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Document 0942
DOCN M9620942
TI The human immunodeficiency virus type-1 Tat protein upregulates Bcl-2
gene expression in Jurkat T-cell lines and primary peripheral blood
mononuclear cells.
DT 9602
AU Zauli G; Gibellini D; Caputo A; Bassini A; Negrini M; Monne M; Mazzoni
M; Capitani S; Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Ferrara, Italy.
SO Blood. 1995 Nov 15;86(10):3823-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96068748
AB The regulatory Tat protein of human immunodeficiency virus type-1
(HIV-1) exerts a pleyotropic activity on the survival and proliferation
of different cell types in culture. In this report, we investigated the
effect of either endogenous or exogenous Tat on Bcl-2 proto-oncogene
expression and cell survival in Jurkat T-cell lines and primary
peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Stable and transient transfections
of Jurkat cells with the cDNA of tat and a plasmid containing Bcl-2
promoter in front of CAT (Bcl-2 Pr/CAT) stimulated CAT activity and
showed an increase of Bcl-2 mRNA and protein expression. This effect was
specifically related to tat, because Jurkat cells transfected with the
cDNA of tat in antisense orientation, tat carrying a mutation in the
amino acid cys22-gly22, or the control vector alone (pRPneo-SL3) did not
show any significant difference in Bcl-2 promoter activity with respect
to parental Jurkat cells. We also observed a specific correlation
between tat-induced Bcl-2 gene expression and inhibition of apoptosis
induced by serum withdrawal. Our results suggest that the structural
integrity of the activation domain of Tat was required for the promotion
of the Bcl-2 promoter and Jurkat cell survival, because a single
mutation in the aminoacid cys22 was sufficient to completely block the
upregulation of Bcl-2 and inhibition of apoptosis. Moreover, picomolar
concentrations of native or recombinant Tat were able to upregulate
Bcl-2 expression both in Jurkat and primary peripheral blood mononuclear
cells, suggesting that extracellular Tat, actively released by infected
cells, may also play a significant role in suppressing apoptosis. An
aberrant cell survival of lymphoid cells consequent to the upregulation
of Bcl-2 may represent an additional pathogenetic mechanism that could
help explain both the dysregulated immune response and the frequent
occurrence of hyperplastic/neoplastic disorders in HIV-1-seropositive
individuals.
DE Apoptosis Comparative Study CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*DRUG
EFFECTS/METABOLISM DNA, Antisense/GENETICS DNA, Complementary/GENETICS
Gene Expression Regulation/*DRUG EFFECTS Gene Expression Regulation,
Leukemic/DRUG EFFECTS Gene Products, tat/GENETICS/*PHYSIOLOGY Human
HIV-1/GENETICS/*PHYSIOLOGY Leukocytes, Mononuclear/*DRUG
EFFECTS/METABOLISM Point Mutation Proto-Oncogene
Proteins/*BIOSYNTHESIS/GENETICS Recombinant Fusion
Proteins/BIOSYNTHESIS RNA, Messenger/BIOSYNTHESIS RNA,
Neoplasm/BIOSYNTHESIS Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Trans-Activation
(Genetics) Transfection Tumor Cells, Cultured JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).