Identification of cellular target genes of the Epstein-Barr virus transactivator Zta: activation of transforming growth factor beta igh3 (TGF-beta igh3) and TGF-beta 1

Author:

Cayrol C1,Flemington E K1

Affiliation:

1. Division of Tumor Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Abstract

The lytic switch transactivator Zta initiates the ordered cascade of Epstein-Barr virus gene expression that culminates in virus production. Zta is a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein that transactivates early viral promotes via cis-acting sequences. Activation of some of these genes is mediated through binding to consensus AP-1 promoter elements. This observation suggests that Zta may also regulate the expression of cellular genes. While many targets of Zta have been identified in the Epstein-Barr virus genome, putative host cell targets remain largely unknown. To address this issue, a tetracycline-regulated Zta expression system was generated, and differential hybridization screening was used to isolate Zta-responsive cellular genes. The major target identified by this analysis is a gene encoding a fasciclin-like secreted factor, transforming growth factor beta igh3 (TGF-beta igh3), that was originally identified as a gene that is responsive to the potent immunosuppressor TGF-beta 1. Northern (RNA) blot analysis demonstrated that induction of Zta expression results in a 10-fold increase in TGF-beta igh3 mRNA levels. Zta was also found to increase TGF-beta 1 mRNA levels as well as the amount of active TGF-beta 1 secreted into the medium. Interestingly, alpha 1-collagen IV, which has been shown to potentiate the effects of TGF-beta 1, is also a cellular target of Zta. These results suggest that Zta could play a role in modulating the host cell environment through activating the expression of secreted factors.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology

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