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{"title":"Transcriptional dynamics of transposable elements in the type I IFN response in Myotis lucifugus cells","authors":"G. M. Pasquesi, Conor J. Kelly, Andrea D. Ordonez, E. Chuong","doi":"10.1101/2022.04.18.488675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.18.488675","url":null,"abstract":"Background Bats are a major reservoir of zoonotic viruses, and there has been growing interest in characterizing bat-specific features of innate immunity and inflammation. Recent studies have revealed bat-specific adaptations affecting interferon (IFN) signaling and IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs), but we still have a limited understanding of the genetic mechanisms that have shaped the evolution of bat immunity. Here we investigated the transcriptional and epigenetic dynamics of transposable elements (TEs) during the type I IFN response in little brown bat ( Myotis lucifugus ) primary embryonic fibroblast cells, using RNA-seq and CUT&RUN. Results We found multiple bat-specific TEs that undergo both locus-specific and family-level transcriptional induction in response to IFN. Our transcriptome reassembly identified multiple ISGs that have acquired novel exons from bat-specific TEs, including NLRC5 , SLNF5 and a previously unannotated isoform of the IFITM2 gene. We also identified examples of TE-derived regulatory elements, but did not find strong evidence supporting genome-wide epigenetic activation of TEs in response to IFN. Conclusion Collectively, our study uncovers numerous TE-derived transcripts, proteins, and alternative isoforms that are induced by IFN in Myotis lucifugus cells, highlighting candidate loci that may contribute to bat-specific immune function.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47153365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"RNA sensor MDA5 suppresses LINE-1 retrotransposition by regulating the promoter activity of LINE-1 5′-UTR","authors":"Yan, Jiaxiu, Zhao, Yifei, Du, Juan, Wang, Yu, Wang, Shaohua, Wang, Qing, Zhao, Xu, Xu, Wei, Zhao, Ke","doi":"10.1186/s13100-022-00268-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00268-0","url":null,"abstract":"Type 1 long interspersed elements, or LINE-1, are the only retroelements that replicate autonomously in human cells. The retrotransposition process of LINE-1 can trigger the activation of the innate immune system and has been proposed to play a role in the development of several autoimmune diseases, including Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS). In contrast, all known AGS-associated proteins, except MDA5, have been reported to affect LINE-1 activity. Thus, MDA5 is likely to also function as a LINE-1 suppressor. MDA5 was found to potently suppress LINE-1 activity in a reporter-based LINE-1 retrotransposition assay. Although MDA5 is an endogenous RNA sensor able to activate the innate immune system, increased interferon (IFN) expression only contributed in part to MDA5-mediated LINE-1 suppression. Instead, MDA5 potently regulated the promoter activity of LINE-1 5′-UTR, as confirmed by transiently expressed myc-tagged MDA5 or knockdown of endogenous MDA5 expression. Consequently, MDA5 effectively reduced the generation of LINE-1 RNA and the subsequent expression of LINE-1 ORF1p and ORF2p. Interestingly, despite MDA5 being a multi-domain protein, the N-terminal 2CARD domain alone is sufficient to interact with LINE-1 5′-UTR and inhibit LINE-1 promoter activity. Our data reveal that MDA5 functions as a promoter regulator; it directly binds to the LINE-1 5′-UTR and suppresses its promoter activity. Consequently, MDA5 reduces LINE-1 RNA and protein levels, and ultimately inhibits LINE-1 retrotransposition. In contrast, MDA5-induced IFN expression only plays a mild role in MDA5-mediated LINE-1 suppression. In addition, the N-terminal 2CARD domain was found to be a functional region for MDA5 upon inhibition of LINE-1 replication. Thus, our data suggest that besides being an initiator of the innate immune system, MDA5 is also an effector against LINE-1 activity, potentially forming a feedback loop by suppressing LINE-1-induced innate immune activation.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TE Density: a tool to investigate the biology of transposable elements","authors":"Scott J Teresi, Michael B. Teresi, P. Edger","doi":"10.1186/s13100-022-00264-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00264-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65814689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SETMAR, a case of primate co-opted genes: towards new perspectives","authors":"Lié, Oriane, Renault, Sylvaine, Augé-Gouillou, Corinne","doi":"10.1186/s13100-022-00267-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00267-1","url":null,"abstract":"We carry out a review of the history and biological activities of one domesticated gene in higher primates, SETMAR, by discussing current controversies. Our purpose is to open a new outlook that will serve as a framework for future work about SETMAR, possibly in the field of cognition development. What is newly important about SETMAR can be summarized as follows: (1) the whole protein sequence is under strong purifying pressure; (2) its role is to strengthen existing biological functions rather than to provide new ones; (3) it displays a tissue-specific pattern of expression, at least for the alternative-splicing it undergoes. Studies reported here demonstrate that SETMAR protein(s) may be involved in essential networks regulating replication, transcription and translation. Moreover, during embryogenesis, SETMAR appears to contribute to brain development. Our review underlines for the first time that SETMAR directly interacts with genes involved in brain functions related to vocalization and vocal learning. These findings pave the way for future works regarding SETMAR and the development of cognitive abilities in higher primates.