Project description:CAMPARI2 CRISPR screening for SOCE modulators of ER stress. PC cells were sorted and sequenced for CRISPR whole KO library (De brie). Unsorted, SOrte din LOW PC and LOW PC Tunica treated fro 4hours were analysed.
Project description:We tested the effects of co-infection on vaccine response to YFV-17D. Groups of mice were divided into either Mock infected or Co-infected groups. Mock infected were housed in a biohazard facility and inoculated with PBS. Co-infected were infected sequentially with murine gammaherpesvirus-68, murine cytomegalovirus, influenza WSN, and Heligmosimoides polygyrus. Both mock and co-infected groups were challenged with Yellow Fever virus (YFV-17D). Day 0 is prior to YFV. Days 3, 7, and 21 were timepoints after YFV.
Project description:CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing was used to disrupt nearly all the GPCR and neuropeptide genes from C. elegans genome. Multiple genes were disrupted in each strain for the purpose of screening. The genotype is the list of targeted genes
Project description:Host cells produce interferon (IFN) in response to viral infections. Secreted interferon results in the transcription and production of hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). A genome-wide CRISPR screen using IFN alpha-treated Huh7.5 cells was performed to determine which ISGs were required in order for host cells to suppress yellow fever virus (YFV) infection.
Project description:Immune response to infection involves the regulation of numerouse genes in numerous cell types. The number and type of genes that become differentially expressed in response to infection can result in very different pathophysiologic presentations and disease course. Wild type YFV and 17D despite having very few genetic differences result in very different disease outcomes in human and monkey hosts. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression of Rhesus macaque immune cells responding to both wild type and 17D strains of YFV. We identified distinct classes of gene expression as well as marked differences in differential gene expression between responses to 17D and wild type strains of YFV. Rhesus PBMC were isolated before and on day 3 of either vaccination with 17D or infection with wild type YFV with an n of 3 per group. Total RNA was extracted and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays.
Project description:The yellow fever virus 17D (YFV-17D) live attenuated vaccine is considered one of the successful vaccines ever generated associated with high antiviral immunity, yet the signaling mechanisms that drive the response in infected cells are not understood. Here, we provide a molecular understanding of how metabolic stress and innate immune responses are linked to drive type I IFN expression in response to YFV-17D infection. Comparison of YFV-17D replication with its parental virus, YFV-Asibi, and a related dengue virus revealed that IFN expression requires RIG-I-like Receptor signaling through MAVS, as expected. However, YFV-17D uniquely induces mitochondrial respiration and major metabolic perturbations, including hyperactivation of electron transport to fuel ATP synthase. Mitochondrial hyperactivity generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) including peroxynitrite, blocking of which abrogated MAVS oligomerization and IFN expression in non-immune cells without reducing YFV-17D replication. Scavenging ROS in YFV-17D-infected human dendritic cells increased cell viability yet globally prevented expression of IFN signaling pathways. Thus, adaptation of YFV-17D for high growth imparts mitochondrial hyperactivity to meet energy demands, resulting in generation of ROS as the critical messengers that convert a blunted IFN response into maximal activation of innate immunity essential for vaccine effectiveness.
Project description:In this study, we describe a viral suppressor of RNA silencing encoded by the prototype flavivirus, yellow fever virus (YFV). We show that the YFV capsid protein inhibits RNA silencing in the mosquito Aedes aegypti by interfering with Dicer. These results suggest a molecular arms race between vector and pathogen underlies the continued existence of flaviviruses in nature.
