PMID- 9168886 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970619 LR - 20211203 IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 231 IP - 2 DP - 1997 May 12 TI - Inhibition of cellular Cdk2 activity blocks human cytomegalovirus replication. PG - 239-47 AB - Human cytomegalovirus is a herpesvirus that induces numerous cellular processes upon infection. Among these are activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2, which regulates cell cycle progression in G1 and S phase. We report here that inhibition of cellular Cdk2 activity blocks HCMV replication. Inhibition of Cdk2 activity by roscovitine inhibits HCMV DNA synthesis, production of infectious progeny, and late antigen expression in infected cells in a dose-dependent manner. HCMV replication is also inhibited by the expression of a Cdk2 dominant negative mutant, whereas expression of wild-type Cdk2 has no effect on viral replication. These data indicate that activation of cellular Cdk2 is necessary for HCMV replication. FAU - Bresnahan, W A AU - Bresnahan WA AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550, USA. FAU - Boldogh, I AU - Boldogh I FAU - Chi, P AU - Chi P FAU - Thompson, E A AU - Thompson EA FAU - Albrecht, T AU - Albrecht T LA - eng GR - AG10514/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - CA24347/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DE11389/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - etc. PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (Cyclins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Purines) RN - 0ES1C2KQ94 (Roscovitine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2-CDC28 Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) SB - IM MH - Antigens, Viral/biosynthesis MH - *CDC2-CDC28 Kinases MH - Cell Line MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Cyclins/metabolism MH - Cytomegalovirus/*growth & development MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect MH - Humans MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Purines/pharmacology MH - Roscovitine MH - Virus Replication/*drug effects EDAT- 1997/05/12 00:00 MHDA- 1997/05/12 00:01 CRDT- 1997/05/12 00:00 PHST- 1997/05/12 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/05/12 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/05/12 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0042-6822(97)98489-0 [pii] AID - 10.1006/viro.1997.8489 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 1997 May 12;231(2):239-47. doi: 10.1006/viro.1997.8489.