Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus RTA activates the processivity factor ORF59 through interaction with RBP-Jkappa and a cis-acting RTA responsive element.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) displays two life modes, latency and lytic reactivation in the infected host cells which are equally important for virus mediated pathogenesis. During latency only a small number of genes are expressed. Under specific conditions, KSHV can undergo lytic replication with the production of viral progeny. One immediate-early gene RTA, encoded by open reading frame 50 of KSHV, has been shown to play a critical role in switching the viral latency to lytic reactivation. Over-expression of RTA from a heterologous promoter is sufficient for driving KSHV lytic replication which results in production of viral progeny. In the present study, we show that RTA can activate the expression of the ORF59 which encodes the processivity factor essential for DNA replication during lytic reactivation. We also show that RTA regulates ORF59 promoter through interaction with RBP-Jkappa as well as a cis-acting RTA responsive element within the promoter. In the context of KSHV infected cells, the upregulation of ORF59 is a direct response to RTA expression. Taken together, our findings provide new evidence to explain the mechanism by which RTA can regulate its downstream gene ORF59, further increasing our understanding of the biology of KSHV lytic replication.
Liu
Yunhua
Y
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 225 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, The People's Republic of China.
Cao
Yajun
Y
Liang
Deguang
D
Gao
Yuan
Y
Xia
Tian
T
Robertson
Erle S
ES
Lan
Ke
K
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication
D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; C110348:ORF59 protein, Human herpesvirus 8; C497570:RBPJ protein, human; C417604:Rta protein, Human herpesvirus 8; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins
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