Accolla, Roberto S

Forlani, Greta

Orlandi, Chiara

Tosi, Giovanna

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MHC class II transactivator CIITA inhibits Tax-2-mediated HTLV-2 LTR transactivation and viral replication by binding to, and affecting Tax-2 intracellular localization

Chiara Orlandi

Greta Forlani

Giovanna Tosi

Roberto S Accolla

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MEETING ABSTRACT Open Access
MHC class II transactivator CIITA inhibits Tax-2-
mediated HTLV-2 LTR transactivation and viral
replication by binding to, and affecting Tax-2
intracellular localization
Chiara Orlandi, Greta Forlani, Giovanna Tosi, Roberto S Accolla*
From 15th International Conference on Human Retroviruses: HTLV and Related Viruses
Leuven and Gembloux, Belgium. 5-8 June 2011
CIITA, the MHC class II transactivator, inhibits the
transcriptional function of HTLV-2 (Human T cell Lym-
photropic Virus 2) Tax-2 viral transactivator and, conse-
quently, the replication of the virus in human target
cells. Here we demonstrate that CIITA and Tax-2 inter-
act in vivo and we identified at least two independent
regions, at the 1-252 N-term and at the 410-1130 C-
term, respectively, necessary for this interaction,
although only the N-term region mediates Tax-2 func-
tional inhibition. Intracellular localization experiments
in 293T cells demonstrate that CIITA and Tax-2, when
expressed alone, are present both in the cytoplasm and
in the nucleus; when co-expressed, however, Tax-2
mostly co-localize with CIITA in the cytoplasm and
around the nuclear membrane. The remaining nuclear
Tax-2, also co-localize with CIITA. Interestingly, when
CIITA nucleus-cytoplasm shuttling is blocked by lepto-
mycin B treatment, most of the Tax-2 molecules are
also blocked and co-localize with CIITA in the nucleus,
suggesting that direct CIITA-Tax-2 binding does not
preclude Tax-2 entry into the nucleus.
Finally, the nuclear factor NF-YB, a CIITA-binding
nuclear protein necessary for the MHC class II gene
promoter activation, whose overexpression inhibits Tax-
2-mediated HTLV-2 LTR transactivation, also strongly
binds to Tax-2 in absence of CIITA. Notably, although
endogenous NF-YB does not inhibit Tax-2-dependent
HTLV-2 LTR transactivation, it still binds to Tax-2, and
in presence of CIITA, this binding seems to increase.
Taken together these results strongly suggest that that
CIITA could inhibit Tax-2 by binding the viral transac-
tivator both directly in the cytoplasm or through a tri-
partite interaction with NF-YB in the nucleus.
Published: 6 June 2011
doi:10.1186/1742-4690-8-S1-A172
Cite this article as: Orlandi et al.: MHC class II transactivator CIITA
inhibits Tax-2-mediated HTLV-2 LTR transactivation and viral replication
by binding to, and affecting Tax-2 intracellular localization. Retrovirology
2011 8(Suppl 1):A172.
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* Correspondence: roberto.accolla@yahoo.it
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, 21100,
Italy
Orlandi et al. Retrovirology 2011, 8(Suppl 1):A172
http://www.retrovirology.com/content/8/S1/A172
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