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Ito S, Chambers JK, Son NV, Kita C, Ise KI, Miwa Y, Nakayama H, Uchida K. Hamster polyomavirus-associated T-cell lymphomas in Syrian hamsters ( Mesocricetus auratus). Vet Pathol 2023; 60:267-275. [PMID: 36537739 DOI: 10.1177/03009858221140823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hamster polyomavirus (HaPyV) infection has been associated with lymphomas in Syrian hamsters. In the present study, 14 cases of lymphoma in pet Syrian hamsters were pathologically examined and the involvement of HaPyV was investigated. Among 14 cases, 11 were abdominal and 3 were cutaneous lymphomas. The average ages of hamsters with abdominal lymphoma and cutaneous lymphoma were 7 months (range: 4-12 months) and 14 months (range: 6-23 months), respectively. Histologically, abdominal lymphomas were characterized by the diffuse growth of tumor cells with intermediate or large nuclei, low mitotic rates, the presence of tingible body macrophages, and the T-cell immunophenotype. Furthermore, 4/11 abdominal lymphomas were immunopositive for T-cell intracellular antigen-1, suggesting cytotoxic T-cell lymphomas. Cutaneous lymphomas were diagnosed as nonepitheliotropic T-cell lymphoma. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detected HaPyV DNA in 12/14 samples, and a sequence analysis of PCR amplicons confirmed >99% nucleotide identity to the published HaPyV sequences. In situ hybridization (ISH) for HaPyV DNA resulted in diffuse nuclear signals within tumor cells in 10/14 cases. Consistent with previous findings, all HaPyV-associated lymphomas were observed in the abdominal cavity of young hamsters. Polymerase chain reaction and ISH were useful for identifying the involvement of HaPyV in lymphomas, and ISH results indicated the presence of episomal HaPyV in neoplastic lymphocytes. The present study suggests that HaPyV infection is highly involved in abdominal lymphomas in young pet Syrian hamsters in Japan and provides diagnostic information on HaPyV-associated lymphoma.
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- Soma Ito
- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Shikoku Cytopathological Laboratory, Takamatsu-shi, Japan
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- Miwa Exotic Animal Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Vision Vets Group Lab, Tokyo, Japan
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van der Meijden E, Feltkamp M. The Human Polyomavirus Middle and Alternative T-Antigens; Thoughts on Roles and Relevance to Cancer. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:398. [PMID: 29568287 PMCID: PMC5852106 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Approximately 15–20% of human cancer is related to infection, which renders them potentially preventable by antimicrobial or antiviral therapy. Human polyomaviruses (PyVs) are relevant in this regard, as illustrated by the involvement of Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) in the development of Merkel cell carcinoma. The polyomavirus Small and Large tumor antigen (ST and LT) have been extensively studied with respect to their role in oncogenesis. Recently it was shown that a number of human PyVs, including MCPyV and the trichodysplasia spinulosa polyomavirus (TSPyV), express additional T-antigens called Middle T (MT) and alternative T (ALT). ALT is encoded by ORF5, also known as the alternative T open reading frame (ALTO), which also encodes the second exon of MT, and overlaps out-of-frame with the second exon of LT. Previously, MT was considered unique for oncogenic rodent polyomaviruses, and ALT was still unknown. In this mini-review, we want to point out there are important reasons to explore the involvement of MT and ALT in human cellular transformation. First, just like their rodent equivalents, MT and ALT probably disrupt cellular pathways that control signaling and proliferation. Second, expression of the MT and ALT-encoding ORF5/ALTO characterizes a monophyletic polyomavirus clade that includes human and animal PyVs with known oncogenic potential. And third, ORF5/ALTO is subject to strong positive selection aimed specifically at a short linear motif within MT and ALT that overlaps completely with the RB-binding motif in LT. The latter suggests tight interplay between these T-antigens with possible consequences for cell transformation.
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- Els van der Meijden
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Biology, evolution, and medical importance of polyomaviruses: An update. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2017.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Shu K, Noguchi T, Honda K, Kondoh Y, Osada H, Ohno H, Fujii N, Oishi S. Synthesis of the Src SH2 domain and its application in bioassays for mirror-image screening. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra07445j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mirror-image screening systems for Src SH2 domain inhibitors were established using a synthetic Src SH2 domain.
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- Keitou Shu
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501
- Japan
- Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501
- Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Saitama 351-0198
- Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Saitama 351-0198
- Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
- Saitama 351-0198
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 606-8501
- Japan
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Kazem S, Lauber C, van der Meijden E, Kooijman S, Kravchenko AA, Feltkamp MC, Gorbalenya AE. Limited variation during circulation of a polyomavirus in the human population involves the COCO-VA toggling site of Middle and Alternative T-antigen(s). Virology 2016; 487:129-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Characterization of T Antigens, Including Middle T and Alternative T, Expressed by the Human Polyomavirus Associated with Trichodysplasia Spinulosa. J Virol 2015; 89:9427-39. [PMID: 26136575 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00911-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The polyomavirus tumor (T) antigens play crucial roles in viral replication, transcription, and cellular transformation. They are encoded by partially overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) located in the early region through alternative mRNA splicing. The T expression pattern of the trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV) has not been established yet, hampering further study of its pathogenic mechanisms and taxonomic relationship. Here, we characterized TSPyV T antigen expression in human cell lines transfected with the TSPyV early region. Sequencing of T antigen-encoded reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) products revealed three splice donor and acceptor sites creating six mRNA splice products that potentially encode the antigens small T (ST), middle T (MT), large T (LT), tiny T, 21kT, and alternative T (ALTO). Except for 21kT, these splice products were also detected in skin of TSPyV-infected patients. At least three splice products were confirmed by Northern blotting, likely encoding LT, MT, ST, 21kT, and ALTO. Protein expression was demonstrated for LT, ALTO, and possibly MT, with LT detected in the nucleus and ALTO in the cytoplasm of transfected cells. Splice site and start codon mutations indicated that ALTO is encoded by the same splice product that encodes LT and uses internal start codons for initiation. The genuineness of ALTO was indicated by the identification of acetylated N-terminal ALTO peptides by mass spectrometry. Summarizing, TSPyV exhibits an expression pattern characterized by both MT and ALTO expression, combining features of rodent and human polyomaviruses. This unique expression pattern provides important leads for further study of polyomavirus-related disease and for an understanding of polyomavirus evolution. IMPORTANCE The human trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus (TSPyV) is distinguished among polyomaviruses for combining productive infection with cell-transforming properties. In the research presented here, we further substantiate this unique position by indicating expression of both middle T antigen (MT) and alternative T antigen (ALTO) in TSPyV. So far, none of the human polyomaviruses was shown to express MT, which is considered the most important viral oncoprotein of rodent polyomaviruses. Coexpression of ALTO and MT, which involves a conserved, recently recognized overlapping ORF subject to positive selection, has not been observed before for any polyomavirus. As a result of our findings, this study provides valuable new insights into polyomavirus T gene use and expression. Obviously, these insights will be instrumental in further study and gaining an understanding of TSPyV pathogenicity. More importantly, however, they provide important leads with regard to the interrelationship, functionality, and evolution of polyomaviruses as a whole, indicating that TSPyV is a suitable model virus to study these entities further.
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Lauber C, Kazem S, Kravchenko AA, Feltkamp MCW, Gorbalenya AE. Interspecific adaptation by binary choice at de novo polyomavirus T antigen site through accelerated codon-constrained Val-Ala toggling within an intrinsically disordered region. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:4800-13. [PMID: 25904630 PMCID: PMC4446436 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Revised: 03/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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It is common knowledge that conserved residues evolve slowly. We challenge generality of this central tenet of molecular biology by describing the fast evolution of a conserved nucleotide position that is located in the overlap of two open reading frames (ORFs) of polyomaviruses. The de novo ORF is expressed through either the ALTO protein or the Middle T antigen (MT/ALTO), while the ancestral ORF encodes the N-terminal domain of helicase-containing Large T (LT) antigen. In the latter domain the conserved Cys codon of the LXCXE pRB-binding motif constrains codon evolution in the overlapping MT/ALTO ORF to a binary choice between Val and Ala codons, termed here as codon-constrained Val-Ala (COCO-VA) toggling. We found the rate of COCO-VA toggling to approach the speciation rate and to be significantly accelerated compared to the baseline rate of chance substitution in a large monophyletic lineage including all viruses encoding MT/ALTO and three others. Importantly, the COCO-VA site is located in a short linear motif (SLiM) of an intrinsically disordered region, a typical characteristic of adaptive responders. These findings provide evidence that the COCO-VA toggling is under positive selection in many polyomaviruses, implying its critical role in interspecific adaptation, which is unprecedented for conserved residues.
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- Chris Lauber
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300-RC Leiden, The Netherlands Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300-RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300-RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300-RC Leiden, The Netherlands Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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Jin LL, Wybenga-Groot LE, Tong J, Taylor P, Minden MD, Trudel S, McGlade CJ, Moran MF. Tyrosine phosphorylation of the Lyn Src homology 2 (SH2) domain modulates its binding affinity and specificity. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 14:695-706. [PMID: 25587033 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.044404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Src homology 2 (SH2) domains are modular protein structures that bind phosphotyrosine (pY)-containing polypeptides and regulate cellular functions through protein-protein interactions. Proteomics analysis showed that the SH2 domains of Src family kinases are themselves tyrosine phosphorylated in blood system cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, and multiple myeloma. Using the Src family kinase Lyn SH2 domain as a model, we found that phosphorylation at the conserved SH2 domain residue Y(194) impacts the affinity and specificity of SH2 domain binding to pY-containing peptides and proteins. Analysis of the Lyn SH2 domain crystal structure supports a model wherein phosphorylation of Y(194) on the EF loop modulates the binding pocket that engages amino acid side chains at the pY+2/+3 position. These data indicate another level of regulation wherein SH2-mediated protein-protein interactions are modulated by SH2 kinases and phosphatases.
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- Lily L Jin
- From the ‡Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada; ‡‡Departments of Molecular Genetics, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- §Cell Biology, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada; ¶The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- From the ‡Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- From the ‡Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada
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- ‖Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; **The Princess Margaret Cancer Center, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2M9, Toronto, Canada
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- ‖Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; **The Princess Margaret Cancer Center, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2M9, Toronto, Canada
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- §Cell Biology, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada; ¶The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada; ‖Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- From the ‡Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital For Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada; ‡‡Departments of Molecular Genetics, Medical Science Building, Room 4386, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada; **The Princess Margaret Cancer Center, 610 University Avenue, M5G 2M9, Toronto, Canada
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Beck AP, Compton SR, Zeiss CJ. Pathology in practice. HaPyV infection in a pet Syrian hamster. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2014; 244:1037-9. [PMID: 24739112 DOI: 10.2460/javma.244.9.1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Amanda P Beck
- Section of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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This review discusses the evolution of an emerging dermatologic entity, virus-associated trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS), and its association with the novel human TS polyomavirus. We will describe how this distinct dermatologic diagnosis has arisen from the convergence of strikingly similar histopathologic findings observed across several case reports. The case of virus-associated TS exemplifies how a combination of astute clinicopathologic observation and a well-designed molecular genetic approach can provide insights into the pathogenesis of cutaneous disease.
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Schwieger-Briel A, Balma-Mena A, Ngan B, Dipchand A, Pope E. Trichodysplasia spinulosa--a rare complication in immunosuppressed patients. Pediatr Dermatol 2010; 27:509-13. [PMID: 20796236 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Immunosuppression is necessary in a large number of conditions to modify immune responses and control disease severity. It is a vital part of treatment regimes following organ and bone marrow transplants. However, the use of immunosuppressive drugs has been shown to cause infections with common and unusual pathogens. We present the case of a 5-year-old female heart transplant recipient. Nine months after the transplant, she developed a tender acneiform eruption on her face consisting of numerous small yellowish to pink papules and pustules. Many of the lesions had a central, firm, small spinulous excrescence or a central dell. Histopathology demonstrated abnormal maturation of the hair follicles, nucleated eosinophilic cells with trichohyalin granules. The clinical presentation and histological features were in keeping with trichodysplasia spinulosa, a rare complication in immunosuppressed subjects. Treatment trials included reduction of immunosuppression combined with topical and oral retinoids, topical acyclovir, and oral valganciclovir with limited success.
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Fluck MM, Schaffhausen BS. Lessons in signaling and tumorigenesis from polyomavirus middle T antigen. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2009; 73:542-63, Table of Contents. [PMID: 19721090 PMCID: PMC2738132 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00009-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The small DNA tumor viruses have provided a very long-lived source of insights into many aspects of the life cycle of eukaryotic cells. In recent years, the emphasis has been on cancer-related signaling. Here we review murine polyomavirus middle T antigen, its mechanisms, and its downstream pathways of transformation. We concentrate on the MMTV-PyMT transgenic mouse, one of the most studied models of breast cancer, which permits the examination of in situ tumor progression from hyperplasia to metastasis.
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- Michele M Fluck
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Interdepartmental Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Richard S, Vogel G, Huot ME, Guo T, Muller WJ, Lukong KE. Sam68 haploinsufficiency delays onset of mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis. Oncogene 2007; 27:548-56. [PMID: 17621265 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Src-associated substrate in mitosis Sam68 is a KH type RNA-binding protein known to be a substrate of numerous tyrosine kinases, and often referred to as a STAR (signal transduction activator of RNA) protein. Herein, we observed that Sam68-null mice display mammary gland and the uterine development defects. Moreover, we report that Sam68 haploinsufficiency impedes mammary tumor onset in vivo driven by the potent mammary-targeted polyoma middle T-antigen (MMTV-PyMT) oncogene. The effect was cell autonomous as the Sam68 knockdown in PyMT-transformed cell lines also delayed tumorigenesis and metastasis formation in nude mice. Interestingly, tumor extracts isolated from PyMT/Sam68(+/-) mice compared with PyMT/Sam68(+/+) mice contained activated Src and FAK kinases. These findings suggest that Sam68 may be a modulator of tyrosine kinase activity in vivo and a signaling requirement for mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/physiology
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral, Tumor/genetics
- CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
- Cell Proliferation
- Enzyme Activation/genetics
- Female
- Focal Adhesion Kinase 2/metabolism
- Heterozygote
- Lung Neoplasms/secondary
- Mammary Glands, Animal/abnormalities
- Mammary Glands, Animal/growth & development
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/genetics
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Polyomavirus/genetics
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Time Factors
- Tumor Burden/genetics
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Uterus/abnormalities
- Uterus/growth & development
- src-Family Kinases
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- S Richard
- Terry Fox Molecular Oncology Group and the Bloomfield Center for Research on Aging, Sir Mortimer B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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The regulatory domains of Src family kinases SH3 and SH2 suppress Src activity when bound to the catalytic domain. Here, the isolated SH3-SH2 fragment from the Src family member Fyn (FynSH32) is studied by NMR. The properties of this fragment are expected to be similar to the domains in the active state, where they are dissociated from the catalytic domain. Crosscommunication between SH3 and SH2 of FynSH32, measured by chemical shift perturbation, was found to be small. Diffusion and alignment anisotropy measurements showed that SH3 and SH2 of peptide-bound FynSH32 are significantly coupled but still exhibit some interdomain flexibility. The observed average domain orientation indicates that a large SH3-SH2 domain closure is required to reach the inactive state. The implications of these results for Src regulation are discussed.
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- Tobias S Ulmer
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, United Kingdom
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The polyoma virus region expressed early in the lytic cycle encodes three proteins, or T-antigens, that together cause the infected cell to enter the cell cycle and so provide a suitable cellular environment for replication of the viral genome. Under some circumstances infection does not kill the cell, but the T-antigens are still produced, resulting in the cell becoming transformed and tumorigenic. Most of this transforming action is exerted by the middle T-antigen, which has the ability to convert established cell lines to an oncogenic state. Middle T is a membrane bound polypeptide that interacts with a number of the proteins used by tyrosine kinase associated receptors to stimulate mitogenesis, so MT can be considered as a permanently active analogue of a receptor. Through a defined series of interactions, MT assembles a large multi-protein complex at the cell membrane, consisting of MT, the core dimer of protein phosphatase 2A, an src-family tyrosine kinase, and via phosphotyrosines, ShcA, phosphatidylinositol (3') kinase, and phospholipase Cgamma-1. Tyrosine phosphorylation stimulates PI3K and PLCgamma-1 enzymatic activity, and on ShcA creates binding sites for Grb2 with its associated Sos1 and Gab1. This activates p21(ras), and hence, the MAP kinase cascade. Consequently, MT can be used as a model for studying cell transformation and growth factor receptor signalling pathways.
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- N Ichaso
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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Gottlieb KA, Villarreal LP. Natural biology of polyomavirus middle T antigen. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2001; 65:288-318 ; second and third pages, table of contents. [PMID: 11381103 PMCID: PMC99028 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.65.2.288-318.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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"It has been commented by someone that 'polyoma' is an adjective composed of a prefix and suffix, with no root between--a meatless linguistic sandwich" (C. J. Dawe). The very name "polyomavirus" is a vague mantel: a name given before our understanding of these viral agents was clear but implying a clear tumor life-style, as noted by the late C. J. Dawe. However, polyomavirus are not by nature tumor-inducing agents. Since it is the purpose of this review to consider the natural function of middle T antigen (MT), encoded by one of the seemingly crucial transforming genes of polyomavirus, we will reconsider and redefine the virus and its MT gene in the context of its natural biology and function. This review was motivated by our recent in vivo analysis of MT function. Using intranasal inoculation of adult SCID mice, we have shown that polyomavirus can replicate with an MT lacking all functions associated with transformation to similar levels to wild-type virus. These observations, along with an almost indistinguishable replication of all MT mutants with respect to wild-type viruses in adult competent mice, illustrate that MT can have a play subtle role in acute replication and persistence. The most notable effect of MT mutants was in infections of newborns, indicating that polyomavirus may be highly adapted to replication in newborn lungs. It is from this context that our current understanding of this well-studied virus and gene is presented.
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- K A Gottlieb
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Biological Sciences II, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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The hamster polyomavirus (HaPV) was first described in 1967 as a virus associated with skin epithelioma of the Syrian hamster. The tumors appear spontaneously in a hamster colony bred in Berlin-Buch (HaB). Virus particles isolated from skin epitheliomas cause lymphoma and leukemia when injected into newborn hamsters from a distinct colony bred in Potsdam, Germany (HaP). The viral genome has been totally sequenced and the overall genetic organization establishes HaPV as a member of the polyomaviruses. HaPV is a second example of an middle T (MT) antigen encoding polyomavirus and nucleotide sequence homologies designates the mouse polyomavirus (Py) as the closest relative. Lymphomas induced by HaPV in HaP hamsters do not contain virus particles but instead accumulate different amounts of nonrandomly deleted free and/or integrated viral genomes. Transgenic mice produced by microinjection of HaPV DNA into the pronucleus of fertilized eggs of Gat: NMRI mice developed both, epitheliomas and lymphomas. Both tumor types contain extrachromosomal DNA. HaPV DNA was found to replicate in hamster lymphoid and fibroblast cell lines. Fully reproductive cycles could be detected only in GD36 lymphoblastic leukemia cells. HaPV carries the full transforming properties of a polyomavirus in vitro. Immortalization of primary rat cells is essentially carried out by the HaPV large T (LT) antigen and coexpression of HaPV MT and HaPV small T (ST) antigen is required for full transformation of rat fibroblasts. The preferential binding of HaPV MT to c-Fyn, a Src family kinase, has been proposed as a mechanism leading to lymphoid malignancies. Heterologous expression of HaPV-VP1 allowed the formation of virus like particles (VLPs) resembling HaPV particles. The high flexibility of HaPV-VP1 for insertion of foreign peptides offers a broad range of potential applications, especially in vaccine development.
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- S Scherneck
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Kimber MS, Nachman J, Cunningham AM, Gish GD, Pawson T, Pai EF. Structural basis for specificity switching of the Src SH2 domain. Mol Cell 2000; 5:1043-9. [PMID: 10911998 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80269-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Src SH2 domain binds pYEEI-containing phosphopeptides in an extended conformation with a hydrophobic pocket, which includes ThrEF1, binding Ile(pY +3). Mutating ThrEF1 to tryptophan switches specificity to an Asn(pY +2) requirement, yielding a biological mimic of the Grb2 SH2 domain. Here we show that the Src ThrEF1Trp SH2 domain mutant binds pYVNV phosphopeptides in a beta turn conformation, which, despite differing conformations of the interacting tryptophan, closely resembles the native Grb2/pYVNV cognate peptide binding mode. The ThrEF1Trp substitution therefore switches specificity by physically occluding the pTyr +3 binding pocket and by providing additional interaction surface area for Asn(pY +2). This demonstrates structurally how novel SH2 domain specificities may rapidly evolve through single amino acid substitutions and suggests how new signaling pathways may develop.
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- M S Kimber
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chung EW, Henriques DA, Renzoni D, Morton CJ, Mulhern TD, Pitkeathly MC, Ladbury JE, Robinson CV. Probing the nature of interactions in SH2 binding interfaces--evidence from electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Protein Sci 1999; 8:1962-70. [PMID: 10548041 PMCID: PMC2144146 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.10.1962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We have adopted nanoflow electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to probe the mechanism of peptide recognition by the SH2 domain from the Src family tyrosine kinase protein, Fyn. This domain is involved in the mediation of intracellular signal transduction pathways by interaction with proteins containing phosphorylated tyrosine (Y*) residues. The binding of tyrosyl phosphopeptides can mimic these interactions. Specificity in these interactions has been attributed to the interaction of the Y* and residues proximal and C-terminal to it. Previous studies have established that for specific binding with Fyn, the recognition sequence consists of pTyr-Glu-Glu-Ile. The specific interactions involve the binding of Y* with the ionic, and the Y* + 3 Ile residue with the hydrophobic binding pockets on the surface of the Fyn SH2 domain. In this work, a variation in the Y* + 3 residue of this high-affinity sequence was observed to result in changes in the relative binding affinities as determined in solution (ITC) and in the gas phase (nanoflow ESI-MS). X-ray analysis shows that a feature of the Src family SH2 domains is the involvement of water molecules in the peptide binding site. Under the nanoflow ESI conditions, water molecules appear to be maintained in the Fyn SH2-ligand complex. Compelling evidence for these molecules being incorporated in the SH2-peptide interface is provided by the prevalence of the peaks assigned to water-bound over the water-free complex at high-energy conditions. Thus, the stability of water protein-ligand complex appears to be intimately linked to the presence of water.
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- E W Chung
- Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, New Chemistry Laboratory, United Kingdom
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Mulhern TD, Shaw GL, Morton CJ, Day AJ, Campbell ID. The SH2 domain from the tyrosine kinase Fyn in complex with a phosphotyrosyl peptide reveals insights into domain stability and binding specificity. Structure 1997; 5:1313-23. [PMID: 9351806 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00283-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND SH2 domains are found in a variety of signal transduction proteins; they bind phosphotyrosine-containing sequences, allowing them to both recognize target molecules and regulate intramolecular kinase activity. Fyn is a member of the Src family of tyrosine kinases that are involved in signal transduction by association with a number of membrane receptors. The kinase activity of these signalling proteins is modulated by switching the binding mode of their SH2 and SH3 domains from intramolecular to intermolecular. The molecular basis of the signalling roles observed for different Src family members is still not well understood; although structures have been determined for the SH2 domains of other Src family molecules, this is the first structure of the Fyn SH2 domain. RESULTS The structure of the Fyn SH2 domain in complex with a phosphotyrosyl peptide (EPQpYEEIPIYL) was determined by high resolution NMR spectroscopy. The overall structure of the complex is analogous to that of other SH2-peptide complexes. Noteworthy aspects of the structure are: the BG loop, which contacts the bound peptide, contains a type-I' turn; a capping-box-like interaction is present at the N-terminal end of helix alpha A; cis-trans isomerization of the Val beta G1-Pro beta G2 peptide bond causes conformational heterogeneity of residues near the N and C termini of the domain. CONCLUSIONS Comparison of the Fyn SH2 domain structure with other structures of SH2 domains highlights several interesting features. Conservation of helix capping interactions among various SH2 domains is suggestive of a role in protein stabilisation. The presence of a type-I' turn in the BG loop, which is dependent on the presence of a glycine residue at position BG3, is indicative of a binding pocket, characteristic of the Src family, SykC and Abl, rather than a binding groove found in PLC-gamma 1C, p85 alpha N and Shc, for example.
