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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 74, Issue 11, Pages 5280-5290Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.11.5280-5290.2000
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA034722, CA34722] Funding Source: Medline
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The ability of polyomavirus large T antigen (LT) to promote cell cycling, to immortalize primary cells, and to block differentiation has been linked to its effects on tumor suppressors of the retinoblastoma susceptibility (Rb) gene family, Our previous studies have shown that LT requires an intact N-terminal DnaJ domain, in addition to an Rb binding site, for activation of simple E2F-containing promoters and stimulation of cell cycle progression. Here me show that some LT effects dependent on interaction with the Rb family are largely DnaJ independent, In differentiating C2C12 myoblasts, overexpression of LT caused apoptosis, Although this activity of LT completely depended on Rb binding, LTs with mutations in the J domain remained able to kill. Comparisons of Rb- and J(-) LTs revealed additional differences, Wild-type but not Rb- LT activated the cyclin A promoter under serum starvation conditions. Genetic analysis of the promoter linked the Rb requirement to an E2F site in the promoter, LTs with mutations in the J domain were still able to activate the promoter. Finally, J mutant LTs caused changes in phosphorylation of both pRb and p130, In the case of p130, Thr-986 was shown to be a site that is regulated by J mutant LT. Taken together, these observations reveal that LT regulation of Rb function can be separated into both DnaJ-dependent and DnaJ-independent pathways.
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