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Pires de Miranda M, Alenquer M, Marques S, Rodrigues L, Lopes F, Bustelo XR, Simas JP. The Gammaherpesvirus m2 protein manipulates the Fyn/Vav pathway through a multidocking mechanism of assembly. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1654. [PMID: 18301737 PMCID: PMC2244710 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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To establish latent infections in B-cells, gammaherpesviruses express proteins in the infected B-cells of the host that spuriously activate signalling pathways located downstream of the B-cell receptor. One such protein is M2, a murine gammaherpesvirus 68-encoded molecule that activates the Vav1/Rac1 pathway via the formation of trimolecular complexes with Scr family members. Previous reports have shown that the formation of this heteromolecular complex involves interactions between a proline rich region of M2 and the Vav1 and Fyn SH3 domains. Here, we show that the optimal association of these proteins requires a second structural motif encompassing two tyrosine residues (Tyr120 and 129). These residues are inducibly phosphorylated by Fyn in non-hematopoietic cells and constitutively phosphorylated in B-cells. We also demonstrate that the phosphorylation of Tyr120 creates specific docking sites for the SH2 domains of both Vav1 and Fyn, a condition sine qua non for the optimal association of these two signalling proteins in vivo. Interestingly, signaling experiments indicate that the expression of M2 in B-cells promotes the tyrosine phosphorylation of Vav1 and additional signaling proteins, a biological process that requires the integrity of both the M2 phosphotyrosine and proline rich region motifs. By infecting mice with viruses mutated in the m2 locus, we show that the integrity of each of these two M2 docking motifs is essential for the early steps of murine gammaherpesvirus-68 latency. Taken together, these results indicate that the M2 phosphotyrosine motif and the previously described M2 proline rich region work in a concerted manner to manipulate the signaling machinery of the host B-cell.
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- Marta Pires de Miranda
- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigación del Cáncer and Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- *E-mail: (XB); (JS)
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- Instituto de Microbiologia e Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal
- *E-mail: (XB); (JS)
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Grande SM, Bannish G, Fuentes-Panana EM, Katz E, Monroe JG. Tonic B-cell and viral ITAM signaling: context is everything. Immunol Rev 2007; 218:214-34. [PMID: 17624955 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.2007.00535.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The presence of an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) makes immunoreceptors different from other signaling receptors, like integrins, G-coupled protein receptors, chemokine receptors, and growth factor receptors. This unique motif has the canonical sequence D/Ex(0-2)YxxL/Ix(6-8)YxxL/I, where x represents any amino acid and is present at least once in all immunoreceptor complexes. Immunoreceptors can promote survival, activation, and differentiation by transducing signals through these highly conserved motifs. Traditionally, ITAM signaling is thought to occur in response to ligand-induced aggregation, although evidence indicates that ligand-independent tonic signaling also provides functionally relevant signals. The majority of proteins containing ITAMs are transmembrane proteins that exist as part of immunoreceptor complexes. However, oncogenic viruses also have ITAM-containing proteins. In this review, we discuss what is known about tonic signaling by both cellular and viral ITAM-containing proteins and speculate what we might learn from each context.
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- Shannon M Grande
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Greene W, Kuhne K, Ye F, Chen J, Zhou F, Lei X, Gao SJ. Molecular biology of KSHV in relation to AIDS-associated oncogenesis. Cancer Treat Res 2007; 133:69-127. [PMID: 17672038 PMCID: PMC2798888 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-46816-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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KSHV has been established as the causative agent of KS, PEL, and MCD, malignancies occurring more frequently in AIDS patients. The aggressive nature of KSHV in the context of HIV infection suggests that interactions between the two viruses enhance pathogenesis. KSHV latent infection and lytic reactivation are characterized by distinct gene expression profiles, and both latency and lytic reactivation seem to be required for malignant progression. As a sophisticated oncogenic virus, KSHV has evolved to possess a formidable repertoire of potent mechanisms that enable it to target and manipulate host cell pathways, leading to increased cell proliferation, increased cell survival, dysregulated angiogenesis, evasion of immunity, and malignant progression in the immunocompromised host. Worldwide, approximately 40.3 million people are currently living with HIV infection. Of these, a significant number are coinfected with KSHV. The complex interplay between the two viruses dramatically elevates the risk for development of KSHV-induced malignancies, KS, PEL, and MCD. Although HAART significantly reduces HIV viral load, the entire T-cell repertoire and immune function may not be completely restored. In fact, clinically significant immune deficiency is not necessary for the induction of KSHV-related malignancy. Because of variables such as lack of access to therapy noncompliance with prescribed treatment, failure to respond to treatment and the development of drug-resistant strains of HIV, KSHV-induced malignancies will continue to present as major health concerns.
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- Whitney Greene
- Tiumor Virology Program, Children's Cancer Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Wang S, Wang S, Maeng H, Young DP, Prakash O, Fayad LE, Younes A, Samaniego F. K1 protein of human herpesvirus 8 suppresses lymphoma cell Fas-mediated apoptosis. Blood 2006; 109:2174-82. [PMID: 17090655 PMCID: PMC1801039 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-02-003178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Expression of the K1 gene of human herpesvirus 8 activates nuclear factor-kappaB and induces lymph node hyperplasia and lymphomas in transgenic mice. To further delineate its role in cell survival, we determined whether K1 altered apoptosis of lymphoma cells. K1 protein is expressed in Kaposi sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma. We retrovirally transfected BJAB lymphoma, THP-1, U937, and Kaposi sarcoma SLK cells to express K1 and a K1 mutant with the deleted immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (K1m). We challenged cells with an agonistic anti-Fas antibody, Fas ligand, irradiation, and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. K1 transfectants but not K1m transfectants exhibited reduced levels of apoptosis induced by the anti-Fas antibody but not apoptosis induced by the tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand or irradiation. K1 expression resulted in reduced apoptosis rates as shown in several assays. K1 induced a modest reduction in levels of Fas-associated death domain protein, and procaspase 8 recruited to the death-inducing signaling complex. Finally, K1 transfectants cleaved procaspase 8 at significantly lower rates than did K1m transfectants. K1-transfected mice, compared with vector-transfected mice, showed lower death rates after challenge with anti-Fas antibody. K1 may contribute to lymphoma development by stimulating cell survival by selectively blocking Fas-mediated apoptosis.
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- Suizhao Wang
- Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The genomes of several human herpesviruses, including Kaposi sarcoma (KS) herpesvirus (KSHV), display surprisingly high levels of both genetic diversity and clustered subtyping at certain loci. We have been interested in understanding this phenomenon with the hope that it might be a useful diagnostic tool for viral epidemiology, and that it might provide some insights about how these large viral genomes evolve over a relatively short timescale. To do so, we have carried out extensive PCR DNA sequence analysis across the genomes of 200 distinct KSHV samples collected from KS patients around the world. Here we review and summarize current understanding of the origins of KSHV variability, the spread of KSHV and its human hosts out of Africa, the existence of chimeric genomes, and the concept that different segments of the genome have had different evolutionary histories.
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- G S Hayward
- Viral Oncology Program, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
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Brinkmann MM, Pietrek M, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Kracht M, Schulz TF. Modulation of host gene expression by the K15 protein of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus. J Virol 2006; 81:42-58. [PMID: 17050609 PMCID: PMC1797256 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00648-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) contains several open reading frames (ORFs) encoding proteins capable of initiating signal transduction pathways. Among them is the K15 ORF, which consists of eight exons encoding a protein with 12 predicted transmembrane domains and a cytoplasmic C terminus. When transiently expressed, the 8-exon K15 transcript gives rise to a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 45 kDa. K15 interacts with cellular proteins, TRAF (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor) and Src kinases, and activates AP-1, NF-kappaB, and the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) c-jun-N-terminal kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase. This signaling activity of K15 is related to phosphorylation of Y(481) of the K15 SH2-B motif Y(481)EEV. In this study we demonstrate the expression of an endogenous 45-kDa K15 protein in KSHV BAC36-infected epithelial cells. This endogenous K15 protein shows the same intracellular localization as transiently expressed K15, and expression kinetic studies suggest it to be a lytic gene. We have further determined the downstream target genes of K15 signaling using DNA oligonucleotide microarrays. We demonstrate that K15 is capable of inducing expression of multiple cytokines and chemokines, including interleukin-8 (IL-8), IL-6, CCL20, CCL2, CXCL3, and IL-1alpha/beta, as well as expression of Dscr1 and Cox-2. In epithelial cells, K15-induced upregulation of most genes was dependent on phosphorylation of Y(481), whereas in endothelial cells mutation of Y(481) did not result in a complete loss of Dscr1 and Cox-2 expression and NFAT-activity. Our study establishes K15 as one of the KSHV lytic genes that are inducing expression of multiple cytokines, which have been shown to play an important role in KSHV-associated pathogenesis.
