| Title | Ribosomal profiling of human endogenous retroviruses in healthy tissues. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2024 |
| Authors | Dopkins, N, Singh, B, Michael, S, Zhang, P, Marston, JL, Fei, T, Singh, M, Feschotte, C, Collins, N, Bendall, ML, Nixon, DF |
| Journal | BMC Genomics |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | 5 |
| Date Published | 2024 Jan 02 |
| ISSN | 1471-2164 |
| Keywords | Endogenous Retroviruses, Humans, Ribosomes |
| Abstract | Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are the germline embedded proviral fragments of ancient retroviral infections that make up roughly 8% of the human genome. Our understanding of HERVs in physiology primarily surrounds their non-coding functions, while their protein coding capacity remains virtually uncharacterized. Therefore, we applied the bioinformatic pipeline "hervQuant" to high-resolution ribosomal profiling of healthy tissues to provide a comprehensive overview of translationally active HERVs. We find that HERVs account for 0.1-0.4% of all translation in distinct tissue-specific profiles. Collectively, our study further supports claims that HERVs are actively translated throughout healthy tissues to provide sequences of retroviral origin to the human proteome. |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12864-023-09909-x |
| Alternate Journal | BMC Genomics |
| PubMed ID | 38166631 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC10759522 |
| Grant List | R01 CA260691 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States R35 GM122550 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States UM1 AI164559 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States |
