title: Epstein-Barr virus associated modulation of Wnt pathway is not dependent on latent membrane protein-1.
abstract: Previous studies have indicated that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can modulate the Wnt pathway in virus-infected cells and this effect is mediated by EBV-encoded oncogene latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1). Here we have reassessed the role of LMP1 in regulating the expression of various mediators of the canonical Wnt cascade. Contradicting the previous finding, we found that the levels of E-cadherin, beta-catenin, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3ss (GSK3beta), axin and alpha-catenin were not affected by the expression of LMP1 sequences from normal B cells or nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Moreover, we also show that LMP1 expression had no detectable effect on the E-cadherin and beta-catenin interaction and did not induce transcriptional activation of beta-catenin. Taken together these studies demonstrate that EBV-mediated activation of Wnt pathway is not dependent on the expression of LMP1.
authors.affiliation: Australian Centre for Vaccine Development and Tumour Immunology Laboratory, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tellam
authors.forename: Alpha S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Yap
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051178:alpha Catenin / Q000378:metabolism; D051176:beta Catenin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D051178:alpha Catenin; D051176:beta Catenin; C000605506:GSK3B protein, human; D000071679:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; D038362:Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3