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Series GSE65961 Query DataSets for GSE65961
Status Public on Apr 17, 2015
Title Histone modifications induced by MDV infection at early cytolytic and latency phases
Organism Gallus gallus
Experiment type Genome binding/occupancy profiling by high throughput sequencing
Summary Background: Marek’s disease (MD) is a highly contagious, lymphomatous disease of chickens induced by a herpesvirus, Marek’s disease virus (MDV) that is the cause of major annual losses to the poultry industry. MD pathogenesis involves multiple stages including an early cytolytic phase and latency, and transitions between these stages are governed by several host and environmental factors. The success of vaccination strategies has led to the increased virulence of MDV and selective breeding of naturally resistant chickens is seen as a viable alternative. While multiple gene expression studies have been performed in resistant and susceptible populations, little is known about the epigenetic effects of infection.
Results: In this study, we investigated temporal chromatin signatures induced by MDV by analyzing early cytolytic and latent phases of infection in the bursa of Fabricius of MD-resistant and –susceptible birds. Major global variations in chromatin marks were observed at different stages of MD in the two lines. Differential H3K27me3 marks were associated with immune-related pathways, such as MAP kinase signaling, focal adhesion and neuroactive ligand receptor interaction, and suggested varying degrees of silencing in response to infection. Immune-related microRNAs, e.g. gga-miR-155 and gga-miR-10b, bore chromatin signatures, which suggested their contribution to MD-susceptibility. Finally, several members of the focal adhesion pathway, e.g. THBS4 and ITGA1, showed marked concordance between gene expression and chromatin marks indicating putative epigenetic regulation in response to MDV infection.
Conclusions: Our comprehensive analysis of chromatin signatures, therefore, revealed further clues about the epigenetic effects of MDV infection although further studies are necessary to elucidate the functional implications of the observed variations in histone modifications.
 
Overall design Total of 32 samples analyzed; 2 histone modifications - H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 x 2 chicken lines with varying resistance to MD - L63 and L72 x 2 time-points of disease progression - 5 and 10 days post infection x 2 conditions - infected and control x 2 biological replicates
 
Contributor(s) Mitra A, He Y, Song J
Citation(s) 25896894
Submission date Feb 17, 2015
Last update date May 15, 2019
Contact name Apratim Mitra
E-mail(s) apratim.mitra@nih.gov
Phone 3014020676
Organization name NICHD
Department Division of Developmental Biology
Lab Section on Genomic Imprinting
Street address 6 Center Dr Building 6B Room 2B206
City Bethesda
State/province MD
ZIP/Postal code 20892
Country USA
 
Platforms (1)
GPL16133 Illumina HiSeq 2000 (Gallus gallus)
Samples (32)
GSM1611731 bursa_K4_L63_inf_5_1
GSM1611732 bursa_K4_L63_inf_5_2
GSM1611733 bursa_K4_L63_non_5_1
Relations
BioProject PRJNA275576
SRA SRP055075

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