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Transcellular activation of the HTLV promoter by human hematopoietic cells.
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Oncogene [Oncogene] 1994 Jan; Vol. 9 (1), pp. 319-22. - Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- We examined the ability of hematopoietic cells to transactivate the HTLV promoter by a transcellular mechanism. HeLa cells containing a CAT reporter gene driven by the HTLV-2 promoter were cocultivated with hematopoietic cells of the B-(Raji), T-(HuT78, Jurkat) and monocyte/promyelocytic (THP-1, U937 and HL60) lineages. Cocultivation with U937 and HuT78 cells constitutively and significantly transactivated the HTLV-2 promoter, while no effect was observed with the other lines. However, activation of other T-cell lines (CEM, Jurkat, Molt-3 and MT-4) with a combination of phorbolester and phytohemagglutinin also resulted in potent transactivation. Supernatant from HuT78 cells exhibited detectable transactivating activity, suggesting that the activation is mediated by a secreted factor(s). This factor also transactivates the HTLV-1 promoter. We used a panel of HTLV-1 LTR deletion mutants to map the responsive elements to this factor(s). Unlike the response element to the HTLV transactivator protein, Tax, which can be mapped to a small region in the enhancer, maximal transactivation by the cellular factor(s) required the complete U3 sequence. Transcellular activation of the HTLV promoter by activated T-cells may play a role in the development of leukemia in HTLV infected individuals.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0950-9232
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Oncogene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8302596