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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 1999, p. 2746-2753, Vol. 19, No. 4
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

New Insights into the Mechanism of Inhibition of p53 by Simian Virus 40 Large T Antigen

Hilary M. Sheppard, Siska I. Corneillie, Christine Espiritu, Andrea Gatti, and Xuan Liu*

Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521

Received 2 November 1998/Returned for modification 9 December 1998/Accepted 19 December 1998

Simian virus 40 (SV40) large tumor antigen (T antigen) has been shown to inhibit p53-dependent transcription by preventing p53 from binding to its cognate cis element. Data presented in this report provide the first direct functional evidence that T antigen, under certain conditions, may also repress p53-dependent transcription by a mechanism in which the transactivation domain of p53 is abrogated while DNA binding is unaffected. Specifically, p53 purified as a complex with T antigen from mouse cells was found to bind DNA as a transcriptionally inactive intact complex, while that purified from human cells was found to bind DNA independently of T antigen and could activate p53-dependent transcription. This difference in activity may be dependent on a different interaction of T antigen with mouse and human p53 and, in addition, on the presence of super T, which is found only in transformed rodent cells. These results suggest that subtle yet important differences exist between the inhibition of p53 by T antigen in mouse and human cells. The implications of this finding with respect to SV40-associated malignancies are discussed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521. Phone: (909) 787-4350. Fax: (909) 787-4434. E-mail: xuan.liu{at}ucr.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 1999, p. 2746-2753, Vol. 19, No. 4
0270-7306/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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