Activation of the cellular transcription factor AP-1 in herpes simplex virus infected cells is dependent on the viral immediate-early protein ICPO.
AUTOR(ES)
Jang, K L
RESUMO
Lytic infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV) results in the repression of most host cell protein synthesis but produces an increased activity of the cellular AP-1 transcription factor. This increase is paralleled by an increase in the transcription rate of the proto-oncogene encoding the AP-1 component, c-Jun resulting in an increase in c-Jun protein in infected cells. The increased AP-1 activity in infected cells is dependent upon the HSV immediate-early protein ICPO. Thus a mutant lacking the gene encoding this protein fails to increase AP-1 activity whilst an ICPO expression plasmid can specifically increase the activity of an AP-1 dependent promoter in co-transfection experiments. The implications of these effects in the interaction of HSV with cultured cells are discussed.
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