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Hackney JA, Shivram H, Vander Heiden J, Overall C, Orozco L, Gao X, Kim E, West N, Qamra A, Chang D, Chakrabarti A, Choy DF, Combes AJ, Courau T, Fragiadakis GK, Rao AA, Ray A, Tsui J, Hu K, Kuhn NF, Krummel MF, Erle DJ, Kangelaris K, Sarma A, Lyon Z, Calfee CS, Woodruff PG, Ghale R, Mick E, Byrne A, Zha BS, Langelier C, Hendrickson CM, van der Wijst MGP, Hartoularos GC, Grant T, Bueno R, Lee DS, Greenland JR, Sun Y, Perez R, Ogorodnikov A, Ward A, Ye CJ, Ramalingam T, McBride JM, Cai F, Teterina A, Bao M, Tsai L, Rosas IO, Regev A, Kapadia SB, Bauer RN, Rosenberger CM. A myeloid program associated with COVID-19 severity is decreased by therapeutic blockade of IL-6 signaling. iScience 2023; 26:107813. [PMID: 37810211 PMCID: PMC10551843 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Altered myeloid inflammation and lymphopenia are hallmarks of severe infections. We identified the upregulated EN-RAGE gene program in airway and blood myeloid cells from patients with acute lung injury from SARS-CoV-2 or other causes across 7 cohorts. This program was associated with greater clinical severity and predicted future mechanical ventilation and death. EN-RAGEhi myeloid cells express features consistent with suppressor cell functionality, including low HLA-DR and high PD-L1. Sustained EN-RAGE program expression in airway and blood myeloid cells correlated with clinical severity and increasing expression of T cell dysfunction markers. IL-6 upregulated many EN-RAGE program genes in monocytes in vitro. IL-6 signaling blockade by tocilizumab in a placebo-controlled clinical trial led to rapid normalization of EN-RAGE and T cell gene expression. This identifies IL-6 as a key driver of myeloid dysregulation associated with worse clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients and provides insights into shared pathophysiological mechanisms in non-COVID-19 ARDS.
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- Jason A Hackney
- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Hoffman-La Roche Limited, 7070 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5N 5M8, Canada
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Hoffman-La Roche Limited, 7070 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5N 5M8, Canada
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, Inc, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Shivram H, Hackney JA, Rosenberger CM, Teterina A, Qamra A, Onabajo O, McBride J, Cai F, Bao M, Tsai L, Regev A, Rosas IO, Bauer RN. Transcriptomic and proteomic assessment of tocilizumab response in a randomized controlled trial of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. iScience 2023; 26:107597. [PMID: 37664617 PMCID: PMC10470387 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
Abstract
High interleukin (IL)-6 levels are associated with greater COVID-19 severity. IL-6 receptor blockade by tocilizumab (anti-IL6R; Actemra) is used globally for the treatment of severe COVID-19, yet a molecular understanding of the therapeutic benefit remains unclear. We characterized the immune profile and identified cellular and molecular pathways modified by tocilizumab in peripheral blood samples from patients enrolled in the COVACTA study, a phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19. We identified markers of inflammation, lymphopenia, myeloid dysregulation, and organ injury that predict disease severity and clinical outcomes. Proteomic analysis confirmed a pharmacodynamic effect for tocilizumab and identified novel pharmacodynamic biomarkers. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that tocilizumab treatment leads to faster resolution of lymphopenia and myeloid dysregulation associated with severe COVID-19, indicating greater anti-inflammatory activity relative to placebo and potentially leading to faster recovery in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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- Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Mississauga, ON L5N 5M8, Canada
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Bauer RN, Teterina A, Shivram H, McBride J, Rosenberger CM, Cai F, Bao M, Tsai L, Gordon O, Lee IT, Wallin JJ, Porter D, Juneja K, Camus G, Rosas IO, Wildum S. Prognostic value of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 viral load and antibodies in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Clin Transl Sci 2023. [PMID: 36929625 DOI: 10.1111/cts.13511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Observational studies have identified potential prognostic value for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load and anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19. However, viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs produced inconsistent results in prognostic analyses, and the prognostic value of viral load or antibodies has not been confirmed in large clinical trials. COVACTA