Long terminal repeats of porcine endogenous retroviruses in Sus scrofa Yun-Ji Kim1 Jae-Won Huh1, Byung-Wook Cho2, Dae-Soo Kim3, Hong-Seok Ha1, Ja-Rang Lee1, Kung Ahn1, and Heui-Soo Kim1,3 1 Division of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Animal Science, College of Life Sciences, Pusan National University,Miryang 627-706, Republic of Korea 3 PBBRC, Interdisciplinary Research Program of Bioinformatics, College of Natural Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Republic of Korea http://www..primate.or.kr Abstract Introduction Materials & Methods Using PCR, sequencing, and bioinformatic approaches with the genomic DNAs of Korean pigs (domestic, wild, and hybrid with Yorkshire), twelve solitary PERV long terminal repeat elements were identified and analyzed. Structure analysis of the LTR elements indicated that they have different repeat sequences in the U3 region. The PERV-A6-KWP1 and –KWP2 elements bear seven and eight 39 bp repeats, respectively. The R region of the PERV LTR elements was highly conserved in pig and mouse genomes, suggesting that they seem to have originated from a common exogenous viral element, and then independently evolved throughout the course of mammalian evolution. Genomic DNAs & cDNA PCR & RT-PCR Bioinformatics KWP,KDP,KDP×KYP QIAEX II gel extraction kit(Qiagen) High Pure plasmid isolation kit BLAST,MEGA2 PCR Electrophoresis Gel purification Transformation1 Transformation2 Ligation Inoculation Plasmid DNA Isolation Gene Cloning Results & Discussion 4677-4698 5'-CATTTCTACTGAGCCACAACAG-3' PERV-X10-AS CT009542 3331-3352 1369 5'-CCTGAAAACTGCACTCTCCTCT-3' PERV-X10-S 30524-30544 5'-AGCAGGTTTAGGTTCACAGCA-3' PERV-X9-AS CT955978 31434-31453 930 5'-AGGAGTGGGTTCCAGGTTTC-3' PERV-X9-S 24380-24399 5'-CTTGCATACTTGGGCTTGTG-3' PERV-A8-AS CT827949 25321-25340 961 5'-GGAGGGTAGGACACAGTGGA-3' PERV-A8-S 17097-17116 5'-TGCTTTCACAAGTATTCATCCA-3' PERV-A7-AS CT797462 17981-18000 904 5'-CTCAGTGGGTTGGGGTTCT-3' PERV-A7-S 118450-118469 5'-CCCCAAATCACTCACGAGAA-3' PERV-A6-AS AC138167 117570-117589 899 5'-CGTATCCAATCACCTGCATC-3' PERV-A6-S 124785-124766 5'-TATTTCCATCCCTGAACCCA-3' PERV-A5-AS CT737311 125513-125494 748 5'-AAGCCAATCTCCCTTCTTCC-3' PERV-A5-S Acession no. Location PCR product size (bp) Sequences (5'-3') Primer Table 1. PCR primers used for amplification of PERV LTR element in Korean pigs (A) Conserved region PERV-A5 U3 R U5 Group1 Tandem repeated region PERV-A (Repbase) PERV-B PERV-A6 PERV-A7 (KYP, KDP, KWP) PERV-A8 LTR-IS Mouse S1 S5 S7 S2 S6 1 73 74 109 110 246 343 373 402 484 1 73 74 109 110 246 343 373 402 481 1 52 53 139 140 175 176 312 370 406 429 508 1 52 77 162 163 198 199 335 550 580 609 688 1 52 77 163 214 249 250 385 473 503 532 612 1 52 77 162 163 198 199 335 395 425 454 533 339 468 (KWP1) (KWP2) Group1a S3 1 52 53 139 140 175 176 312 409 439 468 547 1 52 77 162 163 198 199 335 628 658 687 766 1 52 77 162 163 198 199 335 667 697 726 805 Group2 PERV-X9 PERV-X10 S8 S9 1 52 53 90 91 131 132 215 218 