EBV tegument protein BNRF1 disrupts DAXX-ATRX to activate viral early gene transcription.
EBV tegument protein BNRF1 disrupts DAXX-ATRX to activate viral early gene transcription.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1002376
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发表时间:
2011-11
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Lieberman PM
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作者:
Tsai K;Thikmyanova N;Wojcechowskyj JA;Delecluse HJ;Lieberman PM
Productive infection by herpesviruses involve the disabling of host-cell intrinsic defenses by viral encoded tegument proteins. Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) typically establishes a non-productive, latent infection and it remains unclear how it confronts the host-cell intrinsic defenses that restrict viral gene expression. Here, we show that the EBV major tegument protein BNRF1 targets host-cell intrinsic defense proteins and promotes viral early gene activation. Specifically, we demonstrate that BNRF1 interacts with the host nuclear protein Daxx at PML nuclear bodies (PML-NBs) and disrupts the formation of the Daxx-ATRX chromatin remodeling complex. We mapped the Daxx interaction domain on BNRF1, and show that this domain is important for supporting EBV primary infection. Through reverse transcription PCR and infection assays, we show that BNRF1 supports viral gene expression upon early infection, and that this function is dependent on the Daxx-interaction domain. Lastly, we show that knockdown of Daxx and ATRX induces reactivation of EBV from latently infected lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs), suggesting that Daxx and ATRX play a role in the regulation of viral chromatin. Taken together, our data demonstrate an important role of BNRF1 in supporting EBV early infection by interacting with Daxx and ATRX; and suggest that tegument disruption of PML-NB-associated antiviral resistances is a universal requirement for herpesvirus infection in the nucleus. Persistent infection by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with a variety of diseases, including lymphoid and epithelial tumors. Despite a wealth of information on the mechanism of viral persistence, relatively little is known about the early steps of EBV infection and viral gene activation. Host cells actively mount resistances against viral infection, which viruses need to overcome to invade the cell. We have found that among the proteins packaged in the EBV viral particle, BNRF1 plays an important role of counteracting cellular defenses. We show that EBV protein BNRF1 binds to the cellular protein Daxx and disassembles the Daxx-ATRX complex, where both Daxx and ATRX are cellular proteins known to inhibit viral gene expression. We also confirm that BNRF1 can promote expression of early viral genes, and that Daxx-binding by BNRF1 is required for this function. Finally, we demonstrate that Daxx and ATRX repress viral gene expression during latency. We conclude that BNRF1 disassembles cellular antiviral defense machinery to promote expression of viral genes in the host cell.
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