and REMDACTA were double-blind, randomized controlled trials with a combined enrollment of 1078 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 treated with tocilizumab or placebo in COVACTA or tocilizumab plus remdesivir or placebo plus remdesivir in REMDACTA. We assessed the potential prognostic value of nasopharyngeal and serum SARS-CoV-2 viral load and serum anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at baseline as biomarkers for clinical outcomes in patients enrolled in these trials. In adjusted Cox proportional hazard models, serum viral load was a more reliable predictor of clinical outcomes than nasopharyngeal viral load; high serum viral load was associated with higher risk for death and mechanical ventilation/death and lower likelihood of hospital discharge (high versus negative viral load hazard ratios [95% CI] were 2.87 [1.57-5.25], 3.86 [2.23-6.68], and 0.23 [0.14-0.36], respectively, in COVACTA and 8.11 [2.95-22.26], 10.29 [4.5-23.55], and 0.21 [0.15-0.29], respectively, in REMDACTA) and high serum viral load correlated with levels of inflammatory cytokines and lung damage biomarkers. High anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibody (ACOV2S) levels were associated with higher likelihood of hospital discharge (high versus below limit of quantification hazard ratios [95% CI] were 2.55 [1.59-4.08] for COVACTA and 1.54 [1.13-2.09] for REMDACTA). These results support the role of baseline SARS-CoV-2 serum viral load and ACOV2S antibody titers in predicting clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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Rubin BE, Diamond S, Cress BF, Crits-Christoph A, Lou YC, Borges AL, Shivram H, He C, Xu M, Zhou Z, Smith SJ, Rovinsky R, Smock DCJ, Tang K, Owens TK, Krishnappa N, Sachdeva R, Barrangou R, Deutschbauer AM, Banfield JF, Doudna JA. Species- and site-specific genome editing in complex bacterial communities. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:34-47. [PMID: 34873292 PMCID: PMC9261505 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-01014-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Understanding microbial gene functions relies on the application of experimental genetics in cultured microorganisms. However, the vast majority of bacteria and archaea remain uncultured, precluding the application of traditional genetic methods to these organisms and their interactions. Here, we characterize and validate a generalizable strategy for editing the genomes of specific organisms in microbial communities. We apply environmental transformation sequencing (ET-seq), in which nontargeted transposon insertions are mapped and quantified following delivery to a microbial community, to identify genetically tractable constituents. Next, DNA-editing all-in-one RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas transposase (DART) systems for targeted DNA insertion into organisms identified as tractable by ET-seq are used to enable organism- and locus-specific genetic manipulation in a community context. Using a combination of ET-seq and DART in soil and infant gut microbiota, we conduct species- and site-specific edits in several bacteria, measure gene fitness in a nonmodel bacterium and enrich targeted species. These tools enable editing of microbial communities for understanding and control.
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- Benjamin E Rubin
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Charab W, Rosenberger MG, Shivram H, Mirazee JM, Donkor M, Shekhar SR, Gjuka D, Khoo KH, Kim JE, Iyer VR, Georgiou G. IgG Immune Complexes Inhibit Naïve T Cell Proliferation and Suppress Effector Function in Cytotoxic T Cells. Front Immunol 2021; 12:713704. [PMID: 34447380 PMCID: PMC8383740 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.713704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Elevated levels of circulating immune complexes are associated with autoimmunity and with worse prognoses in cancer. Here, we examined the effects of well-defined, soluble immune complexes (ICs) on human peripheral T cells. We demonstrate that IgG-ICs inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of a subset of naïve T cells but stimulate the division of another naïve-like T cell subset. Phenotypic analysis by multi-parameter flow cytometry and RNA-Seq were used to characterize the inhibited and stimulated T cells revealing that the inhibited subset presented immature features resembling those of recent thymic emigrants and non-activated naïve T cells, whereas the stimulated subset exhibited transcriptional features indicative of a more differentiated, early memory progenitor with a naïve-like phenotype. Furthermore, we show that while IgG1-ICs do not profoundly inhibit the proliferation of memory T cells, IgG1-ICs suppress the production of granzyme-β and perforin in cytotoxic memory T cells. Our findings reveal how ICs can link humoral immunity and T cell function.
