Epstein–Barr virus

Epstein–Barr
Two Epstein–Barr virions
Virus classification
Group:	Group I (dsDNA)
Order:	Herpesvirales
Family:	Herpesviridae
Subfamily:	Gammaherpesvirinae
Genus:	Lymphocryptovirus
Species:	Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4)
Synonyms
EB virus

The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), also called human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is one of eight viruses in the herpes family, and is one of the most common viruses in humans.

It is best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever). It is also associated with particular forms of cancer, such as Hodgkin's lymphoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and conditions associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), such as hairy leukoplakia and central nervous system lymphomas.^[1][2] There is evidence that infection with EBV is associated with a higher risk of certain autoimmune diseases,^[3] especially dermatomyositis, systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome,^[4][5] and multiple sclerosis.^[6] Some 200,000 cancer cases per year are thought to be attributable to EBV.^[7]

Infection with EBV occurs by the oral transfer of saliva^[8] and genital secretions.

Most people become infected with EBV and gain adaptive immunity. In the United States, about half of all five-year-old children and about 90 percent of adults have evidence of previous infection.^[9] Infants become susceptible to EBV as soon as maternal antibody protection disappears. Many children become infected with EBV, and these infections usually cause no symptoms or are indistinguishable from the other mild, brief illnesses of childhood. In the United States and other developed countries, many people are not infected with EBV in their childhood years. When infection with EBV occurs during adolescence, it causes infectious mononucleosis 35 to 50 percent of the time.^[10]

EBV infects B cells of the immune system and epithelial cells. Once EBV's initial lytic infection is brought under control, EBV latency persists in the individual's B cells for the rest of the individual's life.^[8]

Virology

Simplified diagram of the structure of EBV

Structure and genome

The virus is approximately 122 nm to 180 nm in diameter and is composed of a double helix of DNA of about 172,000 base pairs and containing about 85 genes.^[8] The DNA is surrounded by a protein nucleocapsid. This nucleocapsid is surrounded by a tegument made of protein, which in turn is surrounded by an envelope containing both lipids^[11] and surface projections of glycoproteins which are essential to infection of the host cell.^[11]

Tropism

The term viral tropism refers to which cell types EBV infects. EBV can infect different cell types, including B cells and epithelial cells.^[12]

The viral three-part glycoprotein complexes of gHgLgp42 mediate B cell membrane fusion; although the two-part complexes of gHgL mediate epithelial cell membrane fusion. EBV that are made in the B cells have low numbers of gHgLgp42 complexes, because these three-part complexes interact with Human-leukocyte-antigen class II molecules present in B cells in the endoplasmic reticulum and are degraded. In contrast, EBV from epithelial cells are rich in the three-part complexes because these cells do not normally contain HLA class II molecules. As a consequence, EBV made from B cells are more infectious to epithelial cells, and EBV made from epithelial cells are more infectious to B cells. Viruses lacking the gp42 portion are able to bind to human B cells but unable to infect.^[13]

Replication cycle

The EBV replication cycle

Entry to the cell

EBV can infect both B cells and epithelial cells. The mechanisms for entering these two cells are different.

To enter B cells, viral glycoprotein gp350 binds to cellular receptor CD21 (also known as CR2).^[14] Then, viral glycoprotein gp42 interacts with cellular MHC class II molecules. This triggers fusion of the viral envelope with the cell membrane, allowing EBV to enter the B cell.^[11] Human CD35, also known as complement receptor 1 (CR1), is an additional attachment factor for gp350/220, and can provide a route for entry of EBV into CD21-negative cells, including immature B-cells. EBV infection downregulates expression of CD35.^[15]

To enter epithelial cells, viral protein BMRF-2 interacts with cellular β1 integrins. Then, viral protein gH/gL interacts with cellular αvβ6/αvβ8 integrins. This triggers fusion of the viral envelope with the epithelial cell membrane, allowing EBV to enter the epithelial cell.^[11] Unlike B cell entry, epithelial cell entry is actually impeded by viral glycoprotein gp42.^[14]

Once EBV enters the cell, the viral capsid dissolves and the viral genome is transported to the cell nucleus.

