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J. Virol., Oct 1995, 6115-6121, Vol 69, No. 10
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology

Cooperation of simian virus 40 large and small T antigens in metabolic stabilization of tumor suppressor p53 during cellular transformation

F Tiemann, J Zerrahn and W Deppert
Heinrich-Pette-Institut fur Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Hamburg, Germany.

Metabolic stabilization of the tumor suppressor p53 is a key event in cellular transformation by simian virus 40 (SV40). Expression of the SV40 large tumor antigen (large T) is necessary but not sufficient for this process, as metabolic stabilization of p53 complexed to large T in abortively SV40-infected cells strictly depends on the cellular systems analyzed (F. Tiemann and W. Deppert, J. Virol. 68:2869-2878, 1994). Comparative analyses of various cells differing in metabolic stabilization of p53 upon abortive infection with SV40 revealed that metabolic stabilization of p53 closely correlated with expression of the SV40 small t antigen (small t) in these cells: 3T3 cells do not express small t and do not stabilize p53 upon infection with wild-type SV40. However, ectopic expression of small t in 3T3 cells provided these cells with the capacity to stabilize p53 upon SV40 infection. Conversely, precrisis mouse embryo cells express small t and mediate metabolic stabilization of p53 upon infection with wild-type SV40. Infection of these cells with an SV40 small-t deletion mutant did not lead to metabolic stabilization of p53. Small-t expression and metabolic stabilization of p53 correlated with an enhanced transformation efficiency by SV40, supporting the conclusion that at least part of the documented helper effect of small t in SV40 transformation is its ability to promote metabolic stabilization of p53 complexed to large T.

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