Human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infectivity and cellular transformation.
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Abstract
It has been 30 years since a 'new' leukaemia termed adult T-cell leukaemia (ATL) was described in Japan, and more than 25 years since the isolation of the retrovirus, human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1), that causes this disease. We discuss HTLV-1 infectivity and how the HTLV-1 Tax oncoprotein initiates transformation by creating a cellular environment favouring aneuploidy and clastogenic DNA damage. We also explore the contribution of a newly discovered protein and RNA on the HTLV-1 minus strand, HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper factor (HBZ), to the maintenance of virus-induced leukaemia.
Medical subject headings
- Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cell Transformation, Viral
- Gene Products, tax
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell