Wang, J., Paul, A. M., Acharya, D., Bai, F., Huang, F., and Guo, Y. L. (2013) J. Biol. Chem. 288, 15926-15936). Here, we report that mESCs are able to respond to type I IFNs, express IFN-stimulated genes, and mediate the antiviral effect of type I IFNs against La Crosse virus and chikungunya virus. The major signaling components in the IFN pathway are expressed in mESCs. Therefore, the basic molecular mechanisms that mediate the effects of type I IFNs are functional in mESCs; however, these mechanisms may not yet be fully developed as mESCs express lower levels of IFN-stimulated genes and display weaker antiviral activity in response to type I IFNs when compared with fibroblasts. Further analysis demonstrated that type I IFNs do not affect the stem cell state of mESCs. We conclude that mESCs are deficient in type I IFN expression, but they can respond to and mediate the cellular effects of type I IFNs. These findings represent unique and uncharacterized properties of mESCs and are important for understanding innate immunity development and ESC physiology.
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- From the Departments of Biological Sciences and
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- From the Departments of Biological Sciences and
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- Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406
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- From the Departments of Biological Sciences and
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