RUNX super-enhancer control through the Notch pathway by Epstein-Barr virus transcription factors regulates B cell growth.
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Journal Article
Abstract
In B cells infected by the cancer-associated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), RUNX3 and RUNX1 transcription is manipulated to control cell growth. The EBV-encoded EBNA2 transcription factor (TF) activates RUNX3 transcription leading to RUNX3-mediated repression of the RUNX1 promoter and the relief of RUNX1-directed growth repression. We show that EBNA2 activates RUNX3 through a specific element within a -97 kb super-enhancer in a manner dependent on the expression of the Notch DNA-binding partner RBP-J. We also reveal that the EBV TFs EBNA3B and EBNA3C contribute to RUNX3 activation in EBV-infected cells by targeting the same element. Uncovering a counter-regulatory feed-forward step, we demonstrate EBNA2 activation of a RUNX1 super-enhancer (-139 to -250 kb) that results in low-level RUNX1 expression in cells refractory to RUNX1-mediated growth inhibition. EBNA2 activation of the RUNX1 super-enhancer is also dependent on RBP-J. Consistent with the context-dependent roles of EBNA3B and EBNA3C as activators or repressors, we find that these proteins negatively regulate the RUNX1 super-enhancer, curbing EBNA2 activation. Taken together our results reveal cell-type-specific exploitation of RUNX gene super-enhancers by multiple EBV TFs via the Notch pathway to fine tune RUNX3 and RUNX1 expression and manipulate B-cell growth.
Date Issued
2016-02-15
Date Acceptance
2016-02-01
Citation
Nucleic Acids Research, 2016, 44 (10), pp.4636-4650
ISSN
1362-4962
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Start Page
4636
End Page
4650
Journal / Book Title
Nucleic Acids Research
Volume
44
Issue
10
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© The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which
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Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research "Beating Blood Cancers"
Identifier
PII: gkw085
Grant Number
13032
Subjects
Developmental Biology
05 Environmental Sciences
06 Biological Sciences
08 Information And Computing Sciences
Publication Status
Published