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- Wissam Charab
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
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Shim H, Shivram H, Lei S, Doudna JA, Banfield JF. Diverse ATPase Proteins in Mobilomes Constitute a Large Potential Sink for Prokaryotic Host ATP. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:691847. [PMID: 34305853 PMCID: PMC8297831 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.691847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Prokaryote mobilome genomes rely on host machineries for survival and replication. Given that mobile genetic elements (MGEs) derive their energy from host cells, we investigated the diversity of ATP-utilizing proteins in MGE genomes to determine whether they might be associated with proteins that could suppress related host proteins that consume energy. A comprehensive search of 353 huge phage genomes revealed that up to 9% of the proteins have ATPase domains. For example, ATPase proteins constitute ∼3% of the genomes of Lak phages with ∼550 kbp genomes that occur in the microbiomes of humans and other animals. Statistical analysis shows the number of ATPase proteins increases linearly with genome length, consistent with a large sink for host ATP during replication of megaphages. Using metagenomic data from diverse environments, we found 505 mobilome proteins with ATPase domains fused to diverse functional domains. Among these composite ATPase proteins, 61.6% have known functional domains that could contribute to host energy diversion during the mobilome infection cycle. As many have domains that are known to interact with nucleic acids and proteins, we infer that numerous ATPase proteins are used during replication and for protection from host immune systems. We found a set of uncharacterized ATPase proteins with nuclease and protease activities, displaying unique domain architectures that are energy intensive based on the presence of multiple ATPase domains. In many cases, these composite ATPase proteins genomically co-localize with small proteins in genomic contexts that are reminiscent of toxin-antitoxin systems and phage helicase-antibacterial helicase systems. Small proteins that function as inhibitors may be a common strategy for control of cellular processes, thus could inspire future biochemical experiments for the development of new nucleic acid and protein manipulation tools, with diverse biotechnological applications.
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- Hyunjin Shim
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.,Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.,Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.,Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States.,Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, United States.,School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Deng X, Garcia-Knight MA, Khalid MM, Servellita V, Wang C, Morris MK, Sotomayor-González A, Glasner DR, Reyes KR, Gliwa AS, Reddy NP, Sanchez San Martin C, Federman S, Cheng J, Balcerek J, Taylor J, Streithorst JA, Miller S, Sreekumar B, Chen PY, Schulze-Gahmen U, Taha TY, Hayashi JM, Simoneau CR, Kumar GR, McMahon S, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Hemarajata P, Green NM, Espinosa A, Kath C, Haw M, Bell J, Hacker JK, Hanson C, Wadford DA, Anaya C, Ferguson D, Frankino PA, Shivram H, Lareau LF, Wyman SK, Ott M, Andino R, Chiu CY. Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant. Cell 2021; 184:3426-3437.e8. [PMID: 33991487 PMCID: PMC8057738 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 313] [Impact Index Per Article: 104.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
We identified an emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant by viral whole-genome sequencing of 2,172 nasal/nasopharyngeal swab samples from 44 counties in California, a state in the western United States. Named B.1.427/B.1.429 to denote its two lineages, the variant emerged in May 2020 and increased from 0% to >50% of sequenced cases from September 2020 to January 2021, showing 18.6%-24% increased transmissibility relative to wild-type circulating strains. The variant carries three mutations in the spike protein, including an L452R substitution. We found 2-fold increased B.1.427/B.1.429 viral shedding in vivo and increased L452R pseudovirus infection of cell cultures and lung organoids, albeit decreased relative to pseudoviruses carrying the N501Y mutation common to variants B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1. Antibody neutralization assays revealed 4.0- to 6.7-fold and 2.0-fold decreases in neutralizing titers from convalescent patients and vaccine recipients, respectively. The increased prevalence of a more transmissible variant in California exhibiting decreased antibody neutralization warrants further investigation.
