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Almohammed R, Osborn K, Ramasubramanyan S, Perez-Fernandez IBN, Godfrey A, Mancini EJ, Sinclair AJ. Mechanism of activation of the BNLF2a immune evasion gene of Epstein-Barr virus by Zta. J Gen Virol 2018; 99:805-817. [PMID: 29580369 PMCID: PMC6096924 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The human gamma herpes virus Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) exploits multiple routes to evade the cellular immune response. During the EBV lytic replication cycle, viral proteins are expressed that provide excellent targets for recognition by cytotoxic T cells. This is countered by the viral BNLF2a gene. In B cells during latency, where BNLF2a is not expressed, we show that its regulatory region is embedded in repressive chromatin. The expression of BNLF2a mirrors the expression of a viral lytic cycle transcriptional regulator, Zta (BZLF1, EB1, ZEBRA), in B cells and we propose that Zta plays a role in up-regulating BNLF2a. In cells undergoing EBV lytic replication, we identified two distinct regions of interaction of Zta with the chromatin-associated BNLF2a promoter. We identify five potential Zta-response elements (ZREs) in the promoter that are highly conserved between virus isolates. Zta binds to these elements in vitro and activates the expression of the BNLF2a promoter in both epithelial and B cells. We also found redundancy amongst the ZREs. The EBV genome undergoes a biphasic DNA methylation cycle during its infection cycle. One of the ZREs contains an integral CpG motif. We show that this can be DNA methylated during EBV latency and that both Zta binding and promoter activation are enhanced by its methylation. In summary, we find that the BNLF2a promoter is directly targeted by Zta and that DNA methylation within the proximal ZRE aids activation. The implications for regulation of this key viral gene during the reactivation of EBV from latency are discussed.
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- Rajaei Almohammed
- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.,Present address: Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.,Present address: RS Mehta Jain Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Vision Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
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Anderson DJ. Modeling mucosal cell-associated HIV type 1 transmission in vitro. J Infect Dis 2015; 210 Suppl 3:S648-53. [PMID: 25414419 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) can efficiently spread by direct cell-to-cell contact, a mechanism termed cell-associated HIV transmission. By some estimates, cell-associated HIV transmission is 10-1000-fold more effective than cell-free HIV infection. Mucosal cell-associated HIV transmission may occur when HIV-bearing cells in mucosal secretions from an HIV-infected donor transfer virus directly to recipient target cells in or below the mucosal epithelium, or through HIV transcytosis across the mucosal epithelium of a noninfected host. This mechanism may play an important role in the sexual and vertical transmission of HIV-1, yet most in vitro tests of vaccine and microbicide efficacy assess cell-free virus transmission. This article reviews in vitro assays that have been used to model mucosal cell-associated transmission, including microscopy, immune cell cocultures, use of HIV-infected cells in epithelial cell transcytosis assays, and cell-associated infection of mucosal tissue explants. Assays that authentically simulate mucosal cell-associated HIV transmission could provide valuable insight into mechanisms and molecules that can potentially be targeted for HIV prevention, as well as critical models for testing novel HIV prevention strategies for efficacy against cell-associated HIV transmission.
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- Deborah J Anderson
- Department of Obstetrics and GynecologyDepartment of MicrobiologyDepartment of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts
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Rennekamp AJ, Lieberman PM. Initiation of lytic DNA replication in Epstein-Barr virus: search for a common family mechanism. Future Virol 2010; 5:65-83. [PMID: 22468146 PMCID: PMC3314400 DOI: 10.2217/fvl.09.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Herpesviruses are a complex family of dsDNA viruses that are a major cause of human disease. All family members share highly related viral replication proteins, such as DNA polymerase, ssDNA-binding proteins and processivity factors. Consequently, it is generally thought that lytic replication occurs through a common and conserved mechanism. However, considerable evidence indicates that proteins controlling initiation of DNA replication vary greatly among the herepesvirus subfamilies. In this article, we focus on some of the known mechanisms that regulate Epstein-Barr virus lytic-cycle replication, and compare this to other herpesvirus family members. Our reading of the literature leads us to conclude that diverse viral mechanisms generate a common nucleoprotein prereplication structure that can be recognized by a highly conserved family of viral replication enzymes.
