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ArticleJournal of virology2018

c-Myc Represses Transcription of Epstein-Barr Virus Latent Membrane Protein 1 Early after Primary B Cell Infection.

Alexander M Price, Joshua E Messinger, Micah A Luftig

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Article in Journal of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander M Price *Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Joshua E Messinger *Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Micah A LuftigDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke Center for Virology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA Micah.luftig@duke.edu.
Duke University · US

Funding

Social and Behavioral Sciences CoreP30AI064518 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Nwora Lance Okeke · 2005 to 2026
$50.5M
Viral Oncology Training GrantT32CA009111 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LUFTIG, MICAH A. · 1985 to 2023
$8.9M
Host pathways regulating Epstein-Barr virus-mediated B cell growth transformationR01CA140337 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI LUFTIG, MICAH ALAN · 2011 to 2025
$5.9M
Targeting Apoptosis and Immune Control of Epstein-Barr Virus Infected Tonsillar B CellsR01DE025994 · NIDCR · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Micah Alan Luftig · 2016 to 2026
$5.0M
Temporal regulation of the essential Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1F31CA180451 · NCI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI PRICE, ALEXANDER MATTHEW · 2013 to 2015
$99k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA180451NCI NIH HHS R01 CA140337NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009111NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI064518NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE025994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent evidence has shown that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) oncogene LMP1 is not expressed at high levels early after EBV infection of primary B cells, despite its being essential for the long-term outgrowth of immortalized lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). In this study, we found that expression of LMP1 increased 50-fold between 7 days postinfection and the LCL state. Metabolic labeling of nascent transcribed mRNA indicated that this was primarily a transcription-mediated event. EBNA2, the key viral transcription factor regulating LMP1, and CTCF, an important chromatin insulator, were recruited to the LMP1 locus similarly early and late after infection. However, the activating histone H3K9Ac mark was enriched at the LMP1 promoter in LCLs relative to that in infected B cells early after infection. We found that high c-Myc activity in EBV-infected lymphoma cells as well as overexpression of c-Myc in an LCL model system repressed LMP1 transcription. Finally, we found that chemical inhibition of c-Myc both in LCLs and early after primary B cell infection increased LMP1 expression. These data support a model in which high levels of endogenous c-Myc activity induced early after primary B cell infection directly repress LMP1 transcription.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, ViralB-LymphocytesCell LineEpstein-Barr Virus InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHistonesHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycTranscription, GeneticViral Matrix ProteinsVirus LatencyEBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virusHistonesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycViral Matrix Proteinsc-MycEpstein-Barr viruslatent infectionLMP1viral transcription

Identifiers

PMID29118124
PMCPMC5752943
OpenAlexW2949465756

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