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- Xianding Deng
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Laboratory for Genomics Research, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories, Downey, CA 90242, USA
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- Los Angeles County Public Health Laboratories, Downey, CA 90242, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA 94804, USA
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- Monterey County Department of Public Health, Monterey, CA 93906, USA
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- Monterey County Department of Public Health, Monterey, CA 93906, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Deng X, Garcia-Knight MA, Khalid MM, Servellita V, Wang C, Morris MK, Sotomayor-González A, Glasner DR, Reyes KR, Gliwa AS, Reddy NP, Martin CSS, Federman S, Cheng J, Balcerek J, Taylor J, Streithorst JA, Miller S, Kumar GR, Sreekumar B, Chen PY, Schulze-Gahmen U, Taha TY, Hayashi J, Simoneau CR, McMahon S, Lidsky PV, Xiao Y, Hemarajata P, Green NM, Espinosa A, Kath C, Haw M, Bell J, Hacker JK, Hanson C, Wadford DA, Anaya C, Ferguson D, Lareau LF, Frankino PA, Shivram H, Wyman SK, Ott M, Andino R, Chiu CY. Transmission, infectivity, and antibody neutralization of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in California carrying a L452R spike protein mutation. medRxiv 2021:2021.03.07.21252647. [PMID: 33758899 PMCID: PMC7987058 DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.07.21252647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
We identified a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant by viral whole-genome sequencing of 2,172 nasal/nasopharyngeal swab samples from 44 counties in California. Named B.1.427/B.1.429 to denote its 2 lineages, the variant emerged around May 2020 and increased from 0% to >50% of sequenced cases from September 1, 2020 to January 29, 2021, exhibiting an 18.6-24% increase in transmissibility relative to wild-type circulating strains. The variant carries 3 mutations in the spike protein, including an L452R substitution. Our analyses revealed 2-fold increased B.1.427/B.1.429 viral shedding in vivo and increased L452R pseudovirus infection of cell cultures and lung organoids, albeit decreased relative to pseudoviruses carrying the N501Y mutation found in the B.1.1.7, B.1.351, and P.1 variants. Antibody neutralization assays showed 4.0 to 6.7-fold and 2.0-fold decreases in neutralizing titers from convalescent patients and vaccine recipients, respectively. The increased prevalence of a more transmissible variant in California associated with decreased antibody neutralization warrants further investigation.
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- Xianding Deng
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Laboratory for Genomics Research, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA
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- Monterey County Department of Public Health, Monterey, California, USA
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- Monterey County Department of Public Health, Monterey, California, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Gladstone Institute of Virology, San Francisco, California, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center, San Francisco, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, California, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Abstract
Many bacterial and archaeal organisms use clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-CRISPR associated (CRISPR-Cas) systems to defend themselves from mobile genetic elements. These CRISPR-Cas systems are classified into six types based on their composition and mechanism. CRISPR-Cas enzymes are widely used for genome editing and offer immense therapeutic opportunity to treat genetic diseases. To realize their full potential, it is important to control the timing, duration, efficiency and specificity of CRISPR-Cas enzyme activities. In this Review we discuss the mechanisms of natural CRISPR-Cas regulatory biomolecules and engineering strategies that enhance or inhibit CRISPR-Cas immunity by altering enzyme function. We also discuss the potential applications of these CRISPR regulators and highlight unanswered questions about their evolution and purpose in nature.
