Park J, Seo T, Hwang S, Lee D, Gwack Y, Choe J
Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejeon 305-701, Korea.
J Virol. 2000 Dec;74(24):11977-82. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.24.11977-11982.2000.
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a gammaherpesvirus that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma. KSHV encodes K-bZIP (open reading frame K8), a protein that belongs to the basic region-leucine zipper (bZIP) family of transcription factors. Here we show that K-bZIP associates with the cellular transcription factor p53 directly in vitro and in vivo. This interaction requires the bZIP domain of K-bZIP and the carboxy-terminal region (amino acids 300 to 393) of p53. We also show that K-bZIP represses the transcriptional activity of p53 which is required for apoptosis of the host cell. These results imply that K-bZIP blocks p53-mediated host cell death through its interaction with p53.
卡波西肉瘤相关疱疹病毒(KSHV)是一种γ疱疹病毒,与卡波西肉瘤的发病机制有关。KSHV编码K-bZIP(开放阅读框K8),一种属于转录因子基本区域-亮氨酸拉链(bZIP)家族的蛋白质。在此我们表明,K-bZIP在体外和体内均直接与细胞转录因子p53相互作用。这种相互作用需要K-bZIP的bZIP结构域和p53的羧基末端区域(氨基酸300至393)。我们还表明,K-bZIP抑制p53的转录活性,而这是宿主细胞凋亡所必需的。这些结果表明,K-bZIP通过与p53相互作用来阻断p53介导的宿主细胞死亡。