Project description:Bat adenoviruses are a group of recently identified adenoviruses (AdVs) which are highly prevalent in bats yet share low similarity to known AdVs from other species. In this study, deep RNA sequencing was used to analyze the transcriptome at five time points following the infection of a bat AdV in a kidney cell line derived from a myotis bat species. Evidence of AdV replication was observed with the proportion of viral RNAs ranging from 0.01% at 6 h to 1.3% at 18 h. Further analysis of viral temporal gene expression revealed three replication stages; the early stage genes encoding mainly for host interaction proteins, the intermediate stage genes for the DNA replication and assembly proteins, and the late stage genes for most structural proteins. Several bat AdV genes were expressed at stages that differed from their counterpart genes previously reported for human AdV. In addition, single-base resolution splice sites of several genes and promoter regions of all 30 viral genes were fully determined. Simultaneously, the temporal cellular gene expression profiles were identified. The most overrepresented functional categories of the differentially expressed genes were related to cellular immune response, transcription, translation, and DNA replication and repair. Taken together, the deep RNA sequencing provided a global, transcriptional profile of the novel BtAdV and the virus-host interactions, which will be useful for the understanding and investigation of AdV replication, pathogenesis and specific virus-bat interactions in future research. Deep RNA sequencing was used to analyze the transcriptome at five time points(0h,6h,8h, 12h 18h) following the infection of a bat AdV in a bat kidney cell.
Project description:To further understand different gene expression of miR-22 knockout mouse BAT and normal BAT, we have employed BAT samples microarray expression profiling as a discovery platform to identify different genes with miR-22 knockout mouse BAT and normal BAT.comparision with normal BAT,significantly upgene is 522 and downgene is 720 in knockout group.
Project description:BAT activation for thermogenesis is a physiological mechanism that maintains body temperature during cold exposure. However, how BAT is dynamically activated and preserve its sustained activation in cold is not completely understood. In this study, we identified soluble ST2 (sST2) mediates a WAT-to-BAT endocrine mechanism, which is required for constant BAT activation during cold exposure. Specific depletion of sST2 isoform blocks the alternative thermogenesis upon BAT denervation and leads to cold sensitive in a prolong cold exposure. Mechanistically, sST2 is induced and secreted from eWAT by the Adrb1/2 signaling driven Creb1 activation. The secreted sST2 directly binds to the Adrb3 receptor in BAT and in synergy with NE to induce BAT thermogenesis, which is independent of IL33. Additionally, supplement of sST2 induces beige fat formation in mice and humans. Therefore, our study demonstrated eWAT derived adipokine sST2 functions on BAT activation as a novel mechanism in sustained activation of thermogenesis of BAT in cold exposure. More importantly, sST2 may serve as an emerging therapeutic approach in combine with b3 receptor agonist for obesity treatment.
Project description:SILAC labeled human kidney cells (293 cells) or bat kidney cells (PakiT03cells)were infected with Hendra virus for 8 or 24 hours and compared to uninfected control cells. Protein identification and quantitation relied on a combination of Uniprot lists of proteins and Proteomics Informed by Transcriptomics (PIT) analysis whereby RNA extracted from the same samples was deep sequenced and the sequencing data was used to construct mRNA from which possible ORFS were inferred and used as a search space by MaxQuant.
Project description:Bat adenoviruses are a group of recently identified adenoviruses (AdVs) which are highly prevalent in bats yet share low similarity to known AdVs from other species. In this study, deep RNA sequencing was used to analyze the transcriptome at five time points following the infection of a bat AdV in a kidney cell line derived from a myotis bat species. Evidence of AdV replication was observed with the proportion of viral RNAs ranging from 0.01% at 6 h to 1.3% at 18 h. Further analysis of viral temporal gene expression revealed three replication stages; the early stage genes encoding mainly for host interaction proteins, the intermediate stage genes for the DNA replication and assembly proteins, and the late stage genes for most structural proteins. Several bat AdV genes were expressed at stages that differed from their counterpart genes previously reported for human AdV. In addition, single-base resolution splice sites of several genes and promoter regions of all 30 viral genes were fully determined. Simultaneously, the temporal cellular gene expression profiles were identified. The most overrepresented functional categories of the differentially expressed genes were related to cellular immune response, transcription, translation, and DNA replication and repair. Taken together, the deep RNA sequencing provided a global, transcriptional profile of the novel BtAdV and the virus-host interactions, which will be useful for the understanding and investigation of AdV replication, pathogenesis and specific virus-bat interactions in future research.