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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Regulation of microtubule dynamics through phosphorylation on stathmin by Epstein-Barr virus kinase BGLF4.

Po-Wen Chen, Sue-Jane Lin, Shu-Chun Tsai, Jiun-Han Lin, Mei-Ru Chen, Jiin-Tarng Wang, Chung-Pei Lee, Ching-Hwa Tsai

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Po-Wen ChenGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Sue-Jane LinResearch Center for Emerging Viral Infections and Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan.
Shu-Chun TsaiGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Jiun-Han LinGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Mei-Ru ChenGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Jiin-Tarng WangGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Chung-Pei LeeGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan.
Ching-Hwa TsaiGraduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan. Electronic address: chtsai@ntu.edu.tw.
National Taiwan University · TWChang Gung University · TW

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Abstract

Stathmin is an important microtubule (MT)-destabilizing protein, and its activity is differently attenuated by phosphorylation at one or more of its four phosphorylatable serine residues (Ser-16, Ser-25, Ser-38, and Ser-63). This phosphorylation of stathmin plays important roles in mitotic spindle formation. We observed increasing levels of phosphorylated stathmin in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-harboring lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell lines during the EBV lytic cycle. These suggest that EBV lytic products may be involved in the regulation of stathmin phosphorylation. BGLF4 is an EBV-encoded kinase and has similar kinase activity to cdc2, an important kinase that phosphorylates serine residues 25 and 38 of stathmin during mitosis. Using an siRNA approach, we demonstrated that BGLF4 contributes to the phosphorylation of stathmin in EBV-harboring NPC. Moreover, we confirmed that BGLF4 interacts with and phosphorylates stathmin using an in vitro kinase assay and an in vivo two-dimensional electrophoresis assay. Interestingly, unlike cdc2, BGLF4 was shown to phosphorylate non-proline directed serine residues of stathmin (Ser-16) and it mediated phosphorylation of stathmin predominantly at serines 16, 25, and 38, indicating that BGLF4 can down-regulate the activity of stathmin. Finally, we demonstrated that the pattern of MT organization was changed in BGLF4-expressing cells, possibly through phosphorylation of stathmin. In conclusion, we have shown that a viral Ser/Thr kinase can directly modulate the activity of stathmin and this contributes to alteration of cellular MT dynamics and then may modulate the associated cellular processes.

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Cell Line, TumorDown-RegulationElectrophoresis, Gel, Two-DimensionalFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHeLa CellsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMicrotubulesMitosisPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSerineStathminTransfectionViral ProteinsBGLF4 protein, Epstein-Barr virusProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSerineStathminViral Proteins

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