PMID- 20219930 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100504 LR - 20240317 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 10 DP - 2010 May TI - Comprehensive analysis of Rhesus lymphocryptovirus microRNA expression. PG - 5148-57 LID - 10.1128/JVI.00110-10 [doi] AB - Rhesus lymphocryptovirus (rLCV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are closely related gammaherpesviruses that infect and cause disease in rhesus monkeys and humans, respectively. Thus, rLCV is an important model system for EBV pathogenesis. Both rLCV and EBV express microRNAs (miRNAs), several conserved in sequence and genomic location. We have applied deep sequencing technology to obtain an inventory of rLCV miRNA expression in latently rLCV-infected monkey B cells. Our data confirm the presence of all previously identified mature rLCV miRNAs and have resulted in the discovery of 21 new mature miRNAs arising from previously identified precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs), as well as two novel pre-miRNAs (rL1-34 and rL1-35) that together generate four new mature miRNAs. Thus, the total number of rLCV-encoded pre-miRNAs is 35 and the total number of rLCV mature miRNAs is 68, the most of any virus examined. The exact 5' and 3' ends of all mature rLCV miRNAs were pinpointed, many showing marked sequence and length heterogeneity that could modulate function. We further demonstrate that rLCV mature miRNAs associate with Argonaute proteins in rLCV-infected B cells. FAU - Riley, Kasandra J-L AU - Riley KJ AD - Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA. FAU - Rabinowitz, Gabrielle S AU - Rabinowitz GS FAU - Steitz, Joan A AU - Steitz JA LA - eng GR - P01 CA016038/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA16038/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100310 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - B-Lymphocytes/virology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - Lymphocryptovirus/*physiology MH - Macaca mulatta MH - MicroRNAs/*biosynthesis MH - RNA, Viral/*biosynthesis PMC - PMC2863793 EDAT- 2010/03/12 06:00 MHDA- 2010/05/05 06:00 PMCR- 2010/11/01 CRDT- 2010/03/12 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/05/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.00110-10 [pii] AID - 0110-10 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.00110-10 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2010 May;84(10):5148-57. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00110-10. Epub 2010 Mar 10.