Herpes virus proteins ICP0 and BICP0 can activate NF-kappaB by catalyzing IkappaBalpha ubiquitination
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Temporal Analysis of the Nuclear-to-cytoplasmic Translocation of a Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Protein by Immunofluorescent Confocal Microscopy
Published on: November 4, 2018
Lirong Diao1, Bianhong Zhang, Junkai Fan
1Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 49, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The immediate early proteins ICP0 and BICP0 from Herpes virus are promiscuous activators of both viral and cellular genes and play a critical role in virus life cycle. Here we report that ICP0 and BICP0 could induce NF-kappaB translocation from cytoplasm into nucleus and strongly activate NF-kappaB responsive genes specifically. This process was dependent on the RING domain of both proteins. In addition, ICP0 interacted specifically with IkappaBalpha and its activating effect was attenuated by Ubch5A(C85A) and MG132, but not by IkappaBalpha(S32A/S36A). Remarkably, IkappaBalpha was poly-ubiquitinated by both ICP0 and BICP0, in vitro and in vivo. These data indicate that ICP0 and BICP0, functioning as ubiquitin ligases, are bona fide activators of NF-kappaB signaling pathway. Our study identifies a new way ICP0 and BICP0 explore to regulate gene expression.
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