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. 1986 Dec;60(3):823–832. doi: 10.1128/jvi.60.3.823-832.1986

Identification of the trans-acting Rep proteins of adeno-associated virus by antibodies to a synthetic oligopeptide.

E Mendelson, J P Trempe, B J Carter
PMCID: PMC253297  PMID: 3023672

Abstract

Prior genetic analysis provided evidence for trans-acting regulatory proteins (Rep) coded by the left-hand open reading frame (orf-1) of adeno-associated virus (AAV). We have used immunoblotting analysis to identify four protein products of orf-1. Antibodies elicited against an oligopeptide encoded by orf-1 were reacted with extracts of cells that were infected with AAV or transfected with AAV recombinant vectors in the presence or absence of helper adenovirus. The antibody recognized four polypeptides with apparent molecular weights of 78,000, 68,000, 52,000, and 40,000. The 78,000-dalton (78K) (Rep78) and 68K (Rep68) proteins appear to be encoded by the unspliced 4.2-kilobase (kb) and spliced 3.9-kb mRNAs, respectively, transcribed from the p5 promoter. The 52K (Rep52) and 40K (Rep40) proteins appear to be the products of the unspliced 3.6-kb and the spliced 3.3-kb mRNAs, respectively, transcribed from the p19 promoter. Rigorous identification of Rep68 as an AAV-coded protein is compromised by a cross-reacting cellular protein of similar size. All four proteins were expressed in the human cell lines 293, HeLa, HT29, and A549 infected with AAV together with adenovirus. Rep78 and Rep52 were detected at lower levels in cells infected with AAV at high multiplicity in the absence of adenovirus. Human 293 cells transfected with a recombinant AAV vector (pAV2) also expressed Rep proteins in the presence or absence of adenovirus. Mutations introduced into the Rep region of pAV2 further identified the Rep proteins. The amount of each Rep protein varied between nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts, but all four proteins accumulated during the lytic cycle of the viral infection. Other studies have indicated that the Rep proteins have independent trans-acting functions in viral DNA replication and negative and positive regulation of gene expression. Correlation of each trans-acting function with individual Rep proteins will be facilitated with the antibodies described herein.

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