Virus Details


VHFID3981

Host Factor Information

Gene Name POU2F2
HF Protein Name POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 2
HF Function Regulates viral transcription, histone modifications and episome maintenance
Uniprot ID P09086
Protein Sequence View Fasta Sequence
NCBI Gene ID 5452
Host Factor (HF) Name in Paper OCT2
Gene synonyms OCT2 OTF2
Ensemble Gene ID ENSG00000028277
Ensemble Transcript ENST00000389341 [P09086-3];ENST00000526816 [P09086-1];ENST00000529067 [P09086-4];ENST00000529952 [P09086-2]
KEGG ID Go to KEGG Database
Gene Ontology ID(s) GO:0000978, GO:0000981, GO:0001077, GO:0002335, GO:0002380, GO:0003700, GO:0005634, GO:0005654, GO:0005737, GO:0006366, GO:0006959, GO:0019904, GO:0042795, GO:0043231, GO:0043565, GO:0048469,
MINT ID P09086
STRING Click to see interaction map
GWAS Analysis Click to see gwas analysis
OMIM ID 164176
PANTHER ID N.A.
PDB ID(s) 1HDP,
pfam ID PF00046, PF00157,
Drug Bank ID DB08930,
ChEMBL ID CHEMBL3509582
Organism Homo sapiens (Human)

Pathogen Information

Virus Name Human herpesvirus 4 (Epstein-Barr virus)
Virus Short Name EBV
Order Herpesvirales
Virus Family Herpesviridae
Virus Subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae
Genus Lymphocryptovirus
Species Human herpesvirus 4
Host Human, mammals
Cell Tropism B lymphocytes, oral epithelial cells, latency: remains latent in cd19+ b cells
Associated Disease Mononucleosis, associated with environemental diseases: burkitt?s lymphoma nasopharyngeal carcinoma (npc)
Mode of Transmission Contact, saliva
VIPR DB link http://www.viprbrc.org/brc/vipr_allSpecies_search.do?method=SubmitForm&decorator=herpes
ICTV DB link https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/dsdna-viruses-2011/w/dsdna_viruses/91/herpesviridae
Virus Host DB link http://www.genome.jp/virushostdb/view/?virus_lineage=Herpesviridae

Publication Information

Paper Title HCF1 and OCT2 Cooperate with EBNA1 To Enhance OriP-Dependent Transcription and Episome Maintenance of Latent Epstein-Barr Virus
Author's Name Jayaraju Dheekollu, Andreas Wiedmer, Daniel Sentana-Lledo, Joel Cassel, Troy Messick, Paul M. Lieberman
Journal Name Journal Of Virology
Pubmed ID 27009953
Abstract Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) establishes latent infections as multicopy episomes with complex patterns of viral gene transcription and chromatin structure. The EBV origin of plasmid replication (OriP) has been implicated as a critical control element for viral transcription, as well as viral DNA replication and episome maintenance. Here, we examine cellular factors that bind OriP and regulate histone modification, transcription regulation, and episome maintenance. We found that OriP is enriched for histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation in multiple cell types and latency types. Host cell factor 1 (HCF1), a component of the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) histone methyltransferase complex, and transcription factor OCT2 (octamer-binding transcription factor 2) bound cooperatively with EBNA1 (Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1) at OriP. Depletion of OCT2 or HCF1 deregulated latency transcription and histone modifications at OriP, as well as the OriP-regulated latency type-dependent C promoter (Cp) and Q promoter (Qp). HCF1 depletion led to a loss of histone H3K4me3 (trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 4) and H3 acetylation at Cp in type III latency and Qp in type I latency, as well as an increase in heterochromatic H3K9me3 at these sites. HCF1 depletion resulted in the loss of EBV episomes from Burkitts lymphoma cells with type I latency and reactivation from lymphoblastoid cells (LCLs) with type III latency. These findings indicate that HCF1 and OCT2 function at OriP to regulate viral transcription, histone modifications, and episome maintenance. As HCF1 is best known for its function in herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) immediate early gene transcription, our findings suggest that EBV latency transcription shares unexpected features with HSV gene regulation.
Used Model HEK 293T cells
DOI 10.1128/JVI.00239-16