INDUCTION OF BCL-2 EXPRESSION BY EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS LATENT MEMBRANE PROTEIN-1 PROTECTS INFECTED B-CELLS FROM PROGRAMMED CELL-DEATH

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HENDERSON, S [1 ]
ROWE, M [1 ]
GREGORY, C [1 ]
CROOMCARTER, D [1 ]
WANG, F [1 ]
LONGNECKER, R [1 ]
KIEFF, E [1 ]
RICKINSON, A [1 ]
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[1] BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSP,BOSTON,MA 02115
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1016/0092-8674(91)90007-L
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) not only induces growth transformation in human B lymphocytes, but has more recently been shown to enhance B cell survival under suboptimal conditions where growth is inhibited; both effects are mediated through the coordinate action of eight virus-coded latent proteins. The effect upon cell survival is best recognized in EBV-positive Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines where activation of full virus latent gene expression protects the cells from programmed cell death (apoptosis). Here we show by DNA transfection into human B cells that protection from apoptosis is conferred through expression of a single EBV latent protein, the latent membrane protein LMP 1. Furthermore, we demonstrate that LMP 1 mediates this effect by up-regulating expression of the cellular oncogene bcl-2. The interplay between EBV infection and expression of this cellular oncogene has important implications for virus persistence and for the pathogenesis of virus-associated malignant disease.
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