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Journal of Virology, May 2001, p. 4482-4489, Vol. 75, No. 10
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.10.4482-4489.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Cell Cycle Analysis of Epstein-Barr Virus-Infected Cells following Treatment with Lytic Cycle-Inducing Agents

Antonio Rodriguez,dagger Eun Joo Jung, and Erik K. Flemington*

Department of Pathology, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112

Received 7 November 2000/Accepted 2 February 2001

While Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latency-associated gene expression is associated with cell cycle progression, the relationship between the EBV lytic program and the cell cycle is less clear. Using four different EBV lytic induction systems, we address the relationship between lytic cycle activation and the cell cycle. In three of these systems, G0 or G1 cell growth arrest signaling is observed prior to detection of the EBV immediate-early gene product Zta. In tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate-treated P3HR1 cultures and in 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine-treated NPC-KT cultures, cell cycle analysis of Zta-expressing cell populations showed a significant G1 bias during the early stages of lytic cycle progression. In contrast, treatment of the cell line Akata with anti-immunoglobulin (Ig) results in rapid induction of immediate-early gene expression, and accordingly, activation of the immediate-early gene product Zta precedes significant anti-Ig-induced cell cycle effects. Nevertheless, cell cycle analysis of the Zta-expressing population following anti-Ig treatment shows a bias for cells in G1, indicating that anti-Ig-mediated induction of Zta occurs more efficiently in cells traversing G1. Last, although 5-azacytidine treatment of Rael cells results in a G1 arrest in the total cell population which precedes the induction of Zta, cell cycle analysis of the Zta-expressing population shows a significant bias for cells with an apparent G2/M DNA content. This bias may result, in part, from activation of Zta expression following demethylation of the Zta promoter during S-phase. Together, these studies indicate that induction of Zta occurs through several distinct mechanisms, some of which may involve checkpoint signaling.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Pathology, SL79, Tulane Cancer Center, 1430 Tulane Ave., New Orleans, LA 70112. Phone: (504) 988-1167. Fax: (504) 588-5516. E-mail: erik{at}flemingtonlab.com.

dagger Present address: Centro de Biologia Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Facultad de Ciencias-Edif. Biologicas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.

Journal of Virology, May 2001, p. 4482-4489, Vol. 75, No. 10
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.10.4482-4489.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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