Excess wild-type p53 blocks initiation and maintenance of simian virus 40 transformation

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3472-3483
Author(s):  
K Fukasawa ◽  
G Sakoulas ◽  
R E Pollack ◽  
S Chen
Keyword(s):  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Sv40 Large T Antigen ◽  
Sv40 Transformation ◽  
Mouse Cells ◽  
Wild Type P53

Wild-type (wt) murine p53 has been tested for its ability to block and reverse the transforming effects of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen. Established and precrisis mouse cells overexpressing exogenously introduced wt p53 became resistant to SV40 transformation. The introduction of excess wt p53 into SV40-transformed precrisis cells reverted their transformed phenotype. However, the phenotype of SV40-transformed established cells was not reverted by excess wt p53. We conclude that an antioncogenic action of wt p53 is exerted during SV40 transformation and that in precrisis cells, the antitransforming action of wt p53 can be exerted both at initiation and during the maintenance of transformation.

scholarly journals Excess wild-type p53 blocks initiation and maintenance of simian virus 40 transformation.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 3472-3483 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Fukasawa ◽  
G Sakoulas ◽  
R E Pollack ◽  
S Chen
Keyword(s):  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Sv40 Large T Antigen ◽  
Sv40 Transformation ◽  
Mouse Cells ◽  
Wild Type P53

Wild-type (wt) murine p53 has been tested for its ability to block and reverse the transforming effects of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen. Established and precrisis mouse cells overexpressing exogenously introduced wt p53 became resistant to SV40 transformation. The introduction of excess wt p53 into SV40-transformed precrisis cells reverted their transformed phenotype. However, the phenotype of SV40-transformed established cells was not reverted by excess wt p53. We conclude that an antioncogenic action of wt p53 is exerted during SV40 transformation and that in precrisis cells, the antitransforming action of wt p53 can be exerted both at initiation and during the maintenance of transformation.

Less than 40% of the simian virus 40 large T-antigen-coding sequence is required for transformation

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1661-1663
Author(s):  
L Sompayrac ◽  
K J Danna
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Deletion Mutant ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Large Deletion ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Coding Sequence ◽  
Mouse Cells

F8dl is a simian virus 40 early-region deletion mutant that lacks the simian virus 40 DNA sequences between 0.168 and 0.424 map units. Despite this large deletion, cloned F8dl DNA transforms Fisher rat F111 cells and BALB/3T3 clone A31 mouse cells as efficiently as does cloned simian virus 40 wild-type DNA. These results indicate that less than 40% of the large T-antigen-coding sequence is required for efficient transformation.

scholarly journals Less than 40% of the simian virus 40 large T-antigen-coding sequence is required for transformation.

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1661-1663 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Sompayrac ◽  
K J Danna
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Deletion Mutant ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
Large Deletion ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Coding Sequence ◽  
Mouse Cells

F8dl is a simian virus 40 early-region deletion mutant that lacks the simian virus 40 DNA sequences between 0.168 and 0.424 map units. Despite this large deletion, cloned F8dl DNA transforms Fisher rat F111 cells and BALB/3T3 clone A31 mouse cells as efficiently as does cloned simian virus 40 wild-type DNA. These results indicate that less than 40% of the large T-antigen-coding sequence is required for efficient transformation.

scholarly journals Wild-Type p53 Enhances Efficiency of Simian Virus 40 Large-T-Antigen-Induced Cellular Transformation

2009 ◽  
Vol 83 (19) ◽  
pp. 10106-10118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Hermannstädter ◽  
Christine Ziegler ◽  
Marion Kühl ◽  
Wolfgang Deppert ◽  
Genrich V. Tolstonog
Keyword(s):  
Transformation Efficiency ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Transcriptional Regulators ◽  
Cellular Transformation ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
3T3 Cells ◽  
Sv40 Transformation

ABSTRACT Abortive infection of BALB/c mouse embryo fibroblasts differing in p53 gene status (p53+/+ versus p53−/ −) with simian virus 40 (SV40) revealed a quantitatively and qualitatively decreased transformation efficiency in p53−/− cells compared to p53+/+ cells, suggesting a supportive effect of wild-type (wt) p53 in the SV40 transformation process. SV40 transformation efficiency also was low in immortalized p53−/− BALB/c 10-1 cells but could be restored to approximately the level in immortalized p53+/+ BALB/c 3T3 cells by reconstituting wt p53, but not mutant p53 (mutp53), expression. Stable expression of large T antigen (LT) in p53+/+ 3T3 cells resulted in full transformation, while LT expression in p53−/− 10-1 cells could not promote growth in suspension or in soft agar to a significant extent. The helper effect of wt p53 is mediated by its cooperation with LT and resides in the p53 N terminus, as an N-terminally truncated p53 (ΔNp53) could not rescue the p53-null phenotype. The p53 N terminus serves as a scaffold for recruiting transcriptional regulators like p300/CBP and Mdm2 into the LT-p53 complex. Consequently, LT affected global and specific gene expression in p53+/+ cells significantly more than in p53−/− cells. Our data suggest that recruitment of transcriptional regulators into the LT-p53 complex may help to modify cellular gene expression in response to the needs of cellular transformation.

Recombinant retroviruses encoding simian virus 40 large T antigen and polyomavirus large and middle T antigens

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1204-1217
Author(s):  
P S Jat ◽  
C L Cepko ◽  
R C Mulligan ◽  
P A Sharp
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Vector System ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
T Antigens ◽  
Sv40 Large T Antigen ◽  
Polyomavirus Middle T Antigen ◽  
Middle T Antigen

We used a murine retrovirus shuttle vector system to construct recombinants capable of constitutively expressing the simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen and the polyomavirus large and middle T antigens as well as resistance to G418. Subsequently, these recombinants were used to generate cell lines that produced defective helper-free retroviruses carrying each of the viral oncogenes. These recombinant retroviruses were used to analyze the role of the viral genes in transformation of rat F111 cells. Expression of the polyomavirus middle T antigen alone resulted in cell lines that were highly tumorigenic, whereas expression of the polyomavirus large T resulted in cell lines that were highly tumorigenic, whereas expression of the polyomavirus large T resulted in cell lines that were unaltered by the criteria of morphology, anchorage-independent growth, and tumorigenicity. More surprisingly, SV40 large T-expressing cell lines were not tumorigenic despite the fact that they contained elevated levels of cellular p53 and had a high plating efficiency in soft agar. These results suggest that the SV40 large T antigen is not an acute transforming gene like the polyomavirus middle T antigen but is similar to the establishment genes such as myc and adenovirus EIa.

scholarly journals T Antigens of Simian Virus 40: Molecular Chaperones for Viral Replication and Tumorigenesis

2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Sullivan ◽  
James M. Pipas
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Viral Replication ◽  
Molecular Chaperones ◽  
Tumor Antigens ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
T Antigens ◽  
Sv40 Large T Antigen

SUMMARY Simian virus 40 (SV40) is a small DNA tumor virus that has been extensively characterized due to its relatively simple genetic organization and the ease with which its genome is manipulated. The large and small tumor antigens (T antigens) are the major regulatory proteins encoded by SV40. Large T antigen is responsible for both viral and cellular transcriptional regulation, virion assembly, viral DNA replication, and alteration of the cell cycle. Deciphering how a single protein can perform such numerous and diverse functions has remained elusive. Recently it was established that the SV40 T antigens, including large T antigen, are molecular chaperones, each with a functioning DnaJ domain. The molecular chaperones were originally identified as bacterial genes essential for bacteriophage growth and have since been shown to be conserved in eukaryotes, participating in an array of both viral and cellular processes. This review discusses the mechanisms of DnaJ/Hsc70 interactions and how they are used by T antigen to control viral replication and tumorigenesis. The use of the DnaJ/Hsc70 system by SV40 and other viruses suggests an important role for these molecular chaperones in the regulation of the mammalian cell cycle and sheds light on the enigmatic SV40 T antigen—a most amazing molecule.

scholarly journals Quantitative Analysis of the Binding of Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen to DNA

2007 ◽  
Vol 81 (17) ◽  
pp. 9162-9174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amélie Fradet-Turcotte ◽  
Caroline Vincent ◽  
Simon Joubert ◽  
Peter A. Bullock ◽  
Jacques Archambault
Keyword(s):  
Specific Binding ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Sequence Specificity ◽  
Large T Antigen ◽  
Sv40 Large T Antigen ◽  
Viral Origin ◽  
Single Stranded Dna ◽  
Terminal Domain

ABSTRACT SV40 large T antigen (T-ag) is a multifunctional protein that successively binds to 5′-GAGGC-3′ sequences in the viral origin of replication, melts the origin, unwinds DNA ahead of the replication fork, and interacts with host DNA replication factors to promote replication of the simian virus 40 genome. The transition of T-ag from a sequence-specific binding protein to a nonspecific helicase involves its assembly into a double hexamer whose formation is likely dictated by the propensity of T-ag to oligomerize and its relative affinities for the origin as well as for nonspecific double- and single-stranded DNA. In this study, we used a sensitive assay based on fluorescence anisotropy to measure the affinities of wild-type and mutant forms of the T-ag origin-binding domain (OBD), and of a larger fragment containing the N-terminal domain (N260), for different DNA substrates. We report that the N-terminal domain does not contribute to binding affinity but reduces the propensity of the OBD to self-associate. We found that the OBD binds with different affinities to its four sites in the origin and determined a consensus binding site by systematic mutagenesis of the 5′-GAGGC-3′ sequence and of the residue downstream of it, which also contributes to affinity. Interestingly, the OBD also binds to single-stranded DNA with an ∼10-fold higher affinity than to nonspecific duplex DNA and in a mutually exclusive manner. Finally, we provide evidence that the sequence specificity of full-length T-ag is lower than that of the OBD. These results provide a quantitative basis onto which to anchor our understanding of the interaction of T-ag with the origin and its assembly into a double hexamer.

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