253 254 402 481 501 512 541 620 1 52 53 90 91 131 132 215 239 274 275 423 502 522 533 562 641 Deleted region: GCCAGTAA S4 Fig. 1. Schematic representation of various PERV LTR elements (A) and consensus sequences of figured boxes (B). Open boxes indicate the conserved regions, and figured boxes indicate the specific sequences. Closed boxes indicate the different consensus sequences. Different boxes in tandem repeated region indicate the repeat number of tandem repeat sequences. Numbers indicate the specific position in individual LTR sequences. The underlined nucleotide sequences indicate the binding site for the transcription factor, NF-Y. The structures of solitary PERV LTR elements (PERV-A5, -A6, -A7, -A8, -X9, -X10) are derived from Korean pigs, KYP-hybrid of Korean domestic pig × Yorkshire, KDP-Korean domestic pig, and KWP-Korean wild pig (see also Table 2). KWP1 and KWP2 indicate the allele difference in the same individual. Group 2 is PERV-C LTR element and Group 1a is defined by the different copy number of tandem repeated sequences in our sequencing analysis. In the case of the mouse LTR-IS element, only the conserved region (open gray box) has high homology with PERV LTR elements...……………………………………………………………………. References Sus scrofa X10 CT009542 (722 bp) PERV-X10-GenBamk Hybrid (KDPⅹYorkshire) X9 AB275600 (701 bp) PERV-X9-KYP CT955978 (701 bp) PERV-X9-GenBamk Korean wild pig A8 AB275599 (609 bp) PERV-A8-KWP Korean domestic pig AB275598 (609 bp) PERV-A8-KDP AB275597 (609 bp) PERV-A8-KYP CT827949 (609 bp) PERV-A8-GenBamk A7 AB275596 (694 bp) PERV-A7-KWP AB275595 (694 bp) PERV-A7-KDP AB275594 (694 bp) PERV-A7-KYP CT797462 (694 bp) PERV-A7-GenBamk A6 AB275593 (794 bp) PERV-A6-KWP2 AB275592 (833 bp) PERV-A6-KWP1 AC138167 (762 bp) PERV-A6-GenBamk A5 AB275591 (628 bp) PERV-A5-KWP AB275590 (628 bp) PERV-A5-KDP AB275589 (628 bp) PERV-A5-KYP CT737311 (589 bp) PERV-A5-GenBamk Sources LTR Types Acession no. (LTR size) Clone Table 2. Clone information of PERV LTR elements in Korean pigs Denner J, Specke V, Thiesen U, Karlas A, Kurth R (2003) Genetic alteration of the long terminal repeat of an ecotropic porcine endogenous retrovirus during passage in human cells. Virology 314: 125-133. 2. Akiyoshi DE, Denaro M, Zhu S, Greenstein JL, Banerjee P, Fishman JA (1998) Identification of a full-length cDNA for an endogenous retrovirus of miniature swine. J Virol 72: 4503-4507. : GAGCCCTAACTCCAGCTTCCTAAA : CTCTGTATGAACTAGGTGAAAGGACGTAAAATAGGCCCTTGAATGCGTG : TGAGATAACAGGGAAAAGGGTT S1 : TATTTTAAAATGATTGGT (Original 18bp repeat) S5 : CCACGGAGCGCGGGCTCTCGA (Original 21bp repeat) S7 : TGTAGGAAAAATGATTGGT (Subtype of 18bp repeat) S3 : TGTTTTAAAACGATTGGT (Subtype of 18bp repeat) S2 : TGTTTTAAAATGATTGGT (Subtype of 18bp repeat) S6 : CCACGGAGCGCA (Subtype of 21bp repeat) S8 : AGTTTTGAATTGACTGGTTTGTGA (24bp, C type) S9 : TTGTAAAAGCGCGGGCTTG (19bp, C type) S4 : TTAAAATTAATTGGT (Subtype of 18bp repeat) : ATAAAA (TATA signal) : cap site (B) Genome Information Lab