Expression dynamics of the aplysia abyssovirus

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Two recent studies documented the genome of a novel, extremely large (35.9 kb), nidovirus in RNA sequence databases from the marine neural model Aplysia californica. The goal of the present study was to document the distribution and transcriptional dynamics of this virus, Aplysia abyssovirus 1 (AAbV), in maricultured and wild animals. We confirmed previous findings that AAbV RNA is widespread and reaches extraordinary levels in apparently healthy animals. Transmission electron microscopy identified viral replication factories in ciliated gill epithelial cells but not in neurons where viral RNA is most highly expressed. Viral transcripts do not exhibit evidence of discontinuous RNA synthesis as in coronaviruses but are consistent with production of a single leaderless subgenomic RNA, as in the Gill-associated virus of Penaeus monodon. Splicing patterns in chronically infected adults suggested high levels of defective genomes, possibly explaining the lack of obvious disease signs in high viral load animals.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:589

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Virology - 589(2024) vom: 28. Jan., Seite 109890

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kron, Nicholas S [VerfasserIn]
Neuman, Benjamin W [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Sathish [VerfasserIn]
Blackwelder, Patricia L [VerfasserIn]
Vidal, Dayana [VerfasserIn]
Walker-Phelan, Delphina Z [VerfasserIn]
Gibbs, Patrick D I [VerfasserIn]
Fieber, Lynne A [VerfasserIn]
Schmale, Michael C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gastropod
Journal Article
Neurotropic
Nidovirus
RNA, Viral
Subgenomic RNA

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.virol.2023.109890

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NLM364427469