ArticleRetrovirology2018
Reconstruction of a replication-competent ancestral murine endogenous retrovirus-L.
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- Endogenous Retroviruses in Host-Virus Coevolution: From Genomic Domestication to Functional Innovation.Genes · 2025Review
- A novel approach to exploring the dark genome and its application to mapping of the vertebrate virus fossil record.Genome biology · 2024Article
- Multiple recombination events between endogenous retroviral elements and feline leukemia virus.Journal of virology · 2024Article
- Ribosomal profiling of human endogenous retroviruses in healthy tissues.BMC genomics · 2024Review
- Exploring the role of endogenous retroviruses in seasonal reproductive cycles: a case study of the ERV-V envelope gene in mink.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
- A novel class III endogenous retrovirus with a class I envelope gene in African frogs with an intact genome and developmentally regulated transcripts in Xenopus tropicalis.Retrovirology · 2021Article
- Origins and evolutionary consequences of ancient endogenous retroviruses.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2019Review
- Mouse germ line mutations due to retrotransposon insertions.Mobile DNA · 2019Review
- Nomenclature for endogenous retrovirus (ERV) loci.Retrovirology · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundAbout 10% of the mouse genome is composed of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) that represent a molecular fossil record of past retroviral infections. One such retrovirus, murine ERV-L (MuERV-L) is an env-deficient ERV that has undergone episodic proliferation, with the most recent amplification occurring ~ 2 million years ago. MuERV-L related sequences have been co-opted by mice for antiretroviral defense, and possibly as promoters for some genes that regulate totipotency in early mouse embryos. However, MuERV-L sequences present in modern mouse genomes have not been observed to replicate.
resultsHere, we describe the reconstruction of an ancestral MuERV-L (ancML) sequence through paleovirological analyses of MuERV-L elements in the modern mouse genome. The resulting MuERV-L (ancML) sequence was synthesized and a reporter gene embedded. The reconstructed MuERV-L (ancML) could replicate in a manner that is dependent on reverse transcription and generated de novo integrants. Notably, MuERV-L (ancML) exhibited a narrow host range. Interferon-α could reduce MuERV-L (ancML) replication, suggesting the existence of interferon-inducible genes that could inhibit MuERV-L replication. While mouse APOBEC3 was able to restrict the replication of MuERV-L (ancML), inspection of endogenous MuERV-L sequences suggested that the impact of APOBEC3 mediated hypermutation on MuERV-L has been minimal.
conclusionThe reconstruction of an ancestral MuERV-L sequence highlights the potential for the retroviral fossil record to illuminate ancient events and enable studies of the impact of retroviral elements on animal evolution.
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