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Aiyer S, Rossi P, Malani N, Schneider WM, Chandar A, Bushman FD, Montelione GT, Roth MJ. Structural and sequencing analysis of local target DNA recognition by MLV integrase. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:5647-63. [PMID: 25969444 PMCID: PMC4477651 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Target-site selection by retroviral integrase (IN) proteins profoundly affects viral pathogenesis. We describe the solution nuclear magnetic resonance structure of the Moloney murine leukemia virus IN (M-MLV) C-terminal domain (CTD) and a structural homology model of the catalytic core domain (CCD). In solution, the isolated MLV IN CTD adopts an SH3 domain fold flanked by a C-terminal unstructured tail. We generated a concordant MLV IN CCD structural model using SWISS-MODEL, MMM-tree and I-TASSER. Using the X-ray crystal structure of the prototype foamy virus IN target capture complex together with our MLV domain structures, residues within the CCD α2 helical region and the CTD β1-β2 loop were predicted to bind target DNA. The role of these residues was analyzed in vivo through point mutants and motif interchanges. Viable viruses with substitutions at the IN CCD α2 helical region and the CTD β1-β2 loop were tested for effects on integration target site selection. Next-generation sequencing and analysis of integration target sequences indicate that the CCD α2 helical region, in particular P187, interacts with the sequences distal to the scissile bonds whereas the CTD β1-β2 loop binds to residues proximal to it. These findings validate our structural model and disclose IN-DNA interactions relevant to target site selection.
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- Sriram Aiyer
- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG), Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium (NESG), Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Henriquez DR, Zhao C, Zheng H, Arbildua JJ, Acevedo ML, Roth MJ, Leon O. Crosslinking and mass spectrometry suggest that the isolated NTD domain dimer of Moloney murine leukemia virus integrase adopts a parallel arrangement in solution. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2013; 13:14. [PMID: 23844665 PMCID: PMC3750625 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-13-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Background Retroviral integrases (INs) catalyze the integration of viral DNA in the chromosomal DNA of the infected cell. This reaction requires the multimerization of IN to coordinate a nucleophilic attack of the 3’ ends of viral DNA at two staggered phosphodiester bonds on the recipient DNA. Several models indicate that a tetramer of IN would be required for two-end concerted integration. Complementation assays have shown that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of integrase is essential for concerted integration, contributing to the formation of a multimer through protein-protein interaction. The isolated NTD of Mo-MLV integrase behave as a dimer in solution however the structure of the dimer in solution is not known. Results In this work, crosslinking and mass spectrometry were used to identify regions involved in the dimerization of the isolated Mo-MLV NTD. The distances between the crosslinked lysines within the monomer are in agreement with the structure of the NTD monomer found in 3NNQ. The intermolecular crosslinked peptides corresponding to Lys 20-Lys 31, Lys 24-Lys 24 and Lys 68-Lys 88 were identified. The 3D coordinates of 3NNQ were used to derive a theoretical structure of the NTD dimer with the suite 3D-Dock, based on shape and electrostatics complementarity, and filtered with the distance restraints determined in the crosslinking experiments. Conclusions The crosslinking results are consistent with the monomeric structure of NTD in 3NNQ, but for the dimer, in our model both polypeptides are oriented in parallel with each other and the contacting areas between the monomers would involve the interactions between helices 1 and helices 3 and 4.
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- Daniel R Henriquez
- Programa de Virologia ICBM, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, Santiago, Chile
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Integrase (IN) is a clinically validated target for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infections and raltegravir exhibits remarkable clinical activity. The next most advanced IN inhibitor is elvitegravir. However, mutant viruses lead to treatment failure and mutations within the IN coding sequence appear to confer cross-resistance. The characterization of those mutations is critical for the development of second generation IN inhibitors to overcome resistance. This review focuses on IN resistance based on structural and biochemical data, and on the role of the IN flexible loop i.e., between residues G140-G149 in drug action and resistance.
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- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-301-496-5944; Fax: +1-301-402-0752
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Charmetant J, Moreau K, Gallay K, Ballandras A, Gouet P, Ronfort C. Functional analyses of mutants of the central core domain of an Avian Sarcoma/Leukemia Virus integrase. Virology 2011; 421:42-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2011.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 09/08/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Métifiot M, Maddali K, Naumova A, Zhang X, Marchand C, Pommier Y. Biochemical and pharmacological analyses of HIV-1 integrase flexible loop mutants resistant to raltegravir. Biochemistry 2010; 49:3715-22. [PMID: 20334344 DOI: 10.1021/bi100130f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Resistance to raltegravir (RAL), the first HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibitor approved by the FDA, involves three genetic pathways: IN mutations N155H, Q148H/R/K, and Y143H/R/C. Those mutations are generally associated with secondary point mutations. The resulting mutant viruses show a high degree of resistance against RAL but somehow are affected in their replication capacity. Clinical and virological data indicate the high relevance of the combination G140S + Q148H because of its limited impact on HIV replication and very high resistance to RAL. Here, we report how mutations at the amino acid residues 140, 148, and 155 affect IN enzymatic activity and RAL resistance. We show that single mutations at position 140 have limited impact on 3'-processing (3'-P) but severely inactivate strand transfer (ST). On the other hand, single mutations at position 148 have a more profound effect and inactivate both 3'-P and ST. By examining systematically all of the double mutants at the 140 and 148 positions, we demonstrate that only the combination G140S + Q148H is able to restore the catalytic properties of IN. This rescue only operates in cis when both the 140S and 148H mutations are in the same IN polypeptide flexible loop. Finally, we show that the G140S-Q148H double mutant exhibits the highest resistance to RAL. It also confers cross-resistance to elvitegravir but less to G-quadraduplex inhibitors such as zintevir. Our results demonstrate that IN mutations at positions 140 and 148 in the IN flexible loop can account for the phenotype of RAL-resistant viruses.
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- Mathieu Métifiot
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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