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Influenza Virus Mounts a Two-Pronged Attack on Host RNA Polymerase II Transcription.


ABSTRACT: Influenza virus intimately associates with host RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and mRNA processing machinery. Here, we use mammalian native elongating transcript sequencing (mNET-seq) to examine Pol II behavior during viral infection. We show that influenza virus executes a two-pronged attack on host transcription. First, viral infection causes decreased Pol II gene occupancy downstream of transcription start sites. Second, virus-induced cellular stress leads to a catastrophic failure of Pol II termination at poly(A) sites, with transcription often continuing for tens of kilobases. Defective Pol II termination occurs independently of the ability of the viral NS1 protein to interfere with host mRNA processing. Instead, this termination defect is a common effect of diverse cellular stresses and underlies the production of previously reported downstream-of-gene transcripts (DoGs). Our work has implications for understanding not only host-virus interactions but also fundamental aspects of mammalian transcription.

SUBMITTER: Bauer DLV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972227 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Influenza Virus Mounts a Two-Pronged Attack on Host RNA Polymerase II Transcription.

Bauer David L V DLV   Tellier Michael M   Martínez-Alonso Mónica M   Nojima Takayuki T   Proudfoot Nick J NJ   Murphy Shona S   Fodor Ervin E  

Cell reports 20180501 7


Influenza virus intimately associates with host RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and mRNA processing machinery. Here, we use mammalian native elongating transcript sequencing (mNET-seq) to examine Pol II behavior during viral infection. We show that influenza virus executes a two-pronged attack on host transcription. First, viral infection causes decreased Pol II gene occupancy downstream of transcription start sites. Second, virus-induced cellular stress leads to a catastrophic failure of Pol II term  ...[more]

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