title: Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 trans activator induces the promoter of a cellular cognate gene, c-fos.
abstract: The Epstein-Barr virus BZLF1 gene product ZEBRA is a DNA-binding protein that is partially homologous to c-Fos, binds specifically to AP-1 sites, and can induce the lytic cycle in latently infected B lymphocytes. Induction of the viral lytic cycle can also be achieved by treatment with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetrade-canoylphorbol-13-acetate, a reagent which activates gene expression in part through AP-1 (Jun/Fos). In this article the interrelationship between ZEBRA and AP-1 is extended by the demonstration that ZEBRA can induce c-Fos expression through AP-1 and "AP-1-like" sites present in the c-fos promoter. Induction of c-Fos may be necessary for the expression of other viral lytic genes and perhaps cellular genes whose products are required for viral replication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Tumor Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Flemington
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Speck
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: C063676:BZLF1 protein, Herpesvirus 4, Human; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases