title: Hexamethylene bisacetamide stimulates the expression of human immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat sequences in rat and human fibroblasts.
abstract: We have employed a recombinant plasmid, pBHIV1, carrying the long terminal repeat (LTR) sequence of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) linked to the reporter chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene and to the aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (aph) gene as a selectable marker. We have introduced pBHIV1 in rat 208F and human MRCSV40TGR fibroblasts and obtained stable geneticin resistant RFBHIV1-1 and SVTGHIV1-1 cells, respectively. Both transfectant cells express CAT activity from the HIV LTR promoter. The response to anti-neoplastic drug hexamethylene bisacetamide (HMBA) was studied on the LTR regulated CAT activity in both cell lines. It was found that HMBA at 5mM concentration stimulates the expression of CAT from the HIV LTR in rat and human cells by 28- and 1.9-fold, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zoumpourlis
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Spandidos
mesh_terms: D000081:Acetamides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051381:Rats; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000081:Acetamides; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; C014026:hexamethylene bisacetamide