Project description:The goal of this study was to determine how RNA poymerase II (Pol II) occupancy changed in response to herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection using ChIP-seq of Pol II. ChIP assays were performed 4 hours after cells were infected (or mock infected) with HSV-1. Because host cell Pol II transcribes the HSV-1 genome, the ChIP-seq data also reveal polymerase occupancy on the viral genome.
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:The goal of this study was to compare small RNA profiles (sRNA-seq) of HSV-1 infected and mock infected human fibroblast KMB17 strain at 48 hours post infection.
Project description:To investigate the role of Grina in HSV-1-induced signaling pathways, we isolated total RNA from Grina-knockout (Grina-KO) BMDMs and their wild-type (WT) controls, with or without HSV-1 infection. Bone marrow-derived macrophages were generated from Grina-floxed (Grina-fl/fl) and Lyz2-Cre-mediated Grina-KO mice, and were mock-infected or infected with HSV-1 (MOI = 1) for 4 hours. Total RNA was extracted from four biological replicates per condition, representing four experimental groups: WT mock, WT HSV-1, KO mock, and KO HSV-1. This dataset enables comprehensive identification of Grina-dependent transcriptional responses during HSV-1 infection, providing insights into the crosstalk between Grina-mediated signaling and antiviral innate immunity.
Project description:These data have been used for the manuscript entitled, "Analysis of Host and Viral Nascent and Steady-State RNA Levels in a Human Neuronal Model of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Infection". This manuscript has the following abstract: We used precision nuclear run-on with sequencing (PRO-seq) in conjunction with quantitative RT-PCR to map transcription, and transcript abundance in terminally differentiated LUHMES neurons before (mock) and after infection with Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1). Initial PRO-seq analysis of cellular transcription demonstrated that the mock-infected differentiated LUHMES neurons expressed genes associated with differentiated neurons. This gene set included transcription of genes related to dopaminergic signaling, cell adhesion, and neuronal cell differentiation. By contrast, epithelial cells transcribed genes involved in cell cycle progression and DNA damage repair. PRO-Seq analysis of HSV-1-infected LUHMES neurons indicated only modest transcription of viral genomes. Additionally, genes of LUHMES neurons maintained RNA polymerase II (Pol II) promoter proximal pausing whereas we previously showed HSV-1 infection decreases promoter-proximal pausing on genes of epithelial cells. PRO-Seq and RT-PCR analysis were then performed during a time course of infection, spanning both acute and latent phases. The results from the acute infection demonstrated slower rates of transcription, viral mRNA accumulation, and viral genome replication compared to undifferentiated, non-neuronal cells. RT-PCR indicated that steady-state transcripts from all viral gene kinetic classes increased in abundance from 1 h to 24 h post-infection. This accumulation correlated with an increase in transcription on the same genes as demonstrated by PRO-seq. In contrast, the latent phase of infection was distinguished by high levels of transcription on all viral genes, but very low viral transcript abundance. These results indicate that viral gene transcription initiation does not correlate with viral transcript abundance during the latent phase, and suggest that blocks to RNA polymerase processivity and other components of the RNA life cycle likely contribute to maintenance of latency in LUHMES neurons. Importance Viral latency is a hallmark of all herpesvirus infections and arguably key to its high prevalence in human and animal populations. We found that HSV-1 transcription and viral genome replication is more restricted in LUHMES neurons compared with undifferentiated epithelial cells. Moreover, the latent viral genome is more transcriptionally active than previously appreciated, while overall lytic transcripts are in lower abundance in latency than in acute infection. The latency-associated transcripts, in contrast, accumulate to high abundance during latency, despite only modest increases in transcription.
Project description:We used HSV-1 to infect Neuro-2a cells (MOI=10) for 5h, and set the mock group without infection as a control. Host genes that were significantly changed between HSV-1 infected and control groups were compared.