Small RNA sequencing in mutant strains of C. elegans infected by the Orsay virus

ABSTRACT: Background information: According to our observations, cde-1 (tm1021) null C. elegans animals show increased susceptibility to the Orsay virus (which has a bipartite positive RNA genome), compared to WT (N2 strain). Viral infection seems limited to intestinal cells. CDE-1 is a terminal uridylyltransferase (TUT). TUTs have been shown to promote RNA decay by 3’ end uridylation in various contexts and organisms. We hypothesize that CDE-1 serves as an antiviral factor by uridylating the viral RNA genome. Aims: We question small RNA populations in cde-1 mutants versus WT after two days of infection by the Orsay virus. Methods: Approximately 200 C. elegans animals were infected for 48 hours from the L2 stage to the adult stage with 20 µl filtrate of the Orsay virus on 50mm plate seeded with HB101 bacteria, in biological duplicates, for the following genetic backgrounds: N2 (+), drh-1 (ok3495), rde-1 (ne219), cde-1 (mj414), cde-1 (tm1021), cde-1 (tm1021);drh-1 (ok3495), cde-1 (tm1021);rde-1 (ne219). Animals were then washed in M9 and resuspended in 1 ml TRIsure (Bioline). Samples were freeze-thaw three times using liquid nitrogen and RNA purification was performed according to Bioline’s guidelines. Purified RNA was either directly used for library preparation (5’ dependent libraries) or was first submitted to 5’ polyphosphatase treatment (5’ independent libraries) as in Ashe, et al. 2013. sRNA libraries were prepared using the TruSeq Small RNA Library Preparation Kit (Illumina) according to manufacturer’s instructions (with size selection between 20 and 35 nt, adapters excluded) and deep sequencing was produced with an Illumina HiSeq machine (single read 36).

ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans

PROVIDER: GSE80169 | GEO | 2019/04/12

REPOSITORIES: GEO