Project description:Epstein-Barr virus is associated with several human malignancies, including Burkitt Lymnphoma. The virus encodes more than 40 microRNAs, which participate in its possible pathogenetic role. We used microarrays to study the effect of the expression of an Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA (ebv-BART6-3p) on the global gene expression profile of Burkitt Lymphoma cell lines.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus is associated with several human malignancies, including Burkitt Lymnphoma. The virus encodes more than 40 microRNAs, which participate in its possible pathogenetic role. We used microarrays to study the effect of the expression of an Epstein-Barr virus-encoded microRNA (ebv-BART6-3p) on the global gene expression profile of Burkitt Lymphoma cell lines. In order to determine the BART6-3p targets, EBV-negative Akata 2A8 or EBV-positive Akata cells were transiently transfected (in duplicates) with synthetic BART6-3p mimic or inhibitor (100 nM; Custom synthesized by Dharmacon- Thermo Scientific, Germany), respectively. For each treatment, a further transfection with corresponding negative control was performed as well (10 nM; I-300145-01, Dharmacon- Thermo Scientific, Germany). The transfection of 5,000,000 cells per treatment was performed by Amaxa nucleofector apparatus (Amaxa, Cologne-Germany), using the program G23 and the transfection solution V according to the manufacturerâs instructions. Transfection efficiency was assessed by means of a further treatment (2µg of pmaxGFP) and detection of both fluorescence and cell viability by flow cytometry. Twenty four hours post-transfection, cells were harvested and RNA was extracted using Trizol, and transfection efficiency was further confirmed by evaluating the expression level of BART6-3p using q-PCR by means of Taqman probes, employing RNU43 as housekeeping miRNA (Applied Biosystems, Cologne, Germany). RNA was further hybridized to HuGene-2.0-st array (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Project description:Whilst the association of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with Burkitt lymphoma (BL) has long been recognized, the precise role of the virus in BL pathogenesis is not fully resolved. EBV can be lost spontaneously from some BL cell lines, and these EBV-loss lymphoma cells reportedly have a survival disadvantage. We have generated an extensive panel of EBV-loss clones from multiple BL backgrounds and examined their phenotype comparing them to their isogenic EBV-positive counterparts. Whilst loss of EBV from BL cells is rare, it is consistently associated with an enhanced predisposition to undergo apoptosis and reduced tumorigenicity in vivo. We investigated whether there were common gene expression changes between EBV-positive and loss clones derived for four endemic Burkitt lyphoma cell lines that could explain the apoptosis sensitivity of clones that had lost EBV.
Project description:To gain insights into how EBV latency is maintained, we performed a human genome-wide CRISPR screen in latently EBV-infected Burkitt lymphoma B-cells. Our analyses identified a network of host factors that repress EBV lytic reactivation, centered on the transcription factor MYC and including cohesins, FACT, STAGA and Mediator. RNAseq was used to identify host and viral transcriptome changes in P3HR-1 Burkitt lymphoma cells expressing control, smc1a, supt16h, med12, or tada2b sgRNAs. RNAseq was used to identify host and viral transcriptome changes in Akata EBV+ burkitt lymphoma cells expressing control or myc sgRNAs.
Project description:To gain further knowledge on the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the pathogenesis of Burkitt lymphoma (BL), we performed small RNA sequencing in BL cell lines and normal germinal center B (GC-B) cells. This revealed 26 miRNAs with significantly different expression levels. Altered levels were validated by qRT-PCR for six of eight selected miRNAs. For five miRNAs, the differential expression pattern was confirmed in BL primary tissues compared to GC-B cells. Inhibition of miR-378a-3p reduced the growth of multiple BL cell lines. RNA immunoprecipitation of Argonaute 2 followed by microarray analysis (Ago2-RIP-Chip) upon inhibition and ectopic overexpression of miR-378a-3p revealed 63 and 20 putative miR-378a-3p targets, respectively. These included 28 genes with a putative miR-378a-3p binding site. Effective targeting by miR-378a-3p was confirmed by luciferase reporter assays for four out of eight selected genes: MNT, FOXP1, IRAK4, and lncRNA JPX, all of which have been implicated in proliferation and cancer. In summary, our study identified several differentially expressed miRNAs in BL. We identified miR-378a-3p as a miRNA with an oncogenic role in BL and revealed 4 novel miR-378a-3p target genes, i.e. MNT, FOXP1, IRAK4, and JPX.
Project description:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes endemic Burkitt lymphoma and immunosuppression-related lymphomas. These B-cell malignancies arise by distinct transformation pathways and utilize divergent viral and host expression programs. To identify host dependency factors elicited by EBV latent-infection states, we performed parallel genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screens in Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and lymphoblasotid cell lines (LCL). Our results highlighted 57 BL and 87 LCL genes selectively critical for their growth and survival. LCL hits were enriched for EBV-induced genes, including viral super-enhancer targets and multiple kinases. We uncovered key CD19/CD81 roles in EBV membrane protein-driven PI3K/AKT activation and mechanisms by which EBV evades tumor suppressor responses to its growth program. LMP1-induced cFLIP was critical for LCL defense against TNFa-mediated programmed cell death, while EBV-induced BATF/IRF4 were critical for LCL BIM suppression and MYC induction. EBV super-enhancer targeted IRF2 protected LCLs against BLIMP1 responses. Collectively, our results identify host/pathogen interaction-driven synthetic lethal targets for therapeutic intervention.
Project description:Previously, we identified Syncytin1 to be expressed in human B cells and enhance EBV ability to undergo lytic replication. To gain mechanistic insight, we performed liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) on tryptic peptides from immunoprecipitated FLAG-tagged Syncytin-1 in latently infected EBV+ Burkitt lymphoma cells. This revealed a number of cellular proteins as potential Syncytin-1 interacting partners during latency and/or during the lytic phase as well as two EBV lytic phase proteins, the viral protein kinase and LF2, a negative regulator of EBV lytic gene transcription. We now find that Syncytin1 reduces the association between LF2 and the EBV replication and transcription activator to promote EBV lytic gene expression.
Project description:RNA-seq was used to characterize the NF-κB transcription factor -mediated regulation of B-cell genome wide target genes upon inducible LMP1 expression . We created an inducible stable EBV-negative Akata Burkitt Lymphoma cell line expressing LMP1 wildtype followed by stable CRISPR knockout of the individual NF-κB transciption factors (p52, RelB, p50, cRel or RelA) and 24 hours 250ng/ml doxycycline-induced LMP1 expression.
Project description:microRNA importance in the myc pathway in Burkitt lymphoma. Gene expression data of Burkitt lymphoma samples and non-tumoral controls. 6 Burkitt lymphomas were compared with 16 non-tumoral controls. Universal Human Reference RNA was used as the reference sample. Significantly deregulated miRNAs were computed using the Significant Analysis of Microarray (SAM) analysis from the TM4 pathway and the limma package.