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- Melanie M Brinkmann
- Institut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Chami M, Oulès B, Paterlini-Bréchot P. Cytobiological consequences of calcium-signaling alterations induced by human viral proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1344-62. [PMID: 17059849 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2006] [Revised: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 09/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Since calcium-signaling regulates specific and fundamental cellular processes, it represents the ideal target of viral proteins, in order for the virus to control cellular functions and favour its persistence, multiplication and spread. A detailed analysis of reports focused on the impact of viral proteins on calcium-signaling has shown that virus-related elevations of cytosolic calcium levels allow increased viral protein expression (HIV-1, HSV-1/2), viral replication (HBx, enterovirus 2B, HTLV-1 p12(I), HHV-8, EBV), viral maturation (rotavirus), viral release (enterovirus 2B) and cell immortalization (EBV). Interestingly, virus-induced decreased cytosolic calcium levels have been found to be associated with inhibition of immune cells functions (HIV-1 Tat, HHV-8 K15, EBV LMP2A). Finally, several viral proteins are able to modulate intracellular calcium-signaling to control cell viability (HIV-1 Tat, HTLV-1 p13(II), HCV core, HBx, enterovirus 2B, HHV-8 K7). These data point out calcium-signaling as a key cellular target for viral infection and should stimulate further studies exploring new calcium-related therapeutic strategies.
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Rezaee SAR, Cunningham C, Davison AJ, Blackbourn DJ. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus immune modulation: an overview. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:1781-1804. [PMID: 16760382 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81919-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the most recently discovered human herpesvirus. It is the aetiological agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), a tumour frequently affecting AIDS patients not receiving treatment. KSHV is also a likely cause of two lymphoproliferative diseases: multicentric Castleman's disease and primary effusion lymphoma. The study of KSHV offers exciting challenges for understanding the mechanisms of virus pathogenesis, including those involved in establishing infection and dissemination in the host. To facilitate these processes, approximately one-quarter of KSHV genes encode cellular homologues or unique proteins that have immunomodulatory roles in cytokine production, apoptosis, cell signalling and the immunological synapse. The activities of these molecules are considered in the present review and the positions of their genes are mapped from a complete KSHV genome sequence derived from a KS biopsy. The understanding gained enables the significance of different components of the immune response in protection against KSHV infection to be evaluated. It also helps to unravel the complexities of cellular and immunological pathways and offers the potential for exploiting viral immunomodulators and derivatives in disease therapy.
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- S A Rahim Rezaee
- Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Järviluoma A, Ojala PM. Cell signaling pathways engaged by KSHV. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2006; 1766:140-58. [PMID: 16828973 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2006.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) is the eighth human herpesvirus discovered in 1994 from Kaposi's sarcoma lesion of an AIDS patient. The strong molecular and epidemiological links associating KSHV with Kaposi's sarcoma and certain lymphoproliferative disorders indicate that KSHV is required for the development of these malignancies. Although KSHV is equipped to manipulate and deregulate several cellular signaling pathways, it is not yet understood how this leads to cell transformation. Profound understanding of the interplay of viral and cellular factors in KSHV-infected cells will provide valuable information on the mechanisms of viral tumorigenesis and enable development of efficient targeted therapies for virus-induced cancers. This review focuses on the cellular signaling pathways that KSHV gene products impinge on and discusses their putative contribution to tumorigenesis.
