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Laczik M, Erdős E, Ozgyin L, Hevessy Z, Csősz É, Kalló G, Nagy T, Barta E, Póliska S, Szatmári I, Bálint BL. Extensive proteome and functional genomic profiling of variability between genetically identical human B-lymphoblastoid cells. Sci Data 2022; 9:763. [PMID: 36496436 PMCID: PMC9741606 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01871-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
In life-science research isogenic B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) are widely known and preferred for their genetic stability - they are often used for studying mutations for example, where genetic stability is crucial. We have shown previously that phenotypic variability can be observed in isogenic B-lymphoblastoid cell lines. Isogenic LCLs present well-defined phenotypic differences on various levels, for example on the gene expression level or the chromatin level. Based on our investigations, the phenotypic variability of the isogenic LCLs is accompanied by certain genetic variation too. We have developed a compendium of LCL datasets that present the phenotypic and genetic variability of five isogenic LCLs from a multiomic perspective. In this paper, we present additional datasets generated with Next Generation Sequencing techniques to provide genomic and transcriptomic profiles (WGS, RNA-seq, single cell RNA-seq), protein-DNA interactions (ChIP-seq), together with mass spectrometry and flow cytometry datasets to monitor the changes in the proteome. We are sharing these datasets with the scientific community according to the FAIR principles for further investigations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Miklós Laczik
- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Proteomics Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Proteomics Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary ,grid.129553.90000 0001 1015 7851Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi Albert út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary ,grid.129553.90000 0001 1015 7851Department of Genetics and Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent-Györgyi Albert út 4, Gödöllő, H-2100 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary ,grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary
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- grid.7122.60000 0001 1088 8582Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatic Core Facility, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., H-4032 Hungary ,grid.11804.3c0000 0001 0942 9821Department of Bioinformatics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Tűzoltó utca 7-9., H-1094 Hungary
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Sidorov S, Fux L, Steiner K, Bounlom S, Traxel S, Azzi T, Berisha A, Berger C, Bernasconi M, Niggli FK, Perner Y, Pather S, Kempf W, Nadal D, Bürgler S. CD4 + T cells are found within endemic Burkitt lymphoma and modulate Burkitt lymphoma precursor cell viability and expression of pathogenically relevant Epstein-Barr virus genes. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2021; 71:1371-1392. [PMID: 34668039 PMCID: PMC9123076 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-021-03057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive B cell cancer characterized by an IgH/c-myc translocation and the harboring of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Evidence accumulates that CD4 + T cells might contribute to eBL pathogenesis. Here, we investigate the presence of CD4 + T cells in primary eBL tissue and their potential dichotomous impact on an EBV-infected pre-eBL cell model using ex vivo material and in vitro co-cultures. In addition, we establish a novel method to study the effect of IgH/c-myc translocation in primary B cells by employing a CRISPR/Cas9 knock-in approach to introduce and tag de novo translocation. We unprecedently document that CD4 + T cells are present in primary eBL tumor tissue. Furthermore, we demonstrate that CD4 + T cells on the one hand suppress eBL development by killing pre-eBL cells lacking IgH/c-myc translocation in vitro and on the other hand indirectly promote eBL development by inducing crucial EBV Latency III to Latency I switching in pre-eBL cells. Finally, we show that while the mere presence of an IgH/c-myc translocation does not suffice to escape CD4 + T-cell-mediated killing in vitro, the CD4 + T-cell-mediated suppression of EBV's Latency III program in vivo may allow cells harboring an IgH/c-myc translocation and additional mutations to evade immune control and proliferate by means of deregulated c-myc activity, resulting in neoplasia. Thus, our study highlights the dichotomous effects of CD4 + T cells and the mechanisms involved in eBL pathogenesis, suggests mechanisms of their impact on eBL progression, and provides a novel in vitro model for further investigation of IgH/c-myc translocation.
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- Semjon Sidorov
- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Kempf Und Pfaltz, Histological Diagnostics, Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Anatomical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, School of Pathology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Kempf Und Pfaltz, Histological Diagnostics, Zürich, Switzerland.,Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Experimental Infectious Diseases and Cancer Research, Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Afrasiabi A, Parnell GP, Fewings N, Schibeci SD, Basuki MA, Chandramohan R, Zhou Y, Taylor B, Brown DA, Swaminathan S, McKay FC, Stewart GJ, Booth DR. Evidence from genome wide association studies implicates reduced control of Epstein-Barr virus infection in multiple sclerosis susceptibility. Genome Med 2019; 11:26. [PMID: 31039804 PMCID: PMC6492329 DOI: 10.1186/s13073-019-0640-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genome wide association studies have identified > 200 susceptibility loci accounting for much of the heritability of multiple sclerosis (MS). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a memory B cell tropic virus, has been identified as necessary but not sufficient for development of MS. The molecular and immunological basis for this has not been established. Infected B cell proliferation is driven by signalling through the EBV produced cell surface protein LMP1, a homologue of the MS risk gene CD40. METHODS We have investigated transcriptomes of B cells and EBV-infected B cells at Latency III (LCLs) and identified MS risk genes with altered expression on infection and with expression levels associated with the MS risk genotype (LCLeQTLs). The association of LCLeQTL genomic burden with EBV phenotypes in vitro and in vivo was examined. The risk genotype effect on LCL proliferation with CD40 stimulation was assessed. RESULTS These LCLeQTL MS risk SNP:gene pairs (47 identified) were over-represented in genes dysregulated between B and LCLs (p < 1.53 × 10-4), and as target loci of the EBV transcription factor EBNA2 (p < 3.17 × 10-16). Overall genetic burden of LCLeQTLs was associated with some EBV phenotypes but not others. Stimulation of the CD40 pathway by CD40L reduced LCL proliferation (p < 0.001), dependent on CD40 and TRAF3 MS risk genotypes. Both CD40 and TRAF3 risk SNPs are in binding sites for the EBV transcription factor EBNA2, with expression of each correlated with EBNA2 expression dependent on genotype. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate targeting EBV may be of therapeutic benefit in MS.
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- Ali Afrasiabi
- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology and Allergy Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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Extensive epigenetic and transcriptomic variability between genetically identical human B-lymphoblastoid cells with implications in pharmacogenomics research. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4889. [PMID: 30894562 PMCID: PMC6426863 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40897-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Genotyped human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) are widely used models in mapping quantitative trait loci for chromatin features, gene expression, and drug response. The extent of genotype-independent functional genomic variability of the LCL model, although largely overlooked, may inform association study design. In this study, we use flow cytometry, chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing and mRNA sequencing to study surface marker patterns, quantify genome-wide chromatin changes (H3K27ac) and transcriptome variability, respectively, among five isogenic LCLs derived from the same individual. Most of the studied LCLs were non-monoclonal and had mature B cell phenotypes. Strikingly, nearly one-fourth of active gene regulatory regions showed significantly variable H3K27ac levels, especially enhancers, among which several were classified as clustered enhancers. Large, contiguous genomic regions showed signs of coordinated activity change. Regulatory differences were mirrored by mRNA expression changes, preferentially affecting hundreds of genes involved in specialized cellular processes including immune and drug response pathways. Differential expression of DPYD, an enzyme involved in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) catabolism, was associated with variable LCL growth inhibition mediated by 5-FU. The extent of genotype-independent functional genomic variability might highlight the need to revisit study design strategies for LCLs in pharmacogenomics.
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Jha HC, Shukla SK, Lu J, Aj MP, Banerjee S, Robertson ES. Dissecting the contribution of EBNA3C domains important for EBV-induced B-cell growth and proliferation. Oncotarget 2016; 6:30115-29. [PMID: 26336822 PMCID: PMC4745785 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic gammaherpes virus which is linked to pathogenesis of several human lymphatic malignancies. The EBV essential latent antigen EBNA3C is critical for efficient conversion of primary human B-lymphocytes to lymphoblastic cell lines and for continued LCL growth. EBNA3C, an EBV latent antigen with oncogenic potential can bind and regulate the functions of a wide range of cellular transcription factors. In our current reverse genetics study, we deleted the full length EBNA3C, and independently the RBP-Jκ and Nm23-H1 binding sites within EBNA3C using BACmid recombinant engineering methodology. Our experiments demonstrated that deletion of the EBV EBNA3C open reading frame (ORF) and more specifically the residues 621–675 which binds Nm23H1 and SUMO-1 showed a significant reduction in the ability of the cells to proliferate. Furthermore, they exhibited lower infectivity of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). We also showed that recombinant EBV with deletions of the EBNA3C ORF, as well as a recombinant with residues 621–675 within EBNA3C ORF deleted had diminished abilities to activate CD40. Our study also revealed that the full length (1–992) and 621–675 aa deletions of EBNA3C when compared to wild type EBV infected PBMCs had differential expression patterns for the phosphorylation of MAP kinases specifically p38, JNK and ERK. Regulation of β-catenin also differed among wild type and EBNA3C deleted mutants. These temporal differences in signaling activities of these recombinant viruses in PBMCs is likely important in defining their functional importance in EBV-mediated B-cell transformation.
