Table 2.

EBV-coded latent proteins: function, recognition by cytotoxic T cells, and expression in the EBV infectious cycle and lymphoid tumors





Gene expression program/tumor type
Latent protein
Main function
CTL recognition
Growth program/PTLD
Default/HD
Latency/BL*
EBNA      
   1   Genome maintenance   +/–   +   +   +  
   2   Viral transactivator   +   +   –   –  
   3A   EBNA 2 antagonist; disrupts cell cycle   ++   +   –   –  
   3B   EBNA 2 antagonist   ++   +   –   –  
   3C   EBNA 2 antagonist; disrupts cell cycle   ++   +   –   –  
   Leader protein   Cooperates with EBNA 2   +/–   +   –   –  
LMP      
   1   Viral oncogene; survival factor   +   +   +   –  
   2A,B
 
Survival factor
 
+
 
+
 
+
 

 




Gene expression program/tumor type
Latent protein
Main function
CTL recognition
Growth program/PTLD
Default/HD
Latency/BL*
EBNA      
   1   Genome maintenance   +/–   +   +   +  
   2   Viral transactivator   +   +   –   –  
   3A   EBNA 2 antagonist; disrupts cell cycle   ++   +   –   –  
   3B   EBNA 2 antagonist   ++   +   –   –  
   3C   EBNA 2 antagonist; disrupts cell cycle   ++   +   –   –  
   Leader protein   Cooperates with EBNA 2   +/–   +   –   –  
LMP      
   1   Viral oncogene; survival factor   +   +   +   –  
   2A,B
 
Survival factor
 
+
 
+
 
+
 

 

CTL indicates cytotoxic T lymphocyte; PTLD, posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease; HD, Hodgkin disease; BL, Burkitt lymphoma; EBNA, EB nuclear antigen; +, positive; –, negative; and LMP, latent membrane protein.

*

EBNA1 only expressed in dividing memory B cells

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