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"14 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The structural diversity of CACTA transposons in genomes of Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) species: specific traits and comparison with the similar elements of angiosperms","authors":"Belyayev, Alexander, Josefiová, Jiřina, Jandová, Michaela, Kalendar, Ruslan, Mahelka, Václav, Mandák, Bohumil, Krak, Karol","doi":"10.1186/s13100-022-00265-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-022-00265-3","url":null,"abstract":"CACTA transposable elements (TEs) comprise one of the most abundant superfamilies of Class 2 (cut-and-paste) transposons. Over recent decades, CACTA elements were widely identified in species from the plant, fungi, and animal kingdoms, but sufficiently studied in the genomes of only a few model species although non-model genomes can bring additional and valuable information. It primarily concerned the genomes of species belonging to clades in the base of large taxonomic groups whose genomes, to a certain extent, can preserve relict and/or possesses specific traits. Thus, we sought to investigate the genomes of Chenopodium (Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales) species to unravel the structural variability of CACTA elements. Caryophyllales is a separate branch of Angiosperms and until recently the diversity of CACTA elements in this clade was unknown. Application of the short-read genome assembly algorithm followed by analysis of detected complete CACTA elements allowed for the determination of their structural diversity in the genomes of 22 Chenopodium album aggregate species. This approach yielded knowledge regarding: (i) the coexistence of two CACTA transposons subtypes in single genome; (ii) gaining of additional protein conserved domains within the coding sequence; (iii) the presence of captured gene fragments, including key genes for flower development; and (iv)) identification of captured satDNA arrays. Wide comparative database analysis revealed that identified events are scattered through Angiosperms in different proportions. Our study demonstrated that while preserving the basic element structure a wide range of coding and non-coding additions to CACTA transposons occur in the genomes of C. album aggregate species. Ability to relocate additions inside genome in combination with the proposed novel functional features of structural-different CACTA elements can impact evolutionary trajectory of the host genome.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A beginner’s guide to manual curation of transposable elements","authors":"Goubert, Clement, Craig, Rory J., Bilat, Agustin F., Peona, Valentina, Vogan, Aaron A., Protasio, Anna V.","doi":"10.1186/s13100-021-00259-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-021-00259-7","url":null,"abstract":"In the study of transposable elements (TEs), the generation of a high confidence set of consensus sequences that represent the diversity of TEs found in a given genome is a key step in the path to investigate these fascinating genomic elements. Many algorithms and pipelines are available to automatically identify putative TE families present in a genome. Despite the availability of these valuable resources, producing a library of high-quality full-length TE consensus sequences largely remains a process of manual curation. This know-how is often passed on from mentor-to-mentee within research groups, making it difficult for those outside the field to access this highly specialised skill. Our manuscript attempts to fill this gap by providing a set of detailed computer protocols, software recommendations and video tutorials for those aiming to manually curate TEs. Detailed step-by-step protocols, aimed at the complete beginner, are presented in the Supplementary Methods. The proposed set of programs and tools presented here will make the process of manual curation achievable and amenable to all researchers and in special to those new to the field of TEs.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correction: Characterization of transposable elements within the Bemisia tabaci species complex","authors":"Juan Paolo A. Sicat, Paul Visendi, Steven O. Sewe, S. Bouvaine, S. Seal","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-1312818/v1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1312818/v1","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Background Whiteflies are agricultural pests that have caused worldwide negative impacts that have led to severe financial losses. The Bemisia tabaci whitefly species complex is the most damaging in terms of their broad crop host range and its ability to serve as vector for over 300 plant viruses. Whitefly genomes of the species complex provide valuable genomic data; however, transposable elements (TEs) within the species complex remain unexplored. This study provides the first accurate exploration of TE content within the B. tabaci species complex.Results This study identified an average of 40.61% of the genomes of three whitefly species (MEAM1, MEDQ, and SSA-ECA) consists of TEs. Majority of the TEs identified were DNA transposons (22.85% average) while SINEs (0.14% average) were the least represented. This study also compared the TE content the three whitefly genomes with three other hemipteran genomes and found a significant difference in the presence of DNA transposons and LINEs. A total of 63 TE superfamilies were identified to be present across the three whitefly species (39 DNA transposons, six LTR, 16 LINE, and two SINE) of which 11 TE superfamilies were identified to not be present in the three other hemipteran genomes (nine DNA transposon, and two LINE). This study is the first to characterize TEs found within different B. tabaci species and has created a standardized annotation workflow that could be used to analyze future whitefly genomes.Conclusion This study is the first to characterize the landscape of TEs within the B. tabaci species complex. The characterization of these elements within the three whitefly genomes shows that TEs occupy a significant portion of the whitefly genome, majority of which are DNA transposons. This study also identified TE superfamilies of note and provides a framework for future TE studies within the species complex.