Project description:Host-virus interaction was analyzed at gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that rabies virus (RABV) infection affects the gene expression in brains of mice and RAB with different virulence induce distinct expression pattern in host. Results provide important information that RABV infection led to alteration of gene expression in brains of mice and FJDRV, a street rabies virus with highly virulence isolated from brain of rabid dog in Fujian provice of China, or ERA, a laboratory-adapted rabies virus with lower virulence induced different expression pattern, including immune-related and cellular signaling-related genes.
Project description:Host-virus interaction was analyzed at microRNA expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that rabies virus (RABV) infection affects the microRNA expression in brains of mice and RABV with different virulence induce distinct microRNA expression pattern in host. Results provide important information that RABV infection led to alteration of microRNA expression in brains of mice and FJDRV, a street rabies virus with highly virulence isolated from brain of rabid dog in Fujian provice of China, or ERA, a laboratory-adapted rabies virus with lower virulence induced different microRNA expression pattern, and some them may involved in host defense and immune-related function.
Project description:Host-virus interaction was analyzed at microRNA expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that rabies virus (RABV) infection affects the microRNA expression in brains of mice and RABV with different virulence induce distinct microRNA expression pattern in host. Results provide important information that RABV infection led to alteration of microRNA expression in brains of mice and FJDRV, a street rabies virus with highly virulence isolated from brain of rabid dog in Fujian provice of China, or ERA, a laboratory-adapted rabies virus with lower virulence induced different microRNA expression pattern, and some them may involved in host defense and immune-related function. An nine chip study was performed using total RNA isolated from brains in Treatment 1, three BALB/c mice infected with FJDRV, Treatment 2, three BALB/c mice infected with ERA, and Control, three BALB/c mice non-infected.
Project description:Host-virus interaction was analyzed at gene expression level. The hypothesis tested in the present study was that rabies virus (RABV) infection affects the gene expression in brains of mice and RAB with different virulence induce distinct expression pattern in host. Results provide important information that RABV infection led to alteration of gene expression in brains of mice and FJDRV, a street rabies virus with highly virulence isolated from brain of rabid dog in Fujian provice of China, or ERA, a laboratory-adapted rabies virus with lower virulence induced different expression pattern, including immune-related and cellular signaling-related genes. An eighteen chip study was performed using total RNA isolated from brains in Treatment 1, three BALB/c mice infected with FJDRV, Treatment 2, three BALB/c mice infected with ERA, and Control, three BALB/c mice non-infected and all treatments were performed with two technical replicates.
Project description:Street-strain rabies virus primarily replicates in central nervous system without inducing significant immune response or structural damages on neurons, but the manifested symptoms of rabies indicate inherent neuronal dysfunctions in CNS. To understand the underlying state of rabies virus-infected neurons and find probable mechanisms for the neuronal dysfunction, we performed RNA-Seq at multiple time-points. This dataset provides RNA-Seq results of wild-type and mutant rabies virus-infected neuron transcriptome, with clear differential expressions between conditions. Through comparative analysis of different time-points, we have found that the matrix protein of rabies virus plays an important role in early suppression of host gene expression and maintaining control over immune response and other processes. The signaling pathways previously known to interact with rabies virus were confirmed to be modulated in this dataset, and contribute to neuronal function-associated processes. We have verified the regulation of gene expressions that could impact neuronal functions collectively, and demonstrated in calcium imaging that indeed the oscillation of calcium trace in neurons are influenced by rabies virus infection.
Project description:The mechanisms responsible for the molecular pathogenesis of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) or low pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV) in avian species remain poorly understood. Thus, global immune response of chickens infected with HPAIV H5N1 (A/duck/India/02CA10/2011) and LPAIV H9N2 (A/duck/India/249800/2010) viruses was studied using microarray to identify crucial host genetic components responsive to these infection. HPAIV H5N1 induced excessive mRNA expression of cytokines (IFNA, OASL, MX1, RSAD2, IFITM5, GBP 1, IL1B, IL18, IL22, IL13, IL12B, CCL4, CCL9, CCL10, CX3CL1 etc) in lung tissues. This excessive cytokine response (cytokine storms) may cause tissue damage and high mortality in chickens. In contrast, the expression levels of most of the cytokines remained unchanged in the lungs of LPAIV H9N2 virus infected chickens. This study indicated the relationship between host cytokines response and their roles in pathogenesis in chickens infected with HPAIVs. Agilent Custom Chicken Gene Expression 8X60k (AMADID: G4102A_059389) designed by Genotypic Technology Private Limited , Labeling kit: Agilent Quick-Amp labeling Kit (p/n5190-0442)
Project description:This experiment is part of the project that primarily aims to utilize 3D hydrogel-based hiPSC-derived neuronal model to study rabies virus infection in the central nervous system. Having established the optimal 3D neuronal model, we then investigated the growth kinetics of two strains of rabies virus (TH and CVS-11) and comparatively analyzed the 2D and 3D culture models. We performed a gene expression analysis using NanoString to determine whether changes in gene expression could explain the differences in virus growth kinetics of two strains of rabies virus observed between the 2D and 3D neuronal culture models. Gene expression analysis of the neuropathological pathway observed during rabies virus infection demonstrated a vast number of differentially expressed genes in the 3D model as compared to the 2D model.
Project description:Rabies virus (RABV) infection led to alteration of microRNA expression in NA and microglia. A sixteen-chip study was performed using total RNA isolated from NA and microglia infected with rabies virus CVS-11 (Challenge virus standard) or mock infected as a control. RNA was isolated from microglia at 12, 24, or 48 hpi and from NA at 24 hpi.
Project description:Rabies is an ancient infectious disease but still lacking efficient therapeutic approach despite of vaccine. In this study, we have identified a novel cytoplasmic lncRNA, namely rabies virus related lncRNA 1(RVRL1), whose expression in neuronal cells is up-regulated upon the infection of the causative agent of rabies, the neurotropic virus rabies virus (RABV). RVRL1 effectively inhibits RABV infection both in neuronal cells and in a mouse model. RVRL1 binds to EZH2 and disrupts the PRC2 complex, which is consistent with the inverse relationship between RVRL1 expression and the cellular H3K27me3 level. RVRL1 expression positively regulates the expression of PCP4L1 encoding a 10 kD peptide, which is shown to inhibit RABV replication. These findings highlight a novel mechanism for lncRNAs to upregulate the expression of antiviral genes, and define two potential anti-rabies reagents including an antiviral lncRNA and an antiviral peptide.
