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Zeng J, Cao D, Yang S, Jaijyan DK, Liu X, Wu S, Cruz-Cosme R, Tang Q, Zhu H. Insights into the Transcriptome of Human Cytomegalovirus: A Comprehensive Review. Viruses 2023; 15:1703. [PMID: 37632045 PMCID: PMC10458407 DOI: 10.3390/v15081703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a widespread pathogen that poses significant risks to immunocompromised individuals. Its genome spans over 230 kbp and potentially encodes over 200 open-reading frames. The HCMV transcriptome consists of various types of RNAs, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), circular RNAs (circRNAs), and microRNAs (miRNAs), with emerging insights into their biological functions. HCMV mRNAs are involved in crucial viral processes, such as viral replication, transcription, and translation regulation, as well as immune modulation and other effects on host cells. Additionally, four lncRNAs (RNA1.2, RNA2.7, RNA4.9, and RNA5.0) have been identified in HCMV, which play important roles in lytic replication like bypassing acute antiviral responses, promoting cell movement and viral spread, and maintaining HCMV latency. CircRNAs have gained attention for their important and diverse biological functions, including association with different diseases, acting as microRNA sponges, regulating parental gene expression, and serving as translation templates. Remarkably, HCMV encodes miRNAs which play critical roles in silencing human genes and other functions. This review gives an overview of human cytomegalovirus and current research on the HCMV transcriptome during lytic and latent infection.
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- Janine Zeng
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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- Institute of Pathogenic Organisms, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Department of Pain Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Howard University College of Medicine, 520 W Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 070101, USA
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Poole E, Sinclair J. Latency-associated upregulation of SERBP1 is important for the recruitment of transcriptional repressors to the viral major immediate early promoter of human cytomegalovirus during latent carriage. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:999290. [PMID: 36504797 PMCID: PMC9729347 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.999290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Suppression of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) major immediate early gene (IE) expression from the viral major immediate early promoter (MIEP) is known to be crucial for the establishment and maintenance of HCMV latency in myeloid progenitor cells and their undifferentiated derivatives. This suppression of the MIEP during latent infection is known to result from epigenetic histone modification imparting a repressive chromatin structure around the MIEP in undifferentiated myeloid cells. In contrast, reactivation, resulting from, e.g., myeloid cell differentiation, is associated with activatory chromatin marks around the MIEP. Recently, recruitment of the transcriptional repressor SETDB1, via KAP1, to latent HCMV genomes was shown to be involved in latency-associated MIEP suppression in CD34+ progenitor cells. KAP1 is also known to associate with Chromodomain-helicase-DNA-binding protein 3 (CHD3) as part of the NuRD complex which can aid transcriptional silencing. We now show that the cellular protein Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 RNA-binding protein (SERBP1), a known interactor of CHD3, is significantly upregulated during HCMV latency and that this protein is required for MIEP suppression during latent infection of myeloid cells. We further show that SERBP1 mediates CHD3 association with the MIEP as well as KAP1 association with viral genomic DNA. We suggest that SERBP1 functions as a scaffold protein to recruit transcriptional repressors to the latent viral genome and to mediate transcriptional silencing of the MIEP during latent carriage.
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- Emma Poole
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Lee S, Kim H, Hong A, Song J, Lee S, Kim M, Hwang SY, Jeong D, Kim J, Son A, Lee YS, Kim VN, Kim JS, Chang H, Ahn K. Functional and molecular dissection of HCMV long non-coding RNAs. Sci Rep 2022; 12:19303. [PMID: 36369338 PMCID: PMC9652368 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23317-3] [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: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Small, compact genomes confer a selective advantage to viruses, yet human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) expresses the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs); RNA1.2, RNA2.7, RNA4.9, and RNA5.0. Little is known about the function of these lncRNAs in the virus life cycle. Here, we dissected the functional and molecular landscape of HCMV lncRNAs. We found that HCMV lncRNAs occupy ~ 30% and 50-60% of total and poly(A)+viral transcriptome, respectively, throughout virus life cycle. RNA1.2, RNA2.7, and RNA4.9, the three abundantly expressed lncRNAs, appear to be essential in all infection states. Among these three lncRNAs, depletion of RNA2.7 and RNA4.9 results in the greatest defect in maintaining latent reservoir and promoting lytic replication, respectively. Moreover, we delineated the global post-transcriptional nature of HCMV lncRNAs by nanopore direct RNA sequencing and interactome analysis. We revealed that the lncRNAs are modified with N6-methyladenosine (m6A) and interact with m6A readers in all infection states. In-depth analysis demonstrated that m6A machineries stabilize HCMV lncRNAs, which could account for the overwhelming abundance of viral lncRNAs. Our study lays the groundwork for understanding the viral lncRNA-mediated regulation of host-virus interaction throughout the HCMV life cycle.
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- Sungwon Lee
- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.37172.300000 0001 2292 0500Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- grid.31501.360000 0004 0470 5905School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea ,grid.410720.00000 0004 1784 4496Institute for Basic Science, Center for RNA Research, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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Sleman S, Hao H, Najmuldeen H, Jalal P, Saeed N, Othman D, Qian Z. Human Cytomegalovirus UL24 and UL43 Cooperate to Modulate the Expression of Immunoregulatory UL16 Binding Protein 1. Viral Immunol 2022; 35:529-544. [PMID: 36179070 DOI: 10.1089/vim.2022.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL24 and UL43 are tegument proteins that have recently been shown to interact with each other in a yeast two-hybrid system. By their overexpression in MRC5 cells, we demonstrate that these viral proteins interact with several important host proteins, especially Dicer and trans-activation response RNA binding protein. As these hots proteins are involved in regulating the production of cellular micro-RNAs, the cytomegalovirus (CMV) proteins could interfere with their actions to favor viral replication directly or through an immune escape mechanism. Double knockout of UL24 and UL43 does not show a remarkable effect on CMV entry or replication, but it significantly downregulates the expression of CMV-encoded miR-UL59, which is thought to regulate the expression of a downstream target UL16 binding protein 1 (ULBP1). Interestingly, the double knockout increases the expression of the ULBP1 recognized by the NKG2D activating receptor of natural killer cells. This study investigates the potential role of several proteins encoded by HCMV in regulating the host cellular environment to favor escape from immunity, and it also provides some basis for the future development of RNA-targeted small molecules to control HCMV infection.
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- Sirwan Sleman
- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.,Medical Laboratory Analysis, College of Health Science, Cihan University of Sulaimaniya, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.,Unit of Herpesvirus and Molecular Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Unit of Herpesvirus and Molecular Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Medical Laboratory Analysis, College of Health Science, Cihan University of Sulaimaniya, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.,Biology Department, College of Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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- Biology Department, College of Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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- Unit of Herpesvirus and Molecular Virology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Zheng S, Meng F, Li D, Liu L, Ge D, Wang Q, Liu H. A Deacetylase CqSIRT1 Promotes WSSV Infection by Binding to Viral Envelope Proteins in Cherax quadricarinatus. Viruses 2022; 14:v14081733. [PMID: 36016356 PMCID: PMC9414731 DOI: 10.3390/v14081733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), a member of the class III lysine deacetylases, exhibits powerful functional diversity in physiological processes and disease occurrences. However, the potential molecular mechanism underlying the role of SIRT1 during viral infection in crustaceans is poorly understood. Herein, SIRT1 was functionally characterized from the red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, which possesses typically conserved deacetylase domains and strong evolutionary relationships across various species. Moreover, gene knockdown of CqSIRT1 in crayfish haematopoietic tissue (Hpt) cell culture inhibited white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) late envelope gene vp28 transcription. In contrast, enhancement of deacetylase activity using a pharmacological activator promoted the replication of WSSV. Mechanically, CqSIRT1 was co-localized with viral envelope protein VP28 in the nuclei of Hpt cells and directly bound to VP28 with protein pulldown and co-immunoprecipitation assays. Furthermore, CqSIRT1 also interacted with another two viral envelope proteins, VP24 and VP26. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report that WSSV structural proteins are linked to lysine deacetylases, providing a better understanding of the role of CqSIRT1 during WSSV infection and novel insights into the basic mechanism underlying the function of lysine deacetylases in crustaceans.
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- Shucheng Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fishery Drug Development of Ministry of Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Animal Immune Technology of Guangdong Province, Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510380, China
- Correspondence: (Q.W.); (H.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Marine Bioproducts and Technology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266100, China
- Correspondence: (Q.W.); (H.L.)
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Serganov AA, Udi Y, Stein ME, Patel V, Fridy PC, Rice CM, Saeed M, Jacobs EY, Chait BT, Rout MP. Proteomic elucidation of the targets and primary functions of the picornavirus 2A protease. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101882. [PMID: 35367208 PMCID: PMC9168619 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Picornaviruses are small RNA viruses that hijack host cell machinery to promote their replication. During infection, these viruses express two proteases, 2Apro and 3Cpro, which process viral proteins. They also subvert a number of host functions, including innate immune responses, host protein synthesis, and intracellular transport, by utilizing poorly understood mechanisms for rapidly and specifically targeting critical host proteins. Here, we used proteomic tools to characterize 2Apro interacting partners, functions, and targeting mechanisms. Our data indicate that, initially, 2Apro primarily targets just two cellular proteins: eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4G (a critical component of the protein synthesis machinery) and Nup98 (an essential component of the nuclear pore complex, responsible for nucleocytoplasmic transport). The protease appears to employ two different cleavage mechanisms; it likely interacts with eIF3L, utilizing the eIF3 complex to proteolytically access the eIF4G protein but also directly binds and degrades Nup98. This Nup98 cleavage results in only a marginal effect on nuclear import of proteins, while nuclear export of proteins and mRNAs were more strongly affected. Collectively, our data indicate that 2Apro selectively inhibits protein translation, key nuclear export pathways, and cellular mRNA localization early in infection to benefit viral replication at the expense of particular cell functions.
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- Artem A Serganov
- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA
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- Laboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA; Chemistry Department, St John's University, Queens, New York, USA.
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA.
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Rescue of Pentamer-Null Strains of Human Cytomegalovirus in Epithelial Cells by Use of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Reveals an Additional Postentry Function for the Pentamer Complex. J Virol 2022; 96:e0003122. [PMID: 35343807 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00031-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) tropism for epithelial cells is determined by the pentameric glycoprotein complex found on the viral envelope. Laboratory-adapted strains, such as AD169, typically develop loss-of-function mutations for the pentamer, thus losing the ability to efficiently initiate lytic replication in epithelial cells. Using our human salivary gland-derived epithelial (hSGE) cell model, we observed that 3 chemically distinct histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors can rescue infection in hSGE cells using pentamer-null strains of HCMV. Additionally, infection in ARPE-19 epithelial cells was rescued in a similar manner. We isolated nuclei from AD169-infected cells, quantified viral genomes by quantitative PCR (qPCR), and discovered that while HDAC inhibitors increased immediate early (IE) gene expression, they did not increase the amount of viral DNA in the nucleus. Using immunofluorescence microscopy, we observed that pentamer-null strains showed punctate patterning of pp71 in proximity to the nucleus of infected cells, while pp71 was localized to the nucleus after infection with pentamer-containing strains. Upon treatment with HDAC inhibitors, these punctae remained perinuclear, while more cells displayed entry into the lytic cycle, noted by increased IE-positive nuclei. Taken together, our data indicate that HCMV pentamer-null viruses are able to infect epithelial cells (albeit less efficiently than pentamer-positive viruses) and traffic to the nucleus but fail to initiate lytic gene expression once there. These studies reveal a novel postentry function of the pentamer in addition to the recognized role of pentamer in mediating entry. IMPORTANCE Human cytomegalovirus has a wide cellular tropism, which is driven by one of its glycoprotein complexes, the pentamer. Laboratory-adapted strains continuously passaged on fibroblasts readily lose pentamer function and thus lose their ability to infect diverse cell types such as epithelial cells. Pentamer has been attributed an entry function during infection, but mechanistic details as to how this is achieved have not been definitely demonstrated. In this study, we investigate how pharmacological rescue of pentamer-null strains during epithelial infection by histone deacetylase inhibitors implicates a novel role for the pentamer downstream of entry. This work expands on potential functions of the pentamer, will drive future studies to understand mechanistically how it affects tropism, and provides a new target for future therapeutics.
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Manska S, Rossetto CC. Identification of cellular proteins associated with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) DNA replication suggests novel cellular and viral interactions. Virology 2022; 566:26-41. [PMID: 34861458 PMCID: PMC8720285 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2021.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Upon entry of Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) into the host cell, the viral genome is transported to the nucleus where it serves as a template for transcription and genome replication. Production of new viral genomes is a coordinated effort between viral and cellular proteins. While the core replication proteins are encoded by the virus, additional cellular proteins support the process of genome synthesis. We used accelerated native isolation of proteins on nascent DNA (aniPOND) to study protein dynamics on nascent viral DNA during HCMV infection. Using this method, we identified specific viral and cellular proteins that are associated with nascent viral DNA. These included transcription factors, transcriptional regulators, DNA damage and repair factors, and chromatin remodeling complexes. The association of these identified proteins with viral DNA was confirmed by immunofluorescent imaging, chromatin-immunoprecipitation analyses, and shRNA knockdown experiments. These data provide evidence for the requirement of cellular factors involved in HCMV replication.
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- Salomé Manska
- University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 1664 North Virginia Street/MS320, Reno, NV 89557 USA
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- University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 1664 North Virginia Street/MS320, Reno, NV 89557 USA,Correspondence to: Cyprian C. Rossetto, Ph.D.
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Transcription Repressor Protein ZBTB25 Associates with HDAC1-Sin3a Complex in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Macrophages, and Its Inhibition Clears Pathogen by Autophagy. mSphere 2021; 6:6/1/e00036-21. [PMID: 33627504 PMCID: PMC8544881 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00036-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Downregulation of host gene expression is a key strategy employed by intracellular pathogens for their survival in macrophages and subsequent pathogenesis. In a previous study, we have shown that histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) levels go up in macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and it hypoacetylates histone H3 at the promoter of IL-12B gene, leading to its downregulation. We now show that after infection with M. tuberculosis, HDAC1 is phosphorylated, and the levels of phosphorylated HDAC1 (pHDAC1) increase significantly in macrophages. We found that transcriptional repressor protein zinc finger and BTB domain 25 (ZBTB25) and transcriptional corepressor Sin3a associate with the HDAC1 silencing complex, which is recruited to the promoter of IL-12B to downregulate its expression in infected macrophages. Knocking down of ZBTB25 enhanced release of IL-12p40 from infected macrophages. Inhibition of HDAC1 and ZBTB25 promoted colocalization of M. tuberculosis and LC3 (microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3) in autophagosomes. Induction of autophagy resulted in the killing of intracellular M. tuberculosis. Enhanced phosphorylation of JAK2 and STAT4 was observed in macrophages upon treatment with HDAC1 and ZBTB inhibitors, and inhibition of JAK2/STAT4 negated the killing of the intracellular pathogen, suggesting their role in the autophagy-mediated killing of intracellular M. tuberculosis. In view of the emergence of drug resistance in M. tuberculosis, host-directed therapy is an attractive alternative strategy to combat tuberculosis (TB). HDACs have been proposed to be host targets for TB treatment. Our study indicates that ZBTB25, a functional subunit of the HDAC1/Sin3a repressor complex involved in IL-12B suppression, could be an alternative target for host-directed anti-TB therapy. IMPORTANCE Following infection with M. tuberculosis, levels of HDAC1 go up in macrophages, and it is recruited to the promoter of IL-12B where it hypoacetylates histone H3, leading to the downregulation of the gene. Here, we show that host transcriptional repressor protein ZBTB25 and transcriptional corepressor Sin3a associate with HDAC1 in the silencing complex. Knocking down of ZBTB25 prevented the recruitment of the complex to the promoter and consequently enhanced the gene expression and the release of IL-12p40 from infected macrophages. Pharmacological inhibition of ZBTB25 in infected macrophages resulted in the induction of autophagy and killing of intracellular M. tuberculosis. Drug-resistant TB is a serious challenge to TB control programs all over the world which calls for finding alternative therapeutic methods. Host-directed therapy is gaining significant momentum in treating infectious diseases. We propose that ZBTB25 is a potential target for host-directed treatment of TB.
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Liao Y, Lupiani B, Izumiya Y, Reddy SM. Marek's disease virus Meq oncoprotein interacts with chicken HDAC 1 and 2 and mediates their degradation via proteasome dependent pathway. Sci Rep 2021; 11:637. [PMID: 33437016 PMCID: PMC7803728 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80792-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Marek's disease virus (MDV) encodes a basic-leucine zipper (BZIP) protein, Meq, which is considered the major MDV oncoprotein. It has been reported that the oncogenicity of Meq is associated with its interaction with C-terminal binding protein 1 (CtBP), which is also an interaction partner of Epstein-Barr virus encoded EBNA3A and EBNA3C oncoproteins. Since both EBNA3C and CtBP interact with histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and HDAC2, we examined whether Meq shares this interaction with chicken HDAC1 (chHDAC1) and chHDAC2. Using confocal microscopy analysis, we show that Meq co-localizes with chHDAC1 and chHDAC2 in the nuclei of MDV lymphoblastoid tumor cells. In addition, immunoprecipitation assays demonstrate that Meq interacts with chHDAC1 and chHDAC2 in transfected cells and MDV lymphoblastoid tumor cells. Using deletion mutants, interaction domains were mapped to the N-terminal dimerization domain of chHDAC1 and chHDAC2, and the BZIP domain of Meq. Our results further demonstrate that this interaction mediates the degradation of chHDAC1 and chHDAC2 via the proteasome dependent pathway. In addition, our results show that Meq also induces the reduction of global ubiquitinated proteins through a proteasome dependent pathway. In conclusion, our results provide evidence that Meq interacts with chHDAC1 and chHDAC2, and induces their proteasome dependent degradation.
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- Yifei Liao
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS4467, TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS4467, TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, MS4467, TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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Buenahora MR, Lafaurie GI, Perdomo SJ. Identification of HPV16-p16 INK4a mediated methylation in oral potentially malignant disorder. Epigenetics 2020; 16:1016-1030. [PMID: 33164635 DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1834923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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To evaluate the possible involvement of epigenetic modulation by HPV16-p16INK4a in oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD). We generated DNA-methylation profiles, according to p16INK4a expression and HPV16 genotype (positive or negative), of OPMD samples and p16INK4a-HPV16 negative samples (used as control), using reduced-representation bisulphite sequencing (RRBS-Seq- Illumina) technology. Twelve samples, four for each group, as follows: 1) p16INK4a+ HPV16+; 2) p16INK4a+ HPV16-; 3) p16INK4a- HPV16-, were analysed in triplicate for DNA-methylation profiles. Fifty-four per cent of DMRs were hypermethylated and 46% were hypomethylated. An increase in methylation of loci in OPMD was independent of the presence of HPV. The hypermethylated genes in HPV+ samples were associated with signalling pathways such as NICD traffics to nucleus, signalling by NOTCH1 (p = 0.008), Interferon-gamma (p = 0.008) and Interleukin-6 signalling (p = 0.027). The hypomethylated genes in HPV infection were associated with TRAF3-dependent IRF activation pathway (p = 0.002), RIG-I/MDA5 mediated induction of IFN-alpha/beta pathways (p = 0.005), TRAF6 mediated IRF7 activation (p = 0.009), TRIF-mediated TLR3/TLR4 signalling (p = 0.011) and MyD88-independent cascade release of apoptotic factors (p = 0.011). Protein association analysis of DMRs in OPMD revealed 19 genes involved in the cell cycle regulation, immune system, and focal adhesion. Aberrantly methylated loci in OPMD were observed in p16INK4a positive samples which suggests that a shift in global methylation status may be important for cancer progression. The results suggest that HPV infection in OPMD induces modulation of genes related to the immune system and regulation of the cellular cycle.
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- Maria Rosa Buenahora
- Unit of Oral Clinical Epidemiology, School of Dentistry, El Bosque University, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Unit of Basic Oral Investigation, School of Dentistry, El Bosque University, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Cellular and Molecular Immunology Research Group, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
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Regulation of the MIE Locus During HCMV Latency and Reactivation. Pathogens 2020; 9:pathogens9110869. [PMID: 33113934 PMCID: PMC7690695 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9110869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous herpesviral pathogen that results in life-long infection. HCMV maintains a latent or quiescent infection in hematopoietic cells, which is broadly defined by transcriptional silencing and the absence of de novo virion production. However, upon cell differentiation coupled with immune dysfunction, the virus can reactivate, which leads to lytic replication in a variety of cell and tissue types. One of the mechanisms controlling the balance between latency and reactivation/lytic replication is the regulation of the major immediate-early (MIE) locus. This enhancer/promoter region is complex, and it is regulated by chromatinization and associated factors, as well as a variety of transcription factors. Herein, we discuss these factors and how they influence the MIE locus, which ultimately impacts the phase of HCMV infection.
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Lee CH, Grey F. Systems Virology and Human Cytomegalovirus: Using High Throughput Approaches to Identify Novel Host-Virus Interactions During Lytic Infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2020; 10:280. [PMID: 32587832 PMCID: PMC7298070 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus, persistently infecting between 30 and 100% of the population, depending on socio-economic status (Fields et al., 2013). HCMV remains an important clinical pathogen accounting for more than 60% of complications associated with solid organ transplant patients (Kotton, 2013; Kowalsky et al., 2013; Bruminhent and Razonable, 2014). It is also the leading cause of infectious congenital birth defects and has been linked to chronic inflammation and immune aging (Ballard et al., 1979; Griffith et al., 2016; Jergovic et al., 2019). There is currently no effective vaccine and HCMV antivirals have significant side effects. As current antivirals target viral genes, the virus can develop resistance, reducing drug efficacy. There is therefore an urgent need for new antiviral agents that are effective against HCMV, have better toxicity profiles and are less vulnerable to the emergence of resistant strains. Targeting of host factors that are critical to virus replication is a potential strategy for the development of novel antivirals that circumvent the development of viral resistance. Systematic high throughput approaches provide powerful methods for the identification of novel host-virus interactions. As well as contributing to our basic understanding of virus and cell biology, such studies provide potential targets for the development of novel antiviral agents. High-throughput studies, such as RNA sequencing, proteomics, and RNA interference screens, are useful tools to identify HCMV-induced global changes in host mRNA and protein expression levels and host factors important for virus replication. Here, we summarize new findings on HCMV lytic infection from high-throughput studies since 2014 and how screening approaches have evolved.
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- Chen-Hsuin Lee
- Division of Infection and Immunity, Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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: The use of cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a vaccine vector to express antigens against multiple infectious diseases, including simian immunodeficiency virus, Ebola virus, plasmodium, and mycobacterium tuberculosis, in rhesus macaques has generated extraordinary levels of protective immunity against subsequent pathogenic challenge. Moreover, the mechanisms of immune protection have altered paradigms about viral vector-mediated immunity against ectopically expressed vaccine antigens. Further optimization of CMV-vectored vaccines, particularly as this approach moves to human clinical trials will be augmented by a more complete understanding of how CMV engenders mechanisms of immune protection. This review summarizes the particulars of the specific CMV vaccine vector that has been used to date (rhesus CMV strain 68-1) in relation to CMV natural history.
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Temporal dynamics of protein complex formation and dissociation during human cytomegalovirus infection. Nat Commun 2020; 11:806. [PMID: 32041945 PMCID: PMC7010728 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14586-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The co-evolution and co-existence of viral pathogens with their hosts for millions of years is reflected in dynamic virus-host protein-protein interactions (PPIs) that are intrinsic to the spread of infections. Here, we investigate the system-wide dynamics of protein complexes throughout infection with the herpesvirus, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Integrating thermal shift assays and mass spectrometry quantification with virology and microscopy, we monitor the temporal formation and dissociation of hundreds of functional protein complexes and the dynamics of host-host, virus-host, and virus-virus PPIs. We establish pro-viral roles for cellular protein complexes and translocating proteins. We show the HCMV receptor integrin beta 1 dissociates from extracellular matrix proteins, becoming internalized with CD63, which is necessary for virus production. Moreover, this approach facilitates characterization of essential viral proteins, such as pUL52. This study of temporal protein complex dynamics provides insights into mechanisms of HCMV infection and a resource for biological and therapeutic studies. Here, Hashimoto et al. apply mass spectrometry-based thermal proximity coaggregation to characterize the temporal dynamics of virus-host protein-protein interactions during human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection, uncovering proviral functions including the internalization of the HCMV receptor integrin beta 1 with CD63.
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Adamson CS, Nevels MM. Bright and Early: Inhibiting Human Cytomegalovirus by Targeting Major Immediate-Early Gene Expression or Protein Function. Viruses 2020; 12:v12010110. [PMID: 31963209 PMCID: PMC7019229 DOI: 10.3390/v12010110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), one of eight human herpesviruses, establishes lifelong latent infections in most people worldwide. Primary or reactivated HCMV infections cause severe disease in immunosuppressed patients and congenital defects in children. There is no vaccine for HCMV, and the currently approved antivirals come with major limitations. Most approved HCMV antivirals target late molecular processes in the viral replication cycle including DNA replication and packaging. “Bright and early” events in HCMV infection have not been exploited for systemic prevention or treatment of disease. Initiation of HCMV replication depends on transcription from the viral major immediate-early (IE) gene. Alternative transcripts produced from this gene give rise to the IE1 and IE2 families of viral proteins, which localize to the host cell nucleus. The IE1 and IE2 proteins are believed to control all subsequent early and late events in HCMV replication, including reactivation from latency, in part by antagonizing intrinsic and innate immune responses. Here we provide an update on the regulation of major IE gene expression and the functions of IE1 and IE2 proteins. We will relate this insight to experimental approaches that target IE gene expression or protein function via molecular gene silencing and editing or small chemical inhibitors.
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Epigenetic factor siRNA screen during primary KSHV infection identifies novel host restriction factors for the lytic cycle of KSHV. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008268. [PMID: 31923286 PMCID: PMC6977772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Establishment of viral latency is not only essential for lifelong Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection, but it is also a prerequisite of viral tumorigenesis. The latent viral DNA has a complex chromatin structure, which is established in a stepwise manner regulated by host epigenetic factors during de novo infection. However, despite the importance of viral latency in KSHV pathogenesis, we still have limited information about the repertoire of epigenetic factors that are critical for the establishment and maintenance of KSHV latency. Therefore, the goal of this study was to identify host epigenetic factors that suppress lytic KSHV genes during primary viral infection, which would indicate their role in latency establishment. We performed an siRNA screen targeting 392 host epigenetic factors during primary infection and analyzed which ones affect the expression of the viral replication and transcription activator (RTA) and/or the latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA), which are viral genes essential for lytic replication and latency, respectively. As a result, we identified the Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex, Tip60 and Tip60-associated co-repressors, and the histone demethylase KDM2B as repressors of KSHV lytic genes during both de novo infection and the maintenance of viral latency. Furthermore, we showed that KDM2B rapidly binds to the incoming viral DNA as early as 8 hpi, and can limit the enrichment of activating histone marks on the RTA promoter favoring the downregulation of RTA expression even prior to the polycomb proteins-regulated heterochromatin establishment on the viral genome. Strikingly, KDM2B can also suppress viral gene expression and replication during lytic infection of primary gingival epithelial cells, revealing that KDM2B can act as a host restriction factor of the lytic cycle of KSHV during both latent and lytic infections in multiple different cell types. Latent viral infection of cancer cells in KSHV-associated tumors is critical for the growth and survival of the cancer. Thus, revealing how lytic viral genes get suppressed through epigenetic regulation following de novo KSHV infection, resulting in the establishment of latency, is central to understanding the pathogenesis of KSHV infection. Importantly, the epigenetic factors that we identified as suppressors of KSHV lytic genes are not only crucial for the establishment and maintenance of KSHV latency in different cell types, but also several of them can block lytic KSHV infection in oral epithelial cells. Since herpesviruses often rely on similar sets of host epigenetic factors, the characterization of these newly identified epigenetic factors in KSHV infection may help to better understand fundamental epigenetic mechanisms that may also be utilized by other herpesviruses to establish latency following primary infection.
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Nobre LV, Nightingale K, Ravenhill BJ, Antrobus R, Soday L, Nichols J, Davies JA, Seirafian S, Wang ECY, Davison AJ, Wilkinson GWG, Stanton RJ, Huttlin EL, Weekes MP. Human cytomegalovirus interactome analysis identifies degradation hubs, domain associations and viral protein functions. eLife 2019; 8:e49894. [PMID: 31873071 PMCID: PMC6959991 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) extensively modulates host cells, downregulating >900 human proteins during viral replication and degrading ≥133 proteins shortly after infection. The mechanism of degradation of most host proteins remains unresolved, and the functions of many viral proteins are incompletely characterised. We performed a mass spectrometry-based interactome analysis of 169 tagged, stably-expressed canonical strain Merlin HCMV proteins, and two non-canonical HCMV proteins, in infected cells. This identified a network of >3400 virus-host and >150 virus-virus protein interactions, providing insights into functions for multiple viral genes. Domain analysis predicted binding of the viral UL25 protein to SH3 domains of NCK Adaptor Protein-1. Viral interacting proteins were identified for 31/133 degraded host targets. Finally, the uncharacterised, non-canonical ORFL147C protein was found to interact with elements of the mRNA splicing machinery, and a mutational study suggested its importance in viral replication. The interactome data will be important for future studies of herpesvirus infection.
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- Luis V Nobre
- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchGlasgowUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and ImmunityCardiff University School of MedicineCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and ImmunityCardiff University School of MedicineCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and ImmunityCardiff University School of MedicineCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus ResearchGlasgowUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and ImmunityCardiff University School of MedicineCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- Division of Infection and ImmunityCardiff University School of MedicineCardiffUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Cell BiologyHarvard Medical SchoolBostonUnited States
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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Mirzaei H, Ghorbani S, Khanizadeh S, Namdari H, Faghihloo E, Akbari A. Histone deacetylases in virus-associated cancers. Rev Med Virol 2019; 30:e2085. [PMID: 31743548 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Oncogenic viruses are one of the most important causes of cancer worldwide. The pathogens contribute to the establishment of human malignancies by affecting various cellular events. Epigenetic mechanisms, such as histone modification methylation/demethylation, are one of the most critical events manipulated by oncogenic viruses to drive tumorigenesis. Histone modifications are mediated by histone acetylation and deacetylation, regulated by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs), respectively. Dysregulation of HDACs activity affects viral tumorigenesis in several ways, such as manipulating tumor suppressor and viral gene expression. The present review aims to describe the vital interactions between both cancer-caused/associated viruses and the HDAC machinery, particularly by focusing on those viruses involved in gastrointestinal tumors, as some of the most common viral-mediated cancers.
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- Habibollah Mirzaei
- Hepatitis Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.,Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Hepatitis Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.,Department of Virology, School of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
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- Colorectal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Colorectal Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Salamun SG, Sitz J, De La Cruz-Herrera CF, Yockteng-Melgar J, Marcon E, Greenblatt J, Fradet-Turcotte A, Frappier L. The Epstein-Barr Virus BMRF1 Protein Activates Transcription and Inhibits the DNA Damage Response by Binding NuRD. J Virol 2019; 93:e01070-19. [PMID: 31462557 PMCID: PMC6819917 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01070-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The BMRF1 protein of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has multiple roles in viral lytic infection, including serving as the DNA polymerase processivity factor, activating transcription from several EBV promoters and inhibiting the host DNA damage response to double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs). Using affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry, we identified the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylation (NuRD) complex as the top interactor of BMRF1. We further found that NuRD components localize with BMRF1 at viral replication compartments and that this interaction occurs through the BMRF1 C-terminal region previously shown to mediate transcriptional activation. We identified an RBBP4 binding motif within this region that can interact with both RBBP4 and MTA2 components of the NuRD complex and showed that point mutation of this motif abrogates NuRD binding as well as the ability of BMRF1 to activate transcription from the BDLF3 and BLLF1 EBV promoters. In addition to its role in transcriptional regulation, NuRD has been shown to contribute to DSB signaling in enabling recruitment of RNF168 ubiquitin ligase and subsequent ubiquitylation at the break. We showed that BMRF1 inhibited RNF168 recruitment and ubiquitylation at DSBs and that this inhibition was at least partly relieved by loss of the NuRD interaction. The results reveal a mechanism by which BMRF1 activates transcription and inhibits DSB signaling and a novel role for NuRD in transcriptional activation in EBV.IMPORTANCE The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BMRF1 protein is critical for EBV infection, playing key roles in viral genome replication, activation of EBV genes, and inhibition of host DNA damage responses (DDRs). Here we show that BMRF1 targets the cellular nucleosome remodeling and deacetylation (NuRD) complex, using a motif in the BMRF1 transcriptional activation sequence. Mutation of this motif disrupts the ability of BMRF1 to activate transcription and interfere with DDRs, showing the importance of the NuRD interaction for BMRF1 functions. BMRF1 was shown to act at the same step in the DDR as NuRD, suggesting that it interferes with NuRD function.
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- Samuel G Salamun
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cancer Research Center and CHU de Québec Research Center-Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Facultad de ciencias de la vida, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cancer Research Center and CHU de Québec Research Center-Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Olias P, Etheridge RD, Zhang Y, Holtzman MJ, Sibley LD. Toxoplasma Effector Recruits the Mi-2/NuRD Complex to Repress STAT1 Transcription and Block IFN-γ-Dependent Gene Expression. Cell Host Microbe 2017; 20:72-82. [PMID: 27414498 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is an essential mediator of host defense against intracellular pathogens, including the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. However, prior T. gondii infection blocks IFN-γ-dependent gene transcription, despite the downstream transcriptional activator STAT1 being activated and bound to cognate nuclear promoters. We identify the parasite effector that blocks STAT1-dependent transcription and show it is associated with recruitment of the Mi-2 nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase (NuRD) complex, a chromatin-modifying repressor. This secreted effector, toxoplasma inhibitor of STAT1-dependent transcription (TgIST), translocates to the host cell nucleus, where it recruits Mi-2/NuRD to STAT1-dependent promoters, resulting in altered chromatin and blocked transcription. TgIST is conserved across strains, underlying their shared ability to block IFN-γ-dependent transcription. TgIST deletion results in increased parasite clearance in IFN-γ-activated cells and reduced mouse virulence, which is restored in IFN-γ-receptor-deficient mice. These findings demonstrate the importance of both IFN-γ responses and the ability of pathogens to counteract these defenses.
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- Philipp Olias
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Cytomegalovirus Late Protein pUL31 Alters Pre-rRNA Expression and Nuclear Organization during Infection. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.00593-17. [PMID: 28659485 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00593-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The replication cycle of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) leads to drastic reorganization of domains in the host cell nucleus. However, the mechanisms involved and how these domains contribute to infection are not well understood. Our recent studies defining the CMV-induced nuclear proteome identified several viral proteins of unknown functions, including a protein encoded by the UL31 gene. We set out to define the role of UL31 in CMV replication. UL31 is predicted to encode a 74-kDa protein, referred to as pUL31, containing a bipartite nuclear localization signal, an intrinsically disordered region overlapping arginine-rich motifs, and a C-terminal dUTPase-like structure. We observed that pUL31 is expressed with true late kinetics and is localized to nucleolin-containing nuclear domains. However, pUL31 is excluded from the viral nuclear replication center. Nucleolin is a marker of nucleoli, which are membrane-less regions involved in regulating ribosome biosynthesis and cellular stress responses. Other CMV proteins associate with nucleoli, and we demonstrate that pUL31 specifically interacts with the viral protein, pUL76. Coexpression of both proteins altered pUL31 localization and nucleolar organization. During infection, pUL31 colocalizes with nucleolin but not the transcriptional activator, UBF. In the absence of pUL31, CMV fails to reorganize nucleolin and UBF and exhibits a replication defect at a low multiplicity of infection. Finally, we observed that pUL31 is necessary and sufficient to reduce pre-rRNA levels, and this was dependent on the dUTPase-like motif in pUL31. Our studies demonstrate that CMV pUL31 functions in regulating nucleolar biology and contributes to the reorganization of nucleoli during infection.IMPORTANCE Nucleolar biology is important during CMV infection with the nucleolar protein, with nucleolin playing a role in maintaining the architecture of the viral nuclear replication center. However, the extent of CMV-mediated regulation of nucleolar biology is not well established. Proteins within nucleoli regulate ribosome biosynthesis and p53-dependent cellular stress responses that are capable of inducing cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis, and they are proposed targets for cancer therapies. This study establishes that CMV protein pUL31 is necessary and sufficient to regulate nucleolar biology involving the reorganization of nucleolar proteins. Understanding these processes will help define approaches to stimulate cellular intrinsic stress responses that are capable of inhibiting CMV infection.
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The SWI/SNF Chromatin Regulator BRG1 Modulates the Transcriptional Regulatory Activity of the Epstein-Barr Virus DNA Polymerase Processivity Factor BMRF1. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.02114-16. [PMID: 28228591 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02114-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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During the lytic phase of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), binding of the transactivator Zta to the origin of lytic replication (oriLyt) and the BHLF1 transcript, forming a stable RNA-DNA hybrid, is required to initiate viral DNA replication. EBV-encoded viral DNA replication proteins form complexes to amplify viral DNA. BMRF1, the viral DNA polymerase accessory factor, is essential for lytic DNA replication and also known as a transcriptional regulator of the expression of BHLF1 and BALF2 (single-stranded DNA [ssDNA]-binding protein). In order to determine systematically how BMRF1 regulates viral transcription, a BMRF1 knockout bacmid was generated to analyze viral gene expression using a viral DNA microarray. We found that a subset of Rta-responsive late genes, including BcLF1, BLLF1, BLLF2, and BDLF3, were downregulated in cells harboring a BMRF1 knockout EBV bacmid (p2089ΔBMRF1). In reporter assays, BMRF1 appears to transactivate a subset of viral late promoters through distinct pathways. BMRF1 activates the BDLF3 promoter in an SP1-dependent manner. Notably, BMRF1 associates with the transcriptional regulator BRG1 in EBV-reactivated cells. BMRF1-mediated transactivation activities on the BcLF1 and BLLF1 promoters were attenuated by knockdown of BRG1. In BRG1-depleted EBV-reactivated cells, BcLF1 and BLLF1 transcripts were reduced in number, resulting in reduced virion secretion. BMRF1 and BRG1 bound to the adjacent upstream regions of the BcLF1 and BLLF1 promoters, and depletion of BRG1 attenuated the recruitment of BMRF1 onto both promoters, suggesting that BRG1 is involved in BMRF1-mediated regulation of these two genes. Overall, we reveal a novel pathway by which BMRF1 can regulate viral promoters through interaction with BRG1.IMPORTANCE The cascade of viral gene expression during Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication is exquisitely regulated by the coordination of the viral DNA replication machinery and cellular factors. Upon lytic replication, the EBV immediate early proteins Zta and Rta turn on the expression of early proteins that assemble into viral DNA replication complexes. The DNA polymerase accessory factor, BMRF1, also is known to transactivate early gene expression through its interaction with SP1 or Zta on specific promoters. Through a global analysis, we demonstrate that BMRF1 also turns on a subset of Rta-regulated, late structural gene promoters. Searching for BMRF1-interacting cellular partners revealed that the SWI/SNF chromatin modifier BRG1 contributes to BMRF1-mediated transactivation of a subset of late promoters through protein-protein interaction and viral chromatin binding. Our findings indicate that BMRF1 regulates the expression of more viral genes than thought previously through distinct viral DNA replication-independent mechanisms.
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Greco TM, Cristea IM. Proteomics Tracing the Footsteps of Infectious Disease. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 16:S5-S14. [PMID: 28163258 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o116.066001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Every year, a major cause of human disease and death worldwide is infection with the various pathogens-viruses, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa-that are intrinsic to our ecosystem. In efforts to control the prevalence of infectious disease and develop improved therapies, the scientific community has focused on building a molecular picture of pathogen infection and spread. These studies have been aimed at defining the cellular mechanisms that allow pathogen entry into hosts cells, their replication and transmission, as well as the core mechanisms of host defense against pathogens. The past two decades have demonstrated the valuable implementation of proteomic methods in all these areas of infectious disease research. Here, we provide a perspective on the contributions of mass spectrometry and other proteomics approaches to understanding the molecular details of pathogen infection. Specifically, we highlight methods used for defining the composition of viral and bacterial pathogens and the dynamic interaction with their hosts in space and time. We discuss the promise of MS-based proteomics in supporting the development of diagnostics and therapies, and the growing need for multiomics strategies for gaining a systems view of pathogen infection.
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- Todd M Greco
- From the ‡Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
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- From the ‡Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
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Multiple Transcripts Encode Full-Length Human Cytomegalovirus IE1 and IE2 Proteins during Lytic Infection. J Virol 2016; 90:8855-65. [PMID: 27466417 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00741-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Expression of the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IE1 and IE2 proteins is critical for the establishment of lytic infection and reactivation from viral latency. Defining the mechanisms controlling IE1 and IE2 expression is therefore important for understanding how HCMV regulates its replicative cycle. Here we identify several novel transcripts encoding full-length IE1 and IE2 proteins during HCMV lytic replication. Two of the alternative major immediate early (MIE) transcripts initiate in the first intron, intron A, of the previously defined MIE transcript, while others extend the 5' untranslated region. Each of the MIE transcripts associates with polyribosomes in infected cells and therefore contributes to IE1 and IE2 protein levels. Surprisingly, deletion of the core promoter region of the major immediate early promoter (MIEP) from a plasmid containing the MIE genomic locus did not completely abrogate IE1 and IE2 expression. Instead, deletion of the MIEP core promoter resulted in increased expression of alternative MIE transcripts, suggesting that the MIEP suppresses the activity of the alternative MIE promoters. While the canonical MIE mRNA was the most abundant transcript at immediate early times, the novel MIE transcripts accumulated to levels equivalent to that of the known MIE transcript later in infection. Using two HCMV recombinants, we found that sequences in intron A of the previously defined MIE transcript are required for efficient IE1 and IE2 expression and viral replication. Together, our results identify new regulatory sequences controlling IE1 and IE2 expression and suggest that multiple transcription units act in concert to regulate IE1 and IE2 expression during lytic infection. IMPORTANCE The HCMV IE1 and IE2 proteins are critical regulators of HCMV replication, both during primary infection and reactivation from viral latency. This study expands our understanding of the sequences controlling IE1 and IE2 expression by defining novel transcriptional units controlling the expression of full-length IE1 and IE2 proteins. Our results suggest that alternative promoters may allow for IE1 and IE2 expression when MIEP activity is limiting, as occurs in latently infected cells.
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Sattler C, Steer B, Adler H. Multiple Lytic Origins of Replication Are Required for Optimal Gammaherpesvirus Fitness In Vitro and In Vivo. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005510. [PMID: 27007137 PMCID: PMC4805163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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An unresolved question in herpesvirus biology is why some herpesviruses contain more than one lytic origin of replication (oriLyt). Using murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV-68) as model virus containing two oriLyts, we demonstrate that loss of either of the two oriLyts was well tolerated in some situations but not in others both in vitro and in vivo. This was related to the cell type, the organ or the route of inoculation. Depending on the cell type, different cellular proteins, for example Hexim1 and Rbbp4, were found to be associated with oriLyt DNA. Overexpression or downregulation of these proteins differentially affected the growth of mutants lacking either the left or the right oriLyt. Thus, multiple oriLyts are required to ensure optimal fitness in different cell types and tissues.
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- Christine Sattler
- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Munich, Germany
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Ziehr B, Lenarcic E, Cecil C, Moorman NJ. The eIF4AIII RNA helicase is a critical determinant of human cytomegalovirus replication. Virology 2016; 489:194-201. [PMID: 26773380 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) was recently shown to encode a large number of spliced mRNAs. While the nuclear export of unspliced viral transcripts has been extensively studied, the role of host mRNA export factors in HCMV mRNA trafficking remains poorly defined. We found that the eIF4AIII RNA helicase, a component of the exon junction complex, was necessary for efficient virus replication. Depletion of eIF4AIII limited viral DNA accumulation, export of viral mRNAs from the nucleus, and the production of progeny virus. However eIF4AIII was dispensable for the association of viral transcripts with ribosomes. We found that pateamine A, a natural compound that inhibits both eIF4AI/II and eIF4AIII, has potent antiviral activity and inhibits HCMV replication throughout the virus lytic cycle. Our results demonstrate that eIF4AIII is required for efficient HCMV replication, and suggest that eIF4A family helicases may be a new class of targets for the development of host-directed antiviral therapeutics.
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- Ben Ziehr
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Lum KK, Cristea IM. Proteomic approaches to uncovering virus-host protein interactions during the progression of viral infection. Expert Rev Proteomics 2016; 13:325-40. [PMID: 26817613 PMCID: PMC4919574 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2016.1147353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The integration of proteomic methods to virology has facilitated a significant breadth of biological insight into mechanisms of virus replication, antiviral host responses and viral subversion of host defenses. Throughout the course of infection, these cellular mechanisms rely heavily on the formation of temporally and spatially regulated virus-host protein-protein interactions. Reviewed here are proteomic-based approaches that have been used to characterize this dynamic virus-host interplay. Specifically discussed are the contribution of integrative mass spectrometry, antibody-based affinity purification of protein complexes, cross-linking and protein array techniques for elucidating complex networks of virus-host protein associations during infection with a diverse range of RNA and DNA viruses. The benefits and limitations of applying proteomic methods to virology are explored, and the contribution of these approaches to important biological discoveries and to inspiring new tractable avenues for the design of antiviral therapeutics is highlighted.
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- Krystal K Lum
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Characterization of histone post-translational modifications during virus infection using mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Methods 2015; 90:8-20. [PMID: 26093074 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that necessarily rely on hijacking cellular resources to produce viral progeny. The success of viral infection requires manipulation of host chromatin in order to activate genes useful for production of viral proteins as well as to suppress antiviral responses. Host chromatin manipulation on a global level is likely reliant on modulation of post-translational modifications (PTMs) on histone proteins. Mass spectrometry (MS) is a powerful tool to quantify and identify novel histone PTMs, beyond the limitations of site-specific antibodies. Here, we employ MS to investigate global changes in histone PTM relative abundance in human cells during infection with adenovirus. Our method reveals several changes in histone PTM patterns during infection. We propose that this method can be used to uncover global changes in histone PTM patterns that are universally modulated by viruses to take over the cell.
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Protein 2-Independent Activation of mTORC1 by Human Cytomegalovirus pUL38. J Virol 2015; 89:7625-35. [PMID: 25972538 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01027-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) controls cell growth and anabolic metabolism and is a critical host factor activated by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) for successful infection. The multifunctional HCMV protein pUL38 previously has been reported to activate mTORC1 by binding to and antagonizing tuberous sclerosis complex protein 2 (TSC2) (J. N. Moorman et al., Cell Host Microbe 3:253-262, 2008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2008.03.002). pUL38 also plays a role in blocking endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced cell death during HCMV infection. In this study, we showed that a mutant pUL38 lacking the N-terminal 24 amino acids (pHA-UL3825-331) was fully functional in suppressing cell death during infection. Interestingly, pHA-UL3825-331 lost the ability to interact with TSC2 but retained the ability to activate mTORC1, although to a lesser extent than full-length pHA-UL38. Recombinant virus expressing pHA-UL3825-331 replicated with ∼10-fold less efficiency than the wild-type virus at a low multiplicity of infection (MOI), but it grew similarly well at a high MOI, suggesting an MOI-dependent importance of pUL38-TSC2 interaction in supporting virus propagation. Site-directed mutational analysis identified a TQ motif at amino acid residues 23 and 24 as critical for pUL38 interaction with TSC2. Importantly, when expressed in isolation, the TQ/AA substitution mutant pHA-UL38 TQ/AA was capable of activating mTORC1 just like pHA-UL3825-331. We also created TSC2-null U373-MG cell lines by CRISPR genome editing and showed that pUL38 was capable of further increasing mTORC1 activity in TSC2-null cells. Therefore, this study identified the residues important for pUL38-TSC2 interaction and demonstrated that pUL38 can activate mTORC1 in both TSC2-dependent and -independent manners. IMPORTANCE HCMV, like other viruses, depends exclusively on its host cell to propagate. Therefore, it has developed methods to protect against host stress responses and to usurp cellular processes to complete its life cycle. mTORC1 is believed to be important for virus replication, and HCMV maintains high mTORC1 activity despite the stressful cellular environment associated with infection. mTORC1 inhibitors suppressed HCMV replication in vitro and reduced the incidence of HCMV reactivation in transplant recipients. We demonstrated that mTORC1 was activated by HCMV protein pUL38 in both TSC2-dependent and TSC2-independent manners. The pUL38-independent mode of mTORC1 activation also has been reported. These novel findings suggest the evolution of sophisticated approaches whereby HCMV activates mTORC1, indicating its importance in the biology and pathogenesis of HCMV.
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Ziehr B, Lenarcic E, Vincent HA, Cecil C, Garcia B, Shenk T, Moorman NJ. Human cytomegalovirus TRS1 protein associates with the 7-methylguanosine mRNA cap and facilitates translation. Proteomics 2015; 15:1983-94. [PMID: 25894605 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Viruses rely on the host translation machinery for the synthesis of viral proteins. Human cells have evolved sensors that recognize viral RNAs and inhibit mRNA translation in order to limit virus replication. Understanding how viruses manipulate the host translation machinery to gain access to ribosomes and disable the antiviral response is therefore a critical aspect of the host/pathogen interface. In this study, we used a proteomics approach to identify human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) proteins that might contribute to viral mRNA translation. The HCMV TRS1 protein (pTRS1) associated with the 7-methylguanosine mRNA cap, increased the total level of protein synthesis, and colocalized with mRNAs undergoing translation initiation during infection. pTRS1 stimulated translation of a nonviral reporter gene and increased the translation of a reporter containing an HCMV 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) to a greater extent. The preferential effect of pTRS1 on translation of an mRNA containing a viral 5'UTR required the pTRS1 RNA and double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR)-binding domains, and was likely the result of PKR inhibition. However, pTRS1 also stimulated the total level of protein synthesis and translation directed by an HCMV 5'UTR in cells lacking PKR. Thus our results demonstrate that pTRS1 stimulates translation through both PKR-dependent and PKR-independent mechanisms.
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- Benjamin Ziehr
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.,North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Rowles DL, Tsai YC, Greco TM, Lin AE, Li M, Yeh J, Cristea IM. DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A associates with viral proteins and impacts HSV-1 infection. Proteomics 2015; 15:1968-82. [PMID: 25758154 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Viral infections can alter the cellular epigenetic landscape, through modulation of either DNA methylation profiles or chromatin remodeling enzymes and histone modifications. These changes can act to promote viral replication or host defense. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a prominent human pathogen, which relies on interactions with host factors for efficient replication and spread. Nevertheless, the knowledge regarding its modulation of epigenetic factors remains limited. Here, we used fluorescently-labeled viruses in conjunction with immunoaffinity purification and MS to study virus-virus and virus-host protein interactions during HSV-1 infection in primary human fibroblasts. We identified interactions among viral capsid and tegument proteins, detecting phosphorylation of the capsid protein VP26 at sites within its UL37-binding domain, and an acetylation within the major capsid protein VP5. Interestingly, we found a nuclear association between viral capsid proteins and the de novo DNA methyltransferase DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase 3A (DNMT3A), which we confirmed by reciprocal isolations and microscopy. We show that drug-induced inhibition of DNA methyltransferase activity, as well as siRNA- and shRNA-mediated DNMT3A knockdowns trigger reductions in virus titers. Altogether, our results highlight a functional association of viral proteins with the mammalian DNA methyltransferase machinery, pointing to DNMT3A as a host factor required for effective HSV-1 infection.
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- Daniell L Rowles
- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Proteomics methods for discovering viral-host interactions. Methods 2015; 90:21-7. [PMID: 25959231 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 04/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The functions of many viral proteins involve direct interactions with specific host proteins. Therefore considerable insight into the functions of a viral protein and its mechanisms of action can come from applying proteomics approaches to viral proteins in order to identify their cellular binding partners. In this chapter we describe proteomics approaches that have proven to be the most useful in identifying host interactions of viral proteins in human cells. Caveats and potential alternatives for each step are also discussed.
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Jang MK, Anderson DE, van Doorslaer K, McBride AA. A proteomic approach to discover and compare interacting partners of papillomavirus E2 proteins from diverse phylogenetic groups. Proteomics 2015; 15:2038-50. [PMID: 25758368 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Revised: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Papillomaviruses are a very successful group of viruses that replicate persistently in localized regions of the stratified epithelium of their specific host. Infection results in pathologies ranging from asymptomatic infection, benign warts, to malignant carcinomas. Despite this diversity, papillomavirus genomes are small (7-8 kbp) and contain at most eight genes. To sustain the complex papillomaviral life cycle, each viral protein has multiple functions and interacts with and manipulates a plethora of cellular proteins. In this study, we use tandem affinity purification and MS to identify host factors that interact with 11 different papillomavirus E2 proteins from diverse phylogenetic groups. The E2 proteins function in viral transcription and replication and correspondingly interact with host proteins involved in transcription, chromatin remodeling and modification, replication, and RNA processing.
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- Moon Kyoo Jang
- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Advanced Mass Spectrometry Core, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Moorman NJ, Murphy EA. Roseomics: a blank slate. Curr Opin Virol 2014; 9:188-93. [PMID: 25437230 PMCID: PMC4268339 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2014.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2014] [Revised: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recent technological advances have led to an explosion in the system-wide profiling of biological processes in the study of herpesvirus biology, herein referred to as '-omics'. In many cases these approaches have revealed novel virus-induced changes to host cell biology that can be targeted with new antiviral therapeutics. Despite these successes, -omics approaches are not widely applied in the study of roseoloviruses. Here we describe examples of how -omics studies have shaped our understanding of herpesvirus biology, and discuss how these approaches might be used to identify host and viral factors that mediate roseolovirus pathogenesis.
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- Nathaniel J Moorman
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Luo Y, Muesing MA. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches for discovery of HIV-host interactions. Future Virol 2014; 9:979-992. [PMID: 25544858 DOI: 10.2217/fvl.14.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A molecular understanding of viral infection requires a multi-disciplinary approach. Mass spectrometry has emerged as an indispensable tool to investigate the complex and dynamic interactions between HIV-1 and its host. It has been employed to study protein associations, changes in protein abundance and post-translational modifications occurring after viral infection. Here, we review and provide examples of mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches currently used to explore virus-host interaction. Efforts in this area are certain to accelerate the discovery of the unique molecular strategies utilized by the virus to commandeer the cell as well as mechanisms of host defense.
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- Yang Luo
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Affiliate of The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Affiliate of The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue 7th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Jean Beltran PM, Cristea IM. The life cycle and pathogenesis of human cytomegalovirus infection: lessons from proteomics. Expert Rev Proteomics 2014; 11:697-711. [PMID: 25327590 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2014.971116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Viruses have coevolved with their hosts, acquiring strategies to subvert host cellular pathways for effective viral replication and spread. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a widely-spread β-herpesvirus, is a major cause of birth defects and opportunistic infections in HIV-1/AIDS patients. HCMV displays an intricate system-wide modulation of the human cell proteome. An impressive array of virus-host protein interactions occurs throughout the infection. To investigate the virus life cycle, proteomics has recently become a significant component of virology studies. Here, we review the mass spectrometry-based proteomics approaches used in HCMV studies, as well as their contribution to understanding the HCMV life cycle and the virus-induced changes to host cells. The importance of the biological insights gained from these studies clearly demonstrate the impact that proteomics has had and can continue to have on understanding HCMV biology and identifying new therapeutic targets.
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- Pierre M Jean Beltran
- Department of Molecular Biology, 210 Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, NJ 08544, USA
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The chromatin remodeling factor CHD5 is a transcriptional repressor of WEE1. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108066. [PMID: 25247294 PMCID: PMC4172601 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Loss of the chromatin remodeling ATPase CHD5 has been linked to the progression of neuroblastoma tumors, yet the underlying mechanisms behind the tumor suppressor role of CHD5 are unknown. In this study, we purified the human CHD5 complex and found that CHD5 is a component of the full NuRD transcriptional repressor complex, which also contains methyl-CpG binding proteins and histone deacetylases. The CHD5/NuRD complex appears mutually exclusive with the related CHD4/NuRD complex as overexpression of CHD5 results in loss of the CHD4 protein in cells. Following a search for genes that are regulated by CHD5 in neuroblastoma cells, we found that CHD5 binds to and represses the G2/M checkpoint gene WEE1. Reintroduction of CHD5 into neuroblastoma cells represses WEE1 expression, demonstrating that CHD5 can function as a repressor in cells. A catalytically inactive mutant version of CHD5 is able to associate with a NuRD cofactor but fails to repress transcription. Our study shows that CHD5 is a NuRD-associated transcriptional repressor and identifies WEE1 as one of the CHD5-regulated genes that may link CHD5 to tumor suppression.
