ArticleBiomedicines2022
Downregulation of STAT3 in Epstein-Barr Virus-Positive Hodgkin Lymphoma.
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- Herpes simplex virus type 1 interferes with signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 expression in infected mature dendritic cells.The Journal of general virology · 2026Article
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Abstract
STAT3 is a transcription factor which is activated via various signaling transduction pathways or Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and plays an oncogenic role in lymphoid malignancies including Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The tumor cells of HL are derived from germinal center B-cells and transformed by chromosomal rearrangements, aberrant signal transduction, deregulation of developmental transcription factors, and EBV activity. HL cell lines represent useful models to investigate molecular principles and deduced treatment options of this malignancy. Using cell line L-540, we have recently shown that constitutively activated STAT3 drives aberrant expression of hematopoietic NKL homeobox gene HLX. Here, we analyzed HL cell line AM-HLH which is EBV-positive but, nevertheless, HLX-negative. Consistently, AM-HLH expressed decreased levels of STAT3 proteins which were additionally inactivated and located in the cytoplasm. Combined genomic and expression profiling data revealed several amplified and overexpressed gene candidates involved in opposed regulation of STAT3 and EBV. Corresponding knockdown studies demonstrated that IRF4 and NFATC2 inhibited STAT3 expression. MIR155 (activated by STAT3) and SPIB (repressed by HLX) showed reduced and elevated expression levels in AM-HLH, respectively. However, treatment with IL6 or IL27 activated STAT3, elevated expression of HLX and MIR155, and inhibited IRF4. Taken together, this cell line deals with two conflicting oncogenic drivers, namely, JAK2-STAT3 signaling and EBV infection, but is sensitive to switch after cytokine stimulation. Thus, AM-HLH represents a unique cell line model to study the pathogenic roles of STAT3 and EBV and their therapeutic implications in HL.
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