Epstein-Barr virus-induced genes: first lymphocyte-specific G protein-coupled peptide receptors.
Since Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cells in vitro reproduces many of the activation effects of EBV infection of primary B lymphocytes, mRNAs induced in BL cells have been cloned and identified by subtractive hybridization. Nine genes encode RNAs which are 4- to > 100-fold more abundant after EBV infection. Two of these, the genes for CD21 and vimentin, were previously known to be induced by EBV infection. Five others, the genes for cathepsin H, annexin VI (p68), serglycin proteoglycan core protein, CD44, and the myristylated alanine-rich protein kinase C substrate (MARCKS), are genes which were not previously known to be induced by EBV infection. Two novel genes, EBV-induced genes 1 and 2 (EBI 1 and EBI 2, respectively) can be predicted from their cDNA sequences to encode G protein-coupled peptide receptors. EBI 1 is expressed exclusively in B- and T-lymphocyte cell lines and in lymphoid tissues and is highly homologous to the interleukin 8 receptors. EBI 2 is most closely related to the thrombin receptor. EBI 2 is expressed in B-lymphocyte cell lines and in lymphoid tissues but not in T-lymphocyte cell lines or peripheral blood T lymphocytes. EBI 2 is also expressed at lower levels in a promyelocytic and a histiocytic cell line and in pulmonary tissue. These predicted G protein-coupled peptide receptors are more likely to be mediators of EBV effects on B lymphocytes or of normal lymphocyte functions than are genes previously known to be up-regulated by EBV infection.
Department of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
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Yalamanchili
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Lenoir
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D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D056655:Cathepsin H; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D015723:Gene Library; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000235:genetics*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000502:physiology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D054400:Receptors, CCR7; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
D000199:Actins; C515370:CCR7 protein, human; C080105:GPR183 protein, human; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C000619710:MARCKS protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D011509:Proteoglycans; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D054400:Receptors, CCR7; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C075430:serglycin; D000076250:Myristoylated Alanine-Rich C Kinase Substrate; D004247:DNA; D002403:Cathepsins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C534126:CTSH protein, human; D056655:Cathepsin H; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins