Activation of NF-κB by the Latent vFLIP Gene of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Is Required for the Spindle Shape of Virus-Infected Endothelial Cells and Contributes to Their Proinflammatory Phenotype
- 15 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Virology
- Vol. 80 (14) , 7179-7185
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.01603-05
Abstract
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is an inflammatory angioproliferative lesion induced by the infection of endothelial cells with the KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). Infected endothelial cells assume an elongated (spindle) shape that is one of the histologic signatures of KS. In vitro, latent viral infection of primary endothelial cells (but no other cell type) strikingly recapitulates these morphological findings. Here we report that the spindling phenotype involves major rearrangement of the actin cytoskeleton and can be attributed to the expression of a single viral protein, vFLIP, a known activator of NF-kappaB. Consistent with this, the inhibition of NF-kappaB activation blocks vFLIP-induced spindling in cultured endothelial cells. vFLIP expression in spindle cells also induces the production of a variety of proinflammatory cytokines and cell surface adhesion proteins that likely contribute to the inflammatory component of KS lesions.Keywords
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