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J Virol. 1991 December; 65(12): 6447-6453

The ability of large T antigen to complex with p53 is necessary for the increased life span and partial transformation of human cells by simian virus 40.

School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark 19716.

ABSTRACT

Simian virus 40 (SV40) T antigen binds to the tumor suppressor p53 protein, and this association may contribute to oncogenic transformation by the virus. We investigated the importance of this binding on transformation by examining three replication-competent mutants of SV40 (402DE, 402DN, and 402DH). These mutants express T antigens defective in binding to human and monkey p53s but retain some binding with mouse p53. All showed significant reduction in their ability to induce transformed cell foci of two normal human cell lines as well as a slight reduction with mouse embryo cells. Other comparable mutants which express T antigens retaining the ability to complex with p53 were able to induce foci at wild-type levels in both human and mouse cells. Further studies were performed with five T-antigen-positive clones isolated from the few human cell foci that appeared after transfection with 402 mutant DNAs. All five clones reached senescence at about the same point as did the parental untransformed cells. However, six other human cell clones obtained after transfection with DNA from nondefective mutants or wild-type virus were still growing well at more than 10 passages beyond their expected life span. These results suggest that the ability of T antigen to form stable complexes with p53 is necessary for SV40 to extend the life span and partially transform human cells in culture.

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