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RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing

Ricin is a toxin which enters cells and depurinates an adenine base in the sarcin-ricin loop in the large ribosomal subunit, leading to the inhibition of protein translation and cell death. We postulated that this depurination event could be detected using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) direct R...

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Autores principales: Ryan, Yan, Harrison, Abbie, Trivett, Hannah, Hartley, Catherine, David, Jonathan, Clark, Graeme C., Hiscox, Julian A.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070470
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author Ryan, Yan
Harrison, Abbie
Trivett, Hannah
Hartley, Catherine
David, Jonathan
Clark, Graeme C.
Hiscox, Julian A.
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Harrison, Abbie
Trivett, Hannah
Hartley, Catherine
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Clark, Graeme C.
Hiscox, Julian A.
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description Ricin is a toxin which enters cells and depurinates an adenine base in the sarcin-ricin loop in the large ribosomal subunit, leading to the inhibition of protein translation and cell death. We postulated that this depurination event could be detected using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) direct RNA sequencing, detecting a change in charge in the ricin loop. In this study, A549 cells were exposed to ricin for 2–24 h in order to induce depurination. In addition, a novel software tool was developed termed RIPpore that could quantify the adenine modification of ribosomal RNA induced by ricin upon respiratory epithelial cells. We provided demonstrable evidence for the first time that this base change detected is specific to RIP activity using a neutralising antibody against ricin. We believe this represents the first detection of depurination in RNA achieved using ONT sequencers. Collectively, this work highlights the potential for ONT and direct RNA sequencing to detect and quantify depurination events caused by ribosome-inactivating proteins such as ricin. RIPpore could have utility in the evaluation of new treatments and/or in the diagnosis of exposure to ricin.
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spelling pubmed-93193492022-07-27 RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing Ryan, Yan Harrison, Abbie Trivett, Hannah Hartley, Catherine David, Jonathan Clark, Graeme C. Hiscox, Julian A. Toxins (Basel) Article Ricin is a toxin which enters cells and depurinates an adenine base in the sarcin-ricin loop in the large ribosomal subunit, leading to the inhibition of protein translation and cell death. We postulated that this depurination event could be detected using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) direct RNA sequencing, detecting a change in charge in the ricin loop. In this study, A549 cells were exposed to ricin for 2–24 h in order to induce depurination. In addition, a novel software tool was developed termed RIPpore that could quantify the adenine modification of ribosomal RNA induced by ricin upon respiratory epithelial cells. We provided demonstrable evidence for the first time that this base change detected is specific to RIP activity using a neutralising antibody against ricin. We believe this represents the first detection of depurination in RNA achieved using ONT sequencers. Collectively, this work highlights the potential for ONT and direct RNA sequencing to detect and quantify depurination events caused by ribosome-inactivating proteins such as ricin. RIPpore could have utility in the evaluation of new treatments and/or in the diagnosis of exposure to ricin. MDPI 2022-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9319349/ /pubmed/35878208 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070470 Text en © 2022 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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Ryan, Yan
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Trivett, Hannah
Hartley, Catherine
David, Jonathan
Clark, Graeme C.
Hiscox, Julian A.
RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title_full RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title_fullStr RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title_full_unstemmed RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title_short RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing
title_sort rippore: a novel host-derived method for the identification of ricin intoxication through oxford nanopore direct rna sequencing
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9319349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878208
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins14070470
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