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Journal of Virology, December 2003, p. 12385-12391, Vol. 77, No. 23
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.23.12385-12391.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Comparative Pathogenesis of Epsilonretroviruses
Donald Holzschu,1* Lorie A. Lapierre,1 and Michael D. Lairmore2,3,4
Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701,1
Center for Retrovirus Research and Department of Veterinary Biosciences,2
Comprehensive Cancer Center and Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Center,3
Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 432104

INTRODUCTION
Experimental models using mammalian and avian oncogenic retroviruses
have led to key advances in the understanding of cell proliferation
and oncogenesis and basic principles in cell biology. Since
the discovery in 1911 of Rous sarcoma virus (
65,
66), more than
30 oncogenes have been identified in acutely transforming simple
retroviruses (reviewed in references
17 and
62). Retrovirally
transduced oncogenes include transcription factors, growth-stimulating
factors, receptor molecules, protein tyrosine kinases, protein
serine/threonine kinases, and membrane-associated G proteins
(
62). Each of these retrovirus-encoded oncogenes has a highly
conserved cellular counterpart, and many of their human homologs
have been implicated in cancers. In contrast to the simple retroviruses,
oncogenic complex retroviruses, e.g., human T-cell lymphotropic
virus type 1, do not contain typical oncogenes but contain unique
regulatory and accessory genes that are believed to promote
cancer through their ability to alter cellular gene regulation
(
1). These studies have contributed greatly to our understanding
of eucaryotic cell cycle regulation and cell proliferation,
but these processes are still far from understood. Therefore,
it is important to continue to develop new research venues for
the study of cell proliferation, including new systems to study
retrovirus-induced oncogenesis. Piscine and other retroviruses
of lower vertebrates represent an untapped resource of model
systems to investigate mechanisms of oncogenesis. At least 13
proliferative lesions of fish are tentatively attributed to
retroviruses based on the observation of retrovirus-like particles
and, in some cases, reverse transcriptase activity in lesions.
Interestingly, seven of these lesions are seasonal; i.e., they
develop and regress annually, thereby providing unique experimental
models for tumor development and naturally occurring tumor death
(Table
1) (
25). This review focuses on the skin lesions of walleyes
(
Stizostedion vitreum), i.e., walleye dermal sarcoma (WDS) and
walleye epidermal hyperplasia (WEH) and on their associated
epsilonretroviruses, WDS virus (WDSV) and WEH viruses 1 and
2 (WEHV1 and WEHV2).

WDS AND EPIDERMAL HYPERPLASIA
WDS and WEH were first reported on fish from Oneida Lake in
New York by Walker (
76), who later observed type C retrovirus-like
particles in lesions (
75,
76). Subsequently, WDS and WEH have
been reported on walleyes throughout North America (
9,
79).
Both WDS and WEH are common in areas of endemicity; nearly 30%
of the adult walleyes collected during the spring spawning run
from Oneida Lake present WDS in some years, while approximately
10% present WEH. Lesions are present in late fall through early
spring, when they regress (Fig.
1) (
2,
11,
25,
60). WDS of feral
walleyes is a multifocal, benign skin lesion that can first
be seen in the fall as firm, vascularized tumors (Fig.
1). In
contrast, WEH is a multifocal hyperproliferative skin disease
that can first be seen in the fall as sharply delimited plaques
of thickened epidermis (Fig.
1) (
76,
80). Regressing WDS lesions
are seen in the spring during the walleye spawning run and are
soft and pale and are being shed. There is no obvious shedding
of WEH during the spring spawning run, and it is thought to
regress later in the spring. There are no documented cases of
WDS or WEH leading to the death of a feral walleye, suggesting
that regression is complete.
The molecular and cellular events leading to the seasonal induction
and regression of WDS are not completely understood but are
likely to include complex interactions of viral and host factors,
e.g., hormonally regulated changes in viral gene expression
and variations in the immune response of fish at different water
temperatures (
2,
11,
31,
42,
61). A number of observations support
this view of pathogenesis, including (i) the presence of abundant
retrovirus type C particles in regressing tumors but not in
developing tumors (
14), (ii) observations that the gene expression
patterns of the walleye retroviruses change both quantitatively
and qualitatively during the course of the disease, with low
levels of spliced RNA transcripts produced in developing tumors
and high levels of spliced and unspliced viral transcripts produced
in regressing tumors (
42,
61), and (iii) the experimental transmission
of disease to walleye and sauger (a closely related species
that interbreeds with walleye [
Stizostedion canadense]) fingerlings
by using cell extracts from regressing tumors but not from developing
tumors (
8,
10,
12,
14,
19,
32,
48). WDS has been transmitted
to walleye fingerlings by using cell-free tumor filtrates as
inocula and by waterborne exposure (
8,
12-
14,
48). Generally,
experimental transmission studies done with walleye fingerlings
have produced WDS in 10 to 14 weeks that are typical of those
seen in the fall on feral fish. Importantly, they have also
resulted in the generation of invasive tumors (
19). Invasive
dermal sarcomas have also been observed on experimental sauger
fingerlings (
32). These experiments demonstrate that WDSV has
the potential to induce lethal tumors and suggest that tumor
regression arose from an adaptive process that benefits both
the virus (regressing tumors release copious numbers of virions)
and host. Tumors of other organs have not been observed in experimental
fingerlings or feral adults (
60). WEH has also been experimentally
transmitted to walleye fingerlings by intramuscular injection
of cell-free filtrates from hyperplastic lesions (
7). While
WDSV and the WEHVs are considered to be the etiological agents
of WDS and WEH, definitive proof awaits transmission studies
with infectious molecular clones.
Presently, there is no direct evidence demonstrating that the epsilonretroviruses reinfect feral walleyes and cause tumors or hyperplasias in subsequent years. However, a statistical analysis of fish collected over a number of years and scored for age and presence of tumors suggests that walleyes do not develop WDS in successive years (27). Additionally, it has been experimentally demonstrated that walleye fingerlings with WDS are more resistant to new tumor production than are fingerlings with no previous challenge (26). These data suggest that walleye fingerlings may be somewhat resistant to sequential infection, but it is not clear that this phenomenon relates to tumor development or regression on feral adult walleyes. Experimental evidence does not support a major role for the immune system in the regression of WDS or WEH. Coincident with WDS and WEH regression, the fish immune system is at its nadir in the spring when the water is at its coldest (2). Lymphocytic infiltration was described in regressing WDS lesions, but the advanced necrotic state of WDS lesions examined suggests that regression begins much earlier and that infiltration may be in response to secondary infection of regressing lesions by bacteria and fungi (26). Additionally, there is little to no inflammatory response associated with developing or regressing WDS (26).

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF WDSV AND WEHV1 AND -2
WDSV, WEHV1, and WEHV2 are the only retroviruses associated
with seasonal proliferative skin lesions that have been molecularly
cloned and sequenced (
31,
42,
43,
47,
50). The genomic structures
of WDSV, WEHV1, and WEHV2 are unique among the retroviruses
(Fig.
2). They are the only retroviruses predicted to use a
histidyl-tRNA for priming first-strand DNA synthesis, and they
carry genes that encode a protein of approximately 14 kDa (
orf-C)
upstream of
gag (
31,
42). The predicted Orf-C proteins have
no obvious similarity to other proteins, but the WDSV Orf-C
protein has recently been shown to induce apoptosis in a heterologous
cell culture system and may contribute to lesion regression
(
56). In addition, distal to
env are two nonoverlapping open
frames,
orf-A and
orf-B. orf-B is related to
orf-A, suggesting
that these genes arose by a gene duplication (
42). Importantly,
orf-A encodes a retroviral cyclin (rv-cyclin) that is distantly
related to cellular D-type and C-type cyclins (
41,
68). Some
regions of these proteins also resemble cyclin A (
82).
While many different oncoproteins have been identified in avian
and murine retroviruses, only the epsilonretroviruses harbor
cyclin homologs (rv-cyclins), thereby providing a new paradigm
of retrovirus-induced cellular proliferation (
41). The rv-cyclins
share only 20 to 25% amino acid identity with cellular D- and
C-type cyclins, and they do not hybridize with walleye DNA (
41,
68). By comparison, the cyclin D homolog of the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated
herpesvirus (KSHV) has about 28% amino acid identity with human
cyclin D1. The most highly conserved regions of cellular and
rv-cyclins form the protein surfaces that interact with cellular
cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks). Each of the rv-cyclins has
invariant lysine and glutamate residues in predicted

-helices
C and E that are necessary for Cdk interaction and activation
(
38). The amino acid sequences of the WEHV cyclins are 37% identical
within the cyclin box and 21 to 28% identical with the WDSV
cyclin.

VIRAL GENE EXPRESSION IN DEVELOPING AND REGRESSING LESIONS
Transcriptional mapping by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR)
and Northern blot analyses of developing and regressing WDS
and WEH have demonstrated temporal gene expression profiles
and complex splicing patterns analogous to those seen in other
complex retroviruses (Fig.
2) (
42,
61). Northern blots showed
that only very low levels of subgenomic viral transcripts, predominantly
the full-length rv-cyclin transcripts, are present in developing
lesions, implicating these proteins in the development of WDS
and WEH. Additionally,
orf-B mRNAs have been detected by Northern
blotting in developing WDS but not in developing WEH (
42,
61).
In contrast, abundant levels of genomic, singly spliced
env and
orf-B and singly and doubly spliced
orf-A transcripts are
present in regressing WDS. In contrast, only singly spliced
orf-A and
orf-B transcripts have been identified by RT-PCR in
regressing WEH. The molecular mechanisms responsible for the
differences in the levels of gene expression and splicing patterns
observed in developing and regressing lesions are not understood,
but it has been shown experimentally that the WDSV cyclin represses
viral transcription; see below (
68,
82). The differences seen
in viral gene expression in developing and regressing WDS and
WEH are consistent with the finding that experimental transmission
of WDS can be achieved only with cell-free inocula derived from
regressing lesions (
14).
Recently, it was suggested that only amino-truncated forms of the WDSV cyclin protein are produced in regressing tumors (61, 67). The data in these reports show, in agreement with earlier observations (41, 42, 61), that an mRNA encoding the full-length WDSV cyclin protein is the predominant orf-A transcript in developing tumors. In contrast with earlier reports, the full-length orf-A mRNA was not detected in regressing tumors when a probe homologous to the region of the mRNA encoding the amino terminus of the WDSV cyclin was used; see below (67). Alternatively spliced mRNAs encoding amino-truncated forms of the WEHV1 or WEHV2 rv-cyclins have not been detected in regressing lesions (42) and therefore do not appear to be used by the WEHVs during tumor development and regression. The copious amounts of viral RNAs present in regressing WDS and WEH could be toxic, thereby contributing to lesion regression.

WDSV CYCLIN PROMOTES CELL PROLIFERATION
Experimental evidence has demonstrated the ability of the WDSV
cyclin to induce cell proliferation. The WDSV cyclin supported
growth of a yeast (
Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain, BY613,
conditionally deficient for the synthesis of G
1-to-S cyclins
that are necessary for cell cycle progression (
41). The WEHV
rv-cyclins did not support yeast growth, and the reasons for
this are not known. However, it is documented that the human
PRAD1 gene (cyclin D1) also does not work well in this system.
The important result was that the WDSV cyclin did support growth,
suggesting that the rv-cyclins are capable of affecting cell
cycle progression and tumor development and growth. Additionally,
the WDSV cyclin has been shown to induce cell proliferation
in transgenic mice (
40).
Numerous transgenic mouse models have been used to analyze the oncogenic properties of cellular cyclins (A, D1, D2, D3, and E) and viral cyclins (gammaherpesviruses and WDSV) (5, 6, 18, 33, 39, 40, 44, 54, 63, 64, 71, 74). Germane to this review, the expression of cyclins D1, D2, and D3 from the bovine keratin-5 promoter (ker-5 p) induced a common mild skin hyperplasia but a variable cyclin-specific thymic hyperplasia in transgenic mice (63, 64). The distinct phenotypes of transgenic mice suggest that the three mammalian D-type cyclins are not fully redundant and that this system may be particularly suitable for analysis of novel cyclins that induce skin cell proliferation. Transgenic mice expressing the WDSV cyclin from the ker-5 p were recently analyzed (40). In contrast to the mild skin hyperplasia induced by human cyclin D1, D2, or D3 expressed from the same promoter, mice transgenic for the WDSV cyclin had a severe skin hyperplasia, hair loss, and morphological runting. Additionally, males had plugging of the accessory sex gland ductal system and females did not successfully nurse their first litter. Analogous to cyclin D3, the WDSV cyclin transgenic mice did not develop thymic hyperplasias. Presumably, the broad phenotype in these transgenic mice, including the severe disruption of normal skin proliferation, is due to biochemical properties of the WDSV cyclin (40). The WEHV rv-cyclins have not been tested for their ability to induce abnormal skin proliferation in transgenic mice. Collectively, these studies, in conjunction with viral gene expression studies, directly implicate the WDSV cyclin in the development of WDS and circumstantially implicate the WEHV rv-cyclins in WEH development. Interestingly, since very high levels of cyclin expression in some cells are associated with apoptosis (23, 24, 30, 37, 51, 52, 59, 77), it is possible that the epsilonretrovirus cyclins, analogous to cyclin D1, may induce cell proliferation or cell death (40, 41). Recently, it was reported that a WDSV amino-truncated Orf-A protein (the product of alternatively spliced mRNAs produced in regressing tumors), lacking its nuclear localization signal, did not enter the nucleus. These data led to the hypothesis that tumor development may be linked to the synthesis of the full-length rv-cyclin (containing the nuclear localization signal) and that regression may be linked to the synthesis of amino-truncated forms of the WDSV cyclin (67).

