Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 807-814Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.4.10675
Keywords
p53; Epstein-Barr virus; transcription; BZLF1 protein
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology of Japan [21022055, 20012056, 20390137]
- Japanese Society for a Research Fellowship of the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21022055, 20390137, 20012056] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Expression of Epstein-Barr Virus BZLF1, a key protein initiating the switch from latent to lytic infection, is known to cause cell growth arrest by accumulating p53 and p21(WAF1/CIP1) in epithelial cells, but its molecular mechanism remains elusive. We found here that the BZLF1 protein stimulates p53 binding to its recognition sequence. The BZLF1 accelerated the rate of p53-DNA complex formation through the interaction with p53 protein and also enhanced p53-specific transcription in vitro. Furthermore, p53 protein was found to bind to its target promoter regions specifically in the early stages of lytic replication. Overexpression of p53 at the early stages of lytic replication enhanced viral genome replication, supporting the idea that p53 plays an important role in the initiation steps of EBV replication. Taking the independent role of BZLF1 on p53 degradation into consideration, we propose that the BZLF1 protein regulates p53 and its target gene products in two distinctive manners; transient induction of p53 at the early stages for the initiation of viral productive replication and p53 degradation at the later stages for S-phase like environment preferable for viral replication.
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