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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
HIV-1 Tat protein is an important pathogenic factor in HIV-1-associated neurological diseases. One hallmark of HIV-1 infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is astrocytosis, which is characterized by elevated glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in astrocytes. We have shown that Tat activates GFAP expression in astrocytes [Zhou et al., (2004) Mol Cell Neurosci 27:296-305] and that GFAP is an important regulator of Tat neurotoxicity [Zou et al., (2007) Am J Pathol 171:1293-1935]. However, the underlying mechanisms for Tat-mediated GFAP up-regulation are not understood. In this study, we reported concurrent up-regulation of adenovirus E1a-associated 300 kDa protein p300 and GFAP in Tat-expressing human astrocytoma cells and primary astrocytes. We showed that p300 was indeed induced by Tat expression and HIV-1 infection and that the induction occurred at the transcriptional level through the cis-acting elements of early growth response 1 (egr-1) within its promoter. Using siRNA, we further showed that p300 regulated both constitutive and Tat-mediated GFAP expression. Moreover, we showed that ectopic expression of p300 potentiated Tat transactivation activity and increased proliferation of HIV-1-infected astrocytes, but had little effect on HIV-1 replication in these cells. Taken together, these results demonstrate for the first time that Tat is a positive regulator of p300 expression, which in turn regulates GFAP expression, and suggest that the Tat-Egr-1-p300-GFAP axis likely contributes to Tat neurotoxicity and predisposes astrocytes to be an HIV-1 sanctuary in the CNS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/E1A-Associated p300 Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/EGR1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/EP300 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Early Growth Response Protein 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Green Fluorescent Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrazolium Salts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thymidine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tritium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta-Galactosidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tat Gene Products, Human..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/thiazolyl blue
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1098-1136
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1640-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-E1A-Associated p300 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Early Growth Response Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Tetrazolium Salts, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Thiazoles, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Thymidine, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Tritium, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-beta-Galactosidase, pubmed-meshheading:20578042-tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Involvement of p300 in constitutive and HIV-1 Tat-activated expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein in astrocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural