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LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells

SARS-CoV-2 sequences can be reverse-transcribed and integrated into the genomes of virus-infected cells by a LINE1-mediated retrotransposition mechanism. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) methods detected retrotransposed SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic sequences in virus-infected cells overexpressing LINE1, while...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Liguo, Bisht, Punam, Flamier, Anthony, Barrasa, M. Inmaculada, Friesen, Max, Richards, Alexsia, Hughes, Stephen H., Jaenisch, Rudolf
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10057545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36992338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15030629
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author Zhang, Liguo
Bisht, Punam
Flamier, Anthony
Barrasa, M. Inmaculada
Friesen, Max
Richards, Alexsia
Hughes, Stephen H.
Jaenisch, Rudolf
author_facet Zhang, Liguo
Bisht, Punam
Flamier, Anthony
Barrasa, M. Inmaculada
Friesen, Max
Richards, Alexsia
Hughes, Stephen H.
Jaenisch, Rudolf
author_sort Zhang, Liguo
collection PubMed
description SARS-CoV-2 sequences can be reverse-transcribed and integrated into the genomes of virus-infected cells by a LINE1-mediated retrotransposition mechanism. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) methods detected retrotransposed SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic sequences in virus-infected cells overexpressing LINE1, while an enrichment method (TagMap) identified retrotranspositions in cells that did not overexpress LINE1. LINE1 overexpression increased retrotranspositions about 1000-fold as compared to non-overexpressing cells. Nanopore WGS can directly recover retrotransposed viral and flanking host sequences, but its sensitivity depends on the depth of sequencing (a typical 20-fold sequencing depth would only examine 10 diploid cell equivalents). In contrast, TagMap enriches the host–virus junctions and can interrogate up to 20,000 cells and is able to detect rare viral retrotranspositions in LINE1 non-overexpressing cells. Although Nanopore WGS is 10–20-fold more sensitive per tested cell, TagMap can interrogate 1000–2000-fold more cells and, therefore, can identify infrequent retrotranspositions. When comparing SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral nucleocapsid mRNA transfection by TagMap, retrotransposed SARS-CoV-2 sequences were only detected in infected but not in transfected cells. Retrotransposition in virus-infected cells, in contrast to transfected cells, may be facilitated because virus infection, in contrast to viral RNA transfection, results in significantly higher viral RNA levels and stimulates LINE1 expression by causing cellular stress.
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spelling pubmed-100575452023-03-30 LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells Zhang, Liguo Bisht, Punam Flamier, Anthony Barrasa, M. Inmaculada Friesen, Max Richards, Alexsia Hughes, Stephen H. Jaenisch, Rudolf Viruses Article SARS-CoV-2 sequences can be reverse-transcribed and integrated into the genomes of virus-infected cells by a LINE1-mediated retrotransposition mechanism. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) methods detected retrotransposed SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic sequences in virus-infected cells overexpressing LINE1, while an enrichment method (TagMap) identified retrotranspositions in cells that did not overexpress LINE1. LINE1 overexpression increased retrotranspositions about 1000-fold as compared to non-overexpressing cells. Nanopore WGS can directly recover retrotransposed viral and flanking host sequences, but its sensitivity depends on the depth of sequencing (a typical 20-fold sequencing depth would only examine 10 diploid cell equivalents). In contrast, TagMap enriches the host–virus junctions and can interrogate up to 20,000 cells and is able to detect rare viral retrotranspositions in LINE1 non-overexpressing cells. Although Nanopore WGS is 10–20-fold more sensitive per tested cell, TagMap can interrogate 1000–2000-fold more cells and, therefore, can identify infrequent retrotranspositions. When comparing SARS-CoV-2 infection and viral nucleocapsid mRNA transfection by TagMap, retrotransposed SARS-CoV-2 sequences were only detected in infected but not in transfected cells. Retrotransposition in virus-infected cells, in contrast to transfected cells, may be facilitated because virus infection, in contrast to viral RNA transfection, results in significantly higher viral RNA levels and stimulates LINE1 expression by causing cellular stress. MDPI 2023-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10057545/ /pubmed/36992338 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15030629 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhang, Liguo
Bisht, Punam
Flamier, Anthony
Barrasa, M. Inmaculada
Friesen, Max
Richards, Alexsia
Hughes, Stephen H.
Jaenisch, Rudolf
LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title_full LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title_fullStr LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title_full_unstemmed LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title_short LINE1-Mediated Reverse Transcription and Genomic Integration of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Detected in Virus-Infected but Not in Viral mRNA-Transfected Cells
title_sort line1-mediated reverse transcription and genomic integration of sars-cov-2 mrna detected in virus-infected but not in viral mrna-transfected cells
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10057545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36992338
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15030629
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