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. 1992 Aug 15;89(16):7630–7634. doi: 10.1073/pnas.89.16.7630

Retinoic acid receptors initiate induction of the cytomegalovirus enhancer in embryonal cells.

P Ghazal 1, C DeMattei 1, E Giulietti 1, S A Kliewer 1, K Umesono 1, R M Evans 1
PMCID: PMC49764  PMID: 1323848

Abstract

Reactivation of latent virus is believed to result from a signal transduction event that induces immediate-early (IE) gene transcription. Evidence is presented that the major IE promoter (MIEP) of human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is activated by physiological levels of retinoic acid (RA) in human embryonal carcinoma cells. Mutagenesis experiments localized in the MIEP enhancer, a retinoic acid-responsive element composed of a direct repeat separated by five nucleotides. Protein-DNA binding experiments revealed that this element functions as a specific target site for the direct interaction of nuclear receptor proteins for RA. These findings implicate the biologically active derivative of vitamin A (RA) as a potential modulator of hCMV pathogenesis in infants and immunocompromised adults.

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