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Volume 271, Number 47, Issue of November 22, 1996 pp. 30249-30255
©1996 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Tumor Necrosis Factor  Induces the Adenovirus Early 3 Promoter by Activation of NF-B

(Received for publication, June 13, 1996, and in revised form, September 10, 1996)

From the Hans-Spemann-Laboratorium, Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Stübeweg 51, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany

The early transcription unit 3 (E3) of human adenoviruses encodes proteins which appear to subvert host defense mechanisms. For example, the E3/19K protein inhibits the transport of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules to the cell surface and thereby prevents cell lysis by cytotoxic T cells. Tumor necrosis factor  (TNF) stimulates expression of MHC molecules on the cell surface of normal cells but not of E3⁺ cells, rather, a further reduction of MHC expression is evident. This was attributed to the increased expression of E3/19K upon TNF treatment, an effect also observed for other E3 proteins. We investigated the mechanism of the TNF-mediated up-regulation of E3 products. We show that TNF stimulates expression of a luciferase reporter gene driven by the E3 promoter. Mutation of individual transcription factor binding sites within the E3 promoter reveals the importance of the NF-B binding site 2 for TNF inducibility. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays using antibodies directed against various members of the NF-B family demonstrate that stimulation by TNF is mediated by the p50-p65 NF-B complex. TNF inducibility does not depend on coexpression of E1A and can be observed during infection. Interestingly, the E3 promoter seems to be the only early promoter responsive to TNF and the only adenovirus promoter containing an NF-B site. The implications of this regulatory mechanism for the adenovirus life cycle and its pathogenesis are discussed.

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