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Virus replication and spreading in a host population depends on highly specific interactions of viral proteins with infected cells, resulting in subversion of multiple cellular signal transduction pathways. For instance, viral proteins cause cell cycle progression of the infected host cell in order to establish a cellular environment favourable for virus replication. Of equal importance for successful virus propagation is virus-mediated attenuation of a host's immune response. Many of the pathways controlling these aspects of cell behaviour are regulated by cellular tyrosine kinases. One particular family of these enzymes, Src family kinases, are involved in processing signals emanating from the plasma membrane upon stimulation by growth factors, by cell-substratum or by cell-cell contact. Two families of DNA viruses, polyoma- and herpesviruses, encode proteins targeted at tyrosine kinases. The middle-T antigens expressed by mouse and hamster polyomavirus associate with and activate Src family tyrosine kinases. Two members of the herpes family of DNA viruses, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and herpesvirus saimiri (HVS), encode proteins, LMP2A and Tip, respectively, that associate with cellular tyrosine kinases of the Src and Syk/Zap family. Upon association with these viral proteins, the activity of these tyrosine kinases is changed resulting in altered signal output. Middle-T, LMP2A and Tip are therefore excellent tools to study the regulation of Src family kinases.
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- N Dunant
- Friedrich Miescher-Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Collette Y, Olive D. Non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases as immune targets of viruses. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1997; 18:393-400. [PMID: 9267082 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(97)01104-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Y Collette
- Unité de Cancérologie et de Thérapeutique Expérimentales de l'INSERM (Unité 119), Marseilles, France.
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Goutebroze L, Dunant NM, Ballmer-Hofer K, Feunteun J. The N terminus of hamster polyomavirus middle T antigen carries a determinant for specific activation of p59c-Fyn. J Virol 1997; 71:1436-42. [PMID: 8995669 PMCID: PMC191200 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.1436-1442.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Transformation by rodent polyomaviruses is mediated primarily by middle T antigen, a membrane-bound protein that does not carry an intrinsic enzymatic activity but interacts and subverts the activity of cellular regulators of proliferation. The multiple protein partners of murine polyomavirus (Py) middle T antigen include the tyrosine kinases c-Src and, to a lesser extent, c-Fyn and c-Yes. By contrast, the hamster polyomavirus (HaPV) middle T antigen selectively activates the c-Fyn gene product. This difference may account for the contrasting tumor patterns induced by the two viruses. The sequences of the respective N-terminal and C-terminal functional domains of murine Py and HaPV middle T antigens are highly conserved whereas the intervening stretches are clearly divergent, leading to the speculation that this divergence may direct the specificity for tyrosine kinase activation. We have addressed this issue by constructing a chimera middle T antigen molecule carrying the N-terminal domain from HaPV (exon 1) in phase with the other two domains from murine Py (exon 2). The biological properties of this chimera molecule are indistinguishable from those of HaPV middle T antigen; it specifically activates p59c-Fyn and carries the transforming phenotype of the HaPV middle T antigen on rat fibroblasts.
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- L Goutebroze
- Laboratoire de Génétique Oncologique, CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Plummer MS, Lunney EA, Para KS, Shahripour A, Stankovic CJ, Humblet C, Fergus JH, Marks JS, Herrera R, Hubbell S, Saltiel A, Sawyer TK. Design of peptidomimetic ligands for the pp60src SH2 domain. Bioorg Med Chem 1997; 5:41-7. [PMID: 9043656 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(96)00200-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- M S Plummer
- Department of Chemistry, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA
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Dunant NM, Messerschmitt AS, Ballmer-Hofer K. Functional interaction between the SH2 domain of Fyn and tyrosine 324 of hamster polyomavirus middle-T antigen. J Virol 1997; 71:199-206. [PMID: 8985339 PMCID: PMC191040 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.199-206.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Middle-T antigen of mouse polyomavirus (MomT) associates with the cellular tyrosine kinases c-Src, c-Yes, and Fyn, while middle-T antigen of hamster polyomavirus (HamT) exclusively binds Fyn. This interaction is essential for polyomavirus-mediated transformation of cells in culture and tumor formation in animals. Here we show that the kinase domain of Fyn is sufficient for association with MomT but not for binding of HamT. We further demonstrate that a Fyn mutant lacking the SH2 domain is able to bind MomT but fails to associate with HamT, indicating that the SH2 domain of Fyn is essential for stable association with HamT. HamT, but not MomT, contains a tyrosine residue, Tyr-324, in the sequence context YEEI. Mutation of Tyr-324 to phenylalanine led to a drastic reduction of associated Fyn and abolished the oncogenicity of HamT. This suggests that Tyr-324 is the major phosphotyrosine residue mediating the binding of HamT to the SH2 domain of Fyn. These findings show that mouse and hamster polyomaviruses use different strategies to target Src-related tyrosine kinases.
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- N M Dunant
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Wijetunge S, Hughes AD. Activation of endogenous c-Src or a related tyrosine kinase by intracellular (pY)EEI peptide increases voltage-operated calcium channel currents in rabbit ear artery cells. FEBS Lett 1996; 399:63-6. [PMID: 8980120 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(96)01177-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The effect of activation of endogenous c-Src tyrosine kinase by (pY)EEI peptide was examined on voltage-operated calcium channel (VOC) currents in arterial smooth muscle cells. In single rabbit ear artery cells intracellular application of (pY)EEI peptide increased calcium channel currents. Inactive, non-phosphorylated YEEI peptide had no effect on currents. Peptide-A, a 21 amino acid inhibitor of c-Src inhibited currents and prevented the effect of (pY)EEI peptide on calcium channel currents. These results indicate that activation of intrinsic c-Src increases VOC and support a role for c-Src in the regulation of VOC in vascular smooth muscle cells.
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- S Wijetunge
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's, London, UK.
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Ladbury JE, Hensmann M, Panayotou G, Campbell ID. Alternative modes of tyrosyl phosphopeptide binding to a Src family SH2 domain: implications for regulation of tyrosine kinase activity. Biochemistry 1996; 35:11062-9. [PMID: 8780508 DOI: 10.1021/bi960543e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Src homology 2 (SH2) domains interact with proteins containing phosphorylated tyrosine residues and as such play a key role in mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction. Determination of how these interactions maintain specificity is central to understanding the mechanism of this intracellular signal processing. In the Src family tyrosine kinases specificity is enhanced by a form of regulation based on binding of a phosphotyrosine, pY, and its proximal amino acid sequence from the C-terminus to the SH2 domain of the same protein (autoregulation) or to a similar protein (homodimeric regulation). Activation of the protein is accomplished by removal of this regulatory interaction by competition from a "specific" interacting ligand. We adopt the SH2 domain from a member of the Src family, Fyn (whose predominant physiological role is in initiation of signals from the T-cell receptor complex), to explore the differences in structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic determinants of regulatory and specific interactions using tyrosyl phosphopeptides based on the C-terminus and on a putative physiological interacting species from the hamster middle-sized tumor antigen. The specific peptide interacts with micromolar affinity via embedding the pY and an isoleucine residue (in the pY + 3 position) in two deep pockets. This leads to a large favorable enthalpic contribution to free energy. The regulatory peptide interacts in the pY pocket which forms a pivot for the rest of the molecule which is dynamic. These structural data for the regulatory peptide are supported by the observation of a more favorable entropic term and a complex mode of binding revealed by kinetic analysis.
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- J E Ladbury
- Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, U.K
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Src is the best understood member of a family of 9 tyrosine kinases that regulates cellular responses to extracellular stimuli. Activated mutants of Src are oncogenic. Using Src as an example, and referring to other Src family members where appropriate, this review describes the structure of Src, the functions of the individual domains, the regulation of Src kinase activity in the cell, the selection of substrates, and the biological functions of Src. The review concentrates on developments in the last 6-7 years, and cites data resulting from the isolation and characterization of Src mutants, crystallographic studies of the structures of SH2, SH3 and tyrosine kinase domains, biochemical studies of Src kinase activity and binding properties, and the biology of transgenic and knockout mouse strains.
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- M T Brown
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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Shahripour A, Plummer MS, Lunney EA, Para KS, Stankovic CJ, Rubin JR, Humblet C, Fergus JH, Marks JS, Herrera R, Hubbell SE, Saltiel AR, Sawyer TK. Novel phosphotyrosine mimetics in the design of peptide ligands for pp60src SH2 domain. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/0960-894x(96)00208-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dunant NM, Senften M, Ballmer-Hofer K. Polyomavirus middle-T antigen associates with the kinase domain of Src-related tyrosine kinases. J Virol 1996; 70:1323-30. [PMID: 8627648 PMCID: PMC189951 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1323-1330.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Middle-T antigen of mouse polyomavirus, an oncogenic DNA virus, associates with and activates the cellular tyrosine kinases c-Src, c-Yes, and Fyn. This interaction is essential for polyomavirus-mediated transformation of cells in culture and tumor formation in animals. To determine the domain of c-Src directing association with middle-T, mutant c-Src proteins lacking the amino-terminal unique domain and the myristylation signal, the SH2 domain, the SH3 domain, or all three of these domains were coexpressed with middle-T in NIH 3T3 cells. All mutants were found to associate with middle-T, demonstrating that the kinase domain of c-Src, including the carboxy-terminal regulatory tail, is sufficient for association with middle-T. Moreover, we found that Hck, another member of the Src kinase family, does not bind middle-T, while chimeric kinases consisting of the amino-terminal domains of c-Src fused to the kinase domain of Hck or the amino-terminal domains of Hck fused to the kinase domain of c-Src associated with middle-T. Hck mutated at its carboxy-terminal regulatory residue, tyrosine 501, was also found to associate with middle-T. These results suggest that in Hck, the postulated intramolecular interaction between the carboxy-terminal regulatory tyrosine and the SH2 domain prevents association with middle-T. This intramolecular interaction apparently also limits the ability of c-Src to associate with middle-T, since removal of the SH2 or SH3 domain increases the efficiency with which middle-T binds c-Src.
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- N M Dunant
- Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
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Ulrich R, Sommerfeld K, Schröder A, Prokoph H, Arnold W, Krüger DH, Scherneck S. Hamster polyomavirus-encoded proteins: gene cloning, heterologous expression and immunoreactivity. Virus Genes 1996; 12:265-74. [PMID: 8883364 DOI: 10.1007/bf00284647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The hamster polyomavirus (HaPV) is associated with spontaneously appearing skin epithelioma of the Syrian hamster Z3 strain. Virus particles prepared from the skin epithelioma cause lymphoma and leukemia when injected into newborn hamsters from a distinct Syrian hamster colony (HaP); in contrast to the skin epithelioma the hemopoietic tumors are virus free but accumulate viral DNA. To study the humoral immune response of HaPV-infected Z3 hamsters we produced recombinant HaPV proteins in Escherichia coli as beta-galactosidase-, TrpE- and dihydrofolate reductase-fusion proteins or as non-fused proteins. Recombinant plasmids carried segments of all putative early and late HaPV proteins. The recombinant proteins were detected in stained SDS polyacrylamide gels and in Western blots using monoclonal anti-TrpE and anti-beta-galactosidase antibodies and sera of HaPV-infected hamsters. Sera from HaPV-infected Z3 hamsters and crude lysates of all clones were applied to Western blots to characterize the humoral immune response in the animals. HaPV-specific antibodies were found to be directed against early protein segments translated from the first common exon and from the second unique exon of LT and MT, resp., as well as against the late proteins VP1 and VP2/3. The almost complete VP2 was recognized by all sera whereas VP1 was detected only by a half of the sera. Our data suggest the presence of at least 2 immunodominant regions in VP2, one in the C-terminal VP1 and at least 4 in early proteins.
