RNAs induced by Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 in lymphoblastoid cell lines.
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) association with RBP-Jkappa is essential for regulation of virus and cell gene transcription and B lymphocyte transformation into infinitely proliferating lymphoblastoid cells (LCLs). To identify EBNA2-regulated cell genes in LCLs, an EBV recombinant that expresses EBNA2 with its C terminus fused in frame to a 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4HT)-dependent mutant estrogen receptor (E2HTF) was used to transform primary B lymphocytes to LCLs. In the presence of 4HT, E2HTF expression level and effects on the LMP1 promoter in transfected BJAB lymphoblasts were similar to EBNA2. In 4HT-supplemented medium, E2HTF EBV recombinant infected LCLs were also similar to EBNA2 LCLs in outgrowth but required higher serum and a restricted range of cell concentrations for consistent growth. In medium without 4HT, E2HTF localized to the cytoplasm, c-myc levels substantially decreased within 6 h, cells stopped growing, and levels of other EBNAs and LMP1 remained stable for 24 h. Over this 24-h period, 30 cell RNAs decreased 2-fold, and 51 other RNAs decreased 1.5-fold. These RNAs encode proteins important in cell adhesion or signaling, transcription, RNA processing, cell-cycle regulation, and survival. Real-time RT-PCR confirmed EBNA2-dependent expression of eight RNAs.[1]References
- RNAs induced by Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 in lymphoblastoid cell lines. Zhao, B., Maruo, S., Cooper, A., R Chase, M., Johannsen, E., Kieff, E., Cahir-McFarland, E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2006) [Pubmed]
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