Skip to main content
Molecular and Cellular Biology logoLink to Molecular and Cellular Biology
. 1985 Oct;5(10):2552–2558. doi: 10.1128/mcb.5.10.2552

Adenovirus E1B proteins are required for accumulation of late viral mRNA and for effects on cellular mRNA translation and transport.

L E Babiss, H S Ginsberg, J E Darnell Jr
PMCID: PMC366989  PMID: 2942759

Abstract

Late in adenovirus infection, large amounts of viral mRNA accumulate while cell mRNA transport and translation decrease. Viruses deleted in the E1B region of type 5 adenovirus do not produce the same outcome: (i) viral mRNA synthesis by the mutants is normal, delivery to the cytoplasm is 50 to 75% of normal, but steady-state levels of viral mRNA are decreased 10-fold; (ii) cell mRNA synthesis and transport continue normally in the mutant virus-infected cell; and (iii) translation of preexisting cell mRNA which is disrupted in wild-type infection remains normal in mutant-virus-infected cells. Thus E1B proteins are required for accumulation of virus mRNA and for induction of the failure of host cell mRNA transport and translation. If a single function is involved, by inference the transport and some aspect of translation of mRNAs could be linked.

Full text

PDF
2552

Images in this article

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Anderson C. W., Schmitt R. C., Smart J. E., Lewis J. B. Early region 1B of adenovirus 2 encodes two coterminal proteins of 495 and 155 amino acid residues. J Virol. 1984 May;50(2):387–396. doi: 10.1128/jvi.50.2.387-396.1984. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Babich A., Feldman L. T., Nevins J. R., Darnell J. E., Jr, Weinberger C. Effect of adenovirus on metabolism of specific host mRNAs: transport control and specific translational discrimination. Mol Cell Biol. 1983 Jul;3(7):1212–1221. doi: 10.1128/mcb.3.7.1212. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Babiss L. E., Ginsberg H. S. Adenovirus type 5 early region 1b gene product is required for efficient shutoff of host protein synthesis. J Virol. 1984 Apr;50(1):202–212. doi: 10.1128/jvi.50.1.202-212.1984. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Babiss L. E., Young C. S., Fisher P. B., Ginsberg H. S. Expression of adenovirus E1a and E1b gene products and the Escherichia coli XGPRT gene in KB cells. J Virol. 1983 May;46(2):454–465. doi: 10.1128/jvi.46.2.454-465.1983. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Beltz G. A., Flint S. J. Inhibition of HeLa cell protein synthesis during adenovirus infection. Restriction of cellular messenger RNA sequences to the nucleus. J Mol Biol. 1979 Jun 25;131(2):353–373. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(79)90081-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Bos J. L., Polder L. J., Bernards R., Schrier P. I., van den Elsen P. J., van der Eb A. J., van Ormondt H. The 2.2 kb E1b mRNA of human Ad12 and Ad5 codes for two tumor antigens starting at different AUG triplets. Cell. 1981 Nov;27(1 Pt 2):121–131. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90366-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Cervera M., Dreyfuss G., Penman S. Messenger RNA is translated when associated with the cytoskeletal framework in normal and VSV-infected HeLa cells. Cell. 1981 Jan;23(1):113–120. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90276-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Challberg S. S., Ketner G. Deletion mutants of adenovirus 2: isolation and initial characterization of virus carrying mutations near the right end of the viral genome. Virology. 1981 Oct 15;114(1):196–209. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(81)90265-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Darnell J. E., Jr Variety in the level of gene control in eukaryotic cells. Nature. 1982 Jun 3;297(5865):365–371. doi: 10.1038/297365a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Graham F. L., Smiley J., Russell W. C., Nairn R. Characteristics of a human cell line transformed by DNA from human adenovirus type 5. J Gen Virol. 1977 Jul;36(1):59–74. doi: 10.1099/0022-1317-36-1-59. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Hofer E., Darnell J. E., Jr The primary transcription unit of the mouse beta-major globin gene. Cell. 1981 Feb;23(2):585–593. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90154-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Jones N., Shenk T. Isolation of adenovirus type 5 host range deletion mutants defective for transformation of rat embryo cells. Cell. 1979 Jul;17(3):683–689. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(79)90275-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Kafatos F. C., Jones C. W., Efstratiadis A. Determination of nucleic acid sequence homologies and relative concentrations by a dot hybridization procedure. Nucleic Acids Res. 1979 Nov 24;7(6):1541–1552. doi: 10.1093/nar/7.6.1541. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Khalili K., Weinmann R. Shut-off of actin biosynthesis in adenovirus serotype-2-infected cells. J Mol Biol. 1984 Jun 5;175(4):453–468. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(84)90179-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Laemmli U. K. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature. 1970 Aug 15;227(5259):680–685. doi: 10.1038/227680a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Nevins J. R. Definition and mapping of adenovirus 2 nuclear transcription. Methods Enzymol. 1980;65(1):768–785. doi: 10.1016/s0076-6879(80)65072-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Oosterom-Dragon E. A., Ginsberg H. S. Characterization of two temperature-sensitive mutants of type 5 adenovirus with mutations in the 100,000-dalton protein gene. J Virol. 1981 Nov;40(2):491–500. doi: 10.1128/jvi.40.2.491-500.1981. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Reichel P. A., Merrick W. C., Siekierka J., Mathews M. B. Regulation of a protein synthesis initiation factor by adenovirus virus-associated RNA. Nature. 1985 Jan 17;313(5999):196–200. doi: 10.1038/313196a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Rigby P. W., Dieckmann M., Rhodes C., Berg P. Labeling deoxyribonucleic acid to high specific activity in vitro by nick translation with DNA polymerase I. J Mol Biol. 1977 Jun 15;113(1):237–251. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(77)90052-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. Sarnow P., Hearing P., Anderson C. W., Halbert D. N., Shenk T., Levine A. J. Adenovirus early region 1B 58,000-dalton tumor antigen is physically associated with an early region 4 25,000-dalton protein in productively infected cells. J Virol. 1984 Mar;49(3):692–700. doi: 10.1128/jvi.49.3.692-700.1984. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Sawicki S. G., Jelinek W., Darnell J. E. 3'-Terminal addition to HeLa cell nuclear and cytoplasmic poly (A). J Mol Biol. 1977 Jun 15;113(1):219–235. doi: 10.1016/0022-2836(77)90051-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. Sheiness D., Darnell J. E. Polyadenylic acid segment in mRNA becomes shorter with age. Nat New Biol. 1973 Feb 28;241(113):265–268. doi: 10.1038/newbio241265a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. Sheiness D., Puckett L., Darnell J. E. Possible relationship of poly(A) shortening to mRNA turnover. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 Mar;72(3):1077–1081. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.3.1077. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  24. Stein R., Ziff E. B. HeLa cell beta-tubulin gene transcription is stimulated by adenovirus 5 in parallel with viral early genes by an E1a-dependent mechanism. Mol Cell Biol. 1984 Dec;4(12):2792–2801. doi: 10.1128/mcb.4.12.2792. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  25. Thimmappaya B., Weinberger C., Schneider R. J., Shenk T. Adenovirus VAI RNA is required for efficient translation of viral mRNAs at late times after infection. Cell. 1982 Dec;31(3 Pt 2):543–551. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90310-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  26. Thomas P. S. Hybridization of denatured RNA and small DNA fragments transferred to nitrocellulose. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Sep;77(9):5201–5205. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.9.5201. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  27. Ullrich A., Shine J., Chirgwin J., Pictet R., Tischer E., Rutter W. J., Goodman H. M. Rat insulin genes: construction of plasmids containing the coding sequences. Science. 1977 Jun 17;196(4296):1313–1319. doi: 10.1126/science.325648. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  28. Weber J., Jelinek W., Darnell J. E., Jr The definition of a large viral transcription unit late in Ad2 infection of HeLa cells: mapping of nascent RNA molecules labeled in isolated nuclei. Cell. 1977 Apr;10(4):611–616. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(77)90093-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Molecular and Cellular Biology are provided here courtesy of Taylor & Francis

RESOURCES