Lu Fang, Day Latasha, Lieberman Paul M
The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
J Virol. 2005 Oct;79(20):13180-5. doi: 10.1128/JVI.79.20.13180-13185.2005.
Lytic cycle reactivation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) can be initiated by transcription activation of the ORF50 immediate-early (IE) gene promoter (ORF50p). We provide evidence that KSHV virions stimulate transcription of ORF50p. Virion activation was resistant to UV inactivation and cycloheximide treatment. The virion-responsive element was mapped to core promoter region -150 to + 1 relative to the ORF50 initiation codon. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and chromatin immunoprecipitation suggest that KSHV virions indirectly alter the protein composition and chromatin modifications at ORF50p. These data suggest that KSHV virions possess an IE trans-inducing function similar to that observed in alpha- and betaherpesviruses.
卡波西肉瘤相关疱疹病毒(KSHV)的裂解周期重新激活可由ORF50立即早期(IE)基因启动子(ORF50p)的转录激活引发。我们提供的证据表明,KSHV病毒粒子可刺激ORF50p的转录。病毒粒子激活对紫外线灭活和放线菌酮处理具有抗性。病毒粒子反应元件被定位到相对于ORF50起始密码子的核心启动子区域-150至+1。电泳迁移率变动分析和染色质免疫沉淀表明,KSHV病毒粒子间接改变了ORF50p处的蛋白质组成和染色质修饰。这些数据表明,KSHV病毒粒子具有类似于在α和β疱疹病毒中观察到的IE反式诱导功能。