Effect of Effect of lytic replication on EBV and cell gene expression

The effect of Epstein Barr virus replication on cellular gene expression was studied using AGSiZ epithelial cells which are derived from a gastric carcinoma. The cell line is infected with a recombinant strain of EBV known as Akata BX-1. The cell line was further stably transduced with an inducible EBV Zta transactivator gene. When cells are treated with doxycycline, robust lytic replication of EBV is achieved. Cells made permissive for lytic replication in this manner were harvested for RNA suitable for deep sequencing at 24 and 48 hours post induction in parallel with cells that were mock induced with doxycycline to serve as a control for cells not undergoing EBV replication. Overall design: Two different treatments were applied to cells:doxycline to induce replication or mock treatment. Dox treatments were done with 24h and 48 hr treatment times. Each treatment ws done in duplicate