A spliced latency-associated VZV transcript maps antisense to the viral transactivator gene 61.
A spliced latency-associated VZV transcript maps antisense to the viral transactivator gene 61.
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DOI:
10.1038/s41467-018-03569-2
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发表时间:
2018-03-21
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Breuer J
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作者:
Depledge DP;Ouwendijk WJD;Sadaoka T;Braspenning SE;Mori Y;Cohrs RJ;Verjans GMGM;Breuer J
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), an alphaherpesvirus, establishes lifelong latent infection in the neurons of >90% humans worldwide, reactivating in one-third to cause shingles, debilitating pain and stroke. How VZV maintains latency remains unclear. Here, using ultra-deep virus-enriched RNA sequencing of latently infected human trigeminal ganglia (TG), we demonstrate the consistent expression of a spliced VZV mRNA, antisense to VZV open reading frame 61 (ORF61). The spliced VZV latency-associated transcript (VLT) is expressed in human TG neurons and encodes a protein with late kinetics in productively infected cells in vitro and in shingles skin lesions. Whereas multiple alternatively spliced VLT isoforms (VLTly) are expressed during lytic infection, a single unique VLT isoform, which specifically suppresses ORF61 gene expression in co-transfected cells, predominates in latently VZV-infected human TG. The discovery of VLT links VZV with the other better characterized human and animal neurotropic alphaherpesviruses and provides insights into VZV latency. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) establishes lifelong infection in the majority of the population, but mechanisms underlying latency remain unclear. Here, the authors use ultra-deep RNA sequencing, enriched for viral RNAs, of latently infected human trigeminal ganglia and identify a spliced, latency-associated VZV mRNA.
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作者:
Depledge DP;Kundu S;Jensen NJ;Gray ER;Jones M;Steinberg S;Gershon A;Kinchington PR;Schmid DS;Balloux F;Nichols RA;Breuer J
通讯作者:
Breuer J
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5.4
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