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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2022

Profiling Selective Packaging of Host RNA and Viral RNA Modification in SARS-CoV-2 Viral Preparations.

Noah Peña, Wen Zhang, Christopher Watkins, Mateusz Halucha, Hala Alshammary, Matthew M Hernandez, Wen-Chun Liu, Randy A Albrecht, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Viviana Simon and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. tRNA modifications in viral replication.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  2. Definition of the components required for selective packaging of coronavirus genomic RNA.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Noah PeñaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Wen ZhangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Christopher WatkinsDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Mateusz HaluchaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Hala AlshammaryDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Matthew M HernandezDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Wen-Chun LiuDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Randy A AlbrechtDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Adolfo Garcia-SastreDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Viviana SimonDepartment of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.
Christopher KatanskiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Tao PanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Transcriptome-wide base-resolution sequencing of pseudouridine in human normal and AD brain tissues-CEGS Admin supplement 2020-2021RM1HG008935 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2016 to 2025
$24.4M
Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
University of Chicago Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) - Renewal 01R25GM109439 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SCHWARTZ, NANCY B · 2014 to 2023
$5.7M
Recognition and mechanism of N6-methyl adenosine modificationsR01GM113194 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI PAN, TAO · 2015 to 2022
$2.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG008935NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM113194NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM109439NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses package host RNAs in their virions which are associated with a range of functions in the viral life cycle. Previous transcriptomic profiling of host RNA packaging mostly focused on retroviruses. Which host RNAs are packaged in other viruses at the transcriptome level has not been thoroughly examined. Here we perform proof-of-concept studies using both small RNA and large RNA sequencing of six different SARS-CoV-2 viral isolates grown on VeroE6 cells to profile host RNAs present in cell free viral preparations and to explore SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA modifications. We find selective enrichment of specific host transfer RNAs (tRNAs), tRNA fragments and signal recognition particle (SRP) RNA in SARS-CoV-2 viral preparations. Different viral preparations contain the same set of host RNAs, suggesting a common mechanism of packaging. We estimate that a single SARS-CoV-2 particle likely contains up to one SRP RNA and four tRNA molecules. We identify tRNA modification differences between the tRNAs present in viral preparations and those in the uninfected VeroE6 host cells. Furthermore, we find uncharacterized candidate modifications in the SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA. Our results reveal an under-studied aspect of viral-host interactions that may be explored for viral therapeutics.

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