Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen-3 and -4 interact with RBP-2N, a major isoform of RBP-J kappa in B lymphocytes

Virology
Kenia G KrauerTom B Sculley

Abstract

The Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA)-3 and EBNA-4 proteins are thought to act as transcriptional transactivators. The yeast two-hybrid system and coimmunoprecipitation were used to demonstrate that EBNA-3 and -4 associate with the DNA-binding protein RBP-2N, an isoform of RBP-J kappa. A comparison between EBNA-3, EBNA-4, and EBNA-6 binding to RBP-2N indicated that EBNA-3 enhanced beta-galactosidase activity 4-fold more than EBNA-6 and 30-fold more than EBNA-4. Assay of RBP-2N deletion mutants demonstrated that EBNA-3 binds to regions of RBP-2N which are distinct from those to which EBNA-2 and -6 interact, whereas EBNA-4 binds to the same region of RBP-2N as EBNA-2 and -6 (amino acids 159-331 of RBP-2N). Interaction of both A- and B-type EBNA-3 with RBP-2N was also demonstrated by immunoprecipitation. RT-PCR analysis of a panel of B cell lymphomas and lymphoblastoid cell lines demonstrated that higher levels of RBP-2N were expressed, in comparison to RBP-J kappa, indicating that RBP-2N is a major isoform expressed in B cells. These results suggest that all the EBNA-3 family proteins lead to transcriptional regulation via interaction with RBP-2N.

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