ArticleJournal of virology2012
Genome-wide analyses of Zta binding to the Epstein-Barr virus genome reveals interactions in both early and late lytic cycles and an epigenetic switch leading to an altered binding profile.
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- Utility of Serum EB Virus Zta Antibody in the Diagnostic of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Evidences From 2,126 Cases and 15,644 Controls.Frontiers in oncology · 2019Pooled it
- Circulating cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA measurement for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: advancing towards ctDNA-guided, risk-adaptive individualized treatment.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Review
- Epstein-Barr Virus-host epigenetic interplay: mechanisms of regulation and therapeutic potential.Clinical epigenetics · 2026Review
- BPabZIP, a new bZIP protein motif that promotes binding near, and displacement of, nucleosomes.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A dsRNA Viral Transcriptional Regulator Evades Innate Immunity by Hijacking Host CoTranscription Factor DHX9.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation induces divergent abortive, reprogrammed, and host shutoff states by lytic progression.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Epstein-Barr virus reactivation induces divergent abortive, reprogrammed, and host shutoff states by lytic progression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation during oncogenicFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Review
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- EBV dUTPase: A Novel Modulator of Inflammation and the Tumor Microenvironment in EBV-Associated Malignancies.Cancers · 2023Review
- Interaction sites of the Epstein-Barr virus Zta transcription factor with the host genome in epithelial cells.Access microbiology · 2021Article
- bZIP Dimers CREB1, ATF2, Zta, ATF3|cJun, and cFos|cJun Prefer to Bind to Some Double-Stranded DNA Sequences Containing 5-Formylcytosine and 5-Carboxylcytosine.Biochemistry · 2020Article
- Epigenetic lifestyle of Epstein-Barr virus.Seminars in immunopathology · 2020Review
- Identifying the Cellular Interactome of Epstein-Barr Virus Lytic Regulator Zta Reveals Cellular Targets Contributing to Viral Replication.Journal of virology · 2020Article
- Antisense Transcripts and Antisense Protein: A New Perspective on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Review
- A Noncanonical Basic Motif of Epstein-Barr Virus ZEBRA Protein Facilitates Recognition of Methylated DNA, High-Affinity DNA Binding, and Lytic Activation.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- Epigenetic crossroads of the Epstein-Barr virus B-cell relationship.Current opinion in virology · 2018Review
- Mutant Cellular AP-1 Proteins Promote Expression of a Subset of Epstein-Barr Virus Late Genes in the Absence of Lytic Viral DNA Replication.Journal of virology · 2018Article
- Mechanism of activation of the BNLF2a immune evasion gene of Epstein-Barr virus by Zta.The Journal of general virology · 2018Article
- The Epstein-Barr Virus B-ZIP Protein Zta Recognizes Specific DNA Sequences Containing 5-Methylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine.Biochemistry · 2017Article
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Abstract
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome sustains substantial epigenetic modification involving chromatin remodelling and DNA methylation during lytic replication. Zta (ZEBRA, BZLF1), a key regulator of the EBV lytic cycle, is a transcription and replication factor, binding to Zta response elements (ZREs) in target promoters and EBV lytic origins of replication. In vitro, Zta binding is modulated by DNA methylation; a subset of CpG-containing Zta binding sites (CpG ZREs) is bound only in a DNA methylation-dependent manner. The question of how the dynamic epigenetic environment impacts Zta interaction during the EBV lytic cycle is unknown. To address this, we used chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with next-generation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) to identify Zta binding sites across the EBV genome before and after viral DNA replication. Replication did not alter the association of Zta across many regions of the EBV genome, but a striking reduction in Zta binding occurred at some loci that contain CpG ZREs. Separating Zta-bound DNA into methylated and nonmethylated fractions, we found that promoters that contain CpG ZREs were enriched in the methylated fraction but that Zta binding to promoters lacking CpG ZREs was not reduced. We hypothesize that the loss of DNA methylation on the EBV genome during the lytic cycle causes the reduced binding to CpG ZREs; this may act as a lytic cycle epigenetic switch. However, the epigenetic changes associated with the replicated EBV genome do not affect the interaction of Zta with many loci that are rich in non-CpG ZREs; this leads to sustained binding at these regions.
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