Instruct: Identify the main category of Biorxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Epigenetic regulation of frog innate immunity: Discovery of frog microRNAs associated with antiviral responses and ranavirus infection using a Xenopus laevis skin epithelial-like cell line Epigenetic regulators such as microRNAs are emerging as conserved regulators of innate antiviral immunity in vertebrates, yet their roles in amphibian antiviral responses remain uncharacterized. We profiled changes in microRNA expressions in the Xenopus laevis skin epithelial-like cell line Xela DS2 in response to poly(I:C) - an analogue of double-stranded viral RNA and inducer of type I interferons - or frog virus 3 (FV3), an immunoevasive virus associated with amphibian mortality events. We sequenced small RNA libraries generated from untreated, poly(I:C)-treated, and FV3-infected cells. We detected 136 known X. laevis microRNAs and discovered 133 novel X. laevis microRNAs. Sixty-five microRNAs were differentially expressed in response to poly(I:C), many of which were predicted to target regulators of antiviral pathways such as cGAS-STING, RIG-I/MDA-5, TLR signaling, and type I interferon signaling, as well as products of these pathways (NF-{kappa}B-induced and interferon-stimulated genes). In contrast, only 49 microRNAs were altered by FV3 infection, fewer of which were predicted to interact with antiviral pathways. Interestingly, poly(I:C) treatment or FV3 infection downregulated transcripts encoding factors of the host microRNA biogenesis pathway. Our study is the first to suggest that host microRNAs regulate innate antiviral immunity in frogs, and sheds light on microRNA-mediated mechanisms of immunoevasion by FV3.
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