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In vivo potential effects of adenovirus type 5 E1A and E1B on lung carcinogenesis and lymphoproliferative inflammation

  1. Author:
    Yang, Y. P.
    McKerlie, C.
    Lu, Z.
    Wang, L.
    Buchwald, M.

  2. Author Address

    Yang, Yongping, Lu, Zhan, Buchwald, Manuel] Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Genet & Genom Biolog Programs, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada. [McKerlie, Colin] Univ Toronto, Canc Biol Program, Sunnybrook & Womens Coll Hlth Sci Ctr, Toronto, ON, Canada. [McKerlie, Colin] Univ Toronto, Dept Immunol, Toronto, ON, Canada. [McKerlie, Colin] Univ Toronto, Dept Pathobiol, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Buchwald, Manuel] Univ Toronto, Dept Mol & Med Genet, Toronto, ON, Canada.
    1. Year: 2008
  2. Journal: Journal of Virology
    1. 82
    2. 16
    3. Pages: 8105-8111
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Triggering uncontrolled cellular proliferation, chronic inflammation, and/or disruption of p53 activity is critical for tumorigenesis initiated by latent viral oncogenes. The adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) early genes E1A and E1B can maintain lifelong latency in the lungs of patients with chronic pulmonary diseases. To determine the in vivo effects of the latent Ad5 E1A and E1B oncogenes, we have examined the influence of Ad5 E1A and E1B gene products on mouse lung carcinogenesis and inflammation by generation and characterization of lungspecific transgenic mouse models. Here, we show that either the Ad5 E1A 243-amino-acid (aa) protein or the E1B 58-kDa protein was dominantly expressed in the transgenic lung. Preferential expression of Ad5 E1A 243-aa protein alone was not sufficient to induce lung carcinogenesis but resulted in low-grade cellular proliferation and high-grade lymphoproliferative inflammation in the lung. The presence of Ad5 E1B dramatically enhanced the expression of the E1A 243-aa protein, in addition to impairing p53 and apoptosis response, resulting in uncontrolled cellular proliferation, lymphoproliferative inflammation, and metastatic carcinomas in the lung after a period of latency. Our studies may provide clues to understanding the potential in vivo biological effects of Ad5 E1A and E1B latent in the lung and a new scope for assessing in vivo functions of viral genes latent in the infection target tissue.

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