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Recombinant Murine Gamma Herpesvirus 68 Carrying KSHV G Protein-Coupled Receptor Induces Angiogenic Lesions in Mice.
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- KSHV-infected endothelial cells expand and up-regulate angiogenic pathways and CXCR4 in patient-derived Kaposi sarcoma models.Science translational medicine · 2026Article
- Model Systems of Gammaherpesvirus Infection, Immunity, and Disease.Journal of medical virology · 2025Review
- IRF1 amplifies HSV-1-triggered antiviral innate immunity in a feed-forward manner.Cell insight · 2025Article
- Disrupting the OTUD4-USP7 deubiquitinase complex to suppress herpesvirus replication: a novel antiviral strategy.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Mapping herpesvirus-driven impacts on the cellular milieu and transcriptional profile of Kaposi sarcoma in patient-derived mouse models.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Palmitoylation of KSHV pORF55 is required for Golgi localization and efficient progeny virion production.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Non-canonical regulation of the reactivation of an oncogenic herpesvirus by the OTUD4-USP7 deubiquitinases.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
- Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screen Identifies SMCHD1 as a Restriction Factor for Herpesviruses.mBio · 2023Article
- Lytic Replication and Reactivation from B Cells Is Not Required for Establishing or Maintaining Gammaherpesvirus LatencyJournal of virology · 2022Article
- Conquering the Host: Determinants of Pathogenesis Learned from Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68.Annual review of virology · 2021Article
- Global CpG DNA Methylation Footprint in Kaposi's Sarcoma.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
- DNA-PK deficiency potentiates cGAS-mediated antiviral innate immunity.Nature communications · 2020Article
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- An endothelial cell line infected by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) allows the investigation of Kaposi's sarcoma and the validation of novel viral inhibitors in vitro and in vivo.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2019Article
- Modulation of Cellular CpG DNA Methylation by Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus.Journal of virology · 2018Article
- Species-Specific Deamidation of cGAS by Herpes Simplex Virus UL37 Protein Facilitates Viral Replication.Cell host & microbe · 2018Article
- CADM1 is essential for KSHV-encoded vGPCR-and vFLIP-mediated chronic NF-κB activation.PLoS pathogens · 2018Article
- Extracellular vesicles: novel vehicles in herpesvirus infection.Virologica Sinica · 2017Review
- Murine Gammaherpesvirus 68 Expressing Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency-Associated Nuclear Antigen (LANA) Reveals both Functional Conservation and Divergence in LANA Homologs.Journal of virology · 2017Article
- Hijacking GPCRs by viral pathogens and tumor.Biochemical pharmacology · 2016Review
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Abstract
Human gamma herpesviruses, including Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), are capable of inducing tumors, particularly in in immune-compromised individuals. Due to the stringent host tropism, rodents are resistant to infection by human gamma herpesviruses, creating a significant barrier for the in vivo study of viral genes that contribute to tumorigenesis. The closely-related murine gamma herpesvirus 68 (γHV68) efficiently infects laboratory mouse strains and establishes robust persistent infection without causing apparent disease. Here, we report that a recombinant γHV68 carrying the KSHV G protein-coupled receptor (kGPCR) in place of its murine counterpart induces angiogenic tumors in infected mice. Although viral GPCRs are conserved in all gamma herpesviruses, kGPCR potently activated downstream signaling and induced tumor formation in nude mouse, whereas γHV68 GPCR failed to do so. Recombinant γHV68 carrying kGPCR demonstrated more robust lytic replication ex vivo than wild-type γHV68, although both viruses underwent similar acute and latent infection in vivo. Infection of immunosuppressed mice with γHV68 carrying kGPCR, but not wild-type γHV68, induced tumors in mice that exhibited angiogenic and inflammatory features shared with human Kaposi's sarcoma. Immunohistochemistry staining identified abundant latently-infected cells and a small number of cells supporting lytic replication in tumor tissue. Thus, mouse infection with a recombinant γHV68 carrying kGPCR provides a useful small animal model for tumorigenesis induced by a human gamma herpesvirus gene in the setting of a natural course of infection.
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