Strong Michael J, Laskow Thomas, Nakhoul Hani, Blanchard Eugene, Liu Yaozhong, Wang Xia, Baddoo Melody, Lin Zhen, Yin Qinyan, Flemington Erik K
Department of Pathology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
J Virol. 2015 Oct;89(19):10110-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01110-15. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BNLF2a gene product provides immune evasion properties to infected cells through inhibition of transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP)-mediated transport of antigen peptides. Although BNLF2a is considered to be a lytic gene, we demonstrate that it is expressed in nearly half of the EBV-associated gastric carcinomas analyzed. Further, we show that BNLF2a expression is dissociated from lytic gene expression. BNLF2a is therefore expressed in this latency setting, potentially helping protect the infected tumor cells from immunosurveillance.
爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒(EBV)的BNLF2a基因产物通过抑制与抗原加工相关的转运体(TAP)介导的抗原肽转运,赋予受感染细胞免疫逃逸特性。尽管BNLF2a被认为是一个裂解基因,但我们证明在近一半分析的EBV相关胃癌中它是表达的。此外,我们表明BNLF2a的表达与裂解基因的表达无关。因此,BNLF2a在这种潜伏状态下表达,可能有助于保护受感染的肿瘤细胞免受免疫监视。