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Epstein-Barr virus transcription factor Zta acts through distal regulatory elements to directly control cellular gene expression.


ABSTRACT: Lytic replication of the human gamma herpes virus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an essential prerequisite for the spread of the virus. Differential regulation of a limited number of cellular genes has been reported in B-cells during the viral lytic replication cycle. We asked whether a viral bZIP transcription factor, Zta (BZLF1, ZEBRA, EB1), drives some of these changes. Using genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to next-generation DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq) we established a map of Zta interactions across the human genome. Using sensitive transcriptome analyses we identified 2263 cellular genes whose expression is significantly changed during the EBV lytic replication cycle. Zta binds 278 of the regulated genes and the distribution of binding sites shows that Zta binds mostly to sites that are distal to transcription start sites. This differs from the prevailing view that Zta activates viral genes by binding exclusively at promoter elements. We show that a synthetic Zta binding element confers Zta regulation at a distance and that distal Zta binding sites from cellular genes can confer Zta-mediated regulation on a heterologous promoter. This leads us to propose that Zta directly reprograms the expression of cellular genes through distal elements.

SUBMITTER: Ramasubramanyan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4402532 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Epstein-Barr virus transcription factor Zta acts through distal regulatory elements to directly control cellular gene expression.

Ramasubramanyan Sharada S   Osborn Kay K   Al-Mohammad Rajaei R   Naranjo Perez-Fernandez Ijiel B IB   Zuo Jianmin J   Balan Nicolae N   Godfrey Anja A   Patel Harshil H   Peters Gordon G   Rowe Martin M   Jenner Richard G RG   Sinclair Alison J AJ  

Nucleic acids research 20150316 7


Lytic replication of the human gamma herpes virus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an essential prerequisite for the spread of the virus. Differential regulation of a limited number of cellular genes has been reported in B-cells during the viral lytic replication cycle. We asked whether a viral bZIP transcription factor, Zta (BZLF1, ZEBRA, EB1), drives some of these changes. Using genome-wide chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled to next-generation DNA sequencing (ChIP-seq) we established a map of Zt  ...[more]

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