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ArticleCell host & microbe2017

CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Epstein-Barr Virus-Transformed B Cell Host Dependency Factors.

Yijie Ma, Michael J Walsh, Katharina Bernhardt, Camille W Ashbaugh, Stephen J Trudeau, Isabelle Y Ashbaugh, Sizun Jiang, Chang Jiang, Bo Zhao, David E Root and 2 more

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 118 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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118citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yijie MaDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Michael J WalshDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Katharina BernhardtDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Camille W AshbaughDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephen J TrudeauDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Isabelle Y AshbaughDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Sizun JiangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Chang JiangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Bo ZhaoDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
David E RootBroad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
John G DoenchBroad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Benjamin E GewurzDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Virology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: bgewurz@bwh.harvard.edu.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBroad Institute · US

Funding

Epstein-Barr Virus LMP-1 Mediated OncongenicityR01CA085180 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KIEFF, ELLIOTT D · 2000 to 2016
$10.6M
Targeting Epstein-Barr Virus super-enhancersR01AI123420 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Bo Zhao · 2016 to 2026
$5.1M
Genetic and Proteomic Analysis of Epstein-Barr Virus LMP1 Activation of NF-kBK08CA140780 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GEWURZ, BENJAMIN ELISON · 2010 to 2014
$900k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA140780NCI NIH HHS R01 CA085180NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123420
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes endemic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and immunosuppression-related lymphomas. These B cell malignancies arise by distinct transformation pathways and have divergent viral and host expression programs. To identify host dependency factors resulting from these EBV+, B cell-transformed cell states, we performed parallel genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 loss-of-function screens in BL and lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). These highlighted 57 BL and 87 LCL genes uniquely important for their growth and survival. LCL hits were enriched for EBV-induced genes, including viral super-enhancer targets. Our systematic approach uncovered key mechanisms by which EBV oncoproteins activate the PI3K/AKT pathway and evade tumor suppressor responses. LMP1-induced cFLIP was found to be critical for LCL defense against TNFα-mediated programmed cell death, whereas EBV-induced BATF/IRF4 were critical for BIM suppression and MYC induction in LCLs. Finally, EBV super-enhancer-targeted IRF2 protected LCLs against Blimp1-mediated tumor suppression. Our results identify viral transformation-driven synthetic lethal targets for therapeutic intervention.

Indexed as

ApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsB-LymphocytesBurkitt LymphomaCell LineCell Transformation, ViralComplement Factor BCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Expression RegulationGene Knockdown TechniquesHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansInterferon Regulatory Factor-2Interferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsBATF protein, humanComplement Factor BInterferon Regulatory Factor-2Interferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsIRF2 protein, humanNF-kappa BOncogene ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPositive Regulatory Domain I-Binding Factor 1PRDM1 protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaapoptosisCRISPRdependency factorEpstein-Barr virusgamma-herpesvirusinterferon regulatory factorNF-kappaBoncoproteinsynthetic lethaltumor virus

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