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42717241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"KRAB zinc finger protein ZNF676 controls the transcriptional influence of LTR12-related endogenous retrovirus sequences.","authors":"Alexandra Iouranova, Delphine Grun, Tamara Rossy, Julien Duc, Alexandre Coudray, Michael Imbeault, Jonas de Tribolet-Hardy, Priscilla Turelli, Alexandre Persat, Didier Trono","doi":"10.1186/s13100-021-00260-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s13100-021-00260-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Transposable element-embedded regulatory sequences (TEeRS) and their KRAB-containing zinc finger protein (KZFP) controllers are increasingly recognized as modulators of gene expression. We aim to characterize the contribution of this system to gene regulation in early human development and germ cells.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Here, after studying genes driven by the long terminal repeat (LTR) of endogenous retroviruses, we identify the ape-restricted ZNF676 as the sequence-specific repressor of a subset of contemporary LTR12 integrants responsible for a large fraction of transpochimeric gene transcripts (TcGTs) generated during human early embryogenesis. We go on to reveal that the binding of this KZFP correlates with the epigenetic marking of these TEeRS in the germline, and is crucial to the control of genes involved in ciliogenesis/flagellogenesis, a biological process that dates back to the last common ancestor of eukaryotes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These results illustrate how KZFPs and their TE targets contribute to the evolutionary turnover of transcription networks and participate in the transgenerational inheritance of epigenetic traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"13 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8767690/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10263436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring Material Design Space with a Deep-Learning Guided Genetic Algorithm","authors":"Kuan-Lin Chen, Rebecca Schulman","doi":"10.4230/LIPIcs.DNA.28.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.DNA.28.4","url":null,"abstract":"Designing complex, dynamic yet multi-functional materials and devices is challenging because the design spaces for these materials have numerous interdependent and often conflicting constraints. Taking inspiration from advances in artificial intelligence and their applications in material discovery, we propose a computational method for designing metamorphic DNA-co-polymerized hydrogel structures. The method consists of a coarse-grained simulation and a deep learning-guided optimization system for exploring the immense design space of these structures. Here, we develop a simple numeric simulation of DNA-co-polymerized hydrogel shape change and seek to find designs for structured hydrogels that can fold into the shapes of different Arabic numerals in different actuation states. We train a convolutional neural network to classify and score the geometric outputs of the coarse-grained simulation to provide autonomous feedback for design optimization. We then construct a genetic algorithm that generates and selects large batches of material designs that compete with one another to evolve and converge on optimal objective-matching designs. We show that we are able to explore the large design space and learn important parameters and traits. We identify vital relationships between the material scale size and the range of shape change that can be achieved by individual domains and we elucidate trade-offs between different design parameters. Finally, we discover material designs capable of transforming into multiple different digits in different actuation states.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"42 1","pages":"4:1-4:14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80896202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Modelling and Optimisation of a DNA Stack Nano-Device Using Probabilistic Model Checking","authors":"Bowen Li, N. Mackenzie, Ben Shirt-Ediss, N. Krasnogor, P. Zuliani","doi":"10.4230/LIPIcs.DNA.28.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.DNA.28.5","url":null,"abstract":"A DNA stack nano-device is a bio-computing system that can read and write molecular signals based on DNA-DNA hybridisation and strand displacement. In vitro implementation of the DNA stack faces a number of challenges affecting the performance of the system. In this work, we apply probabilistic model checking to analyse and optimise the DNA stack system. We develop a model framework based on continuous-time Markov chains to quantitatively describe the system behaviour. We use the PRISM probabilistic model checker to answer two important questions: 1) What is the minimum required incubation time to store a signal? And 2) How can we maximise the yield of the system? The results suggest that the incubation time can be reduced from 30 minutes to 5-15 minutes depending on the stack operation stage. In addition, the optimised model shows a 40% increase in the target stack yield. project “Synthetic Portabolomics: Leading the way at the crossroads of the Digital and the Bio Economies” (EP/N031962/1). Krasnogor was supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering under the Chairs in Emerging Technologies scheme.","PeriodicalId":18854,"journal":{"name":"Mobile DNA","volume":"9 1","pages":"5:1-5:22"},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87676767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}