Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) establishes life-long latent infection and is linked to several human malignancies. Latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) is highly expressed during latency, and is responsible for the replication and maintenance of the viral genome. The expression of LANA is regulated at transcriptional/translational levels through multiple mechanisms, including the secondary structures in the mRNA sequence. LANA mRNA has multiple G-quadruplexes (G4s) that are bound by multiple proteins to stabilize/destabilize these secondary structures for regulating LANA. In this manuscript, we demonstrate the role of Nucleolin (NCL) in regulating LANA expression through its interaction with G-quadruplexes of LANA mRNA. This interaction reduced LANA's protein expression through the sequestration of mRNA into the nucleus, demonstrated by the colocalization of G4-carrying mRNA with NCL. Furthermore, the downregulation of NCL, by way of a short hairpin, showed an increase in LANA translation following an alteration in the levels of LANA mRNA in the cytoplasm. Overall, the data presented in this manuscript showed that G-quadruplexes-mediated translational control could be regulated by NCL, which can be exploited for controlling KSHV latency.
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