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- Andrew J Rennekamp
- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA and The University of Pennsylvania, Biomedical Graduate Program in Cell & Molecular Biology, The School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Tel.: +1 215 898 9523, Fax: +1 251 898 0663,
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- The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Tel.: +1 215 898 9491, Fax: +1 215 898 0663,
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El-Guindy AS, Miller G. Phosphorylation of Epstein-Barr virus ZEBRA protein at its casein kinase 2 sites mediates its ability to repress activation of a viral lytic cycle late gene by Rta. J Virol 2004; 78:7634-44. [PMID: 15220438 PMCID: PMC434091 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.14.7634-7644.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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ZEBRA, a member of the bZIP family, serves as a master switch between latent and lytic cycle Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) gene expression. ZEBRA influences the activity of another viral transactivator, Rta, in a gene-specific manner. Some early lytic cycle genes, such as BMRF1, are activated in synergy by ZEBRA and Rta. However, ZEBRA suppresses Rta's ability to activate a late gene, BLRF2. Here we show that this repressive activity is dependent on the phosphorylation state of ZEBRA. We find that two residues of ZEBRA, S167 and S173, that are phosphorylated by casein kinase 2 (CK2) in vitro are also phosphorylated in vivo. Inhibition of ZEBRA phosphorylation at the CK2 substrate motif, either by serine-to-alanine substitutions or by use of a specific inhibitor of CK2, abolished ZEBRA's capacity to repress Rta activation of the BLRF2 gene, but did not alter its ability to initiate the lytic cycle or to synergize with Rta in activation of the BMRF1 early-lytic-cycle gene. These studies illustrate how the phosphorylation state of a transcriptional activator can modulate its behavior as an activator or repressor of gene expression. Phosphorylation of ZEBRA at its CK2 sites is likely to play an essential role in proper temporal control of the EBV lytic life cycle.
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- Ayman S El-Guindy
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA
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Kudoh A, Fujita M, Kiyono T, Kuzushima K, Sugaya Y, Izuta S, Nishiyama Y, Tsurumi T. Reactivation of lytic replication from B cells latently infected with Epstein-Barr virus occurs with high S-phase cyclin-dependent kinase activity while inhibiting cellular DNA replication. J Virol 2003; 77:851-61. [PMID: 12502801 PMCID: PMC140784 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.2.851-861.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Productive infection and replication of herpesviruses usually occurs in growth-arrested cells, but there has been no direct evidence in the case of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), since an efficient lytic replication system without external stimuli does not exist for the virus. Expression of the EBV lytic-switch transactivator BZLF1 protein in EBV-negative epithelial tumor cell lines, however, is known to arrest the cell cycle in G(0)/G(1) by induction of the tumor suppressor protein p53 and the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors p21(WAF-1/CIP-1) and p27(KIP-1), followed by the accumulation of a hypophosphorylated form of the Rb protein. In order to determine the effect of the onset of lytic viral replication on cellular events in latently EBV-infected B LCLs, a tightly controlled induction system of the EBV lytic-replication program by inducible BZLF1 protein expression was established in B95-8 cells. The induction of lytic replication completely arrested cell cycle progression and cellular DNA replication. Surprisingly, the levels of p53, p21(WAF-1/CIP-1), and p27(KIP-1) were constant before and after induction of the lytic program, indicating that the cell cycle arrest induced by the lytic program is not mediated through p53 and the CDK inhibitors. Furthermore, although cellular DNA replication was blocked, elevation of cyclin E/A expression and accumulation of hyperphosphorylated forms of Rb protein were observed, a post-G(1)/S phase characteristic of cells. Thus, while the EBV lytic program promoted specific cell cycle-associated activities involved in the progression from G(1) to S phase, it inhibited cellular DNA synthesis. Such cellular conditions appear to especially favor viral lytic replication.
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- Ayumi Kudoh
- Division of Virology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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Yokoyama N, Hirata M, Ohtsuka K, Nishiyama Y, Fujii K, Fujita M, Kuzushima K, Kiyono T, Tsurumi T. Co-expression of human chaperone Hsp70 and Hsdj or Hsp40 co-factor increases solubility of overexpressed target proteins in insect cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1493:119-24. [PMID: 10978513 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The insect-baculovirus expression system has proved particularly useful for producing recombinant proteins that are biologically active. Overexpression of foreign proteins using the recombinant baculovirus system is often accompanied by aggregation of the overexpressed protein, which is thought to be due to a limitation of the translated protein folding in the infected cells. Co-infection of a recombinant baculovirus capable of expressing the human chaperone Hsp70 slightly increased the solubility of the overexpressed Epstein-Barr virus replication protein, BZLF1. Co-expression of Hsp70 and its co-factor, Hsdj or Hsp40, was here found to improve the solubility of the target protein several fold. Thus, a baculovirus expression system producing these molecular chaperones may find application for improved production of target foreign gene products in insect cells.
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- N Yokoyama
- Division of Virology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan
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Lu J, Chen SY, Chua HH, Liu YS, Huang YT, Chang Y, Chen JY, Sheen TS, Tsai CH. Upregulation of tyrosine kinase TKT by the Epstein-Barr virus transactivator Zta. J Virol 2000; 74:7391-9. [PMID: 10906192 PMCID: PMC112259 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.16.7391-7399.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The Zta protein is a key transactivator involved in initiating the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic cascade. In addition to transactivating many viral genes, Zta has the capacity to influence host cellular signals by binding to promoter regions or by interacting with several important cellular factors. Based on the observation that tyrosine kinases play central roles in determining the fate of cells, a kinase display assay was used to investigate whether cells expressing Zta have an altered pattern of kinase expression. The assay revealed that TRK-related tyrosine kinase (TKT) is expressed at significant levels in Zta transfectants but not in control cells. Additional evidence was obtained from Northern and Western blotting. Importantly, the upregulation of phosphorylated TKT and TKT downstream effector matrix metalloproteinase 1 in Zta transfectants hinted that TKT might initiate a signaling cascade in Zta-expressing cells. In addition, deletion analysis of the Zta protein revealed that the transactivation and dimerization domains were both essential for the upregulation of TKT transcription. Moreover, correlation of expression levels of Zta and TKT transcripts in nasopharyngeal carcinoma biopsy specimens was clearly demonstrated by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR), which provides the first evidence for an effect of Zta on cellular gene expression in vivo. These findings offer insight into the virus-cell interactions and may help us elucidate the role of EBV in tumorigenesis.
