Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the causative agent of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). HTLV-1 Tax is the major viral transactivator and transforming protein centrally involved in the proviral transcription, transformation and proliferation of infected T-cells as well as progression of diseases caused by HTLV-1 infection. Salt-inducible kinases (SIKs) are serine/threonine protein kinases belonging to the AMPK-related kinase (AMPK-RK) family. SIK subfamily consists of three isoforms named SIK1, SIK2 and SIK3 respectively. We have previously demonstrated the negative regulatory role of SIK1 in Tax-mediated activation of proviral transcription from long terminal repeats (LTR). In this study, we reported that both SIK2 and SIK3 exhibited a kinase-dependent suppressive effect on Tax-activated LTR transcription. We also found that SIK1, SIK2 and SIK3 act additively to suppress Tax activation of LTR. We further demonstrated that the SIK2- and SIK3-mediated suppression on LTR transcription was achieved through phosphorylation of TORC1, an essential transcriptional coactivator of CREB required for Tax-mediated transcriptional activation of LTR. Our findings revealed a new function of SIK2 and SIK3 in host restriction to HTLV-1 transcription. Pharmaceutical activation of SIKs or upstream kinase such as LKB1 may provide a new strategy for anti-HTLV-1 therapy. / published_or_final_version / Biochemistry / Master / Master of Medical Sciences
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:HKU/oai:hub.hku.hk:10722/173861 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Gao, Weiwei, 高蔚为 |
| Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
| Source Sets | Hong Kong University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | PG_Thesis |
| Source | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4818309X |
| Rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works., Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License |
| Relation | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) |
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