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ArticleNature communications2024

Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates are hubs for viral RNA processing and their formation drives genomic instability.

Katherine L Harper, Elena M Harrington, Connor Hayward, Chinedu A Anene, Wiyada Wongwiwat, Robert E White, Adrian Whitehouse

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Nuclear speckles are regulatory hubs for viral and host mRNA expression during HSV-1 infection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. Labeling of Long Noncoding RNAs to Study Virus-Induced Nuclear Aggregates.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Katherine L Harper *School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2004-1283
Elena M Harrington *School of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Connor HaywardSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8440-770X
Chinedu A AneneCentre for Biomedical Science Research, School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, LS1 3HE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3591-3358
Wiyada WongwiwatDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Robert E WhiteDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5115-2173
Adrian WhitehouseSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. a.whitehouse@leeds.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-3866-7110

Funding

RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 95519935RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) MR/X000060/1University of Leeds Mary & Alice Smith Endowed Research Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleus is a highly organised yet dynamic environment containing distinct membraneless nuclear bodies. This spatial separation enables a subset of components to be concentrated within biomolecular condensates, allowing efficient and discrete processes to occur which regulate cellular function. One such nuclear body, paraspeckles, are comprised of multiple paraspeckle proteins (PSPs) built around the architectural RNA, NEAT1_2. Paraspeckle function is yet to be fully elucidated but has been implicated in a variety of developmental and disease scenarios. We demonstrate that Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) drives formation of structurally distinct paraspeckles with a dramatically increased size and altered protein composition that are required for productive lytic replication. We highlight these virus-modified paraspeckles form adjacent to virus replication centres, potentially functioning as RNA processing hubs for viral transcripts during infection. Notably, we reveal that PSP sequestration into virus-modified paraspeckles result in increased genome instability during both KSHV and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infection, implicating their formation in virus-mediated tumourigenesis.

Indexed as

Cell NucleusGenomic InstabilityHerpesvirus 8, HumanRNA, ViralVirus ReplicationBiomolecular CondensatesHEK293 CellsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalNEAT1 long non-coding RNA, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Viral

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PMID39592606
PMCPMC11599752

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