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Journal of Virology, February 2007, p. 1543-1553, Vol. 81, No. 4
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00480-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) bZIP Protein Interacts with the Cellular Transcription Factor CREB To Inhibit HTLV-1 Transcription{triangledown}

Isabelle Lemasson,1* Matthew R. Lewis,2 Nicholas Polakowski,1 Patrick Hivin,3 Marie-Hélène Cavanagh,4 Sabine Thébault,5 Benoit Barbeau,4 Jennifer K. Nyborg,2 and Jean-Michel Mesnard3

East Carolina University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Greenville, North Carolina 27834,1 Colorado State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523,2 Laboratoire Infections Rétrovirales et Signalisation Cellulaire, CNRS/UM I UMR 5121/IFR 122, Institut de Biologie, 34960 Montpellier Cedex 2, France,3 Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon CHUL, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2,4 Sanofi Pasteur, 1541 Avenue Marcel Mérieux, 69280 Marcy l'Etoile, France5

Received 7 March 2006/ Accepted 16 May 2006

The complex human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) retrovirus encodes several proteins that are unique to the virus within its 3'-end region. Among them, the viral transactivator Tax and posttranscriptional regulator Rex are well characterized, and both positively regulate HTLV-1 viral expression. Less is known about the other regulatory proteins encoded in this region of the provirus, including the recently discovered HBZ protein. HBZ has been shown to negatively regulate basal and Tax-dependent HTLV-1 transcription through its ability to interact with specific basic-leucine zipper (bZIP) proteins. In the present study, we found that HBZ reduces HTLV-1 transcription and virion production. We then characterized the interaction between HBZ and the cellular transcription factor CREB. CREB plays a critical role in Tax-mediated HTLV-1 transcription by forming a complex with Tax that binds to viral cyclic AMP-response elements (CREs) located within the viral promoter. We found that HBZ and CREB interact in vivo and directly in vitro, and this interaction occurs through the bZIP domain of each protein. We also found that CREM-Ia and ATF-1, which share significant homology in their bZIP domains with the bZIP domain of CREB, interact with HBZ-bZIP. The interaction between CREB and HBZ prevents CREB binding to the viral CRE elements in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that the reduction in HTLV-1 transcription by HBZ is partly due to the loss of CREB at the promoter. We also found that HBZ displaces CREB from a cellular CRE, suggesting that HBZ may deregulate CREB-dependent cellular gene expression.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: East Carolina University, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Brody School of Medicine, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834. Phone: (252) 744-2706. Fax: (252) 744-3104. E-mail: lemassoni{at}ecu.edu.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 December 2006.

Journal of Virology, February 2007, p. 1543-1553, Vol. 81, No. 4
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00480-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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