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- Annika Järviluoma
- Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Institute of Biomedicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, P.O. Box 63, FIN-00014-University of Helsinki, Finland
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Brinkmann MM, Schulz TF. Regulation of intracellular signalling by the terminal membrane proteins of members of the Gammaherpesvirinae. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:1047-1074. [PMID: 16603506 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81598-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The human gamma(1)-herpesvirus Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the gamma(2)-herpesviruses Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV), herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) and herpesvirus ateles (HVA) all contain genes located adjacent to the terminal-repeat region of their genomes, encoding membrane proteins involved in signal transduction. Designated 'terminal membrane proteins' (TMPs) because of their localization in the viral genome, they interact with a variety of cellular signalling molecules, such as non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases, tumour-necrosis factor receptor-associated factors, Ras and Janus kinase (JAK), thereby initiating further downstream signalling cascades, such as the MAPK, PI3K/Akt, NF-kappaB and JAK/STAT pathways. In the case of TMPs expressed during latent persistence of EBV and HVS (LMP1, LMP2A, Stp and Tip), their modulation of intracellular signalling pathways has been linked to the provision of survival signals to latently infected cells and, hence, a contribution to occasional cellular transformation. In contrast, activation of similar pathways by TMPs of KSHV (K1 and K15) and RRV (R1), expressed during lytic replication, may extend the lifespan of virus-producing cells, alter their migration and/or modulate antiviral immune responses. Whether R1 and K1 contribute to the oncogenic properties of KSHV and RRV has not been established satisfactorily, despite their transforming qualities in experimental settings.
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- Melanie M Brinkmann
- Institut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Verma SC, Lan K, Choudhuri T, Robertson ES. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded latency-associated nuclear antigen modulates K1 expression through its cis-acting elements within the terminal repeats. J Virol 2006; 80:3445-58. [PMID: 16537612 PMCID: PMC1440413 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.7.3445-3458.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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K1 is the first open reading frame encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and lies positionally to the immediate right of the terminal repeats. K1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein having a functional immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) capable of activating B-cell receptor signaling. K1 is expressed mostly during the lytic cycle of the virus and its promoter lies within the terminal repeat which contains the binding sites for latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA). The K1 promoter (K1p) having LANA binding sites assayed by reporter assay demonstrated that LANA is capable of down-regulating K1 promoter transcriptional activity. However, the KSHV replication transcription activator RTA up-regulates K1p transcriptional activity. The promoter deleted of LANA binding sites showed loss in LANA-mediated down-regulation but was unaffected for RTA-mediated up-regulation. Increasing amounts of RTA rescued LANA-mediated repression of K1p transcriptional activity in cotransfection experiments. Reporter assay data suggest that LANA binding to its cognate sequence is critical for LANA-mediated repression of K1p as a LANA construct lacking the DNA binding domain was unable to repress K1p transcription. Additionally, KSHV primary infection experiments suggest that K1 is expressed during early infection but is repressed on the establishment of latency and so follows an expression profile similar to that of RTA during infection. Analysis of the promoter sequence revealed the presence of Oct-1 transcription factor binding sites within the -116 to +76 region. Mutational analysis of the Oct-1 sites abolished RTA-mediated transcriptional activation, suggesting that RTA up-regulates K1p transcription through binding to this transcription factor.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/metabolism
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Genes, Reporter
- Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 8, Human/physiology
- Humans
- Immediate-Early Proteins/genetics
- Immediate-Early Proteins/metabolism
- Luciferases/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Nuclear Proteins/genetics
- Nuclear Proteins/metabolism
- Open Reading Frames
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Terminal Repeat Sequences/genetics
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/chemistry
- Viral Proteins/genetics
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Subhash C Verma
- Department of Microbiology and Tumor Virology Program of the Abramson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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