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The feline herpesvirus type 1 ICP4 down-regulates feline immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat(LTR)-directed gene expression via the C/EBP site in the LTR

  • Yasushi Kawaguchi
  • , Ken Maeda
  • , Marcelo R. Pecoraro
  • , Yasuo Inoshima
  • , Hyung kwan Jang
  • , Mariko Kohmoto
  • , Kiyoko Iwatsuki
  • , Yasuhiro Ikeda
  • , Masahiro Shimojima
  • , Yukinobu Tohya
  • , Chieko Kai
  • , Takeshi Mikami
  • The University of Tokyo

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Abstract

We investigated effects of feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) ICP4 on feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) long terminal repeat (LTR)-directed gene expression by transient transfection assay in Crandell feline kidney cells. We demonstrated that FHV-1 ICP4 significantly stimulates the FIV LTR after introduction of site-specific mutation of the C/EBP site in the LTR, and the C/EBP site is sufficient to confer inhibitory effects by FHV-1 ICP4 on a heterologous promoter. These results indicate that FHV-1 ICP4 possesses both ability to transactivate FIV LTR-directed gene expression and to down-regulate the FIV LTR via the C/EBP site.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1129-1131
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Veterinary Medical Science
Volume57
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1995

Keywords

  • C/EBP site
  • FHV-1 ICP4
  • FIV LTR

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