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- Haridha Shivram
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- MBIB Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Anti-CRISPRs (Acrs) are small proteins that inhibit the RNA-guided DNA targeting activity of CRISPR-Cas enzymes. Encoded by bacteriophage and phage-derived bacterial genes, Acrs prevent CRISPR-mediated inhibition of phage infection and can also block CRISPR-Cas-mediated genome editing in eukaryotic cells. To identify Acrs capable of inhibiting Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (SauCas9), an alternative to the most commonly used genome editing protein Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpyCas9), we used both self-targeting CRISPR screening and guilt-by-association genomic search strategies. Here we describe three potent inhibitors of SauCas9 that we name AcrIIA13, AcrIIA14, and AcrIIA15. These inhibitors share a conserved N-terminal sequence that is dispensable for DNA cleavage inhibition and have divergent C termini that are required in each case for inhibition of SauCas9-catalyzed DNA cleavage. In human cells, we observe robust inhibition of SauCas9-induced genome editing by AcrIIA13 and moderate inhibition by AcrIIA14 and AcrIIA15. We also find that the conserved N-terminal domain of AcrIIA13-AcrIIA15 binds to an inverted repeat sequence in the promoter of these Acr genes, consistent with its predicted helix-turn-helix DNA binding structure. These data demonstrate an effective strategy for Acr discovery and establish AcrIIA13-AcrIIA15 as unique bifunctional inhibitors of SauCas9.
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- Kyle E Watters
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
- Gladstone Institute of Data Science and Biotechnology, Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA 94158
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
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Kosti A, Du L, Shivram H, Qiao M, Burns S, Garcia JG, Pertsemlidis A, Iyer VR, Kokovay E, Penalva LOF. ELF4 Is a Target of miR-124 and Promotes Neuroblastoma Proliferation and Undifferentiated State. Mol Cancer Res 2020; 18:68-78. [PMID: 31624087 PMCID: PMC6942226 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-19-0187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 09/06/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
13-Cis-retinoic acid (RA) is typically used in postremission maintenance therapy in patients with neuroblastoma. However, side effects and recurrence are often observed. We investigated the use of miRNAs as a strategy to replace RA as promoters of differentiation. miR-124 was identified as the top candidate in a functional screen. Genomic target analysis indicated that repression of a network of transcription factors (TF) could be mediating most of miR-124's effect in driving differentiation. To advance miR-124 mimic use in therapy and better define its mechanism of action, a high-throughput siRNA morphologic screen focusing on its TF targets was conducted and ELF4 was identified as a leading candidate for miR-124 repression. By altering its expression levels, we showed that ELF4 maintains neuroblastoma in an undifferentiated state and promotes proliferation. Moreover, ELF4 transgenic expression was able to counteract the neurogenic effect of miR-124 in neuroblastoma cells. With RNA sequencing, we established the main role of ELF4 to be regulation of cell-cycle progression, specifically through the DREAM complex. Interestingly, several cell-cycle genes activated by ELF4 are repressed by miR-124, suggesting that they might form a TF-miRNA regulatory loop. Finally, we showed that high ELF4 expression is often observed in neuroblastomas and is associated with poor survival. IMPLICATIONS: miR-124 induces neuroblastoma differentiation partially through the downregulation of TF ELF4, which drives neuroblastoma proliferation and its undifferentiated phenotype.
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- Adam Kosti
- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Livestrong Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
- Department of Pediatrics, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Livestrong Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
- Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
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Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a chromatin binding complex that represses gene expression by methylating histone H3 at K27 to establish repressed chromatin domains. PRC2 can either regulate genes directly through the methyltransferase activity of its component EZH2 or indirectly by regulating other gene regulators. Gene expression analysis of glioblastoma (GBM) cells lacking EZH2 showed that PRC2 regulates hundreds of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). We found that PRC2 directly represses several ISGs and also indirectly activates a distinct set of ISGs. Assessment of EZH2 binding proximal to miRNAs showed that PRC2 directly represses miRNAs encoded in the chromosome 14 imprinted DLK1-DIO3 locus. We found that repression of this locus by PRC2 occurs in immortalized GBM-derived cell lines as well as in primary bulk tumors from GBM and anaplastic astrocytoma patients. Through repression of these miRNAs and several other miRNAs, PRC2 activates a set of ISGs that are targeted by these miRNAs. This PRC2-miRNA-ISG network is likely to be important in regulating gene expression programs in GBM.