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Weekes MP, Tomasec P, Huttlin EL, Fielding CA, Nusinow D, Stanton RJ, Wang ECY, Aicheler R, Murrell I, Wilkinson GWG, Lehner PJ, Gygi SP. Quantitative temporal viromics: an approach to investigate host-pathogen interaction. Cell 2014; 157:1460-1472. [PMID: 24906157 PMCID: PMC4048463 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A systematic quantitative analysis of temporal changes in host and viral proteins throughout the course of a productive infection could provide dynamic insights into virus-host interaction. We developed a proteomic technique called “quantitative temporal viromics” (QTV), which employs multiplexed tandem-mass-tag-based mass spectrometry. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is not only an important pathogen but a paradigm of viral immune evasion. QTV detailed how HCMV orchestrates the expression of >8,000 cellular proteins, including 1,200 cell-surface proteins to manipulate signaling pathways and counterintrinsic, innate, and adaptive immune defenses. QTV predicted natural killer and T cell ligands, as well as 29 viral proteins present at the cell surface, potential therapeutic targets. Temporal profiles of >80% of HCMV canonical genes and 14 noncanonical HCMV open reading frames were defined. QTV is a powerful method that can yield important insights into viral infection and is applicable to any virus with a robust in vitro model. PaperClip
>8,000 proteins quantified over eight time points, including 1,200 cell-surface proteins Temporal profiles of 139/171 canonical HCMV proteins and 14 noncanonical HCMV ORFs Multiple families of cell-surface receptors selectively modulated by HCMV Multiple signaling pathways modulated during HCMV infection
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- Michael P Weekes
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Tenovus Building, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XX, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Greco TM, Diner BA, Cristea IM. The Impact of Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics on Fundamental Discoveries in Virology. Annu Rev Virol 2014; 1:581-604. [PMID: 26958735 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-virology-031413-085527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In recent years, mass spectrometry has emerged as a core component of fundamental discoveries in virology. As a consequence of their coevolution, viruses and host cells have established complex, dynamic interactions that function either in promoting virus replication and dissemination or in host defense against invading pathogens. Thus, viral infection triggers an impressive range of proteome changes. Alterations in protein abundances, interactions, posttranslational modifications, subcellular localizations, and secretion are temporally regulated during the progression of an infection. Consequently, understanding viral infection at the molecular level requires versatile approaches that afford both breadth and depth of analysis. Mass spectrometry is uniquely positioned to bridge this experimental dichotomy. Its application to both unbiased systems analyses and targeted, hypothesis-driven studies has accelerated discoveries in viral pathogenesis and host defense. Here, we review the contributions of mass spectrometry-based proteomic approaches to understanding viral morphogenesis, replication, and assembly and to characterizing host responses to infection.
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- Todd M Greco
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544;
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544;
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544;
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O'Connor CM, DiMaggio PA, Shenk T, Garcia BA. Quantitative proteomic discovery of dynamic epigenome changes that control human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:2399-410. [PMID: 24987098 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.039792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This work represents the first comprehensive quantitative analysis of global histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) from a virus infection, namely human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. We used a nanoLC-MS/MS platform to identify and quantify the dynamic histone H3 and H4 PTMs expressed during HCMV replication in primary fibroblasts. Specifically, we examined the changes in histone PTMs over a 96 h time course to sample the immediate early (IE), early (E), and late (L) stages of viral infection. Several changes in histone H3 and H4 PTMs were observed, including a marked increase in H3K79me2 and H3K27me3K36me2, and a decrease in H4K16ac, highlighting likely epigenetic strategies of transcriptional activation and silencing during HCMV lytic infection. Heavy methyl-SILAC (hm-SILAC) was used to further confirm the histone methylation flux (especially for H3K79) during HCMV infection. We evaluated DOT1L (the H3K79 methyltransferase) mRNA levels in mock and HCMV-infected cells over a 96 h time course, and observed a significant increase in this methyltransferase as early as 24 hpi showing that viral infection up-regulates DOT1L expression, which drives H3K79me2. We then used shRNA to create a DOT1L knockdown cell population, and found that HCMV infection of the knockdown cells resulted in a 10-fold growth defect when compared with infected control cells not subjected to knockdown. This work documents multiple histone PTMs that occur in response to HCMV infection of fibroblasts, and provides a framework for evaluation of the role of epigenetic modifications in the virus-host interaction.
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- Christine M O'Connor
- From the ‡Department of Molecular Genetics, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 44195
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- §Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK, SW7 2AZ
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- ¶Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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- ‖Epigenetics Program, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
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Van Damme E, Van Loock M. Functional annotation of human cytomegalovirus gene products: an update. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:218. [PMID: 24904534 PMCID: PMC4032930 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus is an opportunistic double-stranded DNA virus with one of the largest viral genomes known. The 235 kB genome is divided in a unique long (UL) and a unique short (US) region which are flanked by terminal and internal repeats. The expression of HCMV genes is highly complex and involves the production of protein coding transcripts, polyadenylated long non-coding RNAs, polyadenylated anti-sense transcripts and a variety of non-polyadenylated RNAs such as microRNAs. Although the function of many of these transcripts is unknown, they are suggested to play a direct or regulatory role in the delicately orchestrated processes that ensure HCMV replication and life-long persistence. This review focuses on annotating the complete viral genome based on three sources of information. First, previous reviews were used as a template for the functional keywords to ensure continuity; second, the Uniprot database was used to further enrich the functional database; and finally, the literature was manually curated for novel functions of HCMV gene products. Novel discoveries were discussed in light of the viral life cycle. This functional annotation highlights still poorly understood regions of the genome but more importantly it can give insight in functional clusters and/or may be helpful in the analysis of future transcriptomics and proteomics studies.
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- Ellen Van Damme
- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Therapeutic Area of Infectious Diseases Beerse, Belgium
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- Janssen Infectious Diseases BVBA, Therapeutic Area of Infectious Diseases Beerse, Belgium
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Rowles DL, Terhune SS, Cristea IM. Discovery of host-viral protein complexes during infection. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1064:43-70. [PMID: 23996249 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-601-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Viruses have co-evolved with their hosts, developing effective approaches for hijacking and manipulating host cellular processes. Therefore, for their efficient replication and spread, viruses depend on dynamic and temporally regulated interactions with host proteins. The rapid identification of host proteins targeted by viral proteins during infection provides significant insights into mechanisms of viral protein function. The resulting discoveries often lead to unique and innovative hypotheses on viral protein function. Here, we describe a robust method for identifying virus-host protein interactions and protein complexes, which we have successfully utilized to characterize spatial-temporal protein interactions during infections with either DNA or RNA viruses, including human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), pseudorabies virus (PRV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), Sindbis, and West Nile virus (WNV). This approach involves cryogenic cell lysis, rapid immunoaffinity purification targeting a virus or host protein, followed by identification of associated proteins using mass spectrometry. Like most proteomic approaches, this methodology has evolved over the past few years and continues to evolve. We are presenting here the updated approaches for each step, and discuss alternative strategies allowing for the protocol to be optimized for different biological systems.
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- Daniell L Rowles
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Du G, Stinski MF. Interaction network of proteins associated with human cytomegalovirus IE2-p86 protein during infection: a proteomic analysis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81583. [PMID: 24358118 PMCID: PMC3864812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Human cytomegalovirus protein IE2-p86 exerts its functions through interaction with other viral and cellular proteins. To further delineate its protein interaction network, we generated a recombinant virus expressing SG-tagged IE2-p86 and used tandem affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry. A total of 9 viral proteins and 75 cellular proteins were found to associate with IE2-p86 protein during the first 48 hours of infection. The protein profile at 8, 24, and 48 h post infection revealed that UL84 tightly associated with IE2-p86, and more viral and cellular proteins came into association with IE2-p86 with the progression of virus infection. A computational analysis of the protein-protein interaction network indicated that all of the 9 viral proteins and most of the cellular proteins identified in the study are interconnected to varying degrees. Of the cellular proteins that were confirmed to associate with IE2-p86 by immunoprecipitation, C1QBP was further shown to be upregulated by HCMV infection and colocalized with IE2-p86, UL84 and UL44 in the virus replication compartment of the nucleus. The IE2-p86 interactome network demonstrated the temporal development of stable and abundant protein complexes that associate with IE2-p86 and provided a framework to benefit future studies of various protein complexes during HCMV infection.
