Involvement of chromatin and histone deacetylation in SV40 T antigen transcription regulation.
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Valls E, Blanco-Garcia N, Aquizu N, Piedra D, Estaras C, de la Cruz X, Martinez-Balbas MA
Involvement of chromatin and histone deacetylation in SV40 T antigen transcription regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(6):1958-68. Epub 2007 Mar 6.
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Simian Virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen (T Ag) is a multifunctional viral oncoprotein that regulates viral and cellular transcriptional activity. However, the mechanisms by which such regulation occurs remain unclear. Here we show that T antigen represses CBP-mediated transcriptional activity. This repression is concomitant with histone H3 deacetylation and is TSA sensitive. Moreover, our results demonstrate that T antigen interacts with HDAC1 in vitro in an Rb-independent manner. In addition, the overexpression of HDAC1 cooperates with T antigen to antagonize CBP transactivation function and correlates with chromatin deacetylation of the TK promoter. Finally, decreasing HDAC1 levels with small interfering RNA (siRNA) partially abolishes T antigen-induced repression. These findings highlight the importance of the histone acetylation/deacetylation balance in the cellular transformation mediated by oncoviral proteins.