title: Role for Akt/protein kinase B and activator protein-1 in cellular proliferation induced by the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 tax oncoprotein.
abstract: Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 is an oncogenic retrovirus etiologically causal of adult T-cell leukemia. The virus encodes a Tax oncoprotein, which functions in transcriptional regulation, cell cycle control, and transformation. Because adult T-cell leukemia is a highly virulent cancer that is resistant to numerous chemotherapeutic treatments, to understand better this disease it is important to comprehend how human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 promotes cellular growth and survival. Most of the existing data point to Tax activation of NF-kappaB as important for cellular proliferation and transformation. We show here that Tax, in the absence of NF-kappaB signaling, can activate activator protein-1 to promote cellular proliferation and survival. Tax is shown to activate activator protein-1 through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0460, USA.
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peloponese
authors.forename: Kuan-Teh
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D016356:Gene Products, tax / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014709:Vero Cells; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016356:Gene Products, tax; D008156:Luciferases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; D001616:beta-Galactosidase