POTENTIAL ROLES OF RV-CYCLINS IN THE VIRAL LIFE CYCLE
The WDSV, WEHV1, and WEHV2 rv-cyclins were likely captured from
cellular cyclins but in the evolutionary past. The acquisition
of a cyclin gene presumably provided these viruses with selective
advantages because the cyclin gene stimulated cell division,
thereby stimulating viral replication. Subsequently, the rv-cyclins
may have evolved to specifically benefit viral replication,
e.g., by the loss of inhibition by cellular regulatory proteins
or by resistance to proteolysis. Alternatively, the derived
rv-cyclins may interact with proteins with which cellular cyclins
do not interact or only poorly interact, in order to stimulate
cell proliferation and viral replication. This hypothesis is
indirectly supported by the gammaherpesvirus v-cyclins, which
have unique biochemical properties that may contribute to uncontrolled
cell proliferation (
15,
20,
28,
46,
72). In contrast to cellular
cyclins, the KSHV v-cyclin in KSHV v-cyclin-Cdk6 complexes stimulates
phosphorylation of pRb and also histone H1 (
28), the KSHV v-cyclin-Cdk6
complex is resistant to inhibition by proteins that inhibit
the cyclin D1-Cdk6 complex (
72), and the KSHV v-cyclin-Cdk6
complex stimulates degradation of the p27
Kip Cdk inhibitor (
20,
46).
The role(s) of the divergent rv-cyclins in the viral life cycle and stimulation of cell proliferation may be multifaceted. For example, cyclins D and E activate Cdks, leading to the phosphorylation of pRb and to the G1-to-S transition, while cyclin A activates Cdk2, leading to the phosphorylation of the MDM2 protein, decreasing its ability to interact with and mark the tumor suppressor p53 for degradation (81). Additionally, cyclin D1, independently of Cdk interaction, activates the estrogen receptor transcription factor (84); D-type cyclins sequester the transcription factor DMP1 (84), thereby lowering cellular levels of the tumor suppressors p19Arf and p53 (34, 35); and cyclin T interacts with the Tat-TAR complex proteins to stimulate transcription of the human immunodeficiency virus genome (36, 55, 78, 83). More generally, cyclin C-Cdk8 complexes phosphorylate the C-terminal domain (CTD) tail of RNApol II, resulting in enhanced or repressed transcription from different cellular promoters (45, 73). Recently, it has been shown that the WDSV cyclin, like cellular cyclin C, interacts with Cdk8 and that this complex enhances or represses transcription from promoters by phosphorylation of the CTD tail of RNApol II (68). These data suggest that the WDSV cyclin, analogous to the accessory genes of other complex oncogenic retroviruses, may regulate the transcription of cellular genes that deregulate cell proliferation and promote cancer (1). It has been proposed that the full-length WDSV cyclin represses viral transcription through Cdk8 in developing tumors and may affect the transcription of cellular genes to promote cell proliferation (67, 68). It was also suggested that amino-truncated forms of the WDSV cyclin cannot enter the nucleus, thereby releasing repression of viral transcription in regressing tumors. There is no evidence from Northern blots or RT-PCR showing that mRNAs encoding amino-truncated forms of the WEHV rv-cyclins are produced in regressing WEH (42).
The interaction of the WDSV cyclin with Cdk8 is dependent on the long coiled-coil domain at its carboxy terminus distal to the cyclin box (Fig. 3) (68). A mutant WDSV cyclin that does not encode the coiled-coil domain did not interact with Cdk8 (Fig. 3). Interestingly, the WEHV rv-cyclins are smaller proteins that are not predicted to have an analogous coiled-coil domain. Therefore, they would not be predicted to affect viral or cellular gene expression through interaction with Cdk8. Supporting this hypothesis, the WDSV cyclin but not the WEHV rv-cyclins interacts with Cdk8 in glutathione transferase pull-down experiments (S.-W. Kim and D. Holzschu, unpublished data). These data suggest that, while the interaction of the WDSV cyclin with Cdk8 may play an important role in WDSV gene expression and the biology of WDS, the core ability of the rv-cyclins to induce cell proliferation is likely to be mediated by interactions with cellular proteins within the rv-cyclin box. In either case, we suggest that the rv-cyclins evolved to the benefit of their cognate viruses by stimulating cell proliferation.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Analysis of the basic biology of the epsilonretroviruses awaits
the development of a suitable tissue culture system for virus
propagation. Being able to grow the viruses in tissue culture
would allow many questions to be addressed, including (i) whether
clones of WDSV and WEHVs fulfill Koch's postulates and induce
WDS and WEH; (ii) what the contributions of the rv-cyclins,
Orf-B, and Orf-C to viral gene regulation and replication are;
(iii) if
