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A strong negative transcriptional regulatory region between the human cytomegalovirus UL127 gene and the major immediate-early enhancer.

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:The region of the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) genome between the UL127 open reading frame and the major immediate-early (MIE) enhancer is referred to as the unique region. DNase I protection analysis with human cell nuclear extracts demonstrated multiple protein binding sites in this region of the viral genome (P. Ghazal, H. Lubon, C. Reynolds-Kohler, L. Hennighausen, and J. A. Nelson, Virology 174:18-25, 1990). However, the function of this region in the context of the viral genome is not known. In wild-type human CMV-infected human fibroblasts, cells permissive for viral replication, there is little to no transcription from UL127. We determined that the unique region prevented transcription from the UL127 promoter but had no effect on the divergent MIE promoter. In transient-transfection assays, the basal level of expression from the UL127 promoter increased significantly when the wild-type unique sequences were mutated. In recombinant viruses with similar mutations in the unique region, expression from the UL127 promoter occurred only after de novo viral protein synthesis, typical of an early viral promoter. A 111-bp deletion-substitution of the unique sequence caused approximately a 20-fold increase in the steady-state level of RNA from the UL127 promoter and a 245-fold increase in the expression of a downstream indicator gene. This viral negative regulatory region was also mutated at approximately 50-bp regions proximal and distal to the UL127 promoter. Although some repressive effects were detected in the distal region, mutations of the region proximal to the UL127 promoter had the most significant effects on transcription. Within the proximal and distal regions, there are potential cis sites for known eucaryotic transcriptional repressor proteins. This region may also bind unknown viral proteins. We propose that the unique region upstream of the UL127 promoter and the MIE enhancer negatively regulates the expression from the UL127 promoter in permissive human fibroblast cells. This region may be a regulatory boundary preventing the effects of the very strong MIE enhancer on this promoter.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Lundquist CA,Meier JL,Stinski MF

doi

10.1128/JVI.73.11.9039-9052.1999

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-11-01 00:00:00

pages

9039-52

issue

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

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A strong negative transcriptional regulatory region between the human cytomegalovirus UL127 gene and the major immediate-early enhancer.