Betacoronavirus-specific alternate splicing

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Viruses can subvert a number of cellular processes including splicing in order to block innate antiviral responses, and many viruses interact with cellular splicing machinery. SARS-CoV-2 infection was shown to suppress global mRNA splicing, and at least 10 SARS-CoV-2 proteins bind specifically to one or more human RNAs. Here, we investigate 17 published experimental and clinical datasets related to SARS-CoV-2 infection, datasets from the betacoronaviruses SARS-CoV and MERS, as well as Streptococcus pneumonia, HCV, Zika virus, Dengue virus, influenza H3N2, and RSV. We show that genes showing differential alternative splicing in SARS-CoV-2 have a similar functional profile to those of SARS-CoV and MERS and affect a diverse set of genes and biological functions, including many closely related to virus biology. Additionally, the differentially spliced transcripts of cells infected by coronaviruses were more likely to undergo intron-retention, contain a pseudouridine modification, and have a smaller number of exons as compared with differentially spliced transcripts in the control groups. Viral load in clinical COVID-19 samples was correlated with isoform distribution of differentially spliced genes. A significantly higher number of ribosomal genes are affected by differential alternative splicing and gene expression in betacoronavirus samples, and the betacoronavirus differentially spliced genes are depleted for binding sites of RNA-binding proteins. Our results demonstrate characteristic patterns of differential splicing in cells infected by SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS. The alternative splicing changes observed in betacoronaviruses infection potentially modify a broad range of cellular functions, via changes in the functions of the products of a diverse set of genes involved in different biological processes.

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UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Jul 02;:. - PMID 34230929

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:114

Enthalten in:

Genomics - 114(2022), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 110270

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Karlebach, Guy [VerfasserIn]
Aronow, Bruce [VerfasserIn]
Baylin, Stephen B [VerfasserIn]
Butler, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Foox, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Levy, Shawn [VerfasserIn]
Meydan, Cem [VerfasserIn]
Mozsary, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Saravia-Butler, Amanda M [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Deanne M [VerfasserIn]
Wurtele, Eve [VerfasserIn]
Mason, Christopher E [VerfasserIn]
Beheshti, Afshin [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Peter N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alternative splicing
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Gene regulation
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 01.04.2022

Date Revised 03.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

UpdateOf: bioRxiv. 2021 Jul 02;:. - PMID 34230929

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110270

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NLM336089821