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The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression
The ubiquitous host protein, CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), is an essential regulator of cellular transcription and functions to maintain epigenetic boundaries, stabilise chromatin loops and regulate splicing of alternative exons. We have previously demonstrated that CTCF binds to the E2 open reading...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34735550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010032 |
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author | Ferguson, Jack Campos-León, Karen Pentland, Ieisha Stockton, Joanne D. Günther, Thomas Beggs, Andrew D. Grundhoff, Adam Roberts, Sally Noyvert, Boris Parish, Joanna L. |
author_facet | Ferguson, Jack Campos-León, Karen Pentland, Ieisha Stockton, Joanne D. Günther, Thomas Beggs, Andrew D. Grundhoff, Adam Roberts, Sally Noyvert, Boris Parish, Joanna L. |
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description | The ubiquitous host protein, CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), is an essential regulator of cellular transcription and functions to maintain epigenetic boundaries, stabilise chromatin loops and regulate splicing of alternative exons. We have previously demonstrated that CTCF binds to the E2 open reading frame (ORF) of human papillomavirus (HPV) 18 and functions to repress viral oncogene expression in undifferentiated keratinocytes by co-ordinating an epigenetically repressed chromatin loop within HPV episomes. Keratinocyte differentiation disrupts CTCF-dependent chromatin looping of HPV18 episomes promoting induction of enhanced viral oncogene expression. To further characterise CTCF function in HPV transcription control we utilised direct, long-read Nanopore RNA-sequencing which provides information on the structure and abundance of full-length transcripts. Nanopore analysis of primary human keratinocytes containing HPV18 episomes before and after synchronous differentiation allowed quantification of viral transcript species, including the identification of low abundance novel transcripts. Comparison of transcripts produced in wild type HPV18 genome-containing cells to those identified in CTCF-binding deficient genome-containing cells identifies CTCF as a key regulator of differentiation-dependent late promoter activation, required for efficient E1^E4 and L1 protein expression. Furthermore, our data show that CTCF binding at the E2 ORF promotes usage of the downstream weak splice donor (SD) sites SD3165 and SD3284, to the dominant E4 splice acceptor site at nucleotide 3434. These findings demonstrate that in the HPV life cycle both early and late virus transcription programmes are facilitated by recruitment of CTCF to the E2 ORF. |
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spelling | pubmed-85948392021-11-17 The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression Ferguson, Jack Campos-León, Karen Pentland, Ieisha Stockton, Joanne D. Günther, Thomas Beggs, Andrew D. Grundhoff, Adam Roberts, Sally Noyvert, Boris Parish, Joanna L. PLoS Pathog Research Article The ubiquitous host protein, CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), is an essential regulator of cellular transcription and functions to maintain epigenetic boundaries, stabilise chromatin loops and regulate splicing of alternative exons. We have previously demonstrated that CTCF binds to the E2 open reading frame (ORF) of human papillomavirus (HPV) 18 and functions to repress viral oncogene expression in undifferentiated keratinocytes by co-ordinating an epigenetically repressed chromatin loop within HPV episomes. Keratinocyte differentiation disrupts CTCF-dependent chromatin looping of HPV18 episomes promoting induction of enhanced viral oncogene expression. To further characterise CTCF function in HPV transcription control we utilised direct, long-read Nanopore RNA-sequencing which provides information on the structure and abundance of full-length transcripts. Nanopore analysis of primary human keratinocytes containing HPV18 episomes before and after synchronous differentiation allowed quantification of viral transcript species, including the identification of low abundance novel transcripts. Comparison of transcripts produced in wild type HPV18 genome-containing cells to those identified in CTCF-binding deficient genome-containing cells identifies CTCF as a key regulator of differentiation-dependent late promoter activation, required for efficient E1^E4 and L1 protein expression. Furthermore, our data show that CTCF binding at the E2 ORF promotes usage of the downstream weak splice donor (SD) sites SD3165 and SD3284, to the dominant E4 splice acceptor site at nucleotide 3434. These findings demonstrate that in the HPV life cycle both early and late virus transcription programmes are facilitated by recruitment of CTCF to the E2 ORF. Public Library of Science 2021-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8594839/ /pubmed/34735550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010032 Text en © 2021 Ferguson et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ferguson, Jack Campos-León, Karen Pentland, Ieisha Stockton, Joanne D. Günther, Thomas Beggs, Andrew D. Grundhoff, Adam Roberts, Sally Noyvert, Boris Parish, Joanna L. The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title | The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title_full | The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title_fullStr | The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title_full_unstemmed | The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title_short | The chromatin insulator CTCF regulates HPV18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
title_sort | chromatin insulator ctcf regulates hpv18 transcript splicing and differentiation-dependent late gene expression |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8594839/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34735550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010032 |
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