Project description:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus and causes acute encephalitis with high mortality rate in humans. Despite the demonstration of difference in neuroinvasiveness between JEV strains, little is known about host gene response upon infection of virulent and attenuated JEV strains. To understand the pathogenesis mechanism of JEV infection, we performed a comparative genome-wide microarray analysis (Affymetrix, mouse genome 430 2.0 with 45101 probe sets) of genes expressed in the mice brains three days post intracerebrally inoculated with JEV strains of different neurovirulence. We found that the virulent strain of JEV (RP-9) tended to affect the host gene expression more profoundly than the attenuated one (RP-2ms), as 961 vs. 665 and 655 vs. 509 genes were at least two-fold upregulated and downregulated by RP-9 and RP-2ms, respectively. In order to understand the host defense response against JEV, we further analyzed the microarray data with special focus on immune response. The expression levels of selected genes were further verified by quantitative RT-PCR at 1-, 3- and 5-day post JEV infection. The differentially regulated genes reported here likely contribute to the neurovirulent phenotype by modulating the host immunity, viral replication and/or cytotoxicity. Keywords: day3, virus (1 x 10^4 PFU), intracerebrally (ic) inoculated, brain total RNA
Project description:Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) modulates different proteins at different time points of infection to favour its propagation in the host cells. The dysregulation of intertwined pathways in the host has implications for virus pathogenesis. This study aims to decipher the global proteome of Japanese encephalitis infected THP-1 derived macrophages at 24 hours post-infection and 48 hours post-infection, which will further help to deduce the interwoven pathways regulated upon JEV infection.
Project description:Japanese encephalitis (JE) is an acute encephalitis syndrome contributed to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) infection. It is the chief cause of viral encephalitis in Asian. In recent years, association of JEV infection with neurological problems such as Guillain-Barré syndrome had reported. Nevertheless, its potential pathogenic mechanism has never been reported. Therefore, it is urgent to explore the relationship between peripheral nerve injury and JEV infection. Here, we use the liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) technique to make out the protein expression levels of mice sciatic nerve between JEV infection group and the sham group. In general, 4303 proteins were identified by MS, and 187 differentially expressed proteins were found. There were 105 proteins up-regulated in the injured sciatic nerve, and 82 proteins were down-regulated. Functional enrichment analysis of differentially expressed proteins showed that the up-regulated proteins were mainly related to immune regulatory response, and the down-regulated proteins were related to ribosomal structural components and translation.
Project description:The obligate intracellular bacterium, Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER) is the causal agent of Heartwater, a fatal disease in ruminants. It is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma. Here, we report the genomic comparative and the global transcriptional profile of 4 strains of ER, Gardel and Senegal, two distant virulent strains with their corresponding attenuated strains. Our results showed a higher metabolic activity in attenuated strains compared to virulent strains, suggesting a better adaptation in vitro of attenuated strains to the host cells. There was a strong modification of membrane protein encoding genes expression for the 4 strains. A major over-expression of map1-related genes was observed for virulent strains, whereas attenuated strains over-expressed genes encoding for hypothetical membrane proteins. This result suggests that in vivo, MAP-1 related proteins could induce non-protective immune responses for virulent strains. For the attenuated strains, the lack of expression of map1-related genes and over-expression of other membrane proteins encoding genes could be important in induction of efficient immune responses.The diminution of expression of many genes in attenuated Senegal was caused by severe mutation. One of them, the gene recO is involved in DNA repair and its mutation could explain the higher proportion of mutated genes in attenuated Senegal, inducing the faster attenuation of Senegal compared to Gardel.
Project description:Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of epidemic encephalitis worldwide. JEV-induced neuroinflammation is characterized by profound neuronal cells damage accompanied by activation of glial cells. Albeit long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been emerged as important regulatory RNAs with profound effects on various biological processes, it is unknown how lncRNAs regulate JEV-induced inflammation. Here, using microarray approach, we identified 618 lncRNAs and 1007 mRNAs differentially expressed in JEV-infected mice brain.
Project description:With the aim of understanding miRNA roles during the Aujeszkys disease virus [ADV] (also known as suid herpesvirus type 1 [SuHV-1]) infection, the expression profiles of host and viral miRNAs were determined through deep sequencing in SuHV-1 infected porcine cell line (PK-15) and in an animal experimental SuHV-1 infection with virulent (NIA-3) and attenuated (Begonia) strains.
Project description:Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted positive-sense RNA virus in the family Flaviviridae. Live attenuated vaccines have been successfully used to combat infection by flaviviruses, such as yellow fever and Japanese encephalitis viruses. A Zika virus harboring combined mutations in the envelope protein glycosylation site and in the nonstructural 4B protein amino acid 36 (ZE4B-36) was generated and assessed for stability, attenuation, and protection against infection. To determine the genetic stability of its RNA genome, ZE4B-36 was serially passaged in vitro in Vero cells. Virus harvested from passages (P)1 to P6 was subjected to next generation sequencing and downstream analysis to determine its nucleotide sequence variability. Specifically, single nucleotide variant analysis showed that the ZE4B-36 genome decreased its genetic diversity and resulted in a more stable nucleotide sequence. Thus, in addition to showing attenuation and protection, ZE4B-36 is a stable live attenuated virus that possesses characteristics important for a vaccine to combat Zika disease.