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Genome-wide expression changes induced by HTLV-1 Tax: evidence for MLK-3 mixed lineage kinase involvement in Tax-mediated NF-κB activation

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The Tax protein of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), an oncoprotein that transactivates viral and cellular genes, plays a key role in HTLV-1 replication and pathogenesis. We used cDNA microarrays to examine Tax-mediated transcriptional changes in the human Jurkat T-cell lines JPX-9 and JPX-M which express Tax and Tax-mutant protein, respectively, under the control of an inducible promoter. Approximately 300 of the over 2000 genes examined were differentially expressed in the presence of Tax. These genes were grouped according to their function and are discussed in the context of existing findings in the literature. There was strong agreement between our results and genes previously reported as being Tax-responsive. Genes that were differentially expressed in the presence of Tax included those related to apoptosis, the cell cycle and DNA repair, signaling factors, immune modulators, cytokines and growth factors, and adhesion molecules. Functionally, we provide evidence that one of these genes, the mixed-lineage kinase MLK-3, is involved in Tax-mediated NF-κB signaling. Our current results provide additional insights into Tax-mediated signaling.

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We would like to thank Dr Yasuhiro Suzuki for helpful discussions. We thank Dr Karen Kibler for constructing the HTLV-1 luciferase reporter. This work was supported in part by the NIH Intramural AIDS Targeted Antiviral Program and by an Intramural Research Award from the Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute.

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Ng, P., Iha, H., Iwanaga, Y. et al. Genome-wide expression changes induced by HTLV-1 Tax: evidence for MLK-3 mixed lineage kinase involvement in Tax-mediated NF-κB activation. Oncogene 20, 4484–4496 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1204513

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