Lytic replication

The lytic cycle, or productive infection, results in the production of infectious virions. EBV can undergo lytic replication in both B cells and epithelial cells. In B cells, lytic replication normally only takes place after reactivation from latency. In epithelial cells, lytic replication often directly follows viral entry.^[11]

For lytic replication to occur, the viral genome must be linear. The latent EBV genome is circular, so it must linearize in the process of lytic reactivation. During lytic replication, viral DNA polymerase is responsible for copying the viral genome. This contrasts with latency, in which host cell DNA polymerase copies the viral genome.^[11]

Lytic gene products are produced in three consecutive stages: immediate-early, early, and late.^[11] Immediate-early lytic gene products act as transactivators, enhancing the expression of later lytic genes. Immediate-early lytic gene products include BZLF1 (also known as Zta, EB1, associated with its product gene ZEBRA) and BRLF1 (associated with its product gene Rta).^[11] Early lytic gene products have many more functions, such as replication, metabolism, and blockade of antigen processing. Early lytic gene products include BNLF2.^[11] Finally, late lytic gene products tend to be proteins with structural roles, like VCA, which forms the viral capsid. Other late lytic gene products, such as BCRF1, help EBV evade the immune system.^[11]

EGCG, a polyphenol in green tea, has shown in a study to inhibit EBV spontaneous lytic infection at the DNA, gene transcription and protein levels in a time and dose-dependent manner; the expression of EBV lytic genes Zta, Rta, and early antigen complex EA-D (induced by Rta), however the highly stable EBNA-1 gene found across all stages of EBV infection is unaffected.^[16] Specific inhibitors (to the pathways) suggest that Ras/MEK/MAPK pathway contributes to EBV lytic infection though BZLF1 and PI3-K pathway through BRLF1, the latter completely abrogating the ability of a BRLF1 adenovirus vector to induce the lytic form of EBV infection.^[16] Additionally, the activation of some genes but not others is being studied to determine just how to induce immune destruction of latently infected B-cells by use of either TPA or sodium butyrate.^[16]

Unlike lytic replication for many other viruses, EBV lytic replication does not inevitably lead to lysis of the host cell because EBV virions are produced by budding from the infected cell. Lytic proteins include gp350 and gp110.^[11][17]

Latency

Unlike lytic replication, latency does not result in production of virions.^[11] Instead, the EBV genome circular DNA, resides in the cell nucleus as an episome, and is copied by cellular DNA polymerase.^[11] In latency, only a portion of EBV's genes are expressed.^[8] Latent EBV expresses its genes in one of three patterns, known as latency programs. EBV can latently persist within B cells and epithelial cells, but different latency programs are possible in the two types of cell.

EBV can exhibit one of three latency programs: Latency I, Latency II, or Latency III. Each latency program leads to the production of a limited, distinct set of viral proteins and viral RNAs.^[18][19]

Gene Expressed	EBNA-1	EBNA-2	EBNA-3A	EBNA-3B	EBNA-3C	EBNA-LP	LMP-1	LMP-2A	LMP-2B	EBER
Product	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	Protein	ncRNAs
Latency I	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	+
Latency II	+	–	–	–	–	+	+	+	+	+
Latency III	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

It is also postulated that a program exists in which all viral protein expression is shut off (Latency 0).

Within B cells, all three latency programs are possible.^[8] EBV latency within B cells usually progresses from Latency III to Latency II to Latency I. Each stage of latency uniquely influences B cell behavior.^[8] Upon infecting a resting naive B cell, EBV enters Latency III. The set of proteins and RNAs produced in Latency III transforms the B cell into a proliferating blast (also known as B cell activation).^[8][11] Later, the virus restricts its gene expression and enters Latency II. The more limited set of proteins and RNAs produced in Latency II induces the B cell to differentiate into a memory B cell.^[8][11] Finally, EBV restricts gene expression even further and enters Latency I. Expression of EBNA-1 allows the EBV genome to replicate when the memory B cell divides.^[8][11]

Within epithelial cells, only Latency II is possible.

In primary infection, EBV replicates in oro-pharyngeal epithelial cells and establishes Latency III, II, and I infections in B-lymphocytes. EBV latent infection of B-lymphocytes is necessary for virus persistence, subsequent replication in epithelial cells, and release of infectious virus into saliva. EBV Latency III and II infections of B-lymphocytes, Latency II infection of oral epithelial cells, and Latency II infection of NK- or T-cell can result in malignancies, marked by uniform EBV genome presence and gene expression.^[20]

Reactivation

Latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated to switch to lytic replication. This is known to happen in vivo, but what triggers it is not known precisely. In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated by stimulating the B cell receptor, so reactivation in vivo probably takes place when latently infected B cells respond to unrelated infections.^[11] In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can also be reactivated by treating the cells with sodium butyrate or TPA.

Transformation of B-lymphocytes

When EBV infects B cells in vitro, lymphoblastoid cell lines eventually emerge that are capable of indefinite growth. The growth transformation of these cell lines is the consequence of viral protein expression.

EBNA-2, EBNA-3C and LMP-1 are essential for transformation, whereas EBNA-LP and the EBERs are not.^[21]

It is postulated that following natural infection with EBV, the virus executes some or all of its repertoire of gene expression programs to establish a persistent infection. Given the initial absence of host immunity, the lytic cycle produces large amounts of virus to infect other (presumably) B-lymphocytes within the host.

The latent programs reprogram and subvert infected B-lymphocytes to proliferate and bring infected cells to the sites at which the virus presumably persists. Eventually, when host immunity develops, the virus persists by turning off most (or possibly all) of its genes, only occasionally reactivating to produce fresh virions. A balance is eventually struck between occasional viral reactivation and host immune surveillance removing cells that activate viral gene expression.

The site of persistence of EBV may be bone marrow. EBV-positive patients who have had their own bone marrow replaced with bone marrow from an EBV-negative donor are found to be EBV-negative after transplantation.^[22]

Latent antigens

All EBV nuclear proteins are produced by alternative splicing of a transcript starting at either the Cp or Wp promoters at the left end of the genome (in the conventional nomenclature). The genes are ordered EBNA-LP/EBNA-2/EBNA-3A/EBNA-3B/EBNA-3C/EBNA-1 within the genome.

The initiation codon of the EBNA-LP coding region is created by an alternate splice of the nuclear protein transcript. In the absence of this initiation codon, EBNA-2/EBNA-3A/EBNA-3B/EBNA-3C/EBNA-1 will be expressed depending on which of these genes is alternatively spliced into the transcript.

Protein/genes

Protein/gene/antigen	Stage	Description
EBNA-1	latent+lytic	EBNA-1 protein binds to a replication origin (oriP) within the viral genome and mediates replication and partitioning of the episome during division of the host cell. It is the only viral protein expressed during group I latency.
EBNA-2	latent+lytic	EBNA-2 is the main viral transactivator.
EBNA-3	latent+lytic	These genes also bind the host RBP-Jκ protein.
LMP-1	latent	LMP-1 is a six-span transmembrane protein that is also essential for EBV-mediated growth transformation.
LMP-2	latent	LMP-2A/LMP-2B are transmembrane proteins that act to block tyrosine kinase signaling.
EBER	latent	EBER-1/EBER-2 are small nuclear RNAs, which bind to certain nucleoprotein particles, enabling binding to PKR (dsRNA dependent serin/threonin protein kinase) thus inhibiting its function. EBER-particles also induce the production of IL-10, which enhances growth and inhibits cytotoxic T-cells.
v-snoRNA1	latent	Epstein–Barr virus snoRNA1 is a box CD-snoRNA generated by the virus during latency. V-snoRNA1 may act as a miRNA-like precursor that is processed into 24 nucleotide sized RNA fragments that target the 3'UTR of viral DNA polymerase mRNA.[23]
ebv-sisRNA	latent	Ebv-sisRNA-1 is a stable intronic sequence RNA generated during latency program III. After the EBERs it is the third most abundant small RNA produced by the virus during this program.[24]
miRNAs	latent	EBV microRNAs are encoded by two transcripts, one set in the BART gene and one set near the BHRF1 cluster. The three BHRF1 miRNAS are expressed during type III latency, whereas the large cluster of BART miRNAs (up to 20 miRNAs) are expressed during type II latency. The functions of these miRNAs are currently unknown.
EBV-EA	lytic	early antigen
EBV-MA	lytic	membrane antigen
EBV-VCA	lytic	viral capsid antigen
EBV-AN	lytic	alkaline nuclease[25][26]

