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Repression of CIITA by the Epstein-Barr virus transcription factor Zta is independent of its dimerization and DNA binding
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:19 authored by Nicolae Balan, Kay OsbornKay Osborn, Alison SinclairRepression of the cellular CIITA gene is part of the immune evasion strategy of the ?herpes virus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) during its lytic replication cycle in B-cells. In part this is mediated through down regulation of MHC class II gene expression via the targeted repression of CIITA, the cellular master regulator of MHC class II gene expression. The repression is achieved through a reduction in CIITA promoter activity initiated by the EBV transcription and replication factor Zta (BZLF1, EB1, ZEBRA). Zta is the earliest gene expressed during the lytic replication cycle. Zta interacts with sequence specific elements in promoters, enhancers and the replication origin (ZREs) and also modulates gene expression through interaction with cellular transcription factors and co-activators. Here we explore the requirements for Zta-mediated repression of the CIITA promoter. We find that repression by Zta is specific for the CIITA promoter and can be achieved in the absence of other EBV genes. Surprisingly, we find that the dimerization region of Zta is not required to mediate repression. This contrasts with an obligate requirement of this region to correctly orientate the DNA contact regions of Zta to mediate activation of gene expression through ZREs. Additional support for the model that Zta represses the CIITA promoter without direct DNA binding comes from promoter mapping that shows that repression does not require the presence of a ZRE in the CIITA promoter.
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Deciphering the complex mechanisms that reprogram gene expression during Epstein Barr Virus replicat; G0803; MRC; MR/J001708/1
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Journal of General VirologyISSN
0022-1317Publisher
Microbiology SocietyExternal DOI
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97Page range
725-732Department affiliated with
- Biochemistry Publications
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2016-02-17First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2016-02-17Usage metrics
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