Transcript Slide 1

Systems Biology and Genome
Informatics of
M. tuberculosis and other
infectious diseases
October 12-14, 2008 RUSSIA
Molecular Players in Host-Pathogen Interaction:
Novel roles for noncoding RNAs
Dr. Vinod Scaria
Scientist
GN Ramachandran Knowledge Center for Genome Informatics
Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB-CSIR)
Delhi , INDIA
E-mail: [email protected]
microRNA Biogenesis and action
Dicer
miRNA-miRNA*
pre-miRNA
miRNA with
RISC
Messenger RNA
AAAAA
Exportin 5
Drosha/Pasha
Transcript
Degradation
pri-miRNA
Transcript
RNAPol II
P Bodies
Polypeptide
Scaria et al. Retrovirology 2006
Host-Pathogen Interactions: The role of functional
noncoding RNAs
Human (Host) Cell
Host Pathogen
Interaction
Pathogen
• Can Human miRNA act as first line of molecular defense?
• Can Human miRNA modulate pathogen proliferation and disease
progression?
• Can virus encoded microRNAs regulate cellular processes which
culminate in disease ?
Model of microRNA mediated host-virus crosstalk
MODEL-II
DICER
MODEL-I
MODEL-III
RISC
MODEL-IV
EXPORTIN
DROSHA/PA
SHA
Host Transcript
Host Transcript
Viral Transcript
Polypeptide
Viral Transcript
RNAPol II
Scaria et al. Retrovirology 2006
Computational Pipeline for Prediction of HighConfidence microRNA Targets
Sequence Datasets
+
microRNA
Sequences
Viral Genome
Reference Sequence
Computational Target Prediction
High Confidence Target Prediction using Consensus
of 3 Algorithms
• miRanda
• RNAhybrid
• TargetScan
Verification of Predictions
Verification of thermodynamically
feasible microRNA-Target pairs
Secondary Structure Prediction of
messenger RNA
Calculation and Comparison of
Thermodynamic Stabilities
High Confidence miRNATarget Pairs
miRNA
+
miRacle is a second
generation microRNA
prediction server
incorporating target
secondary structure and
accessibility
a
 Predicts the thermodynamically feasible
microRNA-Target pairs
 High Accuracy, Significantly reducing on
positives
c
b
false
Sequence Based Prediction of potential
Target Sites on mRNA
Case a: Binding Site in the Loop/Unstructured Region
Secondary Structure Prediction of
messenger RNA
Calculation and Comparison of
Thermodynamic Stabilities
Case b: Binding Site in the Stem
Case c: Binding Site in Stem-Loop
http://miracle.igib.res.in
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Souvik Maiti’s lab
Five Human microRNAs can possibly target HIV
genes.
Targets are Conserved in other HIV-1 Clades also
http://miracle.igib.res.in
START
SEARCH
SELECT
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Beena Pillai’s Group
ANALYZE
microRNAs with putative targets in HIV are
expressed variably in T-cell samples
hsa-miR-29a
hsa-miR-29b
hsa-miR-149
hsa-miR-378
hsa-miR-324-5p
Conservation of Targets
*
low
average high
Hariharan et al, Biochem Biophys Res Commun.
2005 Dec 2;337(4):1214-8.
Detection of microRNAs in Human Cell Lines
Methodology
R
T
TTTTTTTT
HEK293T
HeLa
14 mer oligonucleotides were used to capture the miRNA.
The primer(Blue) sequence specific extension (green) of each
miRNA due to differences at the 3’ end of the
oligonucleotide-miRNA hybrid
PBMC
TTTTTTTT
The extension product is labeled by introduction of alphaP32-dCTP into the product at positions indicated in bold. The
T tail of varying lengths at the 5’ end was used to improve
resolution of products
Dr. Beena Pillai’s Group
Product sizes (nucleotides) indicated in parentheses include
length of T tails added to improve resolution
Reporter Construct for Validation of microRNA targets
Poly A site
MCS
microRNA Target region
Reporter Gene
Clone into the MCS
Promoter
Poly A site
microRNA Target region
Reporter Gene
Transfected in cells
along with the miRNA
Promoter
Transcript
If the predicted gene IS
actually the target for
miRNA
If the predicted gene NOT
actually the target for
miRNA
microRNA
Protein
Protein
Protein expression detected using Reporter assay
Validation of the microRNA target using luciferase
reporter gene constructs
hsa-mir-29a
5’-UAGCACCAUCUGAAAUCGGUUA-3’
3’-TAAACTTTAGCCAA-5’
hsa-mir-29b
*
* * *
5’-UAGCACCAUUUGAAAUCAGUGUU-3’
3’-GGTAAACTTTAGTCAC-5’
*
* * * *
Design of LNA modified anti-miRNA molecules against hsa-miR-29a
and 29b. Red asterisks indicate positions of modification in the
backbone of the anti-miRNA molecule
SEM for 3 replicates
Locked nucleic acid modified anti-miRNA against hsa-miR-29a and hsa-miR-29b restores
reporter activity from the Luc-nef clone in a dose dependent manner
Dr. Beena Pillai’s Group
hsa-miR-29a and b inhibit the expression of Nef and HIV-1
replication
pEGFP-miRNA
pCDNA-HA-Nef
29b
+
29a
+
Control
vector
+
HA-Nef
Actin
pEGFP-miRNA
pNL4.3
Nef
Control
Vector
+
29a
+
29b
+
p24 pg/ml
Expression of Nef analyzed by immunoblotting using HA antibody
Tubulin
pNL4.3
pEGFP-miRNA
+
+
+
Control
vector
29a
29b
hsa-miR-29a and hsa-miR-29b miRNA clones inhibit virus production in Jurkat cells.
Asterisks in 3E represent significant p-value of 0.014 and 0.016 for inhibition by 29a and 29b respectively, as compared to control
vector
With Dr. Debasis Mitra’s Group(NCCS Pune)
Human microRNAs target HA and PB2 genes in
Influenza A/H5N1 genome
Polymerase PB2
SEGMENT1
hsa-mir-507
responsible for RNA
replication and
transcription
Hemagglutinin (HA)
SEGMENT4
hsa-mir-136
facilitates entry of
the virus into the cell
The target site sequences of the human microRNAs in the
Influenza genome are highly conserved
5'---tccaaaaagatgcaaaa 3'
|||||||
|||||||
3'gtgaggtttt-ccacgtttt 5'
hsa-mir-507 target site
5' -------tcaaaaggcaatagatggagt 3'
|||||| |||
|||||||
3' aggtagtagtttt--gtt---tacctca 5'
hsa-mir-136 target site
*Analysis of 357 sequences of H5N1 Segment 1 and 553 sequences of H5N1 segment 4 available at the NCBI
Influenza Resource
Target sites of the human microRNAs are highly
accessible
http://miracle.igib.res.in
hsa-mir-507 target site
hsa-mir-136 target site
The Chicken Genome lacked both of the microRNAs
I have my
microRNAs
Virus
I’m doomed
Virus
Virus
Mechanisms of microRNAs in viral oncogenesis
Altered host gene
expression
Viral genome
integration and
mutations
Viral encoded
microRNAs
Regulatory dysfunction
Oncogenesis
Virus induced
epigenetic changes
Viral suppression
of RNAi
Altered host microRNA
expression
Scaria and Jadhav, Retrovirology, 2007
Host-Pathogen Interaction: An integrative Model for
microRNAs in viral oncogenesis
Virus encoded proteins and
cell signaling mediated by
viral infections
PROTEIN INTERACTION AND SIGNALLING
Virus encoded microRNAs
POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION
Virus encoded suppressors
of RNAi
SPLICING AND RNA EDITING
Viral encoded
transcriptional regulators
Viral Genome integration
Chromosomal Instabilities
Epigenetic Changes
TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION
GENOME STRUCTURE AND CHROMATIN ORGANISATION
GENOME SEQUENCE
Scaria and Jadhav, Retrovirology. 2007 Nov 24;4(1):82
microRNA
mediated
regulation
de novo prediction of microRNAs
Structure ?
Sequence ?
or both ?
AACCCGCCCCCCCCAGCGCUGCUUCAGCUUUCGUAGGCGCUGGCAUUGCCGGCGCGGCUGUUGGUAGCAUAGGUGUUGGGAAGGUGCUUG
.....((((..(((((((((((((((((....((..((((((((...)))))))).)).))))).)))...)))))))))..)).))...
AAACCAUUUCUCGCCAGGCUCAUAUGGUGGUUACAAUACUUUAUCACCAGGGCCGAGGCGCUAGUACAGGUGUGGAUCCCCCCCCUCAAC
...((((.(((((((.(((((...(((((((...........))))))))))))..)))).......))).))))...............
