Interferon regulatory factor 7 is associated with Epstein-Barr virus-transformed central nervous system lymphoma and has oncogenic properties1
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Title
Interferon regulatory factor 7 is associated with Epstein-Barr virus-transformed central nervous system lymphoma and has oncogenic properties1
Journal
Journal of Virology
ISSN
0022-538X (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2004
Volume
78
Number
23
Pages
12987-12995
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PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S
Abstract
Interferon regulatory factor 7 (IRF-7) is implicated in the regulation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latency. EBV transforms primary B cells, and the major EBV oncoprotein, latent membrane protein 1 (LMP-1), is required for the process. LMP-1 both induces the expression of IRF-7 and activates the IRF-7 protein by phosphorylation and nuclear translocation. Here we report that the expression of IRF-7 is increased in EBV-immortalized B lymphocytes compared with that in primary B cells. IRF-7 was phosphorylated and predominantly localized in the nucleus in the immortalized cells. The expression of IRF-7 was detected in 19 of 27 specimens of primary lymphomas of the human central nervous system by immunohistochemical analysis. The association between LMP-1 and IRF-7 was statistically highly significant for these specimens. An appreciable amount of the IRF-7 expressed in lymphoma cells was localized in the nucleus. Furthermore, IRF-7 promoted the anchorage-independent growth of NIH 3T3 cells. LMP-1 and IRF-7 showed additive effects on the growth transformation of NIH 3T3 cells. IRF-7-expressing NIH 3T3 cells formed tumors in athymic mice. Thus, IRF-7 has oncogenic properties and, along with LMP-1, may mediate or potentiate the EBV transformation process in the pathogenesis of EBV-associated lymphomas
Keywords
3T3 Cells/Adult/Aged/Aged,80 and over/analysis/Animals/B-Lymphocytes/Brain Neoplasms/Cell Division/Cell Transformation,Viral/Cells/Central Nervous System/DNA-Binding Proteins/Female/Herpesvirus 4,Human/Humans/Interferon Regulatory Factor-7/Lymphocytes/Lymphoma/Male/Mice/Mice,Nude/Middle Aged/Nih 3T3 Cells/pathogenicity/Phosphorylation/physiology/Proteins/Research/Science/Viral Matrix Proteins/virology
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