Project description:We report ChIP-seq analsyis of human fibroblasts infected with HCMV strains AD169 and TB40E. ChIP was performed at 20 hpi for IE2 and 3 dpi for IE2 and UL84.
Project description:We introduce target sites for the microRNA (miRNA) miR-142 into the 3’-untranslated region of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IE2 to study the transcriptional effect of IE2 knock-down on both viral and host genes in cells that express miR-142. When comparing transcriptional data from miR-142 expressing macrophages infected with HCMV to macrophages infected with IE2-miR-142 targeted HCMV, we see a knock-down of IE2 and differential regulation of predicted viral targets of IE2 including IE1, vIL-10 and US29. We then generated fibroblasts expressing miR-142 to study the knock-down of IE2 in a different cellular system and find drastic differences in loss of IE2 on the host transcriptional profile in the two different cell types.
Project description:Primary human GBM stem like cells were infected with HCMV TR strain (MOI=1) and treated with IE siRNA (a combination of oligos targeting IE1 and IE2 HCMV genes) 72 hours following siRNA treatment, RNA was harvested using Qiagen and divided equally for profiling using Affymetrix arrays and HCMV arrays.
Project description:We have established that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection modulates the biology of target primary blood monocytes, allowing HCMV to use monocytes as 'vehicles' for its systemic spread. HCMV infection of monocytes results in rapid induction of PI(3)K and NF-kB activity. Integrins, which are upstream of the PI(3)K and NF-kB pathways, were shown to be involved in HCMV binding to and entry into fibroblasts, suggesting that receptor-ligand-mediated signaling following viral binding to integrins on monocytes could trigger the functional changes seen in infected monocytes. We now show that integrin engagement and the activation of the integrin/Src-signaling pathway is essential for the induction of HCMV-infected monocyte motility. To investigate how integrin engagement by HCMV triggers monocyte motility, we examined the infected monocyte transcriptome and found that the integrin/Src-signaling pathway regulates the expression of paxillin, which is an important signal transducer in the regulation of actin rearrangement during cell adhesion and movement. Functionally, we observed that paxillin is activated via the integrin/Src-signaling pathway and is required for monocyte motility. Because motility is intimately connected to cellular cytoskeletal organization, a process that is also important in viral entry, we investigated the role paxillin regulation plays in the process of viral entry of monocytes. New results confirmed that HCMV`s ability to enter target monocytes is significantly inhibited in cells deficient in paxillin expression or that had their integrin/Src/paxillin signaling pathway blocked. From our data, HCMV-cell interactions emerge as an essential trigger for the cellular changes that allow for HCMV entry and hematogenous dissemination. Monocytes were mock-infected, HCMV-infected, or pretreated with PP2 inhibitor prior to HCMV infection. There were three samples analyzed per individual replicate. Three replicates are included. comparative studies with a use of the specific Src kinase activity inhibitor
Project description:human foreskin fibroblasts were infected with HCMV We monitor cellular gene expression network altered by HCMV entry using Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array
Project description:In this study, RNA-seq analysis was performed to generally understand the circRNA profiles of mock-infected and HCMV-infected HELF cells. Totally, 27,409 and 35,515 host circRNAs were identified in mock-infected and HCMV-infected HELF cells by RNA-seq respectively. Among them, 278 circRNAs were significantly modified filtrating by a threshold value of >2 (or <-2) fold-change and q-value <0.05. GO and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis suggested that the remarkably changed circRNAs might play important roles in viral entry, cell proliferation, and inhibition of apoptosis. Verification of four selected circRNAs ( circSP100, circMAP3K1, circTRIO, and circPLEKHM1) was performed using RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing. Moreover, further verification of circSP100 was performed using northern blotting and RT-qPCR and proteins binding directly to circSP100 were purified using RNA antisense purification (RAP).
Project description:We have established that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection modulates the biology of target primary blood monocytes, allowing HCMV to use monocytes as “vehicles” for its systemic spread. HCMV infection of monocytes results in rapid induction of PI(3)K and NF-κB activity. Integrins, which are upstream of the PI(3)K and NF-κB pathways, were shown to be involved in HCMV binding to and entry into fibroblasts, suggesting that receptor-ligand-mediated signaling following viral binding to integrins on monocytes could trigger the functional changes seen in infected monocytes. We now show that integrin engagement and the activation of the integrin/Src-signaling pathway is essential for the induction of HCMV-infected monocyte motility. To investigate how integrin engagement by HCMV triggers monocyte motility, we examined the infected monocyte transcriptome and found that the integrin/Src-signaling pathway regulates the expression of paxillin, which is an important signal transducer in the regulation of actin rearrangement during cell adhesion and movement. Functionally, we observed that paxillin is activated via the integrin/Src-signaling pathway and is required for monocyte motility. Because motility is intimately connected to cellular cytoskeletal organization, a process that is also important in viral entry, we investigated the role paxillin regulation plays in the process of viral entry of monocytes. New results confirmed that HCMV`s ability to enter target monocytes is significantly inhibited in cells deficient in paxillin expression or that had their integrin/Src/paxillin signaling pathway blocked. From our data, HCMV-cell interactions emerge as an essential trigger for the cellular changes that allow for HCMV entry and hematogenous dissemination.
Project description:We employed RNA-seq to map the transcriptome of human MRC5 fibroblasts during HCMV infection with AD169. These data will highlight the ways in which the HCMV infection alters RNA levels during infection.
Project description:human foreskin fibroblasts were infected with HCMV We monitor cellular gene expression network altered by HCMV entry using Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array 2 time points were measured, 5min, 25min