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- Haridha Shivram
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Livestrong Cancer Institutes, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Livestrong Cancer Institutes, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Livestrong Cancer Institutes, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Singh GB, Byun H, Ali AF, Medina F, Wylie D, Shivram H, Nash AK, Lozano MM, Dudley JP. A Protein Antagonist of Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Encoded by a Complex Mouse Retrovirus. mBio 2019; 10:e01678-19. [PMID: 31409681 PMCID: PMC6692512 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01678-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Complex human-pathogenic retroviruses cause high morbidity and mortality worldwide, but resist antiviral drugs and vaccine development due to evasion of the immune response. A complex retrovirus, mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), requires replication in B and T lymphocytes for mammary gland transmission and is antagonized by the innate immune restriction factor murine Apobec3 (mA3). To determine whether the regulatory/accessory protein Rem affects innate responses to MMTV, a splice-donor mutant (MMTV-SD) lacking Rem expression was injected into BALB/c mice. Mammary tumors induced by MMTV-SD had a lower proviral load, lower incidence, and longer latency than mammary tumors induced by wild-type MMTV (MMTV-WT). MMTV-SD proviruses had many G-to-A mutations on the proviral plus strand, but also C-to-T transitions within WRC motifs. Similarly, a lymphomagenic MMTV variant lacking Rem expression showed decreased proviral loads and increased WRC motif mutations relative to those in wild-type-virus-induced tumors, consistent with activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) mutagenesis in lymphoid cells. These mutations are typical of the Apobec family member AID, a B-cell-specific mutagenic protein involved in antibody variable region hypermutation. In contrast, mutations in WRC motifs and proviral loads were similar in MMTV-WT and MMTV-SD proviruses from tumors in AID-insufficient mice. AID was not packaged in MMTV virions. Rem coexpression in transfection experiments led to AID proteasomal degradation. Our data suggest that rem specifies a human-pathogenic immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Vif-like protein that inhibits AID and antagonizes innate immunity during MMTV replication in lymphocytes.IMPORTANCE Complex retroviruses, such as human-pathogenic immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), cause many human deaths. These retroviruses produce lifelong infections through viral proteins that interfere with host immunity. The complex retrovirus mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) allows for studies of host-pathogen interactions not possible in humans. A mutation preventing expression of the MMTV Rem protein in two different MMTV strains decreased proviral loads in tumors and increased viral genome mutations typical of an evolutionarily ancient enzyme, AID. Although the presence of AID generally improves antibody-based immunity, it may contribute to human cancer progression. We observed that coexpression of MMTV Rem and AID led to AID destruction. Our results suggest that Rem is the first known protein inhibitor of AID and that further experiments could lead to new disease treatments.
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- Gurvani B Singh
- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Computational Biology and Bioinformatics and Center for Biomedical Research Support, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Biosciences, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease, and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
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Shivram H, Le SV, Iyer VR. MicroRNAs reinforce repression of PRC2 transcriptional targets independently and through a feed-forward regulatory network. Genome Res 2019; 29:184-192. [PMID: 30651280 PMCID: PMC6360819 DOI: 10.1101/gr.238311.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Gene expression can be regulated at multiple levels, but it is not known if and how there is broad coordination between regulation at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. Transcription factors and chromatin regulate gene expression transcriptionally, whereas microRNAs (miRNAs) are small regulatory RNAs that function post-transcriptionally. Systematically identifying the post-transcriptional targets of miRNAs and the mechanism of transcriptional regulation of the same targets can shed light on regulatory networks connecting transcriptional and post-transcriptional control. We used individual-nucleotide resolution UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (iCLIP) for the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC) component AGO2 and global miRNA depletion to identify genes directly targeted by miRNAs. We found that Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and its associated histone mark, H3K27me3, is enriched at hundreds of miRNA-repressed genes. We show that these genes are directly repressed by PRC2 and constitute a significant proportion of direct PRC2 targets. For just over half of the genes corepressed by PRC2 and miRNAs, PRC2 promotes their miRNA-mediated repression by increasing expression of the miRNAs that are likely to target them. miRNAs also repress the remainder of the PRC2 target genes, but independently of PRC2. Thus, miRNAs post-transcriptionally reinforce silencing of PRC2-repressed genes that are inefficiently repressed at the level of chromatin, by either forming a feed-forward regulatory network with PRC2 or repressing them independently of PRC2.
