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  • Title: Regulatory properties of the integrated long terminal repeat of the feline immunodeficiency virus.
    Author: Ikeda Y, Kawaguchi Y, Tomonaga K, Inoshima Y, Kohmoto M, Miyazawa T, Mikami T.
    Journal: Virus Res; 1996 Apr; 41(2):201-7. PubMed ID: 8738180.
    Abstract:
    To examine the regulatory properties of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) long terminal repeat (LTR) integrated into host chromatin, Crandell feline kidney cells were stably transfected with the FIV LTR that directs the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene. Using these cells, we examined the effects of treatment with several chemical agents, infection with feline viruses, or transfection with effector plasmids expressing FIV gene products on FIV LTR-directed gene expression. Among them, treatment with the phorbol ester (a strong activator of protein kinase C), forskolin (an inducer of cyclic-AMP), 5-azacytidine (a DNA methylation antagonist), or infection with feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1), resulted in induction of CAT activity in the cells. These results suggest that the integrated FIV LTR is stimulated by cellular transcriptional factors induced by phorbol ester, forskolin and FHV-1, and is also inactivated by DNA methylation. Furthermore, this permanent cell line can be used as a screening system of activators of the FIV LTR.
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