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- Guixin Du
- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Primary macrophages rely on histone deacetylase 1 and 2 expression to induce type I interferon in response to gammaherpesvirus infection. J Virol 2013; 88:2268-78. [PMID: 24335310 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03278-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Type I interferon is induced shortly following viral infection and represents a first line of host defense against a majority of viral pathogens. Not surprisingly, both replication and latency of gammaherpesviruses, ubiquitous cancer-associated pathogens, are attenuated by type I interferon, although the mechanism of attenuation remains poorly characterized. Gammaherpesviruses also target histone deacetylases (HDACs), a family of pleiotropic enzymes that modify gene expression and several cell signaling pathways. Specifically, we have previously shown that a conserved gammaherpesvirus protein kinase interacts with HDAC1 and -2 to promote gammaherpesvirus replication in primary macrophages. In the current study, we have used genetic approaches to show that expression of HDAC1 and -2 is critical for induction of a type I interferon response following gammaherpesvirus infection of primary macrophages. Specifically, expression of HDAC1 and -2 was required for phosphorylation of interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) and accumulation of IRF3 at the beta interferon promoter in gammaherpesvirus-infected primary macrophages. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a specific role for HDAC1 and -2 in the induction of type I interferon responses in primary immune cells following virus infection. Furthermore, because HDAC1 and -2 are overexpressed in several types of cancer, our findings illuminate potential side effects of HDAC1- and -2-specific inhibitors that are currently under development as cancer therapy agents. IMPORTANCE Gammaherpesviruses establish chronic infection in a majority of the adult population and are associated with several malignancies. Infected cells counteract gammaherpesvirus infection via innate immune signaling mediated primarily through type I interferon. The induction of type I interferon expression proceeds through several stages using molecular mechanisms that are still incompletely characterized. In this study, we show that expression of HDAC1 and -2 by macrophages is required to mount a type I interferon response to incoming gammaherpesvirus. The involvement of HDAC1 and -2 in the type I interferon response highlights the pleiotropic roles of these enzymes in cellular signaling. Interestingly, HDAC1 and -2 are deregulated in cancer and are attractive targets of new cancer therapies. Due to the ubiquitous and chronic nature of gammaherpesvirus infection, the role of HDAC1 and -2 in the induction of type I interferon responses should be considered during the clinical development of HDAC1- and -2-specific inhibitors.
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Human cytomegalovirus major immediate early 1 protein targets host chromosomes by docking to the acidic pocket on the nucleosome surface. J Virol 2013; 88:1228-48. [PMID: 24227840 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02606-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The 72-kDa immediate early 1 (IE1) protein encoded by human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a nuclearly localized promiscuous regulator of viral and cellular transcription. IE1 has long been known to associate with host mitotic chromatin, yet the mechanisms underlying this interaction have not been specified. In this study, we identify the cellular chromosome receptor for IE1. We demonstrate that the viral protein targets human nucleosomes by directly binding to core histones in a nucleic acid-independent manner. IE1 exhibits two separable histone-interacting regions with differential binding specificities for H2A-H2B and H3-H4. The H2A-H2B binding region was mapped to an evolutionarily conserved 10-amino-acid motif within the chromatin-tethering domain (CTD) of IE1. Results from experimental approaches combined with molecular modeling indicate that the IE1 CTD adopts a β-hairpin structure, docking with the acidic pocket formed by H2A-H2B on the nucleosome surface. IE1 binds to the acidic pocket in a way similar to that of the latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. Consequently, the IE1 and LANA CTDs compete for binding to nucleosome cores and chromatin. Our work elucidates in detail how a key viral regulator is anchored to human chromosomes and identifies the nucleosomal acidic pocket as a joint target of proteins from distantly related viruses. Based on the striking similarities between the IE1 and LANA CTDs and the fact that nucleosome targeting by IE1 is dispensable for productive replication even in "clinical" strains of hCMV, we speculate that the two viral proteins may serve analogous functions during latency of their respective viruses.
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Polycomb repressive complex 2 silences human cytomegalovirus transcription in quiescent infection models. J Virol 2013; 87:13193-205. [PMID: 24067968 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02420-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Chromatin-based regulation of herpesviral transcriptional programs is increasingly appreciated as a mechanism for modulating infection outcomes. Transcriptionally permissive euchromatin predominates during lytic infection, whereas heterochromatin domains refractory to transcription are enriched at lytic genes during latency. Reversibly silenced facultative heterochromatin domains are often enriched for histone H3 trimethylated on lysine 27 (H3K27me3), a modification catalyzed by Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2). The requirement for PRC2 in suppressing the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) lytic transcriptional program during latency has not been thoroughly evaluated. Therefore, we disrupted PRC2 activity in the highly tractable THP1 and NT2D1 quiescent-infection models by treating cells with small-molecule inhibitors of PRC2 activity. Compared to control cells, disruption of PRC2 in HCMV-infected THP1 or NT2D1 cells resulted in significant increases in viral transcript levels and the detection of viral protein. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation, we demonstrated that enrichment of H3K27me3, deposited by PRC2, correlates inversely with lytic transcriptional output, suggesting that PRC2 catalytic activity at viral chromatin directly represses lytic transcription. Together, our data suggest that PRC2-mediated repression of viral transcription is a key step in the establishment and maintenance of HCMV latency.
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Inhibition of cellular STAT3 synergizes with the cytomegalovirus kinase inhibitor maribavir to disrupt infection. Antiviral Res 2013; 100:321-7. [PMID: 24070820 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Therapeutic strategies controlling human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection are limited due to adverse side effects and emergence of antiviral resistance variants. A compound being evaluated for treating hCMV disease is maribavir (MBV) which disrupts replication by inhibiting the viral kinase pUL97. Previous studies have demonstrated that the antiviral activity of MBV is sensitive to the proliferation state of the infected cell. In these studies, we were interested in determining whether inhibition of the pro-proliferative transcription factor, signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3), could influence the antiviral activity of MBV. The addition of the STAT3 inhibitor, S3i-201, during infection altered hCMV-mediated changes in cell cycle protein expression. Upon combining S3i-201 with MBV, our data suggest that STAT3 inhibition is acting synergistically with MBV to inhibit infection in vitro. Furthermore, specific concentrations of S3i-201 and MBV induced caspase-dependent death of infected but not uninfected cell. Our studies suggest that treating infection with both S3i-201 and MBV is a novel approach to inhibit hCMV replication.
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The functional interactome landscape of the human histone deacetylase family. Mol Syst Biol 2013; 9:672. [PMID: 23752268 PMCID: PMC3964310 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2013.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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This study presents the first global protein interaction network for all 11 human HDACs in T cells and an integrative mass spectrometry approach for profiling relative interaction stability within isolated protein complexes. ![]()
T-cell lines stably expressing each of the human HDACs (1 - 11), C-terminally tagged with both EGFP and FLAG, were generated using retroviral transduction. Affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry-based proteomics (AP-MS) was used to build the first global protein interaction network for all eleven human HDACs in T cells. An optimized label free AP-MS and computational workflow was developed for profiling relative interaction stability among isolated protein complexes. HDAC11 is a member of the “survival of motor neuron” protein complex with a functional role in mRNA splicing.
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are a diverse family of essential transcriptional regulatory enzymes, that function through the spatial and temporal recruitment of protein complexes. As the composition and regulation of HDAC complexes are only partially characterized, we built the first global protein interaction network for all 11 human HDACs in T cells. Integrating fluorescence microscopy, immunoaffinity purifications, quantitative mass spectrometry, and bioinformatics, we identified over 200 unreported interactions for both well-characterized and lesser-studied HDACs, a subset of which were validated by orthogonal approaches. We establish HDAC11 as a member of the survival of motor neuron complex and pinpoint a functional role in mRNA splicing. We designed a complementary label-free and metabolic-labeling mass spectrometry-based proteomics strategy for profiling interaction stability among different HDAC classes, revealing that HDAC1 interactions within chromatin-remodeling complexes are largely stable, while transcription factors preferentially exist in rapid equilibrium. Overall, this study represents a valuable resource for investigating HDAC functions in health and disease, encompassing emerging themes of HDAC regulation in cell cycle and RNA processing and a deeper functional understanding of HDAC complex stability.
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Lin AE, Greco TM, Döhner K, Sodeik B, Cristea IM. A proteomic perspective of inbuilt viral protein regulation: pUL46 tegument protein is targeted for degradation by ICP0 during herpes simplex virus type 1 infection. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:3237-52. [PMID: 23938468 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.030866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Much like the host cells they infect, viruses must also regulate their life cycles. Herpes simples virus type 1 (HSV-1), a prominent human pathogen, uses a promoter-rich genome in conjunction with multiple viral trans-activating factors. Following entry into host cells, the virion-associated outer tegument proteins pUL46 and pUL47 act to increase expression of viral immediate-early (α) genes, thereby helping initiate the infection life cycle. Because pUL46 has gone largely unstudied, we employed a hybrid mass spectrometry-based approach to determine how pUL46 exerts its functions during early stages of infection. For a spatio-temporal characterization of pUL46, time-lapse microscopy was performed in live cells to define its dynamic localization from 2 to 24 h postinfection. Next, pUL46-containing protein complexes were immunoaffinity purified during infection of human fibroblasts and analyzed by mass spectrometry to investigate virus-virus and virus-host interactions, as well as post-translational modifications. We demonstrated that pUL46 is heavily phosphorylated in at least 23 sites. One phosphorylation site matched the consensus 14-3-3 phospho-binding motif, consistent with our identification of 14-3-3 proteins and host and viral kinases as specific pUL46 interactions. Moreover, we determined that pUL46 specifically interacts with the viral E3 ubiquitin ligase ICP0. We demonstrated that pUL46 is partially degraded in a proteasome-mediated manner during infection, and that the catalytic activity of ICP0 is responsible for this degradation. This is the first evidence of a viral protein being targeted for degradation by another viral protein during HSV-1 infection. Together, these data indicate that pUL46 levels are tightly controlled and important for the temporal regulation of viral gene expression throughout the virus life cycle. The concept of a structural virion protein, pUL46, performing nonstructural roles is likely to reflect a theme common to many viruses, and a better understanding of these functions will be important for developing therapeutics.
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- Aaron E Lin
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
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