Polyomavirus large T mutants affected in retinoblastoma protein binding are defective in immortalization.

AUTOR(ES)

Larose, A

RESUMO

To clarify the relationship between the various activities of the polyomavirus large T antigen and the contribution of this oncogene to neoplastic transformation, we constructed a series of mutants with small deletions or single-amino-acid substitutions in two separate regions of the protein. These sequences were targeted because they showed considerable similarity to conserved regions 1 and 2 of adenovirus E1A which are thought to be binding sites for the retinoblastoma gene product (pRB). The pRB-binding properties of the large T mutants were assessed with an in vitro coimmunoprecipitation assay. pRB binding was readily detected with wild-type large T, but coprecipitation was completely abolished by as little as a single amino acid substitution (Asp-141----Glu or Glu-146----Asp) in region 2 of the polyomavirus large T antigen. Mutants defective in pRB binding were unable to immortalize primary rat embryo fibroblasts, suggesting that association with pRB is an important component of immortalization mediated by polyomavirus large T. The mutations in region 1 affected pRB binding only marginally, yet some of them severely impaired immortalization, indicating that pRB binding may be essential but not sufficient for immortalization.

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