Project description:The family Astroviridae consists of two genera, Avastrovirus and Mamastrovirus, whose members are associated with gastroenteritis in avian and mammalian hosts, respectively. We serendipitously identified a novel ovine astrovirus in a fecal specimen from a domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in Hungary by viral metagenomic analysis. Sequencing of the fragment indicated that it was an ORF1b/ORF2/3'UTR sequence, and it has been submitted to the GenBank database as ovine astrovirus type 2 (OAstV-2/Hungary/2009) with accession number JN592482. The unique sequence characteristics and the phylogenetic position of OAstV-2 suggest that genetically divergent lineages of astroviruses exist in sheep.
Project description:The cellular response to astrovirus infection is not well defined. We used single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to determine cellular response to astrovirus early or late in infection.
Project description:We report the identification of a neurotropic astrovirus associated with encephalitis in a sheep. This virus is genetically almost identical to an astrovirus recently described in neurologically diseased cattle. The similarity indicates that astroviruses of the same genotype may cause encephalitis in different species.
Project description:Ribosome profiling (RiboSeq) is a high-throughput sequencing technique for globally mapping the positions of translating ribosomes on the transcriptome. We infected Caco2 cells with human astrovirus 1 (HAstV1). Cells were harvested at 12 hpi and either flash frozen with no pre-treatment (NT), or pre-treated with lactimidomycin for 30 minutes followed by flash freezing (LTM). These samples where then used for ribosome profiling.