Epstein-Barr Virus EB2 Protein Exports Unspliced RNA via a Crm-1-Independent Pathway
AUTOR(ES)
Farjot, Géraldine
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Human herpesviruses encode posttranscriptional activators that are believed to up-regulate viral replication by facilitating early and late gene expression. We have reported previously that the Epstein-Barr virus protein EB2 (also called M or SM) promotes nuclear export of RNAs that are poor substrates for spliceosome assembly, an effect that closely resembles the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev-dependent nuclear export of unspliced viral RNA. Here we present experimental data showing that EB2 efficiently promotes the nuclear export of unspliced RNA expressed from a Rev reporter construct. Site-directed mutagenesis as well as domain swapping experiments indicate that a leucine-rich region found in the EB2 protein, which matches the consensus sequence for the leucine-rich nuclear export signal, is not a nuclear export signal per se. Accordingly, leptomycin B (LMB), a specific Crm-1 inhibitor, impairs Rev- but not EB2-dependent nuclear export of unspliced RNA. Moreover, EB2 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling visualized by a heterokaryon assay is, unlike Rev shuttling, not affected by LMB. We also show that overexpression of an N-terminal deletion mutant of Nup214/can, a major nucleoporin of the nuclear pore complex involved in several aspects of nuclear transport, blocks both Rev- and EB2-dependent nuclear export of RNA. These results strongly suggest that EB2 nuclear export of unspliced RNA is mediated by a Crm-1-independent pathway.
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