African Swine Fever Virus IAP-Like Protein Induces the Activation of Nuclear Factor Kappa B
AUTOR(ES)
Rodríguez, Clara I.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
African swine fever virus (ASFV) encodes a homologue of the inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) that promotes cell survival by controlling the activity of caspase-3. Here we show that ASFV IAP is also able to activate the transcription factor NF-κB. Thus, transient transfection of the viral IAP increases the activity of an NF-κB reporter gene in a dose-responsive manner in Jurkat cells. Similarly, stably transfected cells expressing ASFV IAP have elevated basal levels of c-rel, an NF-κB-dependent gene. NF-κB complexes in the nucleus were increased in A224L-expressing cells compared with control cells upon stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) plus ionomycin. This resulted in greater NF-κB-dependent promoter activity in ASFV IAP-expressing than in control cells, both in basal conditions and after PMA plus ionophore stimulation. The elevated NF-κB activity seems to be the consequence of higher IκB kinase (IKK) basal activity in these cells. The NF-κB-inducing activity of ASFV IAP was abrogated by an IKK-2 dominant negative mutant and enhanced by expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2.
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