Transformation of Precrisis Human Cells by the Simian Virus 40 Cytoplasmic-localization Mutant PSVCT3 is Accompanied by Nuclear T Antigen

Overview

Journal J Virol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Date 1987 Nov 1

PMID 2822959

Citations 3

Authors

S Chen

P Levesque

E Pomert

R E Pollack

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Abstract

pSVCT3 is a cytoplasmic-localization mutant of simian virus 40 (SV40) isolated from the SV40 adenovirus 7 hybrid virus (PARA) and cloned into plasmid PBR. The large T antigen of pSVCT3 accumulates in the cytoplasm of infected monkey cells instead of being transported to the nucleus. The sole change in CT3 large T antigen is amino acid residue 128 (Lys----Asn). Transformation of precrisis rodent cells by pSVCT3 is negligible, whereas the frequency of transformation of established rodent cell lines by pSVCT3 is comparable to that of wild-type SV40. According to the model, in which transformation of precrisis cells involves the combined oncogenic action of both nuclear and cytoplasmic gene products, we predicted that pSVCT3 would localize in the cytoplasm of human cells and would therefore at most only partially and rarely transform precrisis human cells. We have found that pSVCT3 is able to transform precrisis human cells at high frequency. Furthermore, pSVCT3-transformed human precrisis cells relocalized T antigen to their nuclei. The relocalization of large T antigen was not dependent on cell growth. Wild-type and pSVCT3-transformed human cell lines both have about five copies of integrated SV40 DNA. SV40 virus-specific proteins, including the 100,000-molecular-weight super large T antigen, were expressed in pSVCT3-transformed human cells. Our results suggest that molecules in precrisis human cells, but not cells of other species, are able to complement the cytoplasmic-localization defect of the CT3 mutant large T antigen.

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