title: Regulation of viral and cellular promoter activity by polyomavirus early proteins.
abstract: The chloramphenicol-acetyl-transferase (CAT) expression system has been utilized to study the ability of the polyomavirus (Py) early proteins, the 100K large T, the 55K middle T and 22K small T-antigens, to activate a variety of eukaryotic promoters (the SV40 early, the alpha 2(1) collagen, the rabbit beta-globin, the polyomavirus early and the H-2 class I) in both transient and stable expression assays. We have found that either the complete polyomavirus early region or a plasmid expressing only the 55K middle T-antigen are capable of stimulating the expression of all the promoter-CAT plasmids in transient co-transfection experiments in both NIH-3T3 and Rat-2 cells. Conversely, the Py early proteins do not stimulate the transcription of most of the promoter-CAT genes stably introduced in the cell chromosomes, with the exception of H-2 class I promoter, when stimulation of transcription has been observed upon infection with recombinant retrovirus encoding the Py middle T-antigen.
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D005796:Genes; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D011120:Polyomavirus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000952:Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming; D000957:Antigens, Viral, Tumor; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D005914:Globins; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D011494:Protein Kinases