title: cis-acting regulatory elements near the Epstein-Barr virus latent-infection membrane protein transcriptional start site.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent-infection membrane protein (LMP) gene cis-acting regulatory sequences were assayed in human B lymphocytes by using chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene expression as a reporter. The activities of progressively longer upstream elements from bases -55 to -2350 were compared. At least two positive cis-activating regulatory components (-155 to -147 and -234 to -205) upstream of the LMP promoter were defined. LMP promoter cat gene constructs were more active in a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line latently infected with the B95 EBV strain than in the same cells latently infected with the P3HR1 EBV strain. Since the P3HR1- and B95-infected cells differ in EBNA-2 and EBNA-LP expression, EBNA-2 or EBNA-LP is a likely transactivator of the LMP promoter. Probable cognate sequences for known transcription factors in the LMP promoter are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kieff
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000382:microbiology; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase