Project description:Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic characterization of rabies virus strains from Republic of Moldova and north-eastern Romania
Project description:Data from the VLA lyssavirus genotyping microarray. The array platform for this data is GEO accession GPL8066, and consists of 624 oligos representing two viral families. The data set itself consists of 14 arrays, 7 hybridised with RNA from mice brains infected with 7 genotypes of lyssaviruses, 1 hybridised with RNA from normal mouse brain, and 6 hybridised with RNA from coded samples consisting of infected mouse brains or control mouse brains. Keywords: Lyssavirus genotyping microarray
Project description:Data from the VLA lyssavirus genotyping microarray. The array platform for this data is GEO accession GPL8066, and consists of 624 oligos representing two viral families. The data set itself consists of 14 arrays, 7 hybridised with RNA from mice brains infected with 7 genotypes of lyssaviruses, 1 hybridised with RNA from normal mouse brain, and 6 hybridised with RNA from coded samples consisting of infected mouse brains or control mouse brains. Keywords: Lyssavirus genotyping microarray Data from the VLA lyssavirus genotyping microarray. The array platform for this data is GEO accession GPL8066, and consists of 624 oligos representing two viral families. The data set itself consists of 14 arrays, 7 hybridised with RNA from mice brains infected with 7 genotypes of lyssaviruses, 1 hybridised with RNA from normal mouse brain, and 6 hybridised with RNA from coded samples consisting of infected mouse brains or control mouse brains. Statistical analysis of the data was done with DetectiV software (Watson et al., 2007). The median and array methods of normalization were used in the statistical analysis of the results. In the median method, DetectiV software calculates the mean fluorescence for each set of probes and normalised against background fluorescence of all probes, assuming that most probes are not hybridized. The array method utilizes an entire control array, e.g. RNA from a known uninfected animal, as the negative control and all probe values are divided by their respective elements from the control array.
Project description:Cortical circuit tracing using modified rabies virus can identify input neurons making direct monosynaptic connections onto neurons of interest. However, challenges remain in our ability to establish the cell type identity of rabies-labeled input neurons. While transcriptomics may offer an avenue to characterize inputs, the extent of rabies-induced transcriptional changes in distinct neuronal cell types remains unclear and whether these changes preclude characterization of rabies-infected neurons according to established transcriptomic cell types is unknown. We used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to survey the gene expression profiles of rabies-infected neurons and assessed their correspondence with established transcriptomic cell types. We demonstrated that when using transcriptome-wide RNA profiles, rabies-infected cortical neurons can be transcriptomically characterized despite global and cell-type-specific rabies-induced transcriptional changes. Notably, we found differential modulation of neuronal marker gene expression, suggesting that caution should be taken when attempting to characterize rabies-infected cells with single genes or small gene sets.
2022-05-25 | GSE196771 | GEO
Project description:Whole genome sequencing of Rabies lyssavirus
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.