期刊
EMBO REPORTS
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 114-119出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400580
关键词
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus; human herpesvirus 8; tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated factor; viral FADD-like interleukin-1-beta-converting enzyme; (FLICE)/caspase-8-inhibitory protein; nuclear factor-kappa B
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA103646, CA103646] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE [R01CA103646] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Primary effusion lymphomas (PELs) characterized by infection with the Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV; also called human herpesvirus 8) depend on the expression of the viral FADD-like interleukin-1-beta-converting enzyme (FLICE)/caspase-8-inhibitory protein (vFLIP) for their survival. This effect is achieved by activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B). Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated factors (TRAFs) are direct mediators of NF-kappa B signalling by TNF family receptors and the Epstein-Barr virus oncoprotein latent membrane protein 1 and so we assessed the role of TRAFs in signalling by vFLIP. Here, we report the identification of a TRAF-interacting motif (PYQLT) in vFLIP, which is not present in other FLIP molecules. We show that vFLIP directly binds to TRAF2 in vitro and in PEL cells. TRAF2 and TRAF3 are required for induction of NF-kappa B and associated cell survival, as well as Jun amino-terminal kinase phosphorylation by vFLIP, whereas TRAF1, TRAF5 and TRAF6 are dispensable. Mutations in the P93 or Q95 amino acids within the TRAF-interacting motif of vFLIP abolish its ability to bind to TRAF2 and to signal to NF-kappa B. TRAF2, but not TRAF3, mediates the association of vFLIP with the I kappa B kinase complex. These data indicate that vFLIP uses TRAF2 and TRAF3 for signalling to NF-kappa B, which is crucial for KSHV-associated lymphomagenesis.
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