Subtypes of EBV

EBV can be divided into two major types, EBV type 1 and EBV type 2. These two subtypes have different EBNA-3 genes. As a result, the two subtypes differ in their transforming capabilities and reactivation ability. Type 1 is dominant throughout most of the world, but the two types are equally prevalent in Africa. One can distinguish EBV type 1 from EBV type 2 by cutting the viral genome with a restriction enzyme and comparing the resulting digestion patterns by gel electrophoresis.^[11]

Role in disease

EBV has been implicated in several diseases that include infectious mononucleosis,^[27] Burkitt's lymphoma,^[28] Hodgkin's lymphoma,^[29] gastric cancer,^[30] nasopharyngeal carcinoma, ^[31] multiple sclerosis,^[6] and lymphomatoid granulomatosis.^[32] Additional diseases that have been linked to EBV include Gianotti–Crosti syndrome, erythema multiforme, acute genital ulcers, oral hairy leukoplakia.^[33]

The Epstein–Barr virus has been implicated also in disorders related to alpha-synuclein aggregation (e.g. Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and multiple system atrophy).^[34]

History

The Epstein–Barr virus was named after Michael Anthony Epstein (born 18 May 1921), now a professor emeritus at the University of Bristol, and Yvonne Barr (born 1932), a 1966 Ph.D graduate from the University of London, who together both discovered^[35] and, in 1964, published on the existence of the virus.^[36] In 1961, Epstein, a pathologist and expert electron microscopist, attended a lecture on "The Commonest Children's Cancer in Tropical Africa—A Hitherto Unrecognised Syndrome." This lecture, by Denis Parsons Burkitt, a surgeon practicing in Uganda, was the description of the "endemic variant" (pediatric form) of the disease that bears his name. In 1963, a specimen was sent from Uganda to Middlesex Hospital to be cultured. Virus particles were identified in the cultured cells, and the results were published in The Lancet in 1964 by Epstein, Bert Achong, and Barr. Cell lines were sent to Werner and Gertrude Henle at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who developed serological markers. In 1967, a technician in their laboratory developed mononucleosis and they were able to compare a stored serum sample, showing that antibodies to the virus developed.^[37][38][39] In 1968, they discovered that EBV can directly immortalize B cells after infection, mimicking some forms of EBV-related infections,^[40] and confirmed the link between the virus and infectious mononucleosis.^[41]

Research

As a relatively complex virus, EBV is not yet fully understood. Laboratories around the world continue to study the virus and develop new ways to treat the diseases it causes. One popular way of studying EBV in vitro is to use bacterial artificial chromosomes.^[42] Epstein–Barr virus can be maintained and manipulated in the laboratory in continual latency (a property shared with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, another of the eight human herpesviruses). Although many viruses are assumed to have this property during infection of their natural hosts, there is not an easily managed system for studying this part of the viral lifecycle. Genomic studies of EBV have been able to explore lytic reactivation and regulation of the latent viral episome.^[43]

See also

• Epstein–Barr virus vaccine
• Epstein–Barr virus infection
• James Corson Niederman, the physician who proved how the Epstein–Barr virus is transmitted in infectious mononucleosis
• Transcriptome and epigenome of EBV

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