Project description:To investigate the regulation of ER stress-related gene expression by KSHV-ORF45 during lytic replication, we performed RNA-sequencing analysis of iSLK-BAC16 vs. iSLK-STOP45 cells under lytic induction for 72h. When the differentially expressed genes were filtered and analyzed, we found that ER stress-related gene expression was much low in iSLK-STOP45 cells compared with iSLK-BAC16 cells, indicating that ORF45 expression is required for induction of ER stress.To further reveal the signal transduction of LAMP3 in KSHV lytic replication, RNA-sequencing analysis was performed to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in normal vs. LAMP3-silenced cells under lytic replication. A total of 35372 raw read targets were obtained and all DEG clusters were filtered and analyzed by KEGG pathway enrichment analysis. Eleven pathway were significantly enriched over 10 fold in LAMP3-depleted cells compared with control cells, including PI3K-Akt signaling pathway.Given that Akt and ERK activation play the important roles in KSHV lytic replication, we conclude that LAMP3 might promote Akt and ERK activation and then consequently facilitate KSHV lytic replication.
Project description:The Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and some forms of multicentric Castleman's disease. The KSHV ORF57 protein is a conserved posttranscriptional regulator of gene expression that is essential for virus replication. ORF57 is multifunctional, but most of its activities are directly linked to its ability to bind RNA. We globally identified virus and host RNAs bound by ORF57 during lytic reactivation in PEL cells using high-throughput sequencing of RNA isolated by crosslinking immunoprecipitation (HITS-CLIP). As expected, ORF57-bound RNA fragments mapped throughout the KSHV genome, including the known ORF57 ligand PAN RNA. In agreement with previously published ChIP results, we observed that ORF57 bound RNAs near the oriLyt regions of the genome. Examination of the host RNA fragments revealed that a subset of the ORF57-bound RNAs was derived from transcript 5´ ends. The position of these 5´-bound fragments correlated closely with the 5´-most exonintron junction of the pre-mRNA. We selected four candidates (BTG1, EGR1, ZFP36, and TNFSF9) and analyzed their pre-mRNA and mRNA levels during lytic phase. Analysis of both steady-state and newly made RNAs revealed that these candidate ORF57-bound pre-mRNAs persisted for longer periods of time throughout infection than control RNAs, consistent with a role for ORF57 in pre-mRNA metabolism. In addition, exogenous expression of ORF57 was sufficient to increase the pre-mRNA levels and, in one case, the mRNA levels of the putative ORF57 targets. These results demonstrate that ORF57 interacts with specific host pre-mRNAs during lytic reactivation and alters their processing, likely by stabilizing pre-mRNAs. These data suggest that ORF57 is involved in modulating host gene expression in addition to KSHV gene expression during lytic reactivation. HITS-CLIP was performed on TREx BCBL-Rta cells 20 hpi using antibodies against ORF57. Three biological replicates were performed.
Project description:The Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and some forms of multicentric Castleman's disease. The KSHV ORF57 protein is a conserved posttranscriptional regulator of gene expression that is essential for virus replication. ORF57 is multifunctional, but most of its activities are directly linked to its ability to bind RNA. We globally identified virus and host RNAs bound by ORF57 during lytic reactivation in PEL cells using high-throughput sequencing of RNA isolated by crosslinking immunoprecipitation (HITS-CLIP). As expected, ORF57-bound RNA fragments mapped throughout the KSHV genome, including the known ORF57 ligand PAN RNA. In agreement with previously published ChIP results, we observed that ORF57 bound RNAs near the oriLyt regions of the genome. Examination of the host RNA fragments revealed that a subset of the ORF57-bound RNAs was derived from transcript 5´ ends. The position of these 5´-bound fragments correlated closely with the 5´-most exonintron junction of the pre-mRNA. We selected four candidates (BTG1, EGR1, ZFP36, and TNFSF9) and analyzed their pre-mRNA and mRNA levels during lytic phase. Analysis of both steady-state and newly made RNAs revealed that these candidate ORF57-bound pre-mRNAs persisted for longer periods of time throughout infection than control RNAs, consistent with a role for ORF57 in pre-mRNA metabolism. In addition, exogenous expression of ORF57 was sufficient to increase the pre-mRNA levels and, in one case, the mRNA levels of the putative ORF57 targets. These results demonstrate that ORF57 interacts with specific host pre-mRNAs during lytic reactivation and alters their processing, likely by stabilizing pre-mRNAs. These data suggest that ORF57 is involved in modulating host gene expression in addition to KSHV gene expression during lytic reactivation.
