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CRISPR/Cas9 Screens Reveal Epstein-Barr Virus-Transformed B Cell Host Dependency Factors.

Cell host & microbe | 2017

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) causes endemic Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and immunosuppression-related lymphomas. These B cell malignancies arise by distinct transformation pathways and have divergent viral and host expression programs. To identify host dependency factors resulting from these EBV+, B cell-transformed cell states, we performed parallel genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 loss-of-function screens in BL and lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). These highlighted 57 BL and 87 LCL genes uniquely important for their growth and survival. LCL hits were enriched for EBV-induced genes, including viral super-enhancer targets. Our systematic approach uncovered key mechanisms by which EBV oncoproteins activate the PI3K/AKT pathway and evade tumor suppressor responses. LMP1-induced cFLIP was found to be critical for LCL defense against TNFα-mediated programmed cell death, whereas EBV-induced BATF/IRF4 were critical for BIM suppression and MYC induction in LCLs. Finally, EBV super-enhancer-targeted IRF2 protected LCLs against Blimp1-mediated tumor suppression. Our results identify viral transformation-driven synthetic lethal targets for therapeutic intervention.

Pubmed ID: 28494239 RIS Download

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  • Agency: NIAID NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AI123420

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Subread (tool)

RRID:SCR_009803

Software package for high-performance read alignment, quantification and mutation discovery.General purpose read aligner which can be used to map both genomic DNA-seq reads and RNA-seq reads. Subread aligner as fast, accurate and scalable read mapping by seed-and-vote.These programs were also implemented in Bioconductor R package Rsubread.

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ggplot2 (tool)

RRID:SCR_014601

Open source software package for statistical programming language R to create plots based on grammar of graphics. Used for data visualization to break up graphs into semantic components such as scales and layers.

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DESeq2 (tool)

RRID:SCR_015687

Software package for differential gene expression analysis based on the negative binomial distribution. Used for analyzing RNA-seq data for differential analysis of count data, using shrinkage estimation for dispersions and fold changes to improve stability and interpretability of estimates.

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STAR (tool)

RRID:SCR_015899

Software performing alignment of high-throughput RNA-seq data. Aligns RNA-seq reads to reference genome using uncompressed suffix arrays.

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STAR (tool)

RRID:SCR_004463

Software performing alignment of high-throughput RNA-seq data. Aligns RNA-seq reads to reference genome using uncompressed suffix arrays.

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EBNA 3A Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2687621

This polyclonal targets EBNA 3A

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Anti-hTNFa-hIgG1, 100 µg (antibody)

RRID:AB_11124934

This unknown targets hTNFa-hIgG1 100 µg

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CD71 (3B8 2A1) (antibody)

RRID:AB_627167

This monoclonal targets CD71 (3B8 2A1)

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Anti-NFkappaB p52 (antibody)

RRID:AB_309692

This monoclonal targets NF kappa B p52

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Phospho-NF-κB p65 (Ser536) (93H1) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_331284

This monoclonal targets NF-KappaB p65, phospho (Ser536)

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FITC anti-human CD81 (TAPA-1) (antibody)

RRID:AB_10642824

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TNF-R1 (H-5) (antibody)

RRID:AB_628377

This monoclonal targets TNF-R1 (H-5)

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FLIPS/L (G-11) (antibody)

RRID:AB_627764

This monoclonal targets CFLAR

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GAPDH antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2107436

This monoclonal targets GAPDH

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Phospho-Akt (Ser473) Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_329825

This polyclonal targets Phospho-Akt (Ser473)

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Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2099233

This polyclonal secondary targets IgG

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Phospho-Syk (Tyr525/526) (C87C1) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_2197222

This monoclonal targets Phospho-Syk (Tyr525/526)

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IRF-4 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_10698467

This polyclonal targets IRF-4

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PRDM1-human (antibody)

RRID:AB_2169699

This unknown targets PRDM1

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Bim (C34C5) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_1030947

This monoclonal targets Bim (C34C5) Rabbit mAb

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Purified anti-BATF (antibody)

RRID:AB_2561889

This monoclonal targets BATF

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CDK6 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2621131

This unknown targets CDK6

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CDK4 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2620422

This unknown targets CDK4

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IRF2 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_10954097

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alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (antibody)

RRID:AB_2241126

This monoclonal targets alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control

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Cleaved PARP (Asp214) (D64E10) XP Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_10699459

This monoclonal targets Cleaved PARP (Asp214)

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HEK293T (cell line)

RRID:CVCL_0063

Cell line HEK293T is a Transformed cell line with a species of origin Homo sapiens (Human)

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Daudi (cell line)

RRID:CVCL_0008

Cell line Daudi is a Cancer cell line with a species of origin Homo sapiens (Human)

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featureCounts (software resource)

RRID:SCR_012919

A read summarization program, which counts mapped reads for the genomic features such as genes and exons.

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Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (software resource)

RRID:SCR_003199

Software package for interpreting gene expression data. Used for interpretation of a large-scale experiment by identifying pathways and processes.

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DESeq (software resource)

RRID:SCR_000154

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on August 30,2023. Software for differential gene expression analysis based on the negative binomial distribution. It estimates variance-mean dependence in count data from high-throughput sequencing assays and tests for differential expression.

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GraphPad Prism (software resource)

RRID:SCR_002798

Statistical analysis software that combines scientific graphing, comprehensive curve fitting (nonlinear regression), understandable statistics, and data organization. Designed for biological research applications in pharmacology, physiology, and other biological fields for data analysis, hypothesis testing, and modeling.

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Anti-hTNFa-hIgG1, 100 µg (antibody)

RRID:AB_11124934

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CD71 (3B8 2A1) (antibody)

RRID:AB_627167

This monoclonal targets CD71 (3B8 2A1)

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Anti-NFkappaB p52 (antibody)

RRID:AB_309692

This monoclonal targets NF kappa B p52

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Phospho-NF-κB p65 (Ser536) (93H1) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_331284

This monoclonal targets NF-KappaB p65, phospho (Ser536)

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FITC anti-human CD81 (TAPA-1) (antibody)

RRID:AB_10642824

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TNF-R1 (H-5) (antibody)

RRID:AB_628377

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FLIPS/L (G-11) (antibody)

RRID:AB_627764

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GAPDH antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2107436

This monoclonal targets GAPDH

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Phospho-Akt (Ser473) Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_329825

This polyclonal targets Phospho-Akt (Ser473)

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Anti-rabbit IgG, HRP-linked Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2099233

This polyclonal secondary targets IgG

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Phospho-Syk (Tyr525/526) (C87C1) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_2197222

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IRF-4 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_10698467

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PRDM1-human (antibody)

RRID:AB_2169699

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Bim (C34C5) Rabbit mAb (antibody)

RRID:AB_1030947

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Purified anti-BATF (antibody)

RRID:AB_2561889

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CDK6 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2621131

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CDK4 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_2620422

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IRF2 Antibody (antibody)

RRID:AB_10954097

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alpha Tubulin antibody [DM1A] - Loading Control (antibody)

RRID:AB_2241126

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