Kaposi's sarcoma-associated human herpesvirus-8 encodes homologues of macrophage inflammatory protei
Author: ["John Nicholas","Vivian R. Ruvolo","William H. Burns","Gordon Sandford","Xiaoyu Wan","Dolores Ciufo","Sara B. Hendrickson","Hong-Guang Guo","Gary S. Hayward","Marvin S. Reixz"]
Publication: Nature Medicine
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Abstract
Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) has been detected in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) lesions of all types (AIDS-related, classical and endemic), in body-cavity-based B-cell lymphomas (BCBLs) and in le-sions of multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD). We have identified a major gamma-herpesvirus-divergent locus (DL-B) in HHV-8 DNA encoding several HHV-8 unique open reading frames (ORFs), including a homologue of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and two homologues of macrophage inflammatory protein MIP-1. We show that the HHV-8-encoded IL-6 homologue (vlL-6) shares functional properties with endogenous IL-6 proteins and that both vlL-6 and vMIP-1 transcripts are present at high levels following butyrate induction of an HHV-8+ BCBL cell line. Low amounts of constitutive vlL-6, but not vMIP-1, mRNA were also detected. The presence of a functional IL-6 homologue encoded by HHV-8 may provide a mechanistic model for the hypothesized role of HHV-8 in KS, MCD and BCBL that involves the mitogenic effects of vlL-6 on surrounding cells. MIP-1 proteins may enhance these effects through the chemotactic recruitment of endogenous cy-tokine-producing cells into affected tissues and could potentially influence HIV disease progression in coinfected individuals through interactions with the HIV co-receptor CCR-5.
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Nicholas, J., Ruvolo, V., Burns, W. et al. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated human herpesvirus-8 encodes homologues of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 and interleukin-6. Nat Med 3, 287–292 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0397-287
