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J Virol. 1990 November; 64(11): 5529-5541

Induction of bovine papillomavirus E2 gene expression and early region transcription by cell growth arrest: correlation with viral DNA amplification and evidence for differential promoter induction.

Department of Medical Genetics, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, Sweden.

ABSTRACT

The bovine papillomavirus type 1 (BPV-1) genome replicates as a latent plasmid in mouse C127 cells transformed in vitro by the virus. However, we have recently shown that BPV-1 DNA amplification can be induced in a subpopulation of cells under culture conditions which suppress cell proliferation, a finding which led us to hypothesize that expression of a viral replication factor was regulated by cell growth stage. In this report, we describe the detection in these cells of abundant BPV-1 nuclear E2 antigen by immunofluorescence analysis. Expression of E2 antigen in fibropapilloma tissue was similarly localized to nonproliferating epidermal cells of the lower spinous layers--the natural site of induction of vegetative viral DNA replication. Immunoprecipitation analysis showed that the previously characterized 48-kilodalton (transactivator) and 31-kilodalton (repressor) E2 proteins were both induced in growth-arrested cell cultures. In parallel with E2 antigen synthesis under conditions of serum-deprivation in vitro, we observed a significant increase in levels of BPV-1 early region mRNAs. Furthermore, we present evidence for preferential induction of the P2443 promoter, in addition to specific induction of the P7940 promoter in response to serum deprivation. These observations indicate a central role for E2 transcription factors in the induction of viral DNA amplification in division-arrested cells in vitro and in vivo and suggest that this process is associated with a qualitative switch in the expression of viral early region genes.

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