title: Wp specific methylation of highly proliferated LCLs.
abstract: The epigenetic regulation of viral genes may be important for the life cycle of EBV. We determined the methylation status of three viral promoters (Wp, Cp, Qp) from EBV B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) by pyrosequencing. Our pyrosequencing data showed that the CpG region of Wp was methylated, but the others were not. Interestingly, Wp methylation was increased with proliferation of LCLs. Wp methylation was as high as 74.9% in late-passage LCLs, but 25.6% in early-passage LCLs. From two Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines, Wp specific hypermethylation was also found (>80%). Interestingly, the expression of EBNA2 gene which located directly next to Wp was associated with its methylation. Our data suggested that Wp specific methylation may be important for the indicator of the proliferation status of LCLs, and the epigenetic viral gene regulation of EBNA2 gene by Wp should be further defined possibly with other biological processes.
authors.affiliation: Functional Genomics Lab, Graduate School of Life Science and Biotechnology, CHA Research Institute, Bundang Campus, College of Medicine, Pochon CHA University, 222 Yatap-Dong, Bundang-Gu, Sungnam-Si, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jae-Pil
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Sung-Mi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Hye-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Joon-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Bok-Ghee
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000821:virology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018899:CpG Islands / Q000235:genetics; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000502:physiology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins