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Journal of Virology, February 2006, p. 1321-1331, Vol. 80, No. 3
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.80.3.1321-1331.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Epstein-Barr Virus Protein Can Upregulate Cyclo-Oxygenase-2 Expression through Association with the Suppressor of Metastasis Nm23-H1

Rajeev Kaul, Subhash C. Verma, Masanao Murakami, Ke Lan, Tathagata Choudhuri, and Erle S. Robertson*

Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Tumor Virology Program, Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104

Received 11 October 2005/ Accepted 15 November 2005

Previous studies have demonstrated the interaction between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen 3C (EBNA3C) and the metastatic suppressor Nm23-H1 both in vitro and in vivo (C. Subramanian, M. A. Cotter II, and E. S. Robertson, Nat. Med. 7:350-355, 2001). EBNA3C can reverse the ability of Nm23-H1 to suppress migration of Burkitt's lymphoma and breast carcinoma cell lines in vitro. EBNA3C contributes to EBV-associated human cancers by regulating transcription of a number of cellular and viral promoters and by targeting and altering the transcription activities of the metastasis suppressor Nm23-H1. Cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2), an inducible enzyme important in inflammation, is overexpressed in a variety of cancers and can influence cell migration. In this report we show that Nm23-H1 and EBNA3C can modulate expression of COX-2 in the context of EBV infection and transformation. The levels of COX-2 were consistently higher in EBV-positive cells than in EBV-negative cells. Additionally, we show that Nm23-H1 can upregulate the COX-2 promoter element in luciferase reporter assays, whereas EBNA3C alone did not affect the level of response but clearly contributed to an additive increase when coexpressed with Nm23-H1. The downstream effect of COX-2 expression was also evaluated and showed that prostaglandin E2 levels increased with Nm23-H1 and that there was some level of cooperativity in the presence of EBNA3C. The majority of this response was mediated through the cyclic AMP response element and NF-{kappa}B sites. These studies suggest a potential role for COX-2 in EBV-associated human cancers.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 201E Johnson Pavilion, 3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Phone: (215) 746-0116. Fax: (215) 898-9557. E-mail: erle{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.

Journal of Virology, February 2006, p. 1321-1331, Vol. 80, No. 3
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.80.3.1321-1331.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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