Content of feature (i) =
Total number of features of type (i) in the
-sequence
Total number of triplets in the sequence
Support Vector Machine
Datasets
Training and
Quality Measures
Model Name Sensitivity Specificity
Model 4.31
68%
87%
Model 3.04
69.7
85.32
Model 4.76
69.3
86
Model 4.01
77%
78%
Model 4.100
67%
78%
Table 1. Sensitivity and Specificity of top 5
models.
Prediction Accuracy in Comparison with other
algorithms
The number in brackets following the organism name denotes the total number of entries in
miRbase and that following the number of positive predictions is the percentage positive
predictions
Prediction of microRNAs using Machine Learning
Algorithms
INPUT
INPUTSEQUENCE
SEQUENCE
Hairpin
sequences
Gene/Genome
sequences
HAIRPIN
HAIRPIN
SEQUENCES
SEQUENCES
SSEARCH
SSEARCH
CCAUCAGUGUUCAUAAGGAAUGU
(((((..(((((.(((((((.((
BLAST
BLAST
SVM
SVMModel
Model
libSVM
Sequence
Sequence
Composition
Composition
RNAfold
RNAfold
OUTPU
OUTPU
TT
http://miracle.igib.res.in
Mir-abela
Mir-abela
BayesmiRNAfi
BayesmiRNAfi
nd
nd
Integrated tools/servers
Data Exchange between servers
RNAfold
RNAfold
Protocol for Prediction of Human targets for
EBV encoded microRNAs
Computational Analysis
EBV encoded
microRNAs (32)
Human 3’UTRs of
Transcripts
(Ensembl 42)
High Confidence Targets
predicted by
miRanda,
RNAhybrid and
TargetScan
Functional Analysis of
the Genes and their
Interactomes
Target Gene
EBV encoded microRNA
ST13
CCL22
SFRP1
DAP
TUSC2
HEMK1
APC2
RNF2
VHL
APC
UQCR
GLTSCR1
CD81
TSSC1
TP73L
WDR39
LRP12
LOH11CR2A
BAP1
ABR
CTNNA1
HIC2
KIAA1967
MRVI1
BIN1
WT1
HYAL3
RASSF1
PIK3CG
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART6-3p
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART6-3p
ebv-miR-BART20-5p
ebv-miR-BHRF1-1
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART8-3p
ebv-miR-BART17-3p
ebv-miR-BART3-3p
ebv-miR-BART6-3p
ebv-miR-BART20-3p
ebv-miR-BART14-3p
ebv-miR-BART17-5p
ebv-miR-BART3-3p
ebv-miR-BART11-5p
ebv-miR-BART17-5p
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART20-5p, ebv-miR-BART3-3p
ebv-miR-BART12
ebv-miR-BART11-3p
ebv-miR-BART17-5p
ebv-miR-BART4
ebv-miR-BART17-5p
ebv-miR-BART1-3p
ebv-miR-BHRF1-1
ebv-miR-BART3-3p
ebv-miR-BART10
Summary of the tumor suppressor genes which are
potential targets to EBV encoded microRNAs. The tumor
suppressor genes derived from the Tumor Suppressor Gene
Database (TSGdb).
Target
Gene
EBV encoded microRNA
DAP
TNFSF14
HRK
BCL2L14
TNFSF12
TNFRSF21
TNFRSF11B
CASP3
CASP2
MADD
TNFRSF10D
TNFRSF12A
PDCD1
TNFRSF10B
BCL2L11
APAF1
ebv-miR-BART14-5p
ebv-miR-BART3-3p
ebv-miR-BHRF1-3
ebv-miR-BHRF1-2
ebv-miR-BART1-5p
ebv-miR-BART8-3p
ebv-miR-BART11-5p,ebv-miR-BART12
ebv-miR-BART13
ebv-miR-BART12
ebv-miR-BART17-5p
ebv-miR-BART1-3p
ebv-miR-BART14-3p
ebv-miR-BART12
ebv-miR-BART12
ebv-miR-BART4
ebv-miR-BART11-3p
Summary of the apoptosis related genes targeted by EBV encoded
microRNAs.
Specific Gene Ontology Classes are enriched in
the target gene set.
