Reuss F U, Coffin J M
Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie F0400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
J Virol. 2000 Sep;74(17):8183-7. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.17.8183-8187.2000.
Expression of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-encoded superantigens in B lymphocytes is required for viral transmission and pathogenesis. We have previously established a critical role of an enhancer element within the long terminal repeat (LTR) for MMTV sag gene expression in B-lymphoid progenitor cells. We now demonstrate enhancer activity of this element in a promyelocytic progenitor cell line. We also map the position of the enhancer within the U3 region of the MMTV LTR and show that the progenitor cell enhancer shares functional elements with a previously described mammary gland-specific enhancer.
小鼠乳腺肿瘤病毒(MMTV)编码的超抗原在B淋巴细胞中的表达是病毒传播和发病机制所必需的。我们之前已经确定了长末端重复序列(LTR)内的一个增强子元件在B淋巴细胞祖细胞中对MMTV sag基因表达的关键作用。我们现在证明了该元件在早幼粒细胞祖细胞系中的增强子活性。我们还绘制了MMTV LTR的U3区域内增强子的位置,并表明祖细胞增强子与先前描述的乳腺特异性增强子共享功能元件。