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Yin et al. Virology Journal (2017) 14:121 DOI 10.1186/s12985-017-0784-RESEARCHOpen AccessArsenic trioxide inhibits EBV reactivation and promotes cell death in EBV-positive lymphoma cellsQinyan Yin1, Mark Sides1,4, Christopher H. Parsons2, Erik K. Flemington3 and Joseph A. Lasky1*AbstractBackground: Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is associated with hematopoietic malignancies, such as Burkitt’s lymphoma, post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder, and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The current approach for EBVassociated lymphoma involves chemotherapy to eradicate cancer cells, however, normal cells may be injured and organ dysfunction may occur with currently employed regimens. This research is focused on employing arsenic trioxide (ATO) as EBV-specific cancer therapy takes advantage of the fact the EBV resides within the malignant cells. Methods and results: Our research reveals that low ATO inhibits EBV gene expression and genome replication. EBV spontaneous reactivation starts as early as 6 h after re-suspending EBV-positive Mutu cells in RPMI media in the absence of ATO, however this does not occur in Mutu cells cultured with ATO. ATO’s inhibition of EBV spontaneous reactivation is dose dependent. The expression of the EBV immediate early gene Zta and early gene BMRF1 is blocked with low concentrations of ATO (0.5 nM ?2 nM) in EBV latency type I cells and EBV-infected PBMC cells. The combination of ATO and ganciclovir further diminishes EBV gene expression. ATO-mediated reduction of EBV gene expression can be rescued by co-treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG132, indicating that ATO promotes ubiquitin conjugation and proteasomal degradation of EBV genes. Co-immunoprecipitation assays with antibodies against Zta pulls down more ubiquitin in ATO treated cell lysates. Furthermore, MG132 reverses the inhibitory effect of ATO on anti-IgM-, PMA- and TGF–mediated EBV reactivation. Thus, mechanistically ATO’s inhibition of EBV gene expression occurs via the ubiquitin p.
