title: HSV-1-inducible proteins bind to NF-kappa B-like sites in the HSV-1 genome.
abstract: Several putative NF-kappa B-binding sites in the ICP0 and Vmw65 herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) genes have been identified. Oligonucleotides encoding some of these sites bind specifically to purified NF-kappa B protein and an NF-kappa B-like protein in nuclear extracts of phorbol ester- or cycloheximide-induced human embryonic lung (HEL) cells. HSV-1 infection of HEL cells induced a nuclear factor that binds specifically to kappa B sites in the ICP0 and Vmw65 gene regions and comigrates with complexes formed by purified NF-kappa B. The HSV-1-inducible nuclear factor bound to the authentic immunoglobulin (Ig) kappa B site. Transient expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) plasmids containing two copies of the Ig kappa B site upstream of the c-fos promoter (kappa B2-CAT) showed activity in HEL cells. HSV-1 infection of kappa B2-CAT-transfected HEL cells, however, induced a dramatic increase in CAT activity; mutation in the NF-kappa B-binding site of kappa B2-CAT abolished the inducibility of CAT gene expression. Our results demonstrate that the HSV-1 ICP0 and Vmw65 gene regions contain binding sites for NF-kappa B, and that HSV-1-inducible proteins bind to NF-kappa B-like sites in the HSV-1 genome.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Virology Laboratory, Eye Research Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Libermann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kogawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: L X
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavan-Langston
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Dunkel
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014764:Viral Proteins