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- Hem Chandra Jha
- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and the Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States of America
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Klein E, Nagy N, Rasul E. Modification of cell differentiation, one of the mechanisms in the surveillance of malignancy. Cancer Immunol Res 2015; 3:97-102. [PMID: 25660552 DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-14-0238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Most humans carry the potentially life-endangering Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The immediate danger after infection is imposed by proliferation of the B cells that carry the viral genome. Although a number of different cell types can be infected with EBV, B lymphocytes are exceptionally sensitive; they express a set of virus-encoded proteins, which collaborate with host proteins to induce proliferation. This phenomenon can be demonstrated in vitro with experimentally infected B cells. These viral genes are expressed only in B lymphocytes and are restricted to a defined differentiation stage. This limitation is of high importance for the maintenance of the controlled EBV-carrier state of humans. The emergence of EBV-induced B-cell malignancies is counteracted by highly efficient immunologic mechanisms. Recognition of EBV-transformed immunoblasts in an MHC class I-restricted manner by cytotoxic CD8 T cells and, to a lesser extent, by CD4 T cells, is thought to play the major role. The in vitro experimental results are in accordance with the emergence of EBV(+) B-cell malignancies in immunosuppressive conditions. In this Masters primer, we emphasize that in addition to eliminating B cells that carry the virus genome, the regulatory circuit of the immune response also operates in surveillance, particularly in the early phase of infection. This mechanism involves T-cell-mediated regulation of B-cell differentiation. Because of the strict dependence of the viral growth program on the expression of host cell factors, altering the differentiation state can curb the proliferation of B cells that harbor the viral genome.
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- Eva Klein
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Rasul E, Salamon D, Nagy N, Leveau B, Banati F, Szenthe K, Koroknai A, Minarovits J, Klein G, Klein E. The MEC1 and MEC2 lines represent two CLL subclones in different stages of progression towards prolymphocytic leukemia. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106008. [PMID: 25162594 PMCID: PMC4146575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The EBV carrying lines MEC1 and MEC2 were established earlier from explants of blood derived cells of a chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patient at different stages of progression to prolymphocytoid transformation (PLL). This pair of lines is unique in several respects. Their common clonal origin was proven by the rearrangement of the immunoglobulin genes. The cells were driven to proliferation in vitro by the same indigenous EBV strain. They are phenotypically different and represent subsequent subclones emerging in the CLL population. Furthermore they reflect the clinical progression of the disease. We emphasize that the support for the expression of the EBV encoded growth program is an important differentiation marker of the CLL cells of origin that was shared by the two subclones. It can be surmised that proliferation of EBV carrying cells in vitro, but not in vivo, reflects the efficient surveillance that functions even in the severe leukemic condition. The MEC1 line arose before the aggressive clinical stage from an EBV carrying cell within the subclone that was in the early prolymphocytic transformation stage while the MEC2 line originated one year later, from the subsequent subclone with overt PLL characteristics. At this time the disease was disseminated and the blood lymphocyte count was considerably elevated. The EBV induced proliferation of the MEC cells belonging to the subclones with markers of PLL agrees with earlier reports in which cells of PLL disease were infected in vitro and immortalized to LCL. They prove also that the expression of EBV encoded set of proteins can be determined at the event of infection. This pair of lines is particularly important as they provide in vitro cells that represent the subclonal evolution of the CLL disease. Furthermore, the phenotype of the MEC1 cells shares several characteristics of ex vivo CLL cells.
