Ying Qi
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Volume 32 Issue 6 September 2007 pp 1111-1118 Articles
Human cytomegalovirus
Zhengrong Sun Ying Lu Qiang Ruan Yaohua Ji Rong He Ying Qi Yanping Ma Yujing Huang
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a ubiquitous human pathogen, is the leading cause of birth defects in newborns. A region (referred to as UL/b′) present in the Toledo strain of HCMV and low-passage clinical isolates) contains 22 additional genes, which are absent in the highly passaged laboratory strain AD169. One of these genes,
Volume 35 Issue 3 September 2010 pp 365-370 Articles
Transcription pattern of
Zhengrong Sun Gaowei Ren Yanping Ma Ning Wang Yaohua Ji Ying Qi Mali Li Rong He Qiang Ruan
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) mRNA was obtained from human embryonic lung fibroblast cells infected by HCMV clinical strains from urine samples of infants at different kinetic periods. The cDNA of
Volume 38 Issue 3 September 2013 pp 479-485 Articles
Yujing Huang Ying Qi Yanping Ma Rong He Yaohua Ji Zhengrong Sun Qiang Ruan
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNAs, 19–23 nucleotides in length, which regulate a variety of cellular processes. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) encodes only one intronic miRNA: human cytomegalovirus microRNA UL36 (hcmv-miR-UL36). In this study, we found that over-expression of hcmv-miR-UL36 resulted in a more than threefold increase in HCMV DNA synthesis at 24 h post infection. Fifteen putative targets of hcmv-miR-UL36 were identified using hybrid PCR, one being the HCMV UL138 gene that has previously been identified as a novel latency-associated determinant of HCMV infection. Down-regulation of UL138 expression by hcmv-miR-UL36 was validated using luciferase reporter assays and Western blot analysis in HEK293 cells. In the presence of hcmv-miR-UL36, we observed a 74.6% decrease in luciferase activity and a 46.2% decrease in HCMV UL138 protein expression. Our results indicate that hcmv-miR-UL36 may be a viral miRNA contributing to HCMV replication.
Volume 41 Issue 2 June 2016 pp 173-182 Article
Host protein Snapin interacts with human cytomegalovirus pUL130 and affects viral DNA replication
Guili Wang Gaowei Ren Xin Cui Yanpin Ma Ying Qi Yujing Huang Zhongyang Liu Zhengrong Sun Qiang Ruan
The interplay between the host and Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) plays a pivotal role in the outcome of an infection. HCMV growth in endothelial and epithelial cells requires expression of viral proteins UL128, UL130, and UL131 proteins (UL128-131), of which UL130 is the largest gene and the only one that is not interrupted by introns. Mutation of the C terminus of the UL130 protein causes reduced tropism of endothelial cells (EC). However, very few host factors have been identified that interact with the UL130 protein. In this study, HCMV UL130 protein was shown to directly interact with the human protein Snapin in human embryonic kidney HEK293 cells by Yeast two-hybrid screening, in vitro glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down, and co-immunoprecipitation. Additionally, heterologous expression of protein UL130 revealed co-localization with Snapin in the cell membrane and cytoplasm of HEK293 cells using fluorescence confocal microscopy. Furthermore, decreasing the level of Snapin via specific small interfering RNAs decreased the number of viral DNA copies and titer in HCMV-infected U373-S cells. Taken together, these results suggest that Snapin, the pUL130 interacting protein, has a role in modulating HCMV DNA synthesis.
Volume 41 Issue 2 June 2016 pp 183-192 Article
Yaozhong Shao Ying Qi Yujing Huang Zhongyang Liu Yanping Ma Xin Guo Shujuan Jiang Zhengrong Sun Qiang Ruan
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