Pleiotropic effect of the human T-cell leukemia virus Tax protein on the DNA binding activity of eukaryotic transcription factors. (original) (raw)

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• Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
• v.90(15); 1993 Aug 1
• PMC47125

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Aug 1; 90(15): 7303–7307.

Department of Biochemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.

Abstract

The Tax protein, encoded by the human T-cell leukemia virus type I, is a potent activator of viral and cellular gene transcription. Tax does not bind DNA directly but appears to trans-activate through an interaction with host-cell transcription factors that recognize sequences within the promoters of Tax-responsive genes. Cellular transcriptional activators implicated in mediating Tax trans-activation include members of the activating transcription factor/cAMP response element binding protein (ATF/CREB) family of proteins, serum response factor, Fos-Jun, and NF-kappa B. Recent evidence suggests that Tax may stimulate human T-cell leukemia virus type I transcription, at least in part, through enhanced binding of ATF/CREB proteins to their recognition elements within the Tax-responsive 21-bp repeats of the viral promoter. In this report, we demonstrate that Tax also enhances the site-specific DNA binding activity of serum response factor and Fos-Jun and modestly enhances the binding of the NF-kappa B subunits, p50 and p65. We also show that Tax increases the DNA binding activity of the eukaryotic transcription factors ATF-1, Sp1, and GAL4. These results are consistent with the finding that Tax is highly pleiotropic and suggest that Tax trans-activation may involve enhancement in the DNA binding activity of target transcriptional regulatory proteins. In addition, we show that the mechanism of Tax-enhanced DNA binding activity does not involve an alteration in the redox state of the target protein.

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