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ArticleRetrovirology2018

Ribosome profiling of the retrovirus murine leukemia virus.

Nerea Irigoyen, Adam M Dinan, Ian Brierley, Andrew E Firth

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Article in Retrovirology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nerea IrigoyenDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6346-3369
Adam M DinanDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
Ian BrierleyDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK.
Andrew E FirthDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK. aef24@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-9520
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G020272/1European Research Council 646891Medical Research Council MR/M011747/1Wellcome Trust 106207Wellcome Trust (GB) 092334/Z/10/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe retrovirus murine leukemia virus (MuLV) has an 8.3 kb RNA genome with a simple 5'-gag-pol-env-3' architecture. Translation of the pol gene is dependent upon readthrough of the gag UAG stop codon; whereas the env gene is translated from spliced mRNA transcripts. Here, we report the first high resolution analysis of retrovirus gene expression through tandem ribosome profiling (RiboSeq) and RNA sequencing (RNASeq) of MuLV-infected cells.

resultsRibosome profiling of MuLV-infected cells was performed, using the translational inhibitors harringtonine and cycloheximide to distinguish initiating and elongating ribosomes, respectively. Meta-analyses of host cell gene expression demonstrated that the RiboSeq datasets specifically captured the footprints of translating ribosomes at high resolution. Direct measurement of ribosomal occupancy of the MuLV genomic RNA indicated that ~ 7% of ribosomes undergo gag stop codon readthrough to access the pol gene. Initiation of translation was found to occur at several additional sites within the 5' leaders of the gag and env transcripts, upstream of their respective annotated start codons.

conclusionsThese experiments reveal the existence of a number of previously uncharacterised, ribosomally occupied open reading frames within the MuLV genome, with possible regulatory consequences. In addition, we provide the first direct measurements of stop codon readthrough efficiency during cellular infection.

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Gene Expression Regulation, ViralAnimalsCell LineGene Expression ProfilingHEK293 CellsHumansLeukemia Virus, MurineMiceProtein BiosynthesisRatsRibosomesRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, RNATime FactorsTranscription, GeneticRNA, MessengerMurine leukemia virusRetrovirusRibosome profilingRNASeqUpstream ORFViral translation

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PMID29357872
PMCPMC5778647
OpenAlexW2784393044

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