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Shen S, Yan R, Xie Z, Yu X, Liang H, You Q, Zhang H, Hou J, Zhang X, Liu Y, Sun J, Guo H. Tripartite Motif-Containing Protein 65 (TRIM65) Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Transcription. Viruses 2024; 16:890. [PMID: 38932182 PMCID: PMC11209081 DOI: 10.3390/v16060890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins, comprising a family of over 100 members with conserved motifs, exhibit diverse biological functions. Several TRIM proteins influence viral infections through direct antiviral mechanisms or by regulating host antiviral innate immune responses. To identify TRIM proteins modulating hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication, we assessed 45 human TRIMs in HBV-transfected HepG2 cells. Our study revealed that ectopic expression of 12 TRIM proteins significantly reduced HBV RNA and subsequent capsid-associated DNA levels. Notably, TRIM65 uniquely downregulated viral pregenomic (pg) RNA in an HBV-promoter-specific manner, suggesting a targeted antiviral effect. Mechanistically, TRIM65 inhibited HBV replication primarily at the transcriptional level via its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and intact B-box domain. Though HNF4α emerged as a potential TRIM65 substrate, disrupting its binding site on the HBV genome did not completely abolish TRIM65's antiviral effect. In addition, neither HBx expression nor cellular MAVS signaling was essential to TRIM65-mediated regulation of HBV transcription. Furthermore, CRISPR-mediated knock-out of TRIM65 in the HepG2-NTCP cells boosted HBV infection, validating its endogenous role. These findings underscore TRIM proteins' capacity to inhibit HBV transcription and highlight TRIM65's pivotal role in this process.
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- Sheng Shen
- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (X.Y.); (H.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (X.Y.); (H.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (X.Y.); (H.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (X.Y.); (H.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Research in South China, Ministry of Education, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Viral Hepatitis Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China; (S.S.); (Z.X.); (H.L.); (Q.Y.); (J.H.); (X.Z.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Cancer Virology Program, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; (X.Y.); (H.Z.); (Y.L.)
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;
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Twentyman J, Emerman M, Ohainle M. Capsid-dependent lentiviral restrictions. J Virol 2024; 98:e0030824. [PMID: 38497663 PMCID: PMC11019884 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00308-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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Host antiviral proteins inhibit primate lentiviruses and other retroviruses by targeting many features of the viral life cycle. The lentiviral capsid protein and the assembled viral core are known to be inhibited through multiple, directly acting antiviral proteins. Several phenotypes, including those known as Lv1 through Lv5, have been described as cell type-specific blocks to infection against some but not all primate lentiviruses. Here we review important features of known capsid-targeting blocks to infection together with several blocks to infection for which the genes responsible for the inhibition still remain to be identified. We outline the features of these blocks as well as how current methodologies are now well suited to find these antiviral genes and solve these long-standing mysteries in the HIV and retrovirology fields.
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- Joy Twentyman
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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Müller M, Sauter D. The more the merrier? Gene duplications in the coevolution of primate lentiviruses with their hosts. Curr Opin Virol 2023; 62:101350. [PMID: 37651832 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Gene duplications are a major source of genetic diversity and evolutionary innovation. Newly formed, duplicated genes can provide a selection advantage in constantly changing environments. One such example is the arms race of HIV and related lentiviruses with innate immune responses of their hosts. In recent years, it has become clear that both sides have benefited from multiple gene duplications. For example, amplifications of antiretroviral factors such as apolipoprotein-B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic polypeptide-3 (APOBEC3), interferon-induced transmembrane protein (IFITM), and tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins have expanded the repertoire of cell-intrinsic defense mechanisms and increased the barriers to retroviral replication and cross-species transmission. Conversely, recent studies have also shed light on how duplications of accessory lentiviral genes and Long terminal repeat (LTR) elements can provide a selection advantage in the coevolution with antiviral host proteins.
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- Martin Müller
- Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Hospital Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Hospital Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Straße 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Twentyman J, Khalifeh A, Felton AL, Emerman M, Ohainle M. Primate TRIM34 is a broadly-acting, TRIM5-dependent lentiviral restriction factor. Retrovirology 2023; 20:15. [PMID: 37608289 PMCID: PMC10464172 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-023-00629-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other lentiviruses adapt to new hosts by evolving to evade host-specific innate immune proteins that differ in sequence and often viral recognition between host species. Understanding how these host antiviral proteins, called restriction factors, constrain lentivirus replication and transmission is key to understanding the emergence of pandemic viruses like HIV-1. Human TRIM34, a paralogue of the well-characterized lentiviral restriction factor TRIM5α, was previously identified by our lab via CRISPR-Cas9 screening as a restriction factor of certain HIV and SIV capsids. Here, we show that diverse primate TRIM34 orthologues from non-human primates can restrict a range of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) capsids including SIVAGM-SAB, SIVAGM-TAN and SIVMAC capsids, which infect sabaeus monkeys, tantalus monkeys, and rhesus macaques, respectively. All primate TRIM34 orthologues tested, regardless of species of origin, were able to restrict this same subset of viral capsids. However, in all cases, this restriction also required the presence of TRIM5α. We demonstrate that TRIM5α is necessary, but not sufficient, for restriction of these capsids, and that human TRIM5α functionally interacts with TRIM34 from different species. Finally, we find that both the TRIM5α SPRY v1 loop and the TRIM34 SPRY domain are essential for TRIM34-mediated restriction. These data support a model in which TRIM34 is a broadly-conserved primate lentiviral restriction factor that acts in tandem with TRIM5α, such that together, these proteins can restrict capsids that neither can restrict alone.
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- Joy Twentyman
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of California -Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of California -Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Twentyman J, Khalifeh A, Felton AL, Emerman M, OhAinle M. Primate TRIM34 is a broadly-acting, TRIM5-dependent lentiviral restriction factor. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.24.534139. [PMID: 36993223 PMCID: PMC10055373 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.24.534139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other lentiviruses adapt to new hosts by evolving to evade host-specific innate immune proteins that differ in sequence and often viral recognition between host species. Understanding how these host antiviral proteins, called restriction factors, constrain lentivirus replication and transmission is key to understanding the emergence of pandemic viruses like HIV-1. Human TRIM34, a paralogue of the well-characterized lentiviral restriction factor TRIM5α, was previously identified by our lab via CRISPR-Cas9 screening as a restriction factor of certain HIV and SIV capsids. Here, we show that diverse primate TRIM34 orthologues from non-human primates can restrict a range of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) capsids including SIV AGM-SAB , SIV AGM-TAN and SIV MAC capsids, which infect sabaeus monkeys, tantalus monkeys, and rhesus macaques, respectively. All primate TRIM34 orthologues tested, regardless of species of origin, were able to restrict this same subset of viral capsids. However, in all cases, this restriction also required the presence of TRIM5α. We demonstrate that TRIM5α is necessary, but not sufficient, for restriction of these capsids, and that human TRIM5α functionally interacts with TRIM34 from different species. Finally, we find that both the TRIM5α SPRY v1 loop and the TRIM34 SPRY domain are essential for TRIM34-mediated restriction. These data support a model in which TRIM34 is a broadly-conserved primate lentiviral restriction factor that acts in tandem with TRIM5α, such that together, these proteins can restrict capsids that neither can restrict alone.
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- Joy Twentyman
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of California –Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of California –Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Genes that are Used Together are More Likely to be Fused Together in Evolution by Mutational Mechanisms: A Bioinformatic Test of the Used-Fused Hypothesis. Evol Biol 2023; 50:30-55. [PMID: 36816837 PMCID: PMC9925542 DOI: 10.1007/s11692-022-09579-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Cases of parallel or recurrent gene fusions in evolution as well as in genetic disease and cancer are difficult to explain, because unlike point mutations, they can require the repetition of a similar configuration of multiple breakpoints rather than the repetition of a single point mutation. The used-together-fused-together hypothesis holds that genes that are used together repeatedly and persistently in a specific context are more likely to undergo fusion mutation in the course of evolution for mechanistic reasons. This hypothesis offers to explain gene fusion in both evolution and disease under one umbrella. Using bioinformatic data, we tested this hypothesis against alternatives, including that all gene pairs can fuse by random mutation, but among pairs thus fused, those that had interacted previously are more likely to be favored by selection. Results show that across multiple measures of gene interaction, human genes whose orthologs are fused in one or more species are more likely to interact with each other than random pairs of genes of the same genomic distance between pair members; that an overlap exists between genes that fused in the course of evolution in non-human species and genes that undergo fusion in human cancers; and that across six primate species studied, fusions predominate over fissions and exhibit substantial evolutionary parallelism. Together, these results support the used-together-fused-together hypothesis over its alternatives. Multiple implications are discussed, including the relevance of mutational mechanisms to the evolution of genome organization, to the distribution of fitness effects of mutation, to evolutionary parallelism and more. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11692-022-09579-9.
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Of the 13 known independent zoonoses of simian immunodeficiency viruses to humans, only one, leading to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1(M) has become pandemic, causing over 80 million human infections. To understand the specific features associated with pandemic human-to-human HIV spread, we compared replication of HIV-1(M) with non-pandemic HIV-(O) and HIV-2 strains in myeloid cell models. We found that non-pandemic HIV lineages replicate less well than HIV-1(M) owing to activation of cGAS and TRIM5-mediated antiviral responses. We applied phylogenetic and X-ray crystallography structural analyses to identify differences between pandemic and non-pandemic HIV capsids. We found that genetic reversal of two specific amino acid adaptations in HIV-1(M) enables activation of TRIM5, cGAS and innate immune responses. We propose a model in which the parental lineage of pandemic HIV-1(M) evolved a capsid that prevents cGAS and TRIM5 triggering, thereby allowing silent replication in myeloid cells. We hypothesize that this capsid adaptation promotes human-to-human spread through avoidance of innate immune response activation.
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Morizako N, Butlertanaka EP, Tanaka YL, Shibata H, Okabayashi T, Mekata H, Saito A. Generation of a bovine cell line for gene engineering using an HIV-1-based lentiviral vector. Sci Rep 2022; 12:16952. [PMID: 36258028 PMCID: PMC9579131 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20970-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-based lentiviral vectors are indispensable tools for gene engineering in mammalian cells. Conversely, lentiviral vector transduction is severely inhibited in bovine cells. Previous studies demonstrated that this inhibition is caused by the anti-lentiviral host factor tripartite motif containing 5 (TRIM5), which targets incoming HIV-1 virions by interacting with the viral capsid. In this study, we investigated several methods for overcoming the limited applicability of lentiviral vectors in bovine cells. First, we demonstrated that the SPRY domain of bovine TRIM5 is the major determinant of anti-viral activity. Second, we found that mutations that allow the capsid to evade rhesus macaque TRIM5α minimally rescued HIV-1 infectivity in bovine-derived MDBK cells. Third, we found that cyclosporine A, which relieves the inhibition of HIV-1 infection in monkey cells, significantly rescued the impaired HIV-1 infectivity in MDBK cells. Lastly, we successfully generated a bovine cell line lacking intact TRIM5 using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique. This TRIM5 knockout cell line displayed significantly higher susceptibility to an HIV-1-based lentiviral vector. In conclusion, our findings provide a promising gene engineering strategy for bovine cells, thereby contributing to innovations in agriculture and improvements in animal health.
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- Nanami Morizako
- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan ,grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan ,grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8891692 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan
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- grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Department of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan ,grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8892192 Japan ,grid.410849.00000 0001 0657 3887Graduate School of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 8891692 Japan
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Gupta RK, Mlcochova P. Cyclin D3 restricts SARS-CoV-2 envelope incorporation into virions and interferes with viral spread. EMBO J 2022; 41:e111653. [PMID: 36161661 PMCID: PMC9539236 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022111653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) presents a great threat to human health. The interplay between the virus and host plays a crucial role in successful virus replication and transmission. Understanding host-virus interactions are essential for the development of new COVID-19 treatment strategies. Here, we show that SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers redistribution of cyclin D1 and cyclin D3 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, followed by proteasomal degradation. No changes to other cyclins or cyclin-dependent kinases were observed. Further, cyclin D depletion was independent of SARS-CoV-2-mediated cell cycle arrest in the early S phase or S/G2/M phase. Cyclin D3 knockdown by small-interfering RNA specifically enhanced progeny virus titres in supernatants. Finally, cyclin D3 co-immunoprecipitated with SARS-CoV-2 envelope (E) and membrane (M) proteins. We propose that cyclin D3 impairs the efficient incorporation of envelope protein into virions during assembly and is depleted during SARS-CoV-2 infection to restore efficient assembly and release of newly produced virions.
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- Ravi K Gupta
- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease (CITIID)CambridgeUK,Department of MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK,Africa Health Research InstituteDurbanSouth Africa
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- Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease (CITIID)CambridgeUK,Department of MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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Ondičová M, Irwin RE, Thursby SJ, Hilman L, Caffrey A, Cassidy T, McLaughlin M, Lees-Murdock DJ