title: p300 and p300/cAMP-responsive element-binding protein associated factor interact with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 Tax in a multi-histone acetyltransferase/activator-enhancer complex.
abstract: The human T-cell lymphotropic virus, type (HTLV)-1 trans-activator, Tax, coordinates with cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) and the transcriptional co-activators p300/CBP on three 21-base pair repeat elements in the proviral long terminal repeat (LTR) to promote viral mRNA transcription. Recruitment of p300/CBP to the activator-enhancer complex, however, is insufficient to support Tax-dependent LTR trans-activation. Here, we report that the p300/CBP-associated factor (P/CAF) is a critical and integral component of the functional HTLV-1 activator-enhancer complex. The HTLV-1 Tax protein directly binds P/CAF in vitro and co-immunoprecipitates with this co-activator in vivo. The Tax mutants (K88A and V89A) defective for p300/CBP-binding and LTR trans-activation, retained their abilities to interact with P/CAF. The M47 mutant (L319R, L320S) protein, which has previously been shown to interact with p300/CBP, by contrast, failed to form complexes with P/CAF and is impaired in LTR trans-activation. Furthermore, LTR trans-activation by Tax is competitively inhibited by the adenoviral E1A 12S gene product, which displaces P/CAF from p300/CBP and inhibits the histone acetyltransferase activities of both P/CAF and p300/CBP. This inhibition is partially reversed by exogenously added P/CAF. These results imply that simultaneous recruitment of two distinct co-activators (p300/CBP and P/CAF) by Tax is essential for the assembly of a trans-activation competent, nucleoprotein complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harrod
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vassilev
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: C Z
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Giam
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016356:Gene Products, tax / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1; D006801:Humans; D016296:Mutagenesis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3; D020079:Terminal Repeat Sequences; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D000123:Acetyltransferases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016356:Gene Products, tax; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D056921:Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 3; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor; C538866:NCOA3 protein, human