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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 281, Issue 38, 28113-28121, September 22, 2006

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Ets-1-dependent Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptors Is Activated by Latency-associated Nuclear Antigen of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus through Interaction with Daxx^*

Yuko Murakami, Satoshi Yamagoe¹, Kohji Noguchi, Yutaka Takebe, Naoko Takahashi, Yoshimasa Uehara, and Hidesuke Fukazawa

From the Department of Bioactive Molecules and Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162, Japan

Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors are highly expressed in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) lesion and play a key role in angiogenesis. Latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV/HHV8) has multiple functions related to viral latency and KSHV-induced oncogenesis. In this report, we have identified Daxx as a LANA-binding protein by co-immunoprecipitation analysis of HeLa cells stably expressing LANA. LANA associated with Daxx in a PEL cell line infected with KSHV. LANA and Daxx also bound in vitro, suggesting direct interaction. From the results of binding assays, a region containing the Glu/Asp-rich domain within LANA, and a central region including the second paired amphipathic helix within Daxx contributed to the interaction. To address the physiological significance of this interaction, we focused on a Daxx-mediated VEGF receptor gene regulation. We found that Daxx repressed Ets-1-dependent Flt-1/VEGF receptor-1 gene expression, and that LANA inhibited the repression by Daxx in a reporter assay. Analyses of flow cytometry and real-time PCR revealed that expression of VEGF receptor-1 and -2 in LANA-expressing human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) significantly increased. Co-immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting experiments suggested that LANA-bound Daxx to inhibit the interaction between Daxx and Ets-1. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that Daxx associated with VEGF receptor-1 promoter in HUVECs, and that LANA expression reduced this association. These results suggested that LANA contributes to a high expression of VEGF receptors in KS lesion by interfering with the interaction between Daxx and Ets-1.

Received for publication, March 3, 2006 , and in revised form, July 19, 2006.

^* This work was supported in part by a grant for Research on Health Sciences focusing on Drug Innovation from The Japan Human Sciences Foundation. The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Bioactive Molecules, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Toyama 1-23-1, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, 162–8640, Japan. Tel.: 81-3-5285-1111; Fax: 81-3-5285-1272; E-mail: syamagoe{at}nih.go.jp.

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