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- Title
Oncogenic activation of a human cyclin A2 targeted to the endoplasmic reticulum upon Hepatitis B virus genome insertion.
- Authors
Berasain, Carmen; Patil, Deva; Perara, Eve; Huang, Shih-Min; Mouly, Hélène; Bréchot, Christian
- Abstract
Cyclins are major cell cycle regulators which role in malignant transformation remains controversial. In this report we describe a new mechanism of cyclin oncogenic activation. We demonstrate that an altered form of cyclin A2 (S2A) which N-terminal part is replaced by the hepatitis B virus envelope protein transforms normal rat kidney cells and cooperates with ras to transform rat embryo fibroblasts. In contrast, neither the viral moiety, nor a full length or N-terminally deleted cyclin A2 show these oncogenic properties. S2A oncogenicity arises from its binding to cyclin dependent kinases, since mutation in the MRAIL sequence abolishes transformation and correlates with an abnormal cellular localization in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Together, these results implicate modification in the cellular distribution of a cell cycle regulator as a mechanism of virally-induced transformation.
- Subjects
CYCLINS; CELL cycle; ONCOGENES; HEPATITIS B virus; ENDOPLASMIC reticulum
- Publication
Oncogene, 1998, Vol 16, Issue 10, p1277
- ISSN
0950-9232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.onc.1201893