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Journal of Virology, July 2008, p. 6514-6523, Vol. 82, No. 13
0022-538X/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02637-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Critical Role for Endocytosis in the Regulation of Signaling by the Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus K1 Protein{triangledown}

Christine C. Tomlinson1,2 and Blossom Damania1,2*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology,1 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 275992

Received 12 December 2007/ Accepted 11 April 2008

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a member of the gammaherpesvirus family. KSHV is the etiologic agent of Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and multicentric Castleman's disease. The first open reading frame of the KSHV genome encodes a type 1 transmembrane glycoprotein named K1. K1 is structurally similar to the B-cell receptor (BCR), and its cytoplasmic tail contains an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif that can activate Syk kinase and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway. Recent evidence suggests that receptor signaling occurs not only at the cell membrane, but from intracellular compartments as well. We have found that K1 is internalized in a clathrin-dependent manner, and efficient internalization is coupled to its signaling function. Once internalized, K1 traffics from the early endosome to the recycling endosome. Interestingly, blocking K1's activation of Syk and PI3K prevents K1 from internalizing. We have also found that blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis prevents downstream signaling by K1. These results strongly suggest that internalization of K1 is intimately associated with normal signaling. When K1 internalization was examined in B lymphocytes, we found that K1 cointernalized with the BCR. Altogether, these results suggest that K1's signaling function is tightly coupled to its internalization.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, CB 7295 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Phone: (919) 843-6011. Fax: (919) 966-9673. E-mail: damania{at}med.unc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 April 2008.

Journal of Virology, July 2008, p. 6514-6523, Vol. 82, No. 13
0022-538X/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.02637-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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