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- R Ulrich
- Institut für Medizinische Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Charité der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Pintar A, Hensmann M, Jumel K, Pitkeathly M, Harding SE, Campbell ID. Solution studies of the SH2 domain from the fyn tyrosine kinase: secondary structure, backbone dynamics and protein association. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL : EBJ 1996; 24:371-80. [PMID: 8765711 DOI: 10.1007/bf00576709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The SH2 domain from Fyn tyrosine kinase, corresponding to residues 155-270 of the human enzyme, was expressed as a GST-fusion protein in a pGEX-E. coli system. After thrombin cleavage and removal of GST, the protein was studied by heteronuclear NMR. Two different phosphotyrosyl-peptides were synthesized and added to the SH2 domain. One peptide corresponded to the regulatory C-terminal tail region of Fyn. Sequence-specific assignment of NMR spectra was achieved using a combination of 1H-15N-correlated 2D HSQC, 15N-edited 3D TOCSY-HMQC, and 15N-edited 3D NOESY-HMQC spectra. By analysis of the alpha-proton chemical shifts and NOE intensities, the positions of secondary structural elements were determined and found to correspond closely to that seen in the crystal structure of the, homologous, Src-SH2 domain. To investigate the internal dynamics of the protein backbone, T1 and T2 relaxation parameters were measured on the free protein, as well as on both peptide complexes. Analytical ultracentrifugation and dynamic light scattering were employed to measure the effect of concentration and peptide-binding on self-association. The results suggest that, at NMR-sample concentrations, the free protein is present in at least dimeric form. Phosphopeptide binding and lower concentration significantly, but not completely, shift the equilibrium towards monomers. The possible role of this protein association in the regulation of the Src-family tyrosine kinases is discussed.
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- A Pintar
- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, UK
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Sotirellis N, Johnson TM, Hibbs ML, Stanley IJ, Stanley E, Dunn AR, Cheng HC. Autophosphorylation induces autoactivation and a decrease in the Src homology 2 domain accessibility of the Lyn protein kinase. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:29773-80. [PMID: 8530369 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.50.29773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Lyn is a member of the Src family of protein-tyrosine kinases that can readily undergo autophosphorylation in vitro. The site of autophosphorylation is Tyr397 which corresponds to the consensus autophosphorylation site of other Src family tyrosine kinases. The rate of autophosphorylation is concentration-dependent, indicating that the reaction follows an intermolecular mechanism. Autophosphorylation results in a 17-fold increase in protein-tyrosine kinase activity. Kinetic analysis demonstrates that phosphorylation of a substrate peptide by Lyn following autophosphorylation occurs with a 63-fold decrease in Km but no significant change in Vmax, suggesting that autophosphorylation relieves the conformational constraint that prevents binding of the substrate peptide to the active site of the kinase. Using a phosphotyrosine-containing peptide (pYEEI) that has previously been shown to bind to the Src homology 2 (SH2) domain of Src family tyrosine kinases with high affinity, we found that autophosphorylation results in a significant decrease in accessibility of the Lyn SH2 domain, indicating that conformational changes in the protein kinase domain induced by autophosphorylation can be propagated to the SH2 domain. Our study suggests that autophosphorylation plays an important role in regulating Lyn by modulating both its kinase activity and its interaction with other phosphotyrosine-containing molecules.
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- N Sotirellis
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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An emerging theme in both the biology of signal transduction and the biochemistry of proteins has been the modular function of small protein domains. In some cases these can directly regulate catalytic activity. In others, they serve to interconnect important regulatory proteins. SH2 (src homology 2) domains represent some of the best studied models. Originally identified on the basis of homology in src and fps [1], SH2s are elements that ordinarily respond to tyrosine phosphorylation by binding the phosphorylated sequence. As such, they are key elements in tyrosine kinase regulation of cellular processes. Because SH2 interactions result from phosphorylation, such elements provide a regulatable circuitry along which signals can be transmitted in a timely manner. Because the regulation is based on a common mechanism, signal generators can target several different proteins coordinately. The PDGF receptor (PDGFr), for example, may interact with as many as ten different elements [2,3]. There are a number of excellent reviews on SH2 domains available [4-11]. This discussion will try to show how genetic, biochemical and biophysical results can be integrated in a satisfying way.
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- B Schaffhausen
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Brizuela L, Ulug ET, Jones MA, Courtneidge SA. Induction of interleukin-2 transcription by the hamster polyomavirus middle T antigen: a role for Fyn in T cell signal transduction. Eur J Immunol 1995; 25:385-93. [PMID: 7875200 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830250212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The transforming protein of mouse polyomavirus, the mouse middle T antigen (MomT), and its counterpart in the hamster polyomavirus, the hamster middle T antigen (HamT), interact with a number of cellular proteins. Among these are members of the Src family of tyrosine kinases, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, the serine/threonine phosphatase PP2A and the adaptor protein Shc (in the case of MomT). However, both the relative affinity of these antigens for the members of the Src family and the tumor profile induced by their respective viruses are quite distinct. Particularly noteworthy are the preferential binding of Fyn by HamT and the induction of lymphoid malignancies by the hamster polyomavirus. Here we report that, when expressed in fibroblasts, HamT also associated with phospholipase C gamma (PLC gamma), which led to an increased intracellular concentration of inositol-1, 4, 5-trisphosphate. We also show that expression of HamT in the mouse T cell line EL4 was sufficient to induce transcription from interleukin-2 (IL-2), NFAT and NF kappa B reporter constructs. The immunosuppressant FK506 as well as dominant negative alleles of Ras and Raf inhibited HamT-induced IL-2 transcription. This, together with the observation of NFAT responses, suggests that the action of HamT depended at least in part on the integrity of signal transduction pathways elicited by activated PLC gamma. Furthermore, dominant negative Fyn but not the equivalent allele of Lck blocked HamT activation of IL-2 transcription, while both Lck and Fyn dominant negative alleles blocked LT cell receptor-mediated IL-2 transcriptional activation. These results support the hypothesis that Fyn is involved in signal transduction events leading to IL-2 transcriptional activation in T cells. Finally, the activation of IL-2 transcription by HamT and not by MomT shown here parallels the ability of the hamster polyomavirus to induce lymphoid malignancies.
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- L Brizuela
- Differentiation Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Barone MV, Crozat A, Tabaee A, Philipson L, Ron D. CHOP (GADD153) and its oncogenic variant, TLS-CHOP, have opposing effects on the induction of G1/S arrest. Genes Dev 1994; 8:453-64. [PMID: 8125258 DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.4.453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene CHOP (GADD153) encodes a small nuclear protein from the C/EBP family, originally isolated from adipocytes in culture. Although inactive in cells under normal conditions, the CHOP gene is markedly induced by a variety of cellular stresses, including nutrient deprivation and metabolic perturbations. These lead to accumulation of CHOP protein in the nucleus. Because cellular stress normally leads to growth arrest, we examined the implication of CHOP in this process. Microinjection of CHOP expression plasmids into NIH-3T3 cells blocked the cells from progressing through the cell cycle, measured by an attenuation in the fraction of cells incorporating BrdU, an S-phase marker. The precise point in the cell cycle at which CHOP acts was mapped by microinjection of bacterially expressed CHOP protein into synchronized cells--this blocked the cells from progressing from G1 to S phase. This effect of CHOP was observed only when the protein was introduced early after serum stimulation suggesting that CHOP works at or around the so-called G1/S checkpoint. CHOP dimerizes with other C/EBP proteins and the CHOP-C/EBP dimers are directed away from "classical" C/EBP sites recognizing instead unique "nonclassical" sites. Mutant forms of the CHOP protein that lack the leucine zipper dimerization domain or the unusually structured basic region, potentially involved in DNA binding, fail to induce growth arrest. A tumor-specific form of CHOP, TLS-CHOP, that has been found so far exclusively in the human adipose tissue tumor myxoid liposarcoma, fails to cause growth arrest and furthermore interferes with the ability of normal CHOP to induce growth arrest. CHOP has been shown recently to be markedly inducible by nutritional deprivation of cells. This suggests that CHOP may play a role in an inducible growth arrest pathway that is triggered by metabolic cues and is of particular importance in adipose tissue--an organ that undergoes marked changes in its metabolic activity. Blocking of this pathway by TLS-CHOP may play a mechanistic role in the establishment of myxoid liposarcoma.
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- M V Barone
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Kiefer F, Anhauser I, Soriano P, Aguzzi A, Courtneidge SA, Wagner EF. Endothelial cell transformation by polyomavirus middle T antigen in mice lacking Src-related kinases. Curr Biol 1994; 4:100-9. [PMID: 7953508 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(94)00025-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Expression of polyomavirus middle T antigen (PymT) rapidly induces endothelial tumors (hemangiomas) in mice, with an apparent single rate-limiting step. Because activation of Src-like kinases is thought to be an important component of PymT-induced transformation, we have analyzed the functional requirement for individual kinases in this process. This type of analysis has only recently become possible, with the generation of 'gene knock-out' mice lacking each of the kinase genes src, fyn and yes. RESULTS Hemangiomas develop efficiently in newborn mice lacking either src, fyn or yes after inoculation with a PymT-transducing retrovirus. In src- and fyn-deficient mice, the kinetics of induction and the histological properties of the tumors were indistinguishable from those in wild-type mice. In contrast, a reduced number of tumors arose in yes-deficient mice, with a significantly longer latency period. Transformed endothelial cell lines derived from the induced hemangiomas, however, did not differ in their morphological and tumorigenic properties from cell lines established previously from wild-type mice. Biochemical analysis of complexes between PymT and the Src-related kinases in these cell lines suggests that the Yes kinase is responsible for a significant amount of the PymT-associated kinase activity in transformed endothelial cells. CONCLUSION We have demonstrated that inactivation of a single tyrosine kinase of the Src family in endothelial cells does not abrogate PymT-induced hemangioma formation. As the remaining kinases do not compensate for the absence of a family member by elevated kinase activity, the loss--which affects the transformation process to varying degrees--can be studied in this model system. Our studies suggest that the PymT-Yes kinase complex plays a major role in the tumor-initiating action of PymT.
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- F Kiefer
- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
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Kiefer F, Courtneidge SA, Wagner EF. Oncogenic properties of the middle T antigens of polyomaviruses. Adv Cancer Res 1994; 64:125-57. [PMID: 7879657 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)60837-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- F Kiefer
- Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria
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Goutebroze L, Feunteun J. Transformation by hamster polyomavirus: identification and functional analysis of the early genes. J Virol 1992; 66:2495-504. [PMID: 1312640 PMCID: PMC289046 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.4.2495-2504.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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A strategy involving polymerase chain reaction amplification of cDNAs was designed to study the expression of the hamster polyomavirus (HaPV) early region in HaPV-transformed rat fibroblasts, productively HaPV-infected cells, and HaPV-induced lymphoma. We identified three mRNAs resulting from alternative splicing of open reading frames leading to coding capacities for three polypeptides with molecular weights similar to those of the murine polyomavirus large T, middle T (MT), and small T (ST) antigens. The corresponding intronless cDNAs direct the in vitro synthesis of polypeptides with the expected electrophoretic mobilities. The biological activities carried by the HaPV early genes were assayed by transfection of appropriate cell systems. The fragment of genomic viral DNA that encodes the three early antigens contains all of the genetic information necessary for immortalization of primary rat embryo fibroblasts and transformation of F111 rat cells. The large T antigen is sufficient for immortalization, although the MT and ST antigens stimulate the growth and modify the phenotype of immortal cell lines. A stringent cooperative effect was observed in the transformation of F111 cells, which requires the simultaneous presence of the MT and ST antigens, as opposed to the transformation by murine polyomavirus, which can be carried out by the MT antigen alone.
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- L Goutebroze
- Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Associée 1158, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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