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ArticleEMBO reports2025

Regulated localization of transposable element RNA during influenza A virus infection.

Marie Lork, Liam Childs, Gauthier Lieber, Florence Kwaschik, Renate König, Benjamin G Hale

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Article in EMBO reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors.

Marie LorkInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9167-7022
Liam ChildsHost-Pathogen Interactions, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, 63225, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2080-1804
Gauthier LieberInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-0972-6214
Florence KwaschikInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.
Renate KönigHost-Pathogen Interactions, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, 63225, Germany.
Benjamin G HaleInstitute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland. hale.ben@virology.uzh.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3891-9480

Funding

Hartmann Müller-Stiftung für Medizinische Forschung (Hartmann Müller-Stiftung) 2378Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (SNF) 310030_214957University of Zurich, Switzerland FK-22-051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A virus (IAV) infection triggers derepression of host transposable elements (TEs), which have the potential to form double-stranded (ds)RNAs and could enhance innate antiviral immunity. However, the contribution of TEs to stimulating such pathways during infection is unknown, and it remains unclear whether derepressed TEs actually form dsRNAs. Here, we perform strand-specific total RNA-Seq on nucleus-associated and cytosolic fractions from cells infected with wild-type IAV or an engineered IAV lacking NS1, a dsRNA-binding interferon-antagonist protein. Both infections globally increase levels of host TE RNAs with bioinformatic and experimental evidence for double-strandedness. However, NS1-deficient IAV leads to significantly more of these putative dsRNA-forming TEs accumulating in the cytosolic fraction. Co-precipitations identify that wild-type NS1, but not a dsRNA-binding mutant, associates with these TEs, and microscopy shows co-localization of wild-type NS1 with dsRNA in perinuclear regions. Our data reveal the double-stranded nature of some IAV-triggered host TEs and suggest that NS1-mediated sequestration could limit their engagement of cytosolic innate immune sensors.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsInfluenza A virusInfluenza, HumanA549 CellsAnimalsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateRNA, Double-StrandedViral Nonstructural ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsINS1 protein, influenza virusRNA, Double-StrandedViral Nonstructural ProteinsdsRNA SensorsInfluenza A VirusTransposable ElementsViral Antagonism

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PMID40523985
PMCPMC12287459

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