mRNA instability elements in the human papillomavirus type 16 L2 coding region

Human papillomavirus capsid proteins L1 and L2 are detected only in terminally differentiated cells, indicating that expression of the L1 and L2 genes is blocked in dividing cells. The results presented here establish that the human papillomavirus type 16 L2 coding region contains cis-acting inhibitory sequences. When placed downstream of a reporter gene, the human papillomavirus type 16 L2 sequence reduced both mRNA and protein levels in an orientation-dependent manner. Deletion analysis revealed that the L2 sequence contains two cis-acting inhibitory RNA regions. We identified an inhibitory region in the 5'-most 845 nucleotides of L2 that acted by reducing cytoplasmic mRNA stability and a second, weaker inhibitory region in the 3' end of L2. In contrast, human papillomavirus type 1 L1 and L2 genes did not encode strong inhibitory sequences. This result is consistent with observations of high virus production in human papillomavirus type 1-infected tissue, whereas only low levels of human papillomavirus type 16 virions are detectable in infected epithelium. The presence of inhibitory sequences in the L1 and L2 mRNAs may aid the virus in avoiding the host immunosurveillance and in establishing persistent infections.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

Enthalten in:

Journal of virology - 72(1998), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 1504-15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sokolowski, M [VerfasserIn]
Tan, W [VerfasserIn]
Jellne, M [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Capsid Proteins
Journal Article
L2 protein, Human papillomavirus type 16
Oncogene Proteins, Viral
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 18.02.1998

Date Revised 22.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM093882076