Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) preferentially infects and causes Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in male patients. However, the biological mechanisms are largely unknown. This study was novel in confirming the extensive nuclear distribution of the androgen receptor (AR) and its co-lo...

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Autores principales: Mingzhu Ding, Jinfeng Wu, Rui Sun, Lijun Yan, Lei Bai, Jiajian Shi, Hua Feng, Yuqi Zhang, Ke Lan, Xing Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dc48f7533e80471ea08896ef20d9d8b92021-12-02T20:00:08ZAndrogen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.1553-73661553-737410.1371/journal.ppat.1009947https://doaj.org/article/dc48f7533e80471ea08896ef20d9d8b92021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009947https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) preferentially infects and causes Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in male patients. However, the biological mechanisms are largely unknown. This study was novel in confirming the extensive nuclear distribution of the androgen receptor (AR) and its co-localization with viral oncoprotein of latency-associated nuclear antigen in KS lesions, indicating a transcription way of AR in KS pathogenesis. The endogenous AR was also remarkably higher in KSHV-positive B cells than in KSHV-negative cells and responded to the ligand treatment of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the agonist of AR. Then, the anti-AR antibody-based chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-associated sequencing was used to identify the target viral genes of AR, revealing that the AR bound to multiple regions of lytic genes in the KSHV genome. The highest peak was enriched in the core promoter sequence of polyadenylated nuclear RNA (PAN), and the physical interaction was verified by ChIP-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Consistently, male steroid treatment significantly transactivated the promoter activity of PAN in luciferase reporter assay, consequently leading to extensive lytic gene expression and KSHV production as determined by real-time quantitative PCR, and the deletion of nuclear localization signals of AR resulted in the loss of nuclear transport and transcriptional activity in the presence of androgen and thus impaired the expression of PAN RNA. Oncogenically, this study identified that the AR was a functional prerequisite for cell invasion, especially under the context of KSHV reactivation, through hijacking the PAN as a critical effector. Taken together, a novel mechanism from male sex steroids to viral noncoding RNA was identified, which might provide a clue to understanding the male propensity in KS.Mingzhu DingJinfeng WuRui SunLijun YanLei BaiJiajian ShiHua FengYuqi ZhangKe LanXing WangPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Pathogens, Vol 17, Iss 9, p e1009947 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Mingzhu Ding
Jinfeng Wu
Rui Sun
Lijun Yan
Lei Bai
Jiajian Shi
Hua Feng
Yuqi Zhang
Ke Lan
Xing Wang
Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
description Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) preferentially infects and causes Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in male patients. However, the biological mechanisms are largely unknown. This study was novel in confirming the extensive nuclear distribution of the androgen receptor (AR) and its co-localization with viral oncoprotein of latency-associated nuclear antigen in KS lesions, indicating a transcription way of AR in KS pathogenesis. The endogenous AR was also remarkably higher in KSHV-positive B cells than in KSHV-negative cells and responded to the ligand treatment of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the agonist of AR. Then, the anti-AR antibody-based chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-associated sequencing was used to identify the target viral genes of AR, revealing that the AR bound to multiple regions of lytic genes in the KSHV genome. The highest peak was enriched in the core promoter sequence of polyadenylated nuclear RNA (PAN), and the physical interaction was verified by ChIP-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Consistently, male steroid treatment significantly transactivated the promoter activity of PAN in luciferase reporter assay, consequently leading to extensive lytic gene expression and KSHV production as determined by real-time quantitative PCR, and the deletion of nuclear localization signals of AR resulted in the loss of nuclear transport and transcriptional activity in the presence of androgen and thus impaired the expression of PAN RNA. Oncogenically, this study identified that the AR was a functional prerequisite for cell invasion, especially under the context of KSHV reactivation, through hijacking the PAN as a critical effector. Taken together, a novel mechanism from male sex steroids to viral noncoding RNA was identified, which might provide a clue to understanding the male propensity in KS.
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author Mingzhu Ding
Jinfeng Wu
Rui Sun
Lijun Yan
Lei Bai
Jiajian Shi
Hua Feng
Yuqi Zhang
Ke Lan
Xing Wang
author_facet Mingzhu Ding
Jinfeng Wu
Rui Sun
Lijun Yan
Lei Bai
Jiajian Shi
Hua Feng
Yuqi Zhang
Ke Lan
Xing Wang
author_sort Mingzhu Ding
title Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
title_short Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
title_full Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
title_fullStr Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
title_full_unstemmed Androgen receptor transactivates KSHV noncoding RNA PAN to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: A mechanism of sex disparity in KS.
title_sort androgen receptor transactivates kshv noncoding rna pan to promote lytic replication-mediated oncogenesis: a mechanism of sex disparity in ks.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/dc48f7533e80471ea08896ef20d9d8b9
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