Induction of short interspersed nuclear repeat-containing transcripts in epithelial cells upon infection with a chicken adenovirus

Wick, N., Luedemann, S., Vietor, I., Cotten, M. , Wildpaner, M., Schneider, G., Eisenhaber, F. and Huber, L. A. (2003) Induction of short interspersed nuclear repeat-containing transcripts in epithelial cells upon infection with a chicken adenovirus. Journal of Molecular Biology, 328(4), pp. 779-790. (doi: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00363-2) (PMID:12729754)

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Abstract

Chicken embryo lethal orphan adenovirus (CELO) is used as a vector for expression of exogenous genes in mammalian cells. Here, we analyzed transcriptional alterations in mouse epithelial host cells following infection with CELO using cDNA microarray analysis. Sequence data characterization revealed that a major portion of CELO-induced genes contained short interspersed nuclear elements of the B2 subclass (B2 SINEs). In fact, we could identify SINEs and other repetitive sequences as contributing significantly to the cDNAs used for microarray construction. Moreover, we found that the CELO protein Gam1 was able to mediate transcriptional activation of these B2 SINE-containing RNAs. We hypothesize that upregulation of B2-SINE-containing RNAs could be a novel contribution of Gam1 to CELO host cell infection.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Cotten, Professor Matthew
Authors: Wick, N., Luedemann, S., Vietor, I., Cotten, M., Wildpaner, M., Schneider, G., Eisenhaber, F., and Huber, L. A.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Virus Research
Journal Name:Journal of Molecular Biology
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0022-2836
ISSN (Online):1089-8638
Published Online:26 April 2003

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