Long-read sequencing reveals complex patterns of wraparound transcription in polyomaviruses.
Long-read sequencing reveals complex patterns of wraparound transcription in polyomaviruses.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1010401
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2022-04
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6.7
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Polyomaviruses (PyV) are ubiquitous pathogens that can cause devastating human diseases. Due to the small size of their genomes, PyV utilize complex patterns of RNA splicing to maximize their coding capacity. Despite the importance of PyV to human disease, their transcriptome architecture is poorly characterized. Here, we compare short- and long-read RNA sequencing data from eight human and non-human PyV. We provide a detailed transcriptome atlas for BK polyomavirus (BKPyV), an important human pathogen, and the prototype PyV, simian virus 40 (SV40). We identify pervasive wraparound transcription in PyV, wherein transcription runs through the polyA site and circles the genome multiple times. Comparative analyses identify novel, conserved transcripts that increase PyV coding capacity. One of these conserved transcripts encodes superT, a T antigen containing two RB-binding LxCxE motifs. We find that superT-encoding transcripts are abundant in PyV-associated human cancers. Together, we show that comparative transcriptomic approaches can greatly expand known transcript and coding capacity in one of the simplest and most well-studied viral families. Polyomaviruses (PyV) are small, double-stranded DNA viruses that cause devastating human diseases. Despite the clinical relevance of PyV, the full assortment of transcripts generated by PyV during infection is poorly characterized. We used long- and short-read RNA sequencing (RNAseq) approaches to greatly expand known transcript diversity of the human pathogen BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) and the prototype PyV simian virus 40 (SV40). Because PyV contain circular genomes, during transcription the host RNA polymerase can circle the genome multiple times in a process called wraparound transcription. We find that wraparound transcription is widely conserved across PyV and generates diverse early and late RNAs. We use short-read RNAseq from eight PyV to identify conserved but previously unannotated transcripts encoding novel gene products. One of these transcripts encodes superT, a T antigen that contains two RB-binding LxCxE motifs. We find that superT is expressed in PyV-associated human cancers. Together, this work expands our knowledge of PyV transcriptomes and identifies novel transcripts of potential relevance to human disease.
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影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Keller MW;Rambo-Martin BL;Wilson MM;Ridenour CA;Shepard SS;Stark TJ;Neuhaus EB;Dugan VG;Wentworth DE;Barnes JR
通讯作者:
Barnes JR
影响因子:
1.2
作者:
Cingolani, Pablo;Platts, Adrian;Ruden, Douglas M.
通讯作者:
Ruden, Douglas M.
DOI:
10.1038/nrmicro2992
发表时间:
2013-04
期刊:
Nature reviews. Microbiology
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影响因子:
5.4
作者:
KAMEN, R;FAVALORO, J;PARKER, J
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PARKER, J
影响因子:
6.4
作者:
Assetta, Benedetta;De Cecco, Marco;Atwood, Walter J.
通讯作者:
Atwood, Walter J.