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. 2023 May 3;168(5):150.
doi: 10.1007/s00705-023-05774-x.

Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein Zta mediates the proliferation and migration of HER2-overexpressing cancer cells

Hongling Zheng  1 , Haitao Zhao  2 , Wei Zhang  1 , Yan Zhang  1 , Yun Zhang  3 , Bing Ye  4 , Qingwei Guo  5
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Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein Zta mediates the proliferation and migration of HER2-overexpressing cancer cells

Hongling Zheng et al. Arch Virol. .

Abstract

Epstein-Barr virus immediate-early protein Zta plays an active role in altering cellular gene expression, which may be fundamentally linked to the viral life cycle, cell cycle, cell growth, and differentiation. HER2 is associated with a wide variety of human cancers, and its knockdown significantly reverses the malignant features of HER2-positive cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of Zta in regulating HER2 expression and phenotype changes of MDA-MB-453 cells. Our results indicate that ectopic expression of Zta resulted in downregulation of the HER2 protein in cancer cells (MDA-MB-453, SKBR-3, BT474, and SKOV-3). The Zta protein significantly decreased HER2 mRNA and protein expression in MDA-MB-453 cells in a dose-dependent manner. Mechanistically, Zta recognized and targeted the promoter of HER2 gene, reducing the transcriptional activity of the HER2 gene. Zta induced G0/G1 arrest of MDA-MB-453 cells, inhibiting their proliferation and migration activity. These data suggest that Zta may act as a transforming suppressor of the HER2 gene.

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