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Journal of Virology, July 2001, p. 6022-6032, Vol. 75, No. 13
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.13.6022-6032.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Human Cytomegalovirus Up-Regulates the
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI3-K) Pathway: Inhibition of PI3-K
Activity Inhibits Viral Replication and Virus-Induced
Signaling
Robert A.
Johnson,1,2,
Xin
Wang,2
Xiu-Li
Ma,2
Shu-Mei
Huong,2 and
Eng-Shang
Huang1,2,3,4,*
Department of Microbiology and
Immunology,1 Lineberger Comprehensive
Cancer Center,2 Department of
Medicine,3 and Curriculum of Genetics
and Molecular Biology,4 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
Received 12 December 2000/Accepted 6 April 2001
Infection of quiescent fibroblasts with human cytomegalovirus
(HCMV) was found to cause a rapid activation of cellular
phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K). Maximum PI3-K activation
occurred from 15 to 30 min postinfection. This activation was
transient, and by 2 h postinfection (hpi), PI3-K activity had
declined to preinfection levels. However, at 4 hpi, a second tier of
PI3-K activation was detected, and PI3-K activity remained elevated
relative to that of mock-infected cells for the remainder of infection.
The cellular kinases Akt and p70S6K and the transcription factor
NF-
B were activated in a PI3-K-dependent manner at similar times
following HCMV infection. Analysis using UV-irradiated virus indicated
that no viral protein synthesis was necessary for the first phase of PI3-K activation, but viral protein expression was required for the
second tier of PI3-K activation. Treatment of infected fibroblasts with
LY294002, a potent and specific inhibitor of PI3-K kinase activity,
caused a 4-log decrease in viral titers. LY294002 did not inhibit viral
entry, but it did decrease viral immediate-early gene expression. In
addition, the protein levels of two viral early genes required for DNA
replication, UL84 and UL44, were significantly lower in the presence of
LY294002. Furthermore, viral DNA replication was strongly inhibited by
LY294002 treatment. This inhibition of viral DNA replication could be
reversed by adding back the products of PI3-K activity
(PI-3,4-P2 and PI-3,4,5-P3), demonstrating that
the effect of LY294002 on the viral life cycle was specifically due to
the inhibition of PI3-K activity. These results are the first to
suggest that PI3-K mediates HCMV-induced activation of host cell
mitogenic pathways. They also provide strong evidence that PI3-K
activation is important for initiation of viral DNA replication and
completion of the viral lytic life cycle.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: CB no. 7295, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Rm. 32-026, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7295. Phone: (919) 966-4323. Fax: (919) 966-4303. E-mail:
eshuang{at}med.unc.edu.

Present address: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
20007.
Journal of Virology, July 2001, p. 6022-6032, Vol. 75, No. 13
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.13.6022-6032.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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