Identification of Aedes aegypti Long Intergenic Non-coding RNAs and Their Association with Wolbachia and Dengue Virus Infection.
Identification of Aedes aegypti Long Intergenic Non-coding RNAs and Their Association with Wolbachia and Dengue Virus Infection.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pntd.0005069
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发表时间:
2016-10
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Asgari S
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作者:
Etebari K;Asad S;Zhang G;Asgari S
Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) are appearing as an important class of regulatory RNAs with a variety of biological functions. The aim of this study was to identify the lincRNA profile in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti and evaluate their potential role in host-pathogen interaction. The majority of previous RNA-Seq transcriptome studies in Ae. aegypti have focused on the expression pattern of annotated protein coding genes under different biological conditions. Here, we used 35 publically available RNA-Seq datasets with relatively high depth to screen the Ae. aegypti genome for lincRNA discovery. This led to the identification of 3,482 putative lincRNAs. These lincRNA genes displayed a slightly lower GC content and shorter transcript lengths compared to protein-encoding genes. Ae. aegypti lincRNAs also demonstrate low evolutionary sequence conservation even among closely related species such as Culex quinquefasciatus and Anopheles gambiae. We examined their expression in dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2) and Wolbachia infected and non-infected adult mosquitoes and Aa20 cells. The results revealed that DENV-2 infection increased the abundance of a number of host lincRNAs, from which some suppress viral replication in mosquito cells. RNAi-mediated silencing of lincRNA_1317 led to enhancement in viral replication, which possibly indicates its potential involvement in the host anti-viral defense. A number of lincRNAs were also differentially expressed in Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes. The results will facilitate future studies to unravel the function of lncRNAs in insects and may prove to be beneficial in developing new ways to control vectors or inhibit replication of viruses in them. Aedes aegypti is a major vector of several viruses such as dengue and Zika viruses. Understanding the intricate interaction of viruses with mosquito vectors and the factors involved in virus replication are essential for developing effective arbovirus control strategies. In this study, we report a comprehensive list of long intergenic non-coding RNAs encoded by the genome of Ae. aegypti for the first time. In addition, we show that a number of these long non-coding RNAs are differentially expressed in mosquitoes infected with dengue virus, which could be involved in DENV-mosquito interaction. The outcomes provide a new avenue to explore mosquito biology and mosquito-virus interactions that may lead to the discovery of molecules that could be beneficial for vector manipulation.
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影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Bonasio R;Shiekhattar R
通讯作者:
Shiekhattar R
影响因子:
14.9
作者:
Hussain M;Torres S;Schnettler E;Funk A;Grundhoff A;Pijlman GP;Khromykh AA;Asgari S
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Asgari S
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通讯作者:
Ebel GD
DOI:
10.1126/science.1240925
发表时间:
2013-08-16
期刊:
Science (New York, N.Y.)
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作者:
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