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Definition of functional domains in P135gag-myb-ets and p48v-myb proteins required to maintain the response of neuroretina cells to basic fibroblast growth factor.

Cancer Research Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 94143-0128.

ABSTRACT

The v-myb- and v-ets-containing E26 retrovirus induces the proliferation of chicken neuroretina (CNR) cells in minimal medium. Proliferation of E26 CNR cells is strongly stimulated by basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). The v-myb-containing avian myeloblastosis virus also induces the proliferation of infected CNR cells stimulated by bFGF. Both E26 CNR and avian myeloblastosis virus CNR cells are able to form colonies in soft agar in the presence of bFGF. This suggests that the v-myb product, a nuclear sequence-specific DNA-binding protein which activates gene expression in transient transfection assays, plays a role in the proliferative response of the infected CNR cells. To determine the structure-function relationships of P135gag-myb-ets and p48v-myb, we have used deletion mutants expressed in retroviral vectors and have analyzed their effect on CNR cell proliferation as well as their effect on the CNR cell response to bFGF. We show that v-ets is not required for bFGF stimulation but increases the proliferation of CNR cells in minimal medium. In the v-myb mutants, the gag sequences derived from the helper virus increase the potency of the myb gene. The carboxyl-terminal domain required for the growth and transformation of myeloid cells and needed for maximal trans-activation in transient DNA transfection assays in fibroblasts was not required for the growth and bFGF response of CNR cells. In contrast, the domain encompassing amino acids 240 to 301 (containing part of the transcriptional activation domain of v-myb) was absolutely required for the response of CNR cells to bFGF and could be functionally replaced by the carboxyl-terminal transcriptional activation domain of the VP16 protein of herpes simplex virus.

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