Herpes simplex virus blocks host transcription termination via the bimodal activities of ICP27

Xiuye Wang, Thomas Hennig, Adam W Whisnant, Florian Erhard, Bhupesh K Prusty, Caroline C Friedel, Elmira Forouzmand, William Hu, Luke Erber, Yue Chen, Rozanne M Sandri-Goldin (Corresponding Author), Lars Dölken (Corresponding Author), Yongsheng Shi (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Infection by viruses, including herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1), and cellular stresses cause widespread disruption of transcription termination (DoTT) of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) in host genes. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that the HSV-1 immediate early protein ICP27 induces DoTT by directly binding to the essential mRNA 3' processing factor CPSF. It thereby induces the assembly of a dead-end 3' processing complex, blocking mRNA 3' cleavage. Remarkably, ICP27 also acts as a sequence-dependent activator of mRNA 3' processing for viral and a subset of host transcripts. Our results unravel a bimodal activity of ICP27 that plays a key role in HSV-1-induced host shutoff and identify CPSF as an important factor that mediates regulation of transcription termination. These findings have broad implications for understanding the regulation of transcription termination by other viruses, cellular stress and cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Article number293
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalNature Communications
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords*

  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Cleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity Factor/metabolism
  • HeLa Cells
  • Herpes Simplex/genetics
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human/genetics
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics
  • Humans
  • Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics
  • RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
  • RNA, Messenger/genetics
  • Transcription Termination, Genetic

Field of Science*

  • 1.6 Biological sciences
  • 3.1 Basic medicine
  • 3.3 Health sciences

Publication Type*

  • 1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database

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