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R Henning

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PubMed1985

Functional implications of oligomerization of simian virus 40 large T antigen during lytic virus infection.

The formation of oligomers of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen in SV40-infected and -transformed monkey cells was analyzed by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The overall distribution of total T antigen during lytic infection showed mainly low-molecular-weight forms (monomers and dimers) in the early phase (10 h postinfection) and an increase in the number of oligomers in the late phase of the lytic cycle (36 h postinfection), indicating an accumulation of these final products. In contrast, studying the conversion of newly synthesized T antigen into oligomers by appropriate pulse-chase radiolabeling of infected cells revealed that this processing decelerates considerably during the late phase of infection. This mechanism can be reaccelerated by blocking DNA replication with aphidicolin. Since none of these results could be obtained by using synchronized SV40-transformed monkey cells (COS-1), these observations are compatible with the idea that the process of T antigen oligomerization may be involved in viral, but not in cellular, DNA synthesis.

Antigens, Viral, Tumor↗
PubMed1984

Cell surface binding simian virus 40 large T antigen becomes anchored and stably linked to lipid of the target cells.

Previously a new small subclass of SV40 large T antigen with a high-binding affinity to living target cells was characterized (J. Lange-Mutschler and R. Henning, 1983, Virology 127, 333-344.) In the present study the external binding process, particularly the tight linkage of T antigen to lipid of the target cells, was analyzed. Extraction of SV40-transformed target cells (SV80) first by sonification yielded approx 80% of [35S]methionine-labeled T antigen (mechanical extract). A further 20% was obtained by treatment of cellular debris with hydroxylamine (hydroxylamine extract). As shown by an 125I-protein A radioimmunoassay, hydroxylamine extracts contained significantly higher amounts of cell surface binding T antigen. Correspondingly, after incubating [3H]palmitic acid-prelabeled target cells (HeLa) with unlabeled extracts, predominantly T antigen from hydroxylamine extracts became 3H labeled by the target cells, dependent on metabolic or enzymatic conditions. 3H-labeled T antigen became unlabeled after treatment with hydroxylamine indicating a covalent ester linkage between cell surface-bound T antigen and lipid of the target cells. The cell surface localization of in vitro acylated T antigen was demonstrated by mild trypsin digestion of living target cells. These results strongly support the idea about a novel mechanism by which a minor subclass of T antigen after being bound to the cell surface becomes covalently linked to lipid of the living cell.

Antigens, Polyomavirus Transforming↗
PubMed1984

Potassium sparing by amiloride during thiazide therapy in hypertension.

Several studies have shown that 5 mg amiloride can counteract the hypokalemic effect of 50 mg hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). In a double-blind study of 30 subjects with mild to moderate primary hypertension, we determined whether this effect could be obtained with half the dose of amiloride (2.5 mg) in combination with 25 mg HCTZ. The effect of twice the dosage was evaluated in subjects with unsatisfactory blood pressure (BP) on the lower dose. Both 25 mg HCTZ/amiloride 2.5 mg and 25 mg HCTZ alone lowered BP. In subjects with untreated diastolic BP between 110 and 115 mm Hg, these doses were inadequate; twice the dose resulted in a greater reduction in BP. Irrespective of dosage, a potassium-sparing effect resulted from the combination of HCTZ and amiloride, with a reduction in serum potassium levels from HCTZ alone as well.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

Oligomerization of simian virus 40 large T antigen is not necessarily repressed by temperature-sensitive A gene lesions.

Simian virus 40 large T antigen is a multifunctional protein which exists in different molecular weight forms. According to several reports, T antigen encoded by temperature-sensitive simian virus 40 A locus mutants (tsA) is unable to oligomerize into high-molecular-weight species. To try to correlate structural and functional properties, we selected tsA58 and tsA1499, both of which are heat sensitive for lytic growth, but only tsA58 is heat sensitive for transformation. Here we report that at permissive and nonpermissive temperatures, T antigen from tsA1499-infected monkey cells retained the ability to oligomerize, whereas reported previously, tsA58 T antigen failed to oligomerize at the nonpermissive temperature. Furthermore, we studied the formation of complexes between T antigen and the cellular p53 protein (T-p53) late in infection. Corresponding to its heat-stable oligomerization properties, T antigen encoded by tsA1499 formed T-p53 complexes regardless of temperature. In contrast, tsA58 encoded T-p53 complexes, preformed at the permissive temperature, remained heat stable after shifting up to the nonpermissive temperature; but at this temperature no new T-p53 complexes arose. The mutants did not replicate viral DNA at the nonpermissive temperature, suggesting that neither the oligomerization of T antigen nor the formation of T-p53 complexes seems to be sufficient for viral DNA replication or for the expression of late viral proteins.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

Synthesis of a highly active angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor: 2-[N-[(S)-1-ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropyl]-L-alanyl]-(1S,3S,5S)-2- azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3-carboxylic acid (Hoe 498).

The convergent, diastereoselective synthesis of 2-[N-[(S)-1-ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropyl]-L-alanyl]-(1S,3S,5S)-2- azabicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3-carboxylic acid (Hoe acid (Hoe 498), a new ACE-inhibitor with improved bioavailability and pharmacokinetics, is described.

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors↗
PubMed1983

A subclass of simian virus 40 T antigen with a high cell surface binding affinity.

SV40 virus-infected and -transformed cells express large T antigen on the cell surface (surface T). In the present study the cell surface binding properties of T antigen extracted from SV40-transformed cells were investigated. Only small amounts of T antigen with tight cell surface binding properties were efficiently removable by absorption on living cells from the majority of T antigen detectable in cell extracts. As shown in immunofluorescence microscopy both native surface T and experimentally in vitro cell surface bound T antigen were stained in similar microcluster patterns. Comparative SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis indicated that T antigen extracted from SV40-transformed cells and in vitro cell surface bound T antigen had the same apparent molecular weight of approximately 90,000 da. A quantitative 125I-protein A binding assay using antisera directed against purified T antigen demonstrated that a metal-ion chelating agent (EDTA) or hypertonic salt solutions were unable to remove surface T or in vitro cell surface bound T antigen from living cells. In contrast, both antigens could be solubilized by detergents. Moreover, both types of cell surface associated T antigens seemed to be metabolically stable. Altogether, one can postulate a minor subclass of T antigen with a tight binding affinity to the cell surface of living cells. According to these properties this experimentally membrane bound subclass, as well as native surface T, seem to belong to the class of integral rather than peripheral membrane proteins.

Animals↗
PubMed1983

Disaggregation and reconstitution of oligomeric complexes of simian virus 40 large T-antigen.

Biochemical properties of multiple species of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T-antigen produced in SV40-infected monkey cells were investigated by zonal sedimentation centrifugation of radiolabelled cell extracts on sucrose gradients. Two major subpopulations of T-antigen detected by immunoprecipitation and gel electrophoresis could be distinctly separated: low molecular weight forms ranging approximately between 5S and 10S and higher oligomeric forms at about 16S to 23S. Removal of divalent cations by chelating agents such as EDTA disassembled higher oligomers into low molecular weight forms (5S to 10S). Adding divalent cations in excess of the EDTA concentration reassembled the higher oligomeric forms, showing a sedimentation behaviour like T-antigen in untreated cell extracts. Our results are compatible with the hypothesis that divalent cation binding properties of T-antigen participate in the natural pathway of assembling multiple oligomeric species.

Antigens, Viral↗
PubMed1983

Self-assembly of simian virus 40 large T antigen oligomers by divalent cations.

In simian virus 40-transformed cells, simian virus 40 large T antigen can be detected in different forms separable by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. In our experiments, light forms sedimented around 5 to 7S, oligomers such as tetramers were detected around 16S, and higher aggregates sedimented in a broad distribution reaching above 23S. The oligomers sedimenting at and above 16S could be disassembled into the slowly sedimenting 5 to 7S forms by chelating agents [EDTA or ethylene bis(oxonitrilo)tetraacetate]. After the addition of divalent cations (CaCl2 or MgCl2) in excess of chelating agents, oligomeric forms reassembled and appeared in a sedimentation pattern resembling that observed before treatment with chelating agents. Time course studies permitted the identification of the 5 to 7S forms as precursors upon pulse-labeling (15 min); the 16S and higher oligomers were identified as the successors after a 14-h chase. Treatment of extracts of pulse-chase-labeled cells with chelating agents again disassembled the oligomers, whereas pulse-labeled precursors did not change their 5 to 7S sedimentation pattern. Adding an excess of divalent cations reassembled the pulse-chase-labeled T antigen to oligomers but did not influence the sedimentation behavior of pulse-labeled 5 to 7S precursors. It is therefore reasonable to assume that a posttranslational modulation induces divalent cation binding, leading finally to the oligomerization of T antigen. Thus, some of the multifunctional activities of T antigen can be dictated by divalent cation binding properties.

Antigens, Viral↗
PubMed1982

The binding of simian virus 40 large T antigen to the polyphosphate backbone of nucleic acids.

Simian virus 40 (SV40) large tumor antigen (T antigen), a phosphoprotein found in nuclei of SV40-infected and -transformed cells, binds nonspecifically to DNA. To study this mechanism the binding properties of T antigen to double-stranded (ds) and single-stranded (ss) DNA-cellulose as well as to phosphocellulose were compared. After incubation of [35S] methionine or [3H] leucine/[32 P] phosphate radioactively-labeled cell extracts at different pH values (6.0, 7.3, 9.0) with DNA- or phosphocellulose, bound and unbound species of T antigen were purified and analyzed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for both the yield and the possible correlation with protein phosphorylation. T antigens bound with comparable affinities to ds- and ss-DNA-cellulose and phosphocellulose. These results suggest the binding of T antigen to the polyphosphate backbone of DNA as a molecular mechanism for its nonspecific binding. The evidence for this observation was supported by blocking the binding of T antigen to DNA-cellulose by divalent cations (Ca2+, Mg2+). 3H/32P ratios of T antigen obtained by double-labeling cells for various times imply that higher phosphorylated forms of T antigen bound more strongly to ds- and ss-DNA as well as to phosphocellulose. Thus, in the presence of cellular proteins and other components the binding activity of T antigen to the polyphosphate backbone of DNA seems to be positively correlated with its phosphorylation. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that the binding affinities of SV40 T antigen to host cell DNA may be regulated by its phosphorylation.

Antigens, Viral↗
PubMed1981

Detection of simian virus 40 T-antigen-related antigens by a 125I-protein A-binding assay and by immunofluorescence microscopy on the surface of SV40-transformed monolayer cells.

Simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed cells express the SV40-specific tumour transplantation antigen (TSTA) on the cell surface and the SV40-coded tumour antigen in their nuclei. TSTA is defined by SV40-specific transplantation immunity, whereas T-antigen (T-Ag) can be detected serologically by indirect immunofluorescence. Both antigens, however, are derived from the A gene of SV40. We therefore analysed SV40-transformed cells for the presence of serologically detectable T-Ag-related molecules. Such antigens could not be detected on the surface of living SV40-transformed cells in monolayers. However, after a short formaldehyde fixation it was possible to stain the cell surfaces of SV40-transformed cells with sera from rabbits immunized with purified SDS-denatured T-Ag, but not with sera from hamsters bearing SV40-induced tumours. T-Ag-related antigens could be detected with both types of antisera by applying a more sensitive 125I-protein A assay. The T-Ag specificity of the binding of hamster SV40 tumour sera was demonstrated be a 125I-IgG-blocking assay in which preincubation of formaldehyde-fixed SV40-transformed cells with rabbiet anti-SDS-T-Ag serum inhibited the binding of hamster SV40 tumour serum by about 70%. The localization of T-Ag-related antigens on the outside of plasma membranes of formaldehyde-fixed cells was shown by an anti-SDS-T-Ag serum-specific binding of fluorescein isothiocyanate-labelled Staphylococcus aureus to the cell surface. Out results are consistent with the hypothesis that SV40 T-Ag-related antigens are involved in the formation of TSTA.

Animals↗