Project description:We found that the germline transcription factor double homeobox 4 (DUX4) is upregulated upon infection with wild-type herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1). The goal of this experiment was to compare the cellular transcriptome of HEK293T cells that were infected with HSV-1 (KOS strain), or transfected with a plasmid encoding human DUX4.
Project description:Genome wide RNA-Seq screen was did to detect gene expression. We used immortalized bone-marrow-derived macrophages cells that were uninfected or infected with HSV-1 for 6 hours to detect the expression levels of genes, and we found that interferon stimulated genes were increased and some of genes that inhibit interferon production were decreased in HSV-1 infected iBMDMs, compared to wild-type iBMDMs. we choose some genes that are unknown about their functions on antiviral innate immunity, and adress how they participate in antiviral innate immunity.
Project description:Genome wide RNA-Seq screen was did to detect gene expression of HSV-1 and Hela . We constructed a HeLa cell line that stably expresses the plasmids of SAFA or SAFA-ADAR1 catalytic domain(SAFA-ADAR1cd) or SAFA-ADAR1 catalytic domain E488Q(SAFA-ADAR1cd E488Q) . The RNAs were harvested followed by RNA sequencing to identify the edited RNA.
Project description:The goal of this study was to identify how the occupancy of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) on the host genome changes during HSV-1 infection and is impacted by the viral immediate early protein ICP4. Pol II ChIP-seq experiments after infection with the wild-type (WT) virus and mutant ICP4 (n12) virus, compared to mock infection, revealed global increases and decreases in Pol II occupancy on the host genome that depended upon ICP4.
Project description:For Samples 1-8 and 11-18: The innate immune sensor retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) detects double-stranded RNA derived from RNA viruses, and recent studies have demonstrated that RIG-I also plays a role in the antiviral response to DNA viruses. To identify the physiological RNA species that are recognized by RIG-I during HSV-1 infection, we purified the RNAs that co-immunoprecipitated with FLAG-tagged RIG-I in transfected human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells that had been infected with a recombinant HSV-1 (hereafter referred to as HSV-1 mut) containing a mutation (K220A) in the viral serine/threonine protein kinase US3 that abolishes its catalytic activity, as the viral kinase is known to antagonize type-I IFN responses. As controls, RNA species bound to FLAG-RIG-I in uninfected cells and RNA bound to FLAG-GFP from both HSV-1 mut-infected and uninfected cells were also purified. RIG-I-bound RNA and total RNA extracted from uninfected and HSV-1 mut-infected cells were analyzed by RNAseq, and the resulting sequences were mapped to both the HSV-1F-strain and human genome (hg38). This analysis revealed that several human transcripts were highly enriched in the RIG-I-bound fraction from infected cells; in contrast, the enrichment of viral sequences was low. The cellular transcripts that were most abundant in the RIG-I fraction were predominantly non-coding RNAs from different subclasses, as well as some coding RNAs. For Samples 9 and 10: HSV-1 infection is known to induces changes in the transcriptional profile of the infected cell. To analyze global changes in RNA transcript levels in infected cells, total RNA was extracted from HEK 293T cells that were infected with wild-type (WT) HSV-1. For comparison, total RNA was extracted from HEK 293T cells that remained uninfected. Next, RNAseq analysis was performed. The resulting sequences were mapped to the human genome, and gene inductions were calculated and normalized to uninfected samples to determine changes in gene expression upon infection.