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Kousho Wakae1,2, Satoru Kondo3, Hai Thanh Pham3, Naohiro Wakisaka3, Lusheng Que1,2, Yingfang Li1,2, Xin Zheng2, Kento Fukano2, Kouichi Kitamura1,4, Koichi Watashi2, Hideki Aizaki2, Takayoshi Ueno3, Makiko Moriyama-Kita3, Kazuya Ishikawa3, Yosuke Nakanishi3, Kazuhira Endo3, Masamichi Muramatsu1,2, Tomokazu Yoshizaki3.
Abstract
An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is a principal oncogene that plays a pivotal role in EBV-associated malignant tumors including nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). Recent genomic landscape studies revealed that NPC also contained many genomic mutations, suggesting the role of LMP1 as a driver gene for the induction of these genomic mutations. Nonetheless, its exact mechanism has not been investigated. In this study, we report that LMP1 alters the expression profile of APOBEC3s(A3s), host deaminases that introduce consecutive C-to-U mutations (hypermutation). In vitro, LMP1 induces APOBEC3B (A3B) and 3F(A3F), in a nasopharyngeal cell line, AdAH. Overexpression of LMP1, A3B, or A3F induces mtDNA hypermutation, which is also detectable from NPC specimens. Expression of LMP1 and A3B in NPC was correlated with neck metastasis. These results provide evidence as to which LMP1 induces A3s and mtDNA hypermutation, and how LMP1 facilitates metastasis is also discussed.Entities:
Keywords: APOBEC; EBV-LMP1; mitochondrial DNA; nasopharyngeal cancer
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Year: 2020 PMID: 32815637 PMCID: PMC7571841 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3357
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Med ISSN: 2045-7634 Impact factor: 4.452
Figure 1APOBEC expression in LMP1‐expressing cells and NPC specimens (A) RT‐qPCR analysis of AdAH cells retrovirally transduced with LMP1, along with the neomycin‐resistance gene. As for qPCR, the samples were duplicated and the results were normalized to HPRT. The levels of A3s are indicated as copy numbers per HPRT, and that of A2, as arbitrary units (error bars; SEM, **P < .01). (B) Total cell lysates of each transductant were subjected to SDS‐PAGE, and immunoblotted with antibodies against A3B, A3F, LMP1, and GAPDH. (C) Representative analysis of Immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis in NPC specimens. The sections were stained with antibodies against LMP1, A3B, A3F, and A3G. (D) The frequency of A3B or LMP1 expressing cells was calculated. P values were calculated using unpaired two‐tailed Student's t‐test and Pearson's correlation test for the RT‐qPCR analysis and IHC scoring, respectively
Figure 2LMP1 hypermutates mtDNA (A) AdAH cells retrovirally transduced with LMP1 were subjected to 3D‐PCR analysis targeting TP53 or COI. No CT, 4xCT, and 17xCT indicate the lowest denaturation temperature at which the target sequence is amplified from the control plasmids containing 0, 4, and 17 C‐to‐T mutations, respectively. (B,C) The COI amplicons from a denaturing temperature of 84.5°C or lower were sequenced (B), and the dinucleotide preference of G‐to‐A mutations are summarized (C). P‐values were calculated using chi‐square tests for the dinucleotide analysis. ***P < .005
Figure 3A3B and A3F hypermutate mtDNA (A,B) AdAH cells were transfected with expression vectors for HA‐A3B, FLAG‐GFP, FLAG‐A3F, and FLAG‐A3G. Two days after transfection, the cells were harvested and used for immunoblotting (A) and 3D‐PCR analysis (B) as in Figure 2. No CT and 4xCT indicate the lowest denaturation temperature at which the target sequence is amplified from the control plasmids containing 0 and 4 C‐to‐T mutations, respectively. (C,D) The COI amplicons from a denaturing temperature of 84.3°C or lower were sequenced (C), and the dinucleotide preference of G‐to‐A mutations are summarized (D). P‐values were calculated using chi‐square tests for the dinucleotide analysis. **P < .01
Figure 4Expression of LMP1 and A3B proteins positively correlates with neck lymph node metastasis Nasopharyngeal cancer specimens were subjected to immunohistochemical analysis to quantify the protein level of LMP1, A3B, A3F, and A3G, as in Figures 1C and 1D. The expression scores of patients with or without neck metastasis are summarized. P values were calculated using the unpaired two‐tailed Student's t‐test. (error bars; SD,* P < .05)