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A protein encoded by the latency-related gene of bovine herpesvirus 1 is expressed in trigeminal ganglionic neurons of latently infected cattle and interacts with cyclin-dependent kinase 2 during productive infection.

Abstract
Despite productive viral gene expression in the peripheral nervous system during acute infection, the bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) infection cycle is blocked in sensory ganglionic neurons and consequently latency is established. The only abundant viral transcript expressed during latency is the latency-related (LR) RNA. LR gene products inhibit S-phase entry, and binding of the LR protein (LRP) to cyclin A was hypothesized to block cell cycle progression. This study demonstrates LRP is a nuclear protein which is expressed in neurons of latently infected cattle. Affinity chromatography indicated that LRP interacts with cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (cdk2)-cyclin complexes or cdc2-cyclin complexes in transfected human cells or infected bovine cells. After partial purification using three different columns (DEAE-Sepharose, Econo S, and heparin-agarose), LRP was primarily associated with cdk2-cyclin E complexes, an enzyme which is necessary for G1-to-S-phase cell cycle progression. During acute infection of trigeminal ganglia or following dexamethasone-induced reactivation, BHV-1 induces expression of cyclin A in neurons (L. M. Schang, A. Hossain, and C. Jones, J. Virol. 70:3807-3814, 1996). Expression of S-phase regulatory proteins (cyclin A, for example) leads to neuronal apoptosis. Consequently, we hypothesize that interactions between LRP and cell cycle regulatory proteins promote survival of postmitotic neurons during acute infection and/or reactivation.
AuthorsY Jiang, A Hossain, M T Winkler, T Holt, A Doster, C Jones
JournalJournal of virology (J Virol) Vol. 72 Issue 10 Pg. 8133-42 (Oct 1998) ISSN: 0022-538X [Print] United States
PMID9733854 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • CDC2-CDC28 Kinases
  • CDK2 protein, human
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
Topics
  • Animals
  • CDC2-CDC28 Kinases
  • Cattle
  • Cell Line
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases (metabolism)
  • Herpesviridae Infections (genetics)
  • Herpesvirus 1, Bovine (genetics)
  • Humans
  • Neurons (metabolism, virology)
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases (metabolism)
  • Trigeminal Ganglion (cytology, metabolism, virology)
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Virus Latency (genetics)

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