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J Virol, July 1998, p. 6131-6137, Vol. 72, No. 7
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Tat Modulates the Flk-1/KDR Receptor, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, and Components of Focal Adhesion in Kaposi's Sarcoma Cellsdagger

Ramesh K. Ganju,1 Neru Munshi,1 B. C. Nair,2 Zhong-Ying Liu,1 Parkash Gill,3 and Jerome E. Groopman1,*

Divisions of Experimental Medicine and Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 021151; Advanced Bioscience Laboratories, Inc., Kensington, Maryland 208952; and Division of Hematology/Oncology, Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 900333

Received 24 November 1997/Accepted 9 April 1998

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) spindle cell growth and spread have been reported to be modulated by various cytokines as well as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gene product Tat. Recently, HIV-1 Tat has been shown to act like a cytokine and bind to the Flk-1/KDR receptor for the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), which is expressed by KS cells. We have characterized signal transduction pathways stimulated by HIV-1 Tat upon its binding to surface receptors on KS cells. We observed that stimulation in KS 38 spindle cells resulted in tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of the Flk-1/KDR receptor. We also report that HIV-1 Tat treatment enhanced the phosphorylation and association of proteins found in focal adhesions, such as the related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase RAFTK, paxillin, and p130cas. Further characterization revealed the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase, c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK), and Src kinase. HIV-1 Tat contains a basic domain which can interact with growth factor tyrosine kinase receptors and a classical RGD sequence which may bind to and activate the surface integrin receptors for fibronectin and vitronectin. We observed that stimulation of KS cells with basic as well as RGD sequence-containing Tat peptides resulted in enhanced phosphorylation of RAFTK and activation of MAP kinase. These studies reveal that Tat stimulation activates a number of signal transduction pathways that are associated with cell growth and migration.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Divisions of Experimental Medicine and Hematology/Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, 4 Blackfan Circle, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 667-0070. Fax: (617) 975-5244. E-mail: jgroopma{at}west.bidmc.harvard.edu.

dagger Dedicated to Ronald Ansin for his continuing support of our research program.

J Virol, July 1998, p. 6131-6137, Vol. 72, No. 7
0022-538X/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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