orf-C is translated, what the mechanism of translation
of the downstream
gag gene is; and (iv) what regulates the differences
in the levels of viral gene expression and splicing patterns
observed in developing and regressing WDS and WEH. Several attempts
have been made to propagate WDSV in fish tissue culture cells
(S. Quackenbush, personal communication) without success. In
the absence of a suitable tissue culture system supporting viral
propagation, the analysis of epsilonretroviruses will likely
continue to be focused on biochemical properties of viral proteins,
e.g., protease (PR), RT, and the rv-cyclins Orf-B and Orf-C.
The biochemical properties of PR and RT may be particularly
interesting, because the epsilonretroviruses are isolated from
a poikilothermic host. For example, the RT of these viruses
must be sufficiently active at approximately 4°C to establish
infection. The WDSV PR and RT have been partially purified from
virions and analyzed (
21,
22). Interestingly, WDSV RT does not
appear to be specifically adapted for activity at low temperatures,
but like the RT isolated from northern pike lymphoma, it is
temperature sensitive (
57,
58). Sufficient WDSV RT was not purified
to examine processivity and accuracy, necessitating the production
of recombinant protein for study. While the rv-cyclins have
received the most attention, the Orf-B and Orf-C proteins may
be essential for viral replication and may contribute to tumor
development and regression. Interestingly, Orf-C is more highly
conserved among the epsilonretroviruses than are the Orf-As
or Orf-Bs, suggesting that it may have an essential role in
viral replication (
42). The Orf-C protein has recently been
shown to efficiently induce apoptosis (
56). Therefore, Orf-C
may play an important role in tumor regression. However, this
implies that the production of virions and the induction of
apoptosis must be coordinated in some manner, because
orf-C,
gag, and
pol are all translated from full-length viral mRNA.
The discovery that the WDSV rv-cyclin interacts with Cdk8 to affect the processivity of RNApol II transcription, and therefore gene expression, is very important (68). It is likely that this discovery will contribute not only to the understanding of the biology of these unique retroviruses but will also contribute to the elucidation of the role(s) of cyclin-Cdk8 complex interaction with RNApolII in affecting transcription. Preliminary yeast two-hybrid analysis has identified cellular proteins that interact with the WDSV and WEHV2 rv-cyclins and can rationally be linked to gene expression and cell proliferation, suggesting alternative mechanisms that contribute to the oncogenic potential of the epsilonretroviruses (L. Yuan, S.-W. Kim, and D. Holzschu, unpublished data). The comparative biochemistry of the compendium of the rv-cyclins will likely lead to the understanding of structure/function differences that may be translated directly to their ability to induce cell proliferation and possibly provide clues to the genesis of WDS and WEH.
WDSV, WEHV1, and WEHV2 are the first examples of retroviruses that encode cyclin homologs, thus representing a new paradigm for the study of retrovirus-induced oncogenesis and cyclin-induced cell proliferation. While WDS and WEH are not the only seasonal tumors to be documented (seasonal tumors have been described in fish, frogs, and newts [3, 4, 25, 29, 53]), they are the only seasonal skin lesions for which the etiological agents have been cloned and sequenced. This tumor model system represents a unique venue for an integrative study of host and viral factors as they affect tumorigenesis and tumor regression. The rv-cyclins are highly divergent from cellular cyclins, making the investigation of their biochemical activities likely to have an impact on the present views of cellular cyclin roles in cell proliferation and cancer. Since the mechanisms responsible for WDS induction and regression are likely to have corollaries in homeothermic animals, investigation of the epsilonretroviruses will contribute not only to our basic understanding of cell cycle control but will also identify potential targets for pharmacological treatment of human tumors. Furthermore, characterization of these viruses will contribute to our understanding of retroviral biology, including viral replication, pathogenesis, and evolution.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Volker Vogt and Sandra Quackenbush for contributing
unpublished data and Linda Ross for her review of the manuscript.
This paper was partially supported by a grant from the Ohio Branch of the American Cancer Society to D.H.

FOOTNOTES
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, 239 Life Sciences Bldg., Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701. Phone: (740) 593-0425. Fax: (740) 593-0300. E-mail:
holzschu{at}ohiou.edu.


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