Manners, O, Baquero-Perez, B, Mottram, TJ orcid.org/0000-0001-9013-3664 et al. (9 more authors) (2023) m6A Regulates the Stability of Cellular Transcripts Required for Efficient KSHV Lytic Replication. Viruses, 15 (6). 1381. ISSN 1999-4915
Abstract
The epitranscriptomic modification N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a ubiquitous feature of the mammalian transcriptome. It modulates mRNA fate and dynamics to exert regulatory control over numerous cellular processes and disease pathways, including viral infection. Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) reactivation from the latent phase leads to the redistribution of m6A topology upon both viral and cellular mRNAs within infected cells. Here we investigate the role of m6A in cellular transcripts upregulated during KSHV lytic replication. Our results show that m6A is crucial for the stability of the GPRC5A mRNA, whose expression is induced by the KSHV latent–lytic switch master regulator, the replication and transcription activator (RTA) protein. Moreover, we demonstrate that GPRC5A is essential for efficient KSHV lytic replication by directly regulating NFκB signalling. Overall, this work highlights the central importance of m6A in modulating cellular gene expression to influence viral infection.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). |
Keywords: | KSHV; m6A methylation; RNA modification; lytic replication; GPCR5A; cell signalling |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Leeds) > Molecular Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2023 11:14 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2023 11:14 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15061381 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/v15061381 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:200846 |