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MESH Headings
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/pathology
- B-Lymphocytes/virology
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Proliferation
- Clonal Evolution/immunology
- Clone Cells/immunology
- Clone Cells/pathology
- Clone Cells/virology
- Disease Progression
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens/genetics
- Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens/metabolism
- Gene Expression
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/physiology
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/immunology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/virology
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic/immunology
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic/pathology
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic/virology
- Lymphocyte Count
- Time Factors
- Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics
- Viral Matrix Proteins/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
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- Eahsan Rasul
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- RT-Europe Nonprofit Research Ltd, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
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- RT-Europe Nonprofit Research Ltd, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
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- Microbiological Research Group, National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Microbiological Research Group, National Center for Epidemiology, Budapest, Hungary
- University of Szeged, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology and Experimental Dental Research, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Instititet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Younesi V, Shirazi FG, Memarian A, Amanzadeh A, Jeddi-Tehrani M, Shokri F. Assessment of the effect of TLR7/8, TLR9 agonists and CD40 ligand on the transformation efficiency of Epstein-Barr virus in human B lymphocytes by limiting dilution assay. Cytotechnology 2013; 66:95-105. [PMID: 23404520 DOI: 10.1007/s10616-013-9542-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Infection of human B cells with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induces polyclonal activation in almost all infected cells, but a small proportion of infected cells are transformed to immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines. Since B cells are activated also by CD40 ligand (CD40L) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonists via a similar signaling pathway, it is likely that costimulation through these molecules could result in synergistic enhancement of the transformation efficiency of EBV. In this study, the stimulatory effect of TLR7/8 (R848), TLR9 (CpG) agonists and/or CD40L on transformation efficiency of EBV in normal human B cells was assessed using the limiting dilution assay. Costimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) with CpG and R848, but not CD40L, increased significantly the frequency of EBV transformed B cells (p < 0.001). Neither synergistic nor additive effects were observed between TLR agonists and CD40L and also TLR7/8 and TLR9 agonists. Costimulation with R848, CpG and CD40L enhanced the proliferative response of B cells infected with EBV. This effect was more evident when enriched B cells were employed, compared to PBMCs. The promoting effect of TLR agonists stimulation, implies that EBV may take advantage of the genes induced by the TLR stimulation pathway for viral latency and oncogenesis.
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- Vahid Younesi
- Department of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 14155, Tehran, Iran
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Soluble factors produced by activated CD4+ T cells modulate EBV latency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:1512-7. [PMID: 22307606 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120587109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Following infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus is carried for life in the memory B-cell compartment in a silent state (latency I/0). These cells do not resemble the proliferating lymphoblastoid cells (LCLs) (latency III) that are generated after infection. It is of fundamental significance to identify how the different EBV expression patterns are established in the latently infected cell. In view of the prompt activatability of CD4(+) T cells in primary EBV infection, and their role in B-cell differentiation, we studied the involvement of CD4(+) T cells in the regulation of EBV latency. Lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) were cocultured with autologous or allogeneic CD4(+) T cells. Activated T cells influenced the expression of two key viral proteins that determine the fate of the infected B cell. EBNA2 was down-regulated, whereas LMP1 was unregulated and the cells proliferated less. This was paralleled by the down-regulation of the latency III promoter (Cp). Experiments performed in the transwell system showed that this change does not require cell contact, but it is mediated by soluble factors. Neutralizing experiments proved that the up-regulation of LMP1 is, to some extent, mediated by IL21, but this cytokine was not responsible for EBNA2 down-regulation. This effect was partly mediated by soluble CD40L. We detected similar regulatory functions of T cells in in vitro-infected lymphocyte populations. In conclusion, our results revealed an additional mechanism by which CD4(+) T cells can control the EBV-induced B-cell proliferation.
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Swanson-Mungerson M, Bultema R, Longnecker R. Epstein-Barr virus LMP2A imposes sensitivity to apoptosis. J Gen Virol 2010; 91:2197-202. [PMID: 20484564 PMCID: PMC3066549 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.021444-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In cell lines, the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-encoded protein latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) protects B-cells from apoptosis by blocking B-cell receptor (BCR) signalling. However, EBV-infected B-cells in vivo are extremely different from cell lines. This study used a murine transgenic model in which B-cells express LMP2A and a BCR specific for hen egg lysozyme to determine whether LMP2A protects resting and antigen-activated B-cells from apoptosis. LMP2A allows BCR signal transduction and induces constitutive activation of NF-κB to increase Bcl-2 levels that afford LMP2A-mediated protection from apoptosis in the absence or presence of antigen. In contrast, low levels of NF-κB inhibitor only affected Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL levels and increased apoptosis in LMP2A-negative B-cells after BCR cross-linking. These data suggest that LMP2A uniquely makes resting B-cells sensitive to NF-κB inhibition and apoptosis and suggest that NF-κB may be a novel target to eradicate latently EBV-infected B-cells.
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- Michelle Swanson-Mungerson
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL 60516, USA.
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Niller HH, Wolf H, Minarovits J. Regulation and dysregulation of Epstein–Barr virus latency: Implications for the development of autoimmune diseases. Autoimmunity 2009; 41:298-328. [DOI: 10.1080/08916930802024772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Interleukin-21 regulates expression of key Epstein-Barr virus oncoproteins, EBNA2 and LMP1, in infected human B cells. Virology 2008; 374:100-13. [PMID: 18222514 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 09/27/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) persists for the life of the host by accessing the long-lived memory B cell pool. It has been proposed that EBV uses different combinations of viral proteins, known as latency types, to drive infected B cells to make the transition from resting B cells to memory cells. This process is normally antigen-driven. A major unresolved question is what factors coordinate expression of EBV latency proteins. We have recently described novel type III latency EBV+ B cell lines (OCI-BCLs) that were induced to differentiate into late plasmablasts/early plasma cells in culture with interleukin-21 (IL-21), mimicking normal B cell development. The objective of this study was to determine whether IL-21-mediated signals also regulate the expression of key EBV latent proteins during this window of development. Here we show that IL-21-reduced gene and protein expression of growth-transforming EBV nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) in OCI-BCLs. By contrast, the expression of CD40-like, latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) strongly increased in these cells suggesting an EBNA2-independent mode of regulation. Same results were also observed in Burkitt's lymphoma line Jijoye and B95-8 transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines. The effect of IL-21 on EBNA2 and LMP1 expression was attenuated by a pharmacological JAK inhibitor indicating involvement of JAK/STAT signalling in this process. Our study also shows that IL-21 induced transcription of ebna1 from the viral Q promoter (Qp).
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Werner M, Ernberg I, Zou J, Almqvist J, Aurell E. Epstein-Barr virus latency switch in human B-cells: a physico-chemical model. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2007; 1:40. [PMID: 17764547 PMCID: PMC2164963 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-1-40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Background The Epstein-Barr virus is widespread in all human populations and is strongly associated with human disease, ranging from infectious mononucleosis to cancer. In infected cells the virus can adopt several different latency programs, affecting the cells' behaviour. Experimental results indicate that a specific genetic switch between viral latency programs, reprograms human B-cells between proliferative and resting states. Each of these two latency programs makes use of a different viral promoter, Cp and Qp, respectively. The hypothesis tested in this study is that this genetic switch is controlled by both human and viral transcription factors; Oct-2 and EBNA-1. We build a physico-chemical model to investigate quantitatively the dynamical properties of the promoter regulation and experimentally examine protein level variations between the two latency programs. Results Our experimental results display significant differences in EBNA-1 and Oct-2 levels between resting and proliferating programs. With the model we identify two stable latency programs, corresponding to a resting and proliferating cell. The two programs differ in robustness and transcriptional activity. The proliferating state is markedly more stable, with a very high transcriptional activity from its viral promoter. We predict the promoter activities to be mutually exclusive in the two different programs, and our relative promoter activities correlate well with experimental data. Transitions between programs can be induced, by affecting the protein levels of our transcription factors. Simulated time scales are in line with experimental results. Conclusion We show that fundamental properties of the Epstein-Barr virus involvement in latent infection, with implications for tumor biology, can be modelled and understood mathematically. We conclude that EBNA-1 and Oct-2 regulation of Cp and Qp is sufficient to establish mutually exclusive expression patterns. Moreover, the modelled genetic control predict both mono- and bistable behavior and a considerable difference in transition dynamics, based on program stability and promoter activities. Both these phenomena we hope can be further investigated experimentally, to increase the understanding of this important switch. Our results also stress the importance of the little known regulation of human transcription factor Oct-2.
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- Maria Werner
- Computational Biological Physics, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Computational Biological Physics, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Tobollik S, Meyer L, Buettner M, Klemmer S, Kempkes B, Kremmer E, Niedobitek G, Jungnickel B. Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 inhibits AID expression during EBV-driven B-cell growth. Blood 2006; 108:3859-64. [PMID: 16882707 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-05-021303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Somatic hypermutation and class-switch recombination in germinal centers critically depend on activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). Deregulation of AID may lead to the aberrant activation or persistence of both genetic processes, thus contributing to the pathogenesis of B-cell lymphomas by mistargeted mutagenesis or recombination. The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) establishes an asymptomatic latent infection in more than 90% of the human population, but it has also been linked to lymphomagenesis. A cooperative relationship of EBV and the germinal center reaction during the establishment of viral persistence has been postulated, but the contribution of EBV latent genes to the respective genetic events remains to be investigated in detail. In the present study, we show that activation of the EBV growth program has a clear inhibitory effect on AID expression, due to a negative effect of the master transcription factor of this program, EBNA2. This mechanism may counterbalance AID induction by the LMP1 protein, in order to prevent deleterious genetic changes during EBV-induced B-cell growth. EBNA2-mediated AID inhibition also provides a molecular explanation for the previously observed differences in somatic hypermutation activity in EBV-associated lymphoproliferative diseases, thus pointing to a crucial mechanism of EBV-mediated regulation of genomic integrity.
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- Stephanie Tobollik
- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Biology, GSF-Research Center for Environment and Health, Marchioninistrasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
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Niller HH, Salamon D, Banati F, Schwarzmann F, Wolf H, Minarovits J. The LCR of EBV makes Burkitt's lymphoma endemic. Trends Microbiol 2004; 12:495-9. [PMID: 15488390 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The spectacular ability of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to immortalize and morphologically transform human B cells in vitro to lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) is central to most molecular models of viral oncogenesis. However, binding of transcription factor and oncoprotein c-Myc to the major locus control region (LCR) of the viral genome directs us to an alternative model for the origin of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL). In this model, improved nuclear maintenance of the viral genome and the continuous expression of anti-apoptotic functions in B cells exhibiting class I EBV latency contribute to the generation of BL, without any detour through EBV nuclear antigen (EBNA) 2-driven B-cell immortalization (also called class III latency).
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- Hans H Niller
- Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Regensburg, Research Center, Landshuter Strasse 22, D-93047 Regensburg, Germany.
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O'Nions J, Allday MJ. Proliferation and differentiation in isogenic populations of peripheral B cells activated by Epstein-Barr virus or T cell-derived mitogens. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:881-895. [PMID: 15039531 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19704-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human B cells isolated from peripheral blood were activated and induced to proliferate by either Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) or the T cell-derived mitogens CD40 ligand (CD40L) plus interleukin (IL)-4. Although both populations initially proliferated as B-blasts, significant differences were revealed over a longer period. EBV infection resulted in continuously proliferating lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs), whereas most of the CD40L/IL-4-stimulated B cells had a finite proliferative lifespan of 3-4 weeks. Cell cycle analysis, trypan blue staining and Western blot analysis for cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) all demonstrated that the decrease in proliferation in CD40L/IL-4-stimulated B cells is not due to cell death. Instead, these cells arrest, accumulate in G(0)/G(1) and undergo alterations in cell surface marker expression, cellular morphology and immunoglobulin production, all consistent with plasmacytoid differentiation. In contrast, B cells infected with EBV continued to proliferate and retained a blast-like phenotype. Differences in both cytokine production and the expression of cell cycle regulators were identified between the two B-cell populations, which might contribute to the differentiation of the CD40L/IL-4-stimulated B cells and suggest potential mechanisms by which EBV may overcome this. The study has also identified a window of opportunity during which a comparison of isogenic populations of EBV- and mitogen-driven B blasts can be made.
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- Jenny O'Nions
- Department of Virology and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Virology and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Wright-Fleming Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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Kiss C, Nishikawa J, Takada K, Trivedi P, Klein G, Szekely L. T cell leukemia I oncogene expression depends on the presence of Epstein-Barr virus in the virus-carrying Burkitt lymphoma lines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:4813-8. [PMID: 12672960 PMCID: PMC153638 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0730710100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We used a modified subtractive suppression hybridization to identify cellular genes that show altered expression in Burkitt lymphomas (BLs) in the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Comparison of the gene expression patterns of an EBV-negative clone of the originally EBV-positive BL line Akata, with its Neo(R)-EBV derivative, revealed a significant difference in the expression of the T cell leukemia 1 oncogene (TCL-1). Subsequent expression studies showed that the original EBV-positive Akata line and the EBV-reconstituted derivative expressed high levels of TCL-1, whereas the EBV-negative variant showed only a low level of expression. Two other independently established EBV-positive BLs (Mutu and OMA) that have also thrown off EBV showed a similar decrease in TCL-1 expression after virus loss. Reinfection with Neo(R)-EBV restored the TCL-1 expression levels in the EBV loss variants to as high a level as the originally EBV-positive lines. High-resolution immunostaining showed that TCL-1 was localized in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Our findings suggest that high expression of TCL-1 is necessary for the development of the BL phenotype. In view of the fact that germinal center B cells, regarded as the progenitors of BL, do not express TCL-1, we suggest that constitutive expression of this oncogene occurs by genetic or epigenetic changes in the EBV-negative BLs. In the originally EBV-positive BLs, the ability of the virus to switch on TCL-1 expression would obviate this need.
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- Csaba Kiss
- Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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