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Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation of HTLV-1

Abstract

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive hematologic malignancy caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-1). Tax, encoded by the HTLV-1 pX region, has been recognized by its pleiotropic actions to play a critical role in leukemogenesis. Three highly conserved 21-bp repeat elements located within the long terminal repeat, commonly referred to as Tax-responsive element 1 (TRE-1), are critical to Tax-mediated viral transcriptional activation through complex interaction with cyclic AMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB), CBP/p300 and PCAF. Tax has also been shown to activate transcription from a number of critical cellular genes through the NF-κB and serum-responsive factor pathways. Tax transactivation has been attributed to the protein's interaction with transcription factors, chromatin remodeling complexes, cell cycle and repair genes. In this review, we will discuss some of the latest findings on this fascinating viral activator and highlight its regulation of cellular factors including CREB, p300/CBP and their effect on RNA polymerase II and chromatin remodeling, as well as its role in cytoplasmic and nuclear function. We will highlight the possible contribution of each factor, discuss Tax's critical peptide domains and highlight its post-transcriptional modifications. It is quite obvious that, collectively, Tax's effects on a wide variety of cellular targets cooperate in promoting cell proliferation and leukemogenesis. In addition, the post-transcriptional effects of Rex play an important role in virus replication. Understanding these interactions at a molecular level will facilitate the targeted development of drugs to effectively inhibit or treat ATL.

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This work was supported by grants from the George Washington University REF funds to FK and Akos Vertes, NIH grants AI44357, AI43894 and 13969 to FK and the NIH IATAP to JNB. We would also like to thank Cynthia de la Fuente, Kylene Kehn, Soo-Jin Jeong and Cynthia Pise-Masison for their critical editing, writing and figures.

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Kashanchi, F., Brady, J. Transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation of HTLV-1. Oncogene 24, 5938–5951 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1208973

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