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- J Lu
- Graduate Institute of Microbiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Yoshizaki T, Sato H, Murono S, Pagano JS, Furukawa M. Matrix metalloproteinase 9 is induced by the Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 transactivator. Clin Exp Metastasis 1999; 17:431-6. [PMID: 10651310 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006699003525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Type IV collagenases, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) 2 and MMP9 are implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis. In patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), poor prognosis due to development of local and distant metastasis has been reported to be predicted by antibody titers against the Z protein which is an AP-1 family transcription factor encoded by the EBV BZLF1 immediate-early gene. Here we report that in patients with NPC, expression of Z in tumor cells correlates with advanced cervical lymph node metastasis which may suggest that Z affects tumor invasion and metastasis. We therefore tested if Z would induce expression of type IV collagenases. Transfection of Z expression plasmid into the C33A epithelial cell line increased expression of MMP9, but MMP2 expression was unaltered. Mutational analysis of the Z protein revealed that, in addition to all three functional domains of Z (dimerization domain, DNA binding domain, and activation domain), the carboxyl terminal 17 amino acids which stabilize the Z protein were necessary for induction of MMP9 expression. Analysis of the MMP9 promoter demonstrated that only AP-1 site close to the transcriptional start-site was essential for transactivation by Z. Previously we reported that Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) stimulates MMP9 expression (Yoshizaki et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 1998; 95: 3621-6). Thus, Z together with LMP1 may contribute to invasion and metastasis of NPC by inducing expression of MMP9.
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- T Yoshizaki
- Department of Otolaryngology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan.
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Tsuji M, Funahashi S, Takigawa M, Seiki M, Fujii K, Yoshida T. Expression of c-fos gene inhibits proteoglycan synthesis in transfected chondrocyte. FEBS Lett 1996; 381:222-6. [PMID: 8601460 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00118-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The effect of expression of c-fos gene on proteoglycan synthesis, one of the important markers of cartilage metabolism, was examined by introducing the c-fos DNA into HCS 2/8 chondrocytes. The [35S]sulfate incorporation into proteoglycan was decreased in the c-fos transfectants expressing exogenous c-fos mRNA, when compared to a control transfectant. A significant increase in transcription of MMP-3 with the suppressed transcription of aggrecan and TIMP-1 were also observed in the c-fos transfectants. Moreover, analysis of the effect of AP-1 proteins on the collagenase and TIMP-1 promoters in gastric carcinoma KKLS cells revealed that c-Fos combined with any of the Jun-related proteins failed to stimulate the TIMP-1 promoter, though collagenase promoter was effectively activated by any Fos/Jun-related protein heterocomplex. These findings indicate that the c-fos expression may govern the cartilage metabolism and hence may play an important role in the pathogenesis of joint destruction in arthritis.
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- M Tsuji
- Tokyo Institute for Immunopharmacology, Japan
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Marschall M, Alliger P, Schwarzmann F, Bogedain C, Brand M, Reichelt B, Glaser G, Wolf H. The lytic transition of Epstein-Barr virus is imitated by recombinant B-cells. Arch Virol 1993; 129:23-33. [PMID: 8385916 DOI: 10.1007/bf01316882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Lytic transition of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is initiated by distinct immediate early regulators of the viral cycle, in synchronization to temporary, permissive conditions during host cell differentiation. We developed eukaryotic vectors suitable to imitate the processes involved in lytic transition in cell culture systems. Two stable B cell lines were established: R59Z activator cells were used to induce lytic EBV expression in a constitutive manner by the production of the BZLF 1 trans-activator (Zta). R7-57 reporter cells, on the other hand, signaled induced activity of the lytic origin of EBV replication (ori Lyt). Different modes, like chemical induction, lytic superinfection with EBV and single gene trans-activation converted the recombinant ori Lyt element in R7-57 reporter cells. BZLF 1, transiently expressed in R7-57 reporter cells, was the only EBV trans-activator found, sufficient in inducing the viral lytic cycle. Basing on these experiments, trans-cellular activation of EBV was tested by cocultivation of BZLF 1-expressing R59Z activator cells with the R7-57 reporter line. No lytic effect on the reporter cells could be measured, neither by cocultivation of activator cells nor by coincubation of BZLF 1-containing cell lysates. Latency breaking activity, however, was transferred from activator to reporter cells when active, exogenous virus was added. The cell system described in these experiments provides a tool for the detection of EBV reactivation and demonstrates the potential of the lytic regulatory gene BZLF 1.
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- M Marschall
- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany
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