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- Haridha Shivram
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Shivram H, Iyer VR. Identification and removal of sequencing artifacts produced by mispriming during reverse transcription in multiple RNA-seq technologies. RNA 2018; 24:1266-1274. [PMID: 29950518 PMCID: PMC6097653 DOI: 10.1261/rna.066217.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The quality of RNA sequencing data relies on specific priming by the primer used for reverse transcription (RT-primer). Nonspecific annealing of the RT-primer to the RNA template can generate reads with incorrect cDNA ends and can cause misinterpretation of data (RT mispriming). This kind of artifact in RNA-seq based technologies is underappreciated and currently no adequate tools exist to computationally remove them from published data sets. We show that mispriming can occur with as little as two bases of complementarity at the 3' end of the primer followed by intermittent regions of complementarity. We also provide a computational pipeline that identifies cDNA reads produced from RT mispriming, allowing users to filter them out from any aligned data set. Using this analysis pipeline, we identify thousands of mispriming events in a dozen published data sets from diverse technologies including short RNA-seq, total/mRNA-seq, HITS-CLIP, and GRO-seq. We further show how RT mispriming can lead to misinterpretation of data. In addition to providing a solution to computationally remove RT-misprimed reads, we also propose an experimental solution to completely avoid RT-mispriming by performing RNA-seq using thermostable group II intron derived reverse transcriptase (TGIRT-seq).
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Affiliation(s)
- Haridha Shivram
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Hall AW, Battenhouse AM, Shivram H, Morris AR, Cowperthwaite MC, Shpak M, Iyer VR. Bivalent Chromatin Domains in Glioblastoma Reveal a Subtype-Specific Signature of Glioma Stem Cells. Cancer Res 2018; 78:2463-2474. [PMID: 29549165 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-1724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) can be clustered by gene expression into four main subtypes associated with prognosis and survival, but enhancers and other gene-regulatory elements have not yet been identified in primary tumors. Here, we profiled six histone modifications and CTCF binding as well as gene expression in primary gliomas and identified chromatin states that define distinct regulatory elements across the tumor genome. Enhancers in mesenchymal and classical tumor subtypes drove gene expression associated with cell migration and invasion, whereas enhancers in proneural tumors controlled genes associated with a less aggressive phenotype in GBM. We identified bivalent domains marked by activating and repressive chromatin modifications. Interestingly, the gene interaction network from common (subtype-independent) bivalent domains was highly enriched for homeobox genes and transcription factors and dominated by SHH and Wnt signaling pathways. This subtype-independent signature of early neural development may be indicative of poised dedifferentiation capacity in glioblastoma and could provide potential targets for therapy.Significance: Enhancers and bivalent domains in glioblastoma are regulated in a subtype-specific manner that resembles gene regulation in glioma stem cells. Cancer Res; 78(10); 2463-74. ©2018 AACR.
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- Amelia Weber Hall
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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- St David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.,Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. .,Livestrong Cancer Institutes, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Ellefson JW, Gollihar J, Shroff R, Shivram H, Iyer VR, Ellington AD. Synthetic evolutionary origin of a proofreading reverse transcriptase. Science 2016; 352:1590-3. [PMID: 27339990 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf5409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Most reverse transcriptase (RT) enzymes belong to a single protein family of ancient evolutionary origin. These polymerases are inherently error prone, owing to their lack of a proofreading (3'- 5' exonuclease) domain. To determine if the lack of proofreading is a historical coincidence or a functional limitation of reverse transcription, we attempted to evolve a high-fidelity, thermostable DNA polymerase to use RNA templates efficiently. The evolutionarily distinct reverse transcription xenopolymerase (RTX) actively proofreads on DNA and RNA templates, which greatly improves RT fidelity. In addition, RTX enables applications such as single-enzyme reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and direct RNA sequencing without complementary DNA isolation. The creation of RTX confirms that proofreading is compatible with reverse transcription.
