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- Title
MicroRNAs encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus regulate viral life cycle.
- Authors
Lu, Chih-Chung; Li, Zhonghan; Chu, Chia-Ying; Feng, Jiaying; Feng, Jun; Sun, Ren; Rana, Tariq M
- Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is linked with Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphomas. The pathogenesis of KSHV depends on the balance between two phases of the viral cycle: latency and lytic replication. In this study, we report that KSHV-encoded microRNAs (miRNAs) function as regulators by maintaining viral latency and inhibiting viral lytic replication. MiRNAs are short, noncoding, small RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of messenger RNAs. Of the 12 viral miRNAs expressed in latent KSHV-infected cells, we observed that expression of miR-K3 can suppress both viral lytic replication and gene expression. Further experiments indicate that miR-K3 can regulate viral latency by targeting nuclear factor I/B. Nuclear factor I/B can activate the promoter of the viral immediate-early transactivator replication and transcription activator (RTA), and depletion of nuclear factor I/B by short hairpin RNAs had similar effects on the viral life cycle to those of miR-K3. Our results suggest a role for KSHV miRNAs in regulating the viral life cycle.
- Publication
EMBO reports, 2010, Vol 11, Issue 10, p784
- ISSN
1469-3178
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/embor.2010.132