RNA-Seq Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Long Terminal Repeat Retrotransposon Modulation in Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells after In Vivo Lipopolysaccharide Injection.

Journal of Virology
Maria Paola PisanoEnzo Tramontano

Abstract

Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) and mammalian apparent long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons (MaLRs) are retroviral sequences that integrated into germ line cells millions of years ago. Transcripts of these LTR retrotransposons are present in several tissues, and their expression is modulated in pathological conditions, although their function remains often far from being understood. Here, we focused on the HERV/MaLR expression and modulation in a scenario of immune system activation. We used a public data set of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) RNA-Seq from 15 healthy participants to a clinical trial before and after exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS), for which we established an RNA-Seq workflow for the identification of expressed and modulated cellular genes and LTR retrotransposon elements.IMPORTANCE We described the HERV and MaLR transcriptome in PBMCs, finding that about 8.4% of the LTR retrotransposon loci were expressed and identifying the betaretrovirus-like HERVs as those with the highest percentage of expressed loci. We found 4,607 HERV and MaLR loci that were modulated as a result of in vivo stimulation with LPS. The HERV-H group showed the highest number of differentially expressed mos...Continue Reading

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