PMID- 19553330 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090831 LR - 20211020 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 83 IP - 17 DP - 2009 Sep TI - Dexamethasone treatment of calves latently infected with bovine herpesvirus 1 leads to activation of the bICP0 early promoter, in part by the cellular transcription factor C/EBP-alpha. PG - 8800-9 LID - 10.1128/JVI.01009-09 [doi] AB - Sensory neurons within trigeminal ganglia (TG) are the primary site for bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) latency. During latency, viral gene expression is restricted to the latency-related (LR) gene and the open reading frame ORF-E. We previously constructed an LR mutant virus that expresses LR RNA but not any of the known LR proteins. In contrast to calves latently infected with wild-type (wt) BHV-1 or the LR rescued virus, the LR mutant virus does not reactivate from latency following dexamethasone (DEX) treatment. In this study, we demonstrated that bICP0, but not bICP4, transcripts were consistently detected in TG of calves infected with the LR mutant or LR rescued virus following DEX treatment. Calves latently infected with the LR rescued virus but not the LR mutant virus expressed late transcripts, which correlated with shedding of infectious virus following DEX treatment. The bICP4 and bICP0 genes share a common immediate-early promoter, suggesting that this promoter was not consistently activated during DEX-induced reactivation from latency. The bICP0 gene also contains a novel early promoter that was activated by DEX in mouse neuroblastoma cells. Expression of a cellular transcription factor, C/EBP-alpha, was stimulated by DEX, and C/EBP-alpha expression was necessary for DEX induction of bICP0 early promoter activity. C/EBP-alpha directly interacted with bICP0 early promoter sequences that were necessary for trans activation by C/EBP-alpha. In summary, DEX treatment of latently infected calves induced cellular factors that stimulated bICP0 early promoter activity. Activation of bICP0 early promoter activity does not necessarily lead to late gene expression and virus shedding. FAU - Workman, Aspen AU - Workman A AD - Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Fair Street at East Campus Loop, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0905, USA. FAU - Perez, Sandra AU - Perez S FAU - Doster, Alan AU - Doster A FAU - Jones, Clinton AU - Jones C LA - eng GR - 1P20RR15635/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI060547/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21AI069176/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI069176/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - 1 T32 AIO60547/PHS HHS/United States GR - P20 RR015635/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR016469/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RRO 16469/PHS HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20090624 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha) RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (bICP0 protein, Bovine herpesvirus 1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*administration & dosage MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alpha/*biosynthesis MH - Cattle MH - Cell Line MH - DNA, Viral/*metabolism MH - Dexamethasone/*administration & dosage MH - Herpesviridae Infections/*virology MH - Herpesvirus 1, Bovine/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Protein Binding MH - Trans-Activators/*biosynthesis MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/*biosynthesis MH - *Virus Activation PMC - PMC2738173 EDAT- 2009/06/26 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/01 06:00 PMCR- 2010/03/01 CRDT- 2009/06/26 09:00 PHST- 2009/06/26 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/06/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/01 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2010/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.01009-09 [pii] AID - 1009-09 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.01009-09 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2009 Sep;83(17):8800-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01009-09. Epub 2009 Jun 24.