Novel Mechanisms of E2F Induction by BK Virus Large-T Antigen: Requirement of Both the pRb-Binding and the J Domains
AUTOR(ES)
Harris, Kimya F.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
E2F activity is regulated in part by the retinoblastoma family of tumor suppressor proteins. Viral oncoproteins, such as simian virus 40 (SV40) large-T antigen (TAg), adenovirus E1A, and human papillomavirus E7, can disrupt the regulation of cellular proliferation by binding to pRb family members and dissociating E2F-pRb family protein complexes. BK virus (BKV), which infects a large percentage of the human population and has been associated with a variety of human tumors, encodes a TAg homologous to SV40 TAg. It has been shown that BKV TAg, when expressed at low levels, does not detectably bind to pRb family members, yet it induces a serum-independent phenotype and causes a decrease in the overall levels of pRb family proteins. The experiments presented in this report show that, despite the lack of TAg-pRb interactions, BKV TAg can induce transcriptionally active E2F and that this induction does in fact require an intact pRb-binding domain as well as an intact J domain. In addition, E2F-pRb family member complexes can be detected in both BKV and SV40 TAg-expressing cells. These results suggest the presence of alternate cellular mechanisms for the release of E2F in addition to the well-established model for TAg-pRb interactions. These results also emphasize a role for BKV TAg in the deregulation of cellular proliferation, which may ultimately contribute to neoplasia.
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