A Noncanonical Function of Polycomb Repressive Complexes Promotes Human Cytomegalovirus Lytic DNA Replication and Serves as a Novel Cellular Target for Antiviral Intervention

Journal of Virology
Adriana SvrlanskaNina Reuter

Abstract

Chromatin-based modifications of herpesviral genomes play a crucial role in dictating the outcome of infection. Consistent with this, host cell multiprotein complexes, such as polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs), were proposed to act as epigenetic regulators of herpesviral latency. In particular, PRC2 has recently been shown to contribute to the silencing of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genomes. Here, we identify a novel proviral role of PRC1 and PRC2, the two main polycomb repressive complexes, during productive HCMV infection. Western blot analyses revealed strong HCMV-mediated upregulation of RING finger protein 1B (RING1B) and B lymphoma Moloney murine leukemia virus insertion region 1 homolog (BMI1) as well as of enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), suppressor of zeste 12 (SUZ12), and embryonic ectoderm development (EED), which constitute the core components of PRC1 and PRC2, respectively. Furthermore, we observed a relocalization of PRC components to viral replication compartments, whereas histone modifications conferred by the respective PRCs were specifically excluded from these sites. Depletion of individual PRC1/PRC2 proteins by RNA interference resulted in a significant reduction of newly synthesized viral genomes an...Continue Reading

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