Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Immunology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
J Innate Immun. 2021;13(3):179-193. doi: 10.1159/000513606. Epub 2021 Feb 24.
Expression of host noncoding RNAs and coding mRNAs is significantly altered by viral infection. In the current study, we screened the transcriptional profile of human lung epithelial A549 cells infected with Zika virus (ZIKV) by microarray assay. Seventy-nine long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and 140 mRNAs were differentially expressed (DE). The bioinformatics analysis revealed that the mRNAs adjacent to the DE lncRNAs were closely related to the host responses to viral infection. We selected 7 lncRNAs from the top 50 hits for validation. The quantitative real-time PCR data confirmed that expression of selected lncRNAs was induced by ZIKV infection. Moreover, the expression of 7 lncRNAs was induced by infection of dengue virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, or vesicular stomatitis virus, or by treatment of poly(I:C) and IFN-β. Furthermore, loss of innate immune adaptor IPS-1 or receptor IFNAR1 resulted in lower induction levels of several lncRNAs by ZIKV. Overexpression of 3 lncRNAs (RPL27-OT1, OASL-IT1, and REC8-OT3) reduced the virus yields of ZIKV. Knockout of OASL-IT1 significantly enhanced ZIKV replication. In OASL-IT1 knockout cells, the levels of interferons (IFNs) and the activation of 3 innate immune signaling pathways triggered by ZIKV were dramatically reduced. Collectively, our work found a positive feedback loop in the IFN system, in which IFNs and OASL-IT1 regulate each other, thereby promoting establishment of antiviral defense.
病毒感染会显著改变宿主非编码 RNA 和编码 mRNA 的表达。在本研究中,我们通过微阵列分析筛选了寨卡病毒(ZIKV)感染人肺上皮 A549 细胞的转录谱。79 个长非编码 RNA(lncRNA)和 140 个 mRNA 表达差异显著(DE)。生物信息学分析表明,与 DE lncRNA 相邻的 mRNA 与宿主对病毒感染的反应密切相关。我们从前 50 个命中中选择了 7 个 lncRNA 进行验证。定量实时 PCR 数据证实了所选 lncRNA 的表达受 ZIKV 感染诱导。此外,登革热病毒、日本脑炎病毒或水疱性口炎病毒感染或 poly(I:C)和 IFN-β处理也诱导了 7 个 lncRNA 的表达。此外,先天免疫接头 IPS-1 或受体 IFNAR1 的缺失导致 ZIKV 感染时几个 lncRNA 的诱导水平降低。3 个 lncRNA(RPL27-OT1、OASL-IT1 和 REC8-OT3)的过表达降低了 ZIKV 的病毒产量。OASL-IT1 的敲除显著增强了 ZIKV 的复制。在 OASL-IT1 敲除细胞中,ZIKV 触发的干扰素(IFNs)水平和 3 种先天免疫信号通路的激活显著降低。总之,我们的工作发现了 IFN 系统中的正反馈回路,其中 IFNs 和 OASL-IT1 相互调节,从而促进抗病毒防御的建立。