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- Jared W Ellefson
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
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Park D, Shivram H, Iyer VR. Chd1 co-localizes with early transcription elongation factors independently of H3K36 methylation and releases stalled RNA polymerase II at introns. Epigenetics Chromatin 2014; 7:32. [PMID: 25395991 PMCID: PMC4230344 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-7-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Chromatin consists of ordered nucleosomal arrays that are controlled by highly conserved adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent chromatin remodeling complexes. One such remodeler, chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 1 (Chd1), is believed to play an integral role in nucleosomal organization, as the loss of Chd1 is known to disrupt chromatin. However, the specificity and basis for the functional and physical localization of Chd1 on chromatin remains largely unknown. Results Using genome-wide approaches, we found that the loss of Chd1 significantly disrupted nucleosome arrays within the gene bodies of highly transcribed genes. We also found that Chd1 is physically recruited to gene bodies, and that its occupancy specifically corresponds to that of the early elongating form of RNA polymerase, RNAPII Ser 5-P. Conversely, RNAPII Ser 5-P occupancy was affected by the loss of Chd1, suggesting that Chd1 is associated with early transcription elongation. Surprisingly, the occupancy of RNAPII Ser 5-P was affected by the loss of Chd1 specifically at intron-containing genes. Nucleosome turnover was also affected at these sites in the absence of Chd1. We also found that deletion of the histone methyltransferase for H3K36 (SET2) did not affect either Chd1 occupancy or nucleosome organization genome-wide. Conclusions Chd1 is specifically recruited onto the gene bodies of highly transcribed genes in an elongation-dependent but H3K36me3-independent manner. Chd1 co-localizes with the early elongating form of RNA polymerase, and affects the occupancy of RNAPII only at genes containing introns, suggesting a role in relieving splicing-related pausing of RNAPII. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1756-8935-7-32) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Daechan Park
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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Shivram H, Cawley D, Christensen SM. Targeting novel sites: The N-terminal DNA binding domain of non-LTR retrotransposons is an adaptable module that is implicated in changing site specificities. Mob Genet Elements 2011; 1:169-178. [PMID: 22479684 PMCID: PMC3312299 DOI: 10.4161/mge.1.3.18453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 10/16/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Restriction-like endonuclease (RLE) bearing non-LTR retrotransposons are site-specific elements that integrate into the genome through target primed reverse transcription (TPRT). RLE-bearing elements have been used as a model system for investigating non-LTR retrotransposon integration. R2 elements target a specific site in the 28S rDNA gene. We previously demonstrated that the two major sub-classes of R2 (R2-A and R2-D) target the R2 insertion site in an opposing manner with regard to the pairing of known DNA binding domains and bound sequences-indicating that the A- and D-clades represent independently derived modes of targeting that site. Elements have been discovered that group phylogenetically with R2 but do not target the canonical R2 site. Here we extend our earlier studies to show that a separate R2-A clade element, which targets a site other than the canonical R2 site, does so by using the N-terminal zinc fingers and Myb motifs. We further extend our targeting studies beyond R2 clade elements by investigating the ability of the N-terminal zinc fingers from the nematode NeSL-1 element to target its integration site. Our data are consistent with the use of an N-terminal DNA binding domain as one of the major targeting determinants used by RLE-bearing non-LTR retrotransposons to secure a protein subunit near the insertion site. This N-terminal DNA binding domain can undergo modifications, allowing the element to target novel sites. The binding orientation of the N-terminal domain relative to the insertion site is quite variable.
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- Haridha Shivram
- Department of Biology; University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington, TX USA
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