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Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of SINE-R Retroposon Family in cDNA Library of Human Fetal Brain

  • Yi, Joo-Mi;Shin, Kyung-Mi;Lee, Ji-Won;Paik, In-Ho;Jang, Kyung-Lib;Kim, Heui-Soo
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제5권3호
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2001

  • SINE-R retroposons have been derived from human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K family and found to be hominoid specific. Both SINE-R retroposons and HERV-K family are potentially capable of affecting the expression of closely located genes. From cDNA library of human fetal brain, we identified seven SINE-R retroposons and compared them with sequences derived from GenBank database. The SINE-R retroposons from human feta1 brain showed 85∼97% sequence similarities with the human-specific retroposon SINE-R.C2. They also showed 88∼96% sequence similarities with the sequence of the schizo-cDNA clone that derived from postmortem frontal cortex tissue of a schizophrenic patient. Phylogenetic analysis using the neiqhbor-joining method revealed that the seven new SINE-R retroposons from cDNA library of the human feta1 brain have proliferated independently during human evolution. The data indicate that such SINE-R retroposons are expressed in human fetal brain and deserve further investigation as potential leads to understanding of neuropsychiatric diseases.

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Metagenomic analysis of viral genes integrated in whole genome sequencing data of Thai patients with Brugada syndrome

  • Suwalak Chitcharoen;Chureerat Phokaew;John Mauleekoonphairoj;Apichai Khongphatthanayothin;Boosamas Sutjaporn;Pharawee Wandee;Yong Poovorawan;Koonlawee Nademanee;Sunchai Payungporn
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.44.1-44.13
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    • 2022

  • Brugada syndrome (BS) is an autosomal dominant inheritance cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in young adults. Thailand has the highest prevalence of BS worldwide, and over 60% of patients with BS still have unclear disease etiology. Here, we performed a new viral metagenome analysis pipeline called VIRIN and validated it with whole genome sequencing (WGS) data of HeLa cell lines and hepatocellular carcinoma. Then the VIRIN pipeline was applied to identify viral integration positions from unmapped WGS data of Thai males, including 100 BS patients (case) and 100 controls. Even though the sample preparation had no viral enrichment step, we can identify several virus genes from our analysis pipeline. The predominance of human endogenous retrovirus K (HERV-K) viruses was found in both cases and controls by blastn and blastx analysis. This study is the first report on the full-length HERV-K assembled genomes in the Thai population. Furthermore, the HERV-K integration breakpoint positions were validated and compared between the case and control datasets. Interestingly, Brugada cases contained HERV-K integration breakpoints at promoters five times more often than controls. Overall, the highlight of this study is the BS-specific HERV-K breakpoint positions that were found at the gene coding region "NBPF11" (n = 9), "NBPF12" (n = 8) and long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) "PCAT14" (n = 4) region. The genes and the lncRNA have been reported to be associated with congenital heart and arterial diseases. These findings provide another aspect of the BS etiology associated with viral genome integrations within the human genome.

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내인성 레트로바이러스의 발현과 질병 (Expression of Endogenous Retroviruses and Disease)

  • 이재영
    • 미생물학회지
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    • 제43권4호
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    • pp.237-242
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    • 2007

  • 레트로바이러스(Retrovirus; RV)의 독특한 특징 중 하나는 프로바이러스의 상태로 숙주세포의 염색체에 삽입되어 숙주세포 유전자의 일부분으로서 다른 숙주세포 유전자들과 함께 다음세대로 유전된다는 것이다. 이러한 독특한 형태의 RV를 내인성 RV (endogenous RV; ERV)라고 하는데, 여러 종류의 내 외적신호에 의해 그자신의 유전자뿐만 아니라 인근한 숙주유전자의 발현에 변화가 일어난다. 사람과 쥐에서는 각각 HERV (Human ERV)와 MuERV (Murine ERV)가 세포 속에 존재하여 이들의 발현 변화가 숙주 생물체에 주로 해롭게 작용하여 질병을 일으키게 된다. 이들 ERV는 생체분자, 세포물질들이 관여하는 기작을 통해 암과 자가면역 반응과 같은 질병을 일으키는데, 이에 수반하여 많은 병리생리적 변화를 가져온다. HERV와 관련된 질병을 앓고 있는 환자들을 위해서는 이러한 질병을 이해하고, 이를 바탕으로 치료요법을 개발하기 위해 여러 단계의 대책들이 고려되어야 한다.

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