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Nitric oxide is induced and required for efficient Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus lytic replication

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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL VIROLOGY
卷 93, 期 11, 页码 6323-6332

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27228

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Kaposi's sarcoma; KSHV; nitric oxide; viral replication

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  1. National Institutes of Health

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Nitric oxide (NO) plays a crucial role in efficient KSHV lytic replication, and inhibition of NO production results in reduced levels of infectious virions and viral lytic transcripts and proteins. Exogenous addition of a NO donor enhances the full KSHV lytic replication program.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is an oncogenic virus associated with several human malignancies. KSHV lytic replication promotes the spread of infection and progression of KSHV-associated malignancies; however, the mechanism regulating KSHV lytic replication remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of nitric oxide (NO) in KSHV lytic replication. In the TREx BCBL1-RTA KSHV lytic replication cell system, induction of KSHV lytic replication increased intracellular and extracellular NO. Chemical inhibition of NO production resulted in a lower level of KSHV lytic replication as shown by a reduced level of infectious virions, and decreased levels of viral lytic transcripts and proteins. In a second KSHV lytic replication system of iSLK-RGB-BAC16 cells, we confirmed that KSHV lytic replication increased NO production. Chemical inhibition of NO production resulted in reduced numbers of cells expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein and blue fluorescent protein, two reporters that closely track the expression of KSHV early and late genes, respectively. Consistent with these results, inhibition of NO production resulted in reduced levels of infectious virions, and viral lytic transcripts and proteins. Importantly, exogenous addition of a NO donor was sufficient to enhance the full KSHV lytic replication program. These results demonstrate that NO is required for efficient KSHV lytic replication, and NO plays a crucial role in the KSHV life cycle and KSHV-induced malignancies.

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