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An increasing number of reports shows a link between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and lymphoid neoplasia. The latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) is likely to play a determinant role in this process since this EBV encoded protein has oncogenic properties and is usually expressed in EBV-associated lymphoproliferative diseases (LPD), except Burkitt's lymphoma. We previously identified in LPD patients mutational hot spots and a 30 bp or 69 bp deletion in the LMP1 gene region coding for the C-terminal domain. These deletions are located in an area shown to be important for the activation of the transcription factor NF-κB. These findings lead us to test whether these natural deletion variants may have a functional effect. We measured the stimulation of their activity using a luciferase reporter plasmid containing NF-κB responsive elements. We tested the NF-κB inducing activity of four naturally occurring LMP1 deletion variants. Our results show that these deletion variants activate NF-κB to the same level as the wild-type form, indicating that the crucial residues for NF-κB activation are conserved among the variants isolated and lie within the last 32 amino acids of the C-terminal domain of the LMP1 oncogene.
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Rothenberger, S., Bachmann, E., Berger, C. et al. Natural 30 base pair and 69 base pair deletion variants of the LMP1 oncogene do stimulate NF-κB-mediated transcription. Oncogene 14, 2123–2126 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1201032
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