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ArticleScientific reports2016

Small Regulatory RNAs of Rickettsia conorii.

Hema P Narra, Casey L C Schroeder, Abha Sahni, Mark Rojas, Kamil Khanipov, Yuriy Fofanov, Sanjeev K Sahni

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hema P NarraDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Casey L C SchroederDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Abha SahniDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Mark RojasDepartment of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Kamil KhanipovDepartment of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Yuriy FofanovDepartment of Pharmacology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
Sanjeev K SahniDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Riboregulation in Pathogenic RickettsiaeR21AI115231 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI SAHNI, SANJEEV K. · 2015 to 2016
$426k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI115231
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small regulatory RNAs comprise critically important modulators of gene expression in bacteria, yet very little is known about their prevalence and functions in Rickettsia species. R. conorii, the causative agent of Mediterranean spotted fever, is a tick-borne pathogen that primarily infects microvascular endothelium in humans. We have determined the transcriptional landscape of R. conorii during infection of Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells (HMECs) by strand-specific RNA sequencing to identify 4 riboswitches, 13 trans-acting (intergenic), and 22 cis-acting (antisense) small RNAs (termed 'Rc_sR's). Independent expression of four novel trans-acting sRNAs (Rc_sR31, Rc_sR33, Rc_sR35, and Rc_sR42) and known bacterial sRNAs (6S, RNaseP_bact_a, ffs, and α-tmRNA) was next confirmed by Northern hybridization. Comparative analysis during infection of HMECs vis-à-vis tick AAE2 cells revealed significantly higher expression of Rc_sR35 and Rc_sR42 in HMECs, whereas Rc_sR31 and Rc_sR33 were expressed at similar levels in both cell types. We further predicted a total of 502 genes involved in all important biological processes as potential targets of Rc_sRs and validated the interaction of Rc_sR42 with cydA (cytochrome d ubiquinol oxidase subunit I). Our findings constitute the first evidence of the existence of post-transcriptional riboregulatory mechanisms in R. conorii and interactions between a novel Rc_sR and its target mRNA.

Indexed as

AnimalsBase SequenceBoutonneuse FeverCells, CulturedConsensus SequenceDisease VectorsEndothelial CellsGene ExpressionGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansIxodidaeRiboswitchRickettsia conoriiRNA, BacterialRNA, Small UntranslatedSequence Analysis, RNARiboswitchRNA, BacterialRNA, Small UntranslatedtmRNA

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PMID27834404
PMCPMC5105140
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