Project description:Whole-transcriptome sequencing (RNA sequencing [RNA-seq]) was performed in the viral producer cell lines iSLK-RGB BAC16,iSLK-RGB-K9 mutant and iSLK-RGB-K13 mutant cells to uncover the global landscape of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), circular RNAs (circRNAs), mRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs) in KSHV replication mediated by vIRF1 or vFLIP.
Project description:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) ORF57 is a viral RNA-binding protein essential for viral lytic gene expression. ORF57 binds to target RNA directly via interaction with cellular cofactors. To investigate the entire repertoire of ORF57-associated RNAs we performed UV cross-linking immunoprecipitatin (CLIP) experiment using an affinity-purified, highly specific anti-ORF57 antibody in KSHV-infected primariy effusion lymphoma BCBL-1 cells undegoing lytic virus replication.
Project description:iSLK.219 cells at 0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours post KSHV reactivation. Nucleosome occupancy plays a key role in regulating access to the eukaryotic genomes. Although various chromatin regulatory complexes are known to regulate nucleosome occupancy, the role of DNA sequence in this regulation remains unclear, particularly in mammals. To address this problem, we measured nucleosome distribution at high temporal resolution in human cells at hundreds of genes during the reactivation of KaposiM-bM-^@M-^Ys sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). We show that nucleosome redistribution peaks at 24 hours post KSHV reactivation and that the nucleosomal redistributions are widespread and transient. To clarify the role of DNA sequence in these nucleosomal redistributions, we compared the genes with altered nucleosome distribution to a sequence-based computer model and in vitro assembled nucleosomes. We demonstrate that both the predicted model and the assembled nucleosome distributions are concordant with the majority of nucleosome redistributions at 24 hours post KSHV reactivation. We suggest a model in which loci are held in unfavorable chromatin architecture and M-bM-^@M-^\springM-bM-^@M-^] to a transient intermediate state directed by DNA sequence information. We propose that DNA sequence plays a more considerable role in the regulation of nucleosome positions than was previously appreciated. The surprising findings that nucleosome redistributions are widespread, transient, and DNA-directed shift the current perspective regarding regulation of nucleosome distribution in humans. iSLK.219 cells at 0, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours post KSHV reactivation.
Project description:Expression profiling of stably infected epithelial cells using a custom tiling microarray. iSLK was infected with rKSHV.219 and selected with puromycin. Mock infected iSLK served as control for iSLK.219. Lytic reactivation of iSLK.219 was induced with 1 ug/mL doxycycline for 48 hours.
Project description:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated virus (KSHV) ORF57 is a viral RNA-binding protein required for proper posttranscriptional processing of viral transcripts including RNA splicing. To identify the viral splicing events regulated by ORF57 we performed a genome-wide analysis of RNA splicing of viral RNAs in wild type (WT) versus ORF57 knock-out (57KO) primary effusion lymphoma cells line BCBL-1 after induction of KSHV lytic replication by 24h treatment with valproic acid (VA).
Project description:We used ac4C-seq to detedc cellular and KSHV transcripts in iSLK-Puro, iSLK-KSHV, iSLK-KSHV (WT), iSLK-KSHV (ΔNAT10) cells after after doxycycline and sodium butyrate treatment.