Functional activation of the long terminal repeat of human T-cell leukemia virus type I by a trans-acting factor.
AUTOR(ES)
Fujisawa, J
RESUMO
Promoter function for gene expression of the long terminal repeat (LTR) of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) was studied by constructing plasmids containing the LTR sequence. The gene encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CATase) was linked to an HTLV-I LTR sequence (pLTR-CAT) by replacing the simian virus 40 promoter in plasmid pSV2-CAT with the LTR sequence. The transient CATase activities of cells transfected with the plasmids were compared. The results are summarized as follows: The HTLV LTR was active even in an epithelial cell line, with efficiency similar to that of the simian virus 40 promoter. pLTR-CAT expressed high CATase activity, 40-200 times that expressed by pSV2-CAT, in HTLV-I-infected T-cell lines, such as the human cell lines MT-2 and HUT-102, or in HTLV-I-infected rat cell lines. This enhanced activity of the LTR seems to be associated with HTLV gene expression, since only low activity of pLTR-CAT was observed in the HTLV-infected cell line MT-1, in which only a small percent of cells express viral antigens. In HTLV-infected rat cell lines, the pX-encoded protein p40x was the only viral protein detected. Thus, we suggest that p40x is the factor associated directly or indirectly with the enhanced activity of the LTR.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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