Heterogeneity in the Response of Different Subtypes of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> Midgut Cells to Viral Infections

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) offers the possibility to monitor both host and pathogens transcriptomes at the cellular level. Here, public scRNA-seq datasets from <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> midgut cells were used to compare the differences in replication strategy and cellula...

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Autores principales: João M. F. Silva, Tatsuya Nagata, Fernando L. Melo, Santiago F. Elena
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) offers the possibility to monitor both host and pathogens transcriptomes at the cellular level. Here, public scRNA-seq datasets from <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> midgut cells were used to compare the differences in replication strategy and cellular responses between two fly picorna-like viruses, Thika virus (TV) and <i>D. melanogaster</i> Nora virus (DMelNV). TV exhibited lower levels of viral RNA accumulation but infected a higher number of cells compared to DMelNV. In both cases, viral RNA accumulation varied according to cell subtype. The cellular heat shock response to TV and DMelNV infection was cell-subtype- and virus-specific. Disruption of bottleneck genes at later stages of infection in the systemic response, as well as of translation-related genes in the cellular response to DMelNV in two cell subtypes, may affect the virus replication.