Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 tax inhibits transforming growth factor-β signaling by blocking the association of smad proteins with smad-binding element
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 tax inhibits transforming growth factor-β signaling by blocking the association of smad proteins with smad-binding element
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m200150200
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发表时间:
2002-09-13
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Kim, SJ
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作者:
Lee, DK;Kim, BC;Kim, SJ
The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) oncoprotein Tax is implicated in various clinical manifestations associated with infection by HTLV-1, including an aggressive and fatal T-cell malignancy. Because many human HTLV-1-infected T-cell lines are resistant to the growth inhibitory activity of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), we examined the possibility that the HTVL-1-Tax oncoprotein regulates TGF-beta signaling. We show that Tax significantly decreases transcriptional activity and growth inhibition in response to TGF-beta. Tax inhibits TGF-beta-induced plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expression and Smad2 phosphorylation. Competitive interaction studies show that Tax inhibits TGF-beta signaling, in part, by disrupting the interaction of the Smads with the transcriptional co-activator p300. Tax directly interacts with Smad2, Smad3, and Smad4; the Smad MH2 domain binds to Tax. Furthermore, Tax inhibits Smad3.Smad4 complex formation and its DNA binding. These results suggest that suppression of Smad-mediated signaling by Tax may contribute to HTLV-1-associated leukemogenesis.