PMID- 37503036 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231129 DP - 2023 Jul 23 TI - KSHV vIL-6 Enhances Inflammatory Responses by Epigenetic Reprogramming. LID - 2023.06.25.546454 [pii] LID - 10.1101/2023.06.25.546454 [doi] AB - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) inflammatory cytokine syndrome (KICS) is a newly described chronic inflammatory disease condition caused by KSHV infection and is characterized by high KSHV viral load and sustained elevations of serum KSHV-encoded IL-6 (vIL-6) and human IL-6 (hIL-6). KICS has significant immortality and possesses greater risks of having other complications, which include malignancies. Although prolonged inflammatory vIL-6 exposure by persistent KSHV infection is expected to have key roles in subsequent disease development, the biological effects of prolonged vIL-6 exposure remain elusive. Using thiol-Linked Alkylation for the Metabolic Sequencing and Cleavage Under Target & Release Using Nuclease analysis, we studied the effect of prolonged vIL-6 exposure in chromatin landscape and resulting cytokine production. The studies showed that prolonged vIL-6 exposure increased Bromodomain containing 4 (BRD4) and histone H3 lysine 27 acetylation co-occupancies on chromatin, and the recruitment sites were frequently co-localized with poised RNAPII with associated enzymes. Increased BRD4 recruitment on promoters was associated with increased and prolonged NF-kappaB p65 binding after the lipopolysaccharide stimulation. The p65 binding resulted in quicker and sustained transcription bursts from the promoters; this mechanism increased total amounts of hIL-6 and IL-10 in tissue culture. Pretreatment with the BRD4 inhibitor, OTX015, eliminated the enhanced inflammatory cytokine production. These findings suggest that persistent vIL-6 exposure may establish a chromatin landscape favorable for the reactivation of inflammatory responses in monocytes. This epigenetic memory may explain the greater risk of chronic inflammatory disease development in KSHV-infected individuals. FAU - Inagaki, Tomoki AU - Inagaki T AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Wang, Kang-Hsin AU - Wang KH AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Kumar, Ashish AU - Kumar A AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Izumiya, Chie AU - Izumiya C AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Miura, Hiroki AU - Miura H AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Komaki, Somayeh AU - Komaki S AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Davis, Ryan R AU - Davis RR AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Tepper, Clifford G AU - Tepper CG AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Katano, Harutaka AU - Katano H AD - Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Shimoda, Michiko AU - Shimoda M AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. FAU - Izumiya, Yoshihiro AU - Izumiya Y AD - Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, the University of California Davis (UC Davis), Sacramento, California USA. AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, UC Davis, Sacramento, California USA. LA - eng GR - P30 CA093373/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA232845/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI167663/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA225266/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI155515/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Preprint DEP - 20230723 PL - United States TA - bioRxiv JT - bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology JID - 101680187 UIN - PLoS Pathog. 2023 Nov 7;19(11):e1011771. PMID: 37934757 PMC - PMC10370004 EDAT- 2023/07/28 06:42 MHDA- 2023/07/28 06:43 PMCR- 2023/07/26 CRDT- 2023/07/28 04:25 PHST- 2023/07/28 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/28 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/28 04:25 [entrez] PHST- 2023/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2023.06.25.546454 [pii] AID - 10.1101/2023.06.25.546454 [doi] PST - epublish SO - bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jul 23:2023.06.25.546454. doi: 10.1101/2023.06.25.546454.