GO ID
Level
GO:0007154
3
GO:0007275
2
GO:0008219
4
GO:0012502
8,7
GO:0006917
9,8
GO:0008104
4
GO:0009605
4
GO:0043065
8,7
GO:0043068
7,6
GO Term
cell communication
development
cell death
induction of programmed cell death
induction of apoptosis
protein localization
response to external stimulus
positive regulation of apoptosis
positive regulation of programmed cell death
GO Terms Enriched in the Target Gene set
(p values after correction for multiple testing)
P-value
1.11E-09
3.00E-05
0.00017
0.00033
0.00033
0.00058
0.00063
0.0017
0.00189
Cellular Targets of EBV encoded microRNAs are enriched in
genes involved in Apoptosis and Tumour Supression
Scaria et al, Cell Microbiology 2007
Scaria and Jadhav, Retrovirology 2007
*Protein Interactions are from Human Protein Interaction map (HiMap)
Computational pipeline for microRNA target prediction
Human
miRNAs
Genome Sequences | 3’UTR
sequences
Large Scale Computation in 288
node 4 TeraFlop Supercomputer
• miRanda
• RNAhybrid
•TargetScan
hp XC 3000 Cluster
288 Nodes
Infiniband Interconnect
4.7 Teraflops
http://miracle.igib.res.in
Consensus
Targets
TargetmiR: Features
Interface
http://miracle.igib.res.in
Predicted Targets
Validated Targets
microRNA Details and
Validation Methods
Design of artificial antiviral microRNAs (amiRNAs)
Computational Design
HIV Genome
Ultra-Conserved Regions
SCORING MATRIX
Human
3’UTRdb
Seed Region
Seed
Counts db
Artifical miRNA
(amiRNA)
Scaria et al, Cell Microbiol. 2007;9(12):2784-2794
3’UTR
miracle
rnahybrid
mirtif
HIV-1 transcripts
targeted by
amiRNAs
GAG
GAG
ENV
ENV
POL
POL
POL
POL
POL
rna22
Artificially designed
microRNAs (amiRNAs)
AMIRNA-001
AMIRNA-002
AMIRNA-003
AMIRNA-004
AMIRNA-005
AMIRNA-006
AMIRNA-007
AMIRNA-008
AMIRNA-009
miranda
Computational Validation of Design
X
X
X
in vitro validation of artificial miRNA
Construct map of the plasmids used for the luciferase assay
pMir reporter.
Target sequence.
CM
V
SV 40 poly A signal.
Luc
SV 40 poly A signal.
pSilencer.
CM
V
Pre-miRNA
The target sequence was cloned into the vector after the luciferase gene to form a fusion transcript (pmiRreporter) and miRNA expression vector (pSilencer) where pre-miRNA were cloned. The luciferase activity would
be decreased by binding of miRNAs to the 3 UTR of Firefly luciferase gene.
Down-regulation of HIV target sequence by artificial
miRNA.
No miRNA
miRNA+ Target
Relative Luciferase values (%Control)
NO miRNA
Shuffled miRNA
miRNA and its target

100
Target Shuffled
miRNA Shuffle
Taget Shuffle


80
60
40
*
*
*
20
0
Amir_01
Amir_04
Amir_06
Luciferase activity of the reporter gene in the absence or presence of the amiR-01, amiR-04 and amiR-06 or either of reporter
vector or miRNA expression vector shuffled measured. 293T cells were co-transfected with both the reporter gene and miRNA
expression vector (pSiIencer). Data show the mean of five independent transfections (error bars indicate standard deviations; t-test
used for statistical calculations;
*P < 0.001 (Significantly down regulated) and # p>0.001 (Significantly not down regulated) for each treatment compared with no
miRNA control).
In Collaboration with Dr. Souvik Maiti’s Group
Summary
Human microRNAs have
conserved targets in viral
genes
Viral microRNAs may
influence cellular
biological processes
resulting in oncogenesis
miRNA-miRNA*
Dicer
pre-miRNA
Exportin 5
miRNA with
RISC
miRNA levels in Human
can be used as a molecular
marker for disease
susceptibility and
prognosis.
Drosha
Transcript
Transcript
pri-miRNA
P Bodies
RNAPol II
NUCLEUS
Degradation
Polypeptide
CYTOPLASM
Synthetic/Artifical miRNAs
or miRNA analogs may be
used as therapeutics
RNA@IGIB
Prof.Samir K. Brahmachari
Vinod Scaria
Manoj Hariharan
Shiva Kumar
Abhiranjan Prasad
Beena Pillai
Jasmine Ahluwalia
Kartik Soni
Souvik Maiti
Vaibhav Jadhav
Computational Biology
Debasis Mitra (NCCS, Pune)
Zohrab Zafar Khan
Viral Assays
Expression Studies
microRNA Validation
Artificial microRNA
Validation
Tools,databases, datasets & reprints
http://miracle.igib.res.in
RNA@IGIB
http://miracle.igib.res.in