The human papillomavirus type 16 negative regulatory RNA element interacts with three proteins that act at different posttranscriptional levels.
In human papillomaviruses, expression of the late genes L1 and L2, encoding the capsid proteins, is restricted to the upper layers of the infected epithelium. A 79-nt GU-rich negative regulatory element (NRE) located at the 3' untranslated region of the human papillomavirus 16 L1 gene was identified previously as key to the posttranscriptional control of late gene expression. Here, we demonstrate that in epithelial cells, the NRE can directly bind the U2 auxiliary splicing factor 65-kDa subunit, the cleavage stimulation factor 64-kDa subunit, and the Elav-like HuR protein. On induction of epithelial cell differentiation, levels of the U2 auxiliary splicing factor 65-kDa subunit decrease, levels of the cleavage stimulation factor 64-kDa subunit increase, and the levels of HuR remain unchanged, although redistribution of the HuR from the nucleus to the cytoplasm is observed. Late gene transcripts, which appear to be fully processed, are detected in undifferentiated W12 cells, but are confined in the nucleus. We propose that repression of late gene expression in basal epithelial cells may be caused by nuclear retention or cytoplasmic instability of NRE-containing late gene transcripts.
Koffa
M D
MD
Division of Virology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Church Street, Glasgow, G11 5JR, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Graham
S V
SV
Takagaki
Y
Y
Manley
J L
JL
Clements
J B
JB
D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000502:physiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000072668:Splicing Factor U2AF; D014162:Transfection; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D000072668:Splicing Factor U2AF; C000607494:U2AF2 protein, human; D014764:Viral Proteins