Biomedical subjects

M L Privalsky

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PubMed1984

The membrane glycoprotein encoded by the retroviral oncogene v-erb-B is structurally related to tyrosine-specific protein kinases.

Avian erythroblastosis virus can transform both fibroblasts and erythroid cells to neoplastic growth. A locus within the virus genome, v-erb B, encodes a membrane glycoprotein essential for the oncogenic properties of the virus. No biochemical function has until now been attributed to the v-erb B protein. We report here that the v-erb B glycoprotein shares strong structural homologies with the tyrosine-specific protein kinases encoded by certain retroviral oncogenes. The patterns of amino acid conservation between the tyrosine-specific protein kinases and the v-erb B protein, and between the v-erb B protein and the catalytic subunit of bovine protein kinase, suggest a possible functional as well as structural relatedness.

Alpharetrovirus↗

PubMed1983

Site-specific mutagenesis of avian erythroblastosis virus: erb-B is required for oncogenicity.

Avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV) induces both erythroblastosis and fibrosarcomas in susceptible birds. Two domains within its replication-defective genome, erb-A and erb-B, have been implicated in AEV-mediated oncogenesis. An efficient transfection system for generating infectious, transforming virus from molecular clones of AEV and RAV-1 (helper virus) was combined with the techniques of site-specific mutagenesis to investigate the contribution of erb-B to the two forms of oncogenesis induced by AEV. Deletion and frameshift mutations were constructed in the erb-B locus of cloned AEV DNA in vitro. Infectious retroviruses harboring these mutations were recovered and their ability to transform fibroblasts in vitro or induce erythroleukemia in vivo was assessed. The presence of mutant viral genomes in chick embryo fibroblasts or erythroblasts of infected birds was confirmed by suitable biochemical analyses. Expression of viral genes in cells infected with AEV mutants was examined by immunoprecipitation with antisera to erb-A and erb-B proteins. It was found that the product of erb-B is necessary for transformation of fibroblasts and induction of erythroblastosis by AEV, although a small portion of this protein at the carboxy terminus is dispensable.

Alpharetrovirus↗

PubMed1983

The product of the avian erythroblastosis virus erbB locus is a glycoprotein.

Avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV) induces both erythroblastosis and fibrosarcomas in susceptible birds. A locus, v-erbB, within the viral genome has been implicated in AEV-mediated oncogenesis. We report here the detection and partial characterization of the protein product of the v-erbB oncogene in AEV-transformed cells. We obtained the antisera necessary for our analysis by expressing a portion of the molecularly cloned v-erbB locus in Escherichia coli and immunizing rabbits with the resulting bacterial erbB polypeptide. Antisera directed against the bacterial polypeptide reacted with v-erbB proteins obtained from virus-infected avian cells. By three criteria--tunicamycin inhibition, lectin binding and metabolic labeling with radioactive sugar precursors--the product of the v-erbB gene appears to be a glycoprotein.

Alpharetrovirus↗

PubMed1982

Proteins specified by avian erythroblastosis virus: coding region localization and identification of a previously undetected erb-B polypeptide.

Avian erythroblastosis virus (AEV) induces erythroblastosis and sarcomas in chickens. Two domains within the viral genome, erb-A and erb-B, have been implicated in AEV-mediated oncogenesis. By use of hybridization-arrested translations and hybridization-selections of mRNA, we have mapped on the viral genome the polypeptides specified by the erb domains. The results of hybridization-arrest with DNA representing the spliced 5' leader region of the AEV mRNA suggested that the authentic product of the erb-B domain was a 61,000 molecular weight protein, not a 41,000 molecular weight polypeptide previously identified.

Alpharetrovirus↗

PubMed1981

The structure and synthesis of influenza virus phosphoproteins.

The synthesis and phosphorylation of influenza virus nucleoprotein and nonstructural protein were analyzed. The nucleoprotein (NP) was found to be phosphorylated in both infected cells and in isolated virions. The phosphate is in a monoester linkage to a serine residue. Two-dimensional tryptic peptide maps of the 32P-labeled protein, as well as measurements of specific activity, suggests that NP is phosphorylated at one site per molecule. The viral nonstructural (NS 1) protein is also phosphorylated, but on threonine residues. Up to a maximum of two sites per NS 1 molecule could be so modified in infected cells, as demonstrated by two different methods of tryptic peptide analysis and by measurements of the ratio of 32P to 3H-amino-acids incorporated into NS 1 protein species. The NS 1 protein is resolved into four major species of differing isoelectric point in a two-dimensional electrophoretogram. The most acidic species was found to have two phosphorylated sites per molecule, and the next most acidic species contained on the average one phosphate per molecule. Treatment of the phosphorylated species with bacterial alkaline phosphatase demonstrated that the level of phosphorylation is the only identifiable difference between the phosphorylated and unphosphorylated NS 1 species. The distinction between the two unphosphorylated species could not be determined. The distribution of the un-, mono-, and diphosphorylated NS 1 species was characterized at different times after synthesis. These modifications were found to occur very rapidly after translation (30 to 60 s), after transport of the unmodified species from cytoplasm to nucleus of the infected cell. The phosphorylation of NP also takes place rapidly after its synthesis; the site within the cell of the NP phosphorylation has not been unambiguously determined.

Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel↗

PubMed1978

Influenza virus proteins: identity, synthesis, and modification analyzed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

A modification of the two-dimensional protein electrophoresis system of O'Farrell was used to resolve influenza A virus proteins from each other and from host proteins in infected cells. Viral protein spots corresponding to the hemagglutinin proteins, neuraminidase, nucleocapsid protein, and nonstructural protein, were identified on the two-dimensional electrophoretogram. Use of the two-dimensional separation has allowed us to identify glycoprotein heterogeneity, to demonstrate directly the synthesis of neuraminidase, to analyze some viral proteins early after infection, and to demonstrate that the influenza virus NP and NS proteins are phosphorylated in infected MDCK cells.

Cells, Cultured↗

PubMed1977

Phosphorylated protein component present in influenza virions.

The nucleoprotein of the WSN strain of influenza was found to be phosphorylated in vitro. The phosphate-protein bond was stable to hot trichloroacetic acid, RNase, DNase, succinic acid, and succinic acid-hydroxylamine, but sensitive to hydrolysis by bacterial alkaline phosphatase. This suggested that the nucleoprotein is in the form of a phosphomonoester. Acid hydrolysis of the isolated nucleoprotein followed by thin-layer electrophoresis identified the phosphorylated amino acid residue as phosphoserine.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