ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023
Epstein-Barr virus LMP1 protein promotes proliferation and inhibits differentiation of epithelial cells via activation of YAP and TAZ.
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- Positive TAZ-TDG feedback loop drives proneural-to-mesenchymal transition to promote glioblastoma progression.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Article
- SFK Inhibition Suppresses EBV-Encoded BART miRNAs and Induces Apoptosis in EBV-Positive Gastric Epithelial Cells.Cancers · 2026Article
- JAM-C prevents ocular fibrosis by suppressing the TAZ/KLF6 pathway.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
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- Posttranslational modifications of YAP/TAZ: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2025Review
- Human cytomegalovirus infection coopts chromatin organization to diminish TEAD1 transcription factor activity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- IRF6 controls Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) lytic reactivation and differentiation in EBV-infected epithelial cells.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Inhibition of the Integrated stress response by Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein LMP1 attenuates epithelial cell differentiation and lytic viral reactivation.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Research landmarks on the 60th anniversary of Epstein-Barr virus.Science China. Life sciences · 2025Review
- A small molecule that selectively inhibits the growth of Epstein-Barr virus-latently infected cancer cells.iScience · 2024Article
- HPV18 E7 inhibits LATS1 kinase and activates YAP1 by degrading PTPN14.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Regulation mechanism of EBV-encoded EBER1 and LMP2A on YAP1 and the impact of YAP1 on the EBV infection status in EBV-associated gastric carcinoma.Virus research · 2024Article
- Novel and multiple targets for chimeric antigen receptor-based therapies in lymphoma.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection promotes undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinomas (NPCs) in humans, but the mechanism(s) for this effect has been difficult to study because EBV cannot transform normal epithelial cells in vitro and the EBV genome is often lost when NPC cells are grown in culture. Here we show that the latent EBV protein, LMP1 (Latent membrane protein 1), induces cellular proliferation and inhibits spontaneous differentiation of telomerase-immortalized normal oral keratinocytes (NOKs) in growth factor-deficient conditions by increasing the activity of the Hippo pathway effectors, YAP (Yes-associated protein) and TAZ (Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif). We demonstrate that LMP1 enhances YAP and TAZ activity in NOKs both by decreasing Hippo pathway-mediated serine phosphorylation of YAP and TAZ and increasing Src kinase-mediated Y357 phosphorylation of YAP. Furthermore, knockdown of YAP and TAZ is sufficient to reduce proliferation and promote differentiation in EBV-infected NOKs. We find that YAP and TAZ are also required for LMP1-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Importantly, we demonstrate that ibrutinib (an FDA-approved BTK inhibitor that blocks YAP and TAZ activity through an off-target effect) restores spontaneous differentiation and inhibits proliferation of EBV-infected NOKs at clinically relevant doses. These results suggest that LMP1-induced YAP and TAZ activity contributes to the development of NPC.
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