title: Poliovirus modulates Bcl-xl expression in the human U937 promonocytic cell line.
abstract: Poliovirus induces bcl-2-independent apoptosis in the human U937 promonocytic cell line [28]. Here we describe that this cell death, induced after viral infection, correlates with the modulation of the protooncoprotein Bcl-xl. Furthermore, poliovirus infection decreases the detected Bcl-xl in a U937 clone that overexpresses this protein (U937bcl-xl). Although in U937bcl-xl cells, Bcl-xl was not as highly regulated as in parental U937 cells, correlation between Bcl-xl modulation and the cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase could be observed. Nevertheless, the induction of shutoff after infection of transfected control U937neo or U937bcl-xl clones was not significantly altered. Finally, production of new viral particles was slightly restricted in Bcl-xl-overexpressing U937 cells. Taken together, these results suggest that Bcl-xl is modulated during the induction of apoptosis in the promonocytic cell line U937 after poliovirus infection, although modulation of this protooncogene was not sufficient to modify the course of infection.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Calandria
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: López-Guerrero
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D017955:Poliovirus / Q000502:physiology*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D020298:U937 Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology; D014779:Virus Replication; D051020:bcl-X Protein
chemical_list: C494811:BCL2L1 protein, human; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051020:bcl-X Protein; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases