| Literature DB >> 25010269 |
Jui-Cheng Hsieh1, Ryan Kuta2, Courtney R Armour2, Paul E Boehmer2.
Abstract
Analysis of the herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) genome reveals two candidate p53 responsive elements (p53RE), located in proximity to the replication origins oriL and oriS, referred to as p53RE-L and p53RE-S, respectively. The sequences of p53RE-L and p53RE-S conform to the p53 consensus site and are present in HSV-1 strains KOS, 17, and F. p53 binds to both elements in vitro and in virus-infected cells. Both p53RE-L and p53RE-S are capable of conferring p53-dependent transcriptional activation onto a heterologous reporter gene. Importantly, expression of the essential immediate early viral transactivator ICP4 and the essential DNA replication protein ICP8, that are adjacent to p53RE-S and p53RE-L, are repressed in a p53-dependent manner. Taken together, this study identifies two novel functional p53RE in the HSV-1 genome and suggests a complex mechanism of viral gene regulation by p53 which may determine progression of the lytic viral replication cycle or the establishment of latency.Entities:
Keywords: Gene expression; Herpes simplex virus 1; Responsive elements; p53
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25010269 PMCID: PMC4090806 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.04.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virology ISSN: 0042-6822 Impact factor: 3.616