MAP kinase activation increases BK polyomavirus replication and facilitates viral propagation in vitro

Mark E. Seamone, Wenjie Wang, Philip Acott, Paul L. Beck, Lee Anne Tibbles, Daniel A. Muruve

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Abstract

BK polyomavirus causes disease in immunosuppressed patients. BK virus replication was augmented in HEL-299 cells cultured in conditions that activated the MAP kinase, ERK1/2. To determine if MAP kinase activation increased BK virus replication, cells were treated with serum and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Serum and PMA stimulated large T-antigen expression and increased BK virus DNA replication. The effects of serum/PMA were directly related to MAP kinase signal activation since viral replication was reduced by the MEK1/2 inhibitor U0126. PMA also increased cyclin D1 expression and inhibition of cyclin D1/CDK4 complex and the cell cycle reduced BK virus infection. The PMA effect occurred independent of direct transcriptional activation of the viral NCCR. In HEL-299 cells, virus infection in high serum and PMA accelerated viral replication that resulted, within 7 days, in the production of high titer infectious BK virus. These results show that MAP kinase signal activation increases BK virus replication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-29
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Virological Methods
Volume170
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Supported by operating grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and infrastructure grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation . D.A.M. holds a Tier II Canada Research Chair. D.A.M. and P.L.B are recipients of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Clinical Senior Scholar Awards.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Virology

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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