title: Immediate-early baculovirus genes transactivate the p143 gene promoter of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus.
abstract: Trans-acting regulatory components of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) were studied in a transient assay system for their ability to activate the p143 gene promoter. A region including 502 nt upstream of the AUG of the p143 gene was linked to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. The p143 promoter-CAT construct was used to identify AcMNPV immediate-early gene products required for expression from the p143 gene early promoter. Transient expression assays in uninfected Spodoptera frugiperda cells indicated that the IE-1 gene product was capable of transactivating the p143 gene promoter and this activation was augmented by the IE-N gene product. In addition, another immediate-early gene, PE-38, was shown to mediate transactivation of the p143 gene promoter but not the 39K delayed early gene promoter. Deletions to -187 bp relative to the p143 RNA start site did not significantly affect promoter activity in the combined presence of IE-1 and the HindIII-F fragment. However, a deletion to -52 bp decreased promoter activity by 40%. In contrast, in the presence of ts8 DNA at 33 degrees, deletions to -52 bp decreased promoter activity by 80% suggesting that additional viral factors were involved in p143 gene promoter regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Carstens
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005814:Genes, Viral; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009036:Moths; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C069183:Ac-IE-1 protein, Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins