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ArticleOncotarget2017

HTLV-1 Tax upregulates early growth response protein 1 through nuclear factor-κB signaling.

Qingsong Huang, Zhiguo Niu, Jingxian Han, Xihong Liu, Zhuangwei Lv, Huanhuan Li, Lixiang Yuan, Xiangping Li, Shuming Sun, Hui Wang and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Qingsong Huang *School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Zhiguo Niu *Research Center for Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Jingxian HanThe 7th Hospital of Zhengzhou City, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Xihong LiuResearch Center for Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Zhuangwei LvThe Third Affiliated Hospital Of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Huanhuan LiResearch Center for Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Lixiang YuanResearch Center for Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Xiangping LiLuoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
Shuming SunSchool of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Hui WangResearch Center for Immunology, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China.
Xinxiang HuangSchool of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Xinxiang Medical University · CNJiangsu University · CNLuoyang Orthopedic-Traumatological Hospital of Henan Province · CNZhengzhou City Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a complex retrovirus that causes adult T cell leukemia (ATL) in susceptible individuals. The HTLV-1-encoded oncoprotein Tax induces persistent activation of the nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) pathway. Early growth response protein 1 (EGR1) is overexpressed in HTLV-1-infected T cell lines and ATL cells. Here, we showed that both Tax expression and HTLV-1 infection promoted EGR1 overexpression. Loss of the NF-κB binding site in the EGR1 promotor or inhibition of NF-κB activation reduced Tax-induced EGR1 upregulation. Tax mutants unable to activate NF-κB induced only slight EGR1 upregulation as compared with wild-type Tax, confirming NF-κB pathway involvement in EGR1 regulation. Tax also directly interacted with the EGR1 protein and increased endogenous EGR1 stability. Elevated EGR1 in turn promoted p65 nuclear translocation and increased NF-κB activation. These results demonstrate a positive feedback loop between EGR1 expression and NF-κB activation in HTLV-1-infected and Tax-expressing cells. Both NF-κB activation and Tax-induced EGR1 stability upregulated EGR1, which in turn enhanced constitutive NF-κB activation and facilitated ATL progression in HTLV-1-infected cells. These findings suggest EGR1 may be an effective anti-ATL therapeutic target.

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adult T cell leukemiaEGR1HTLV-1NF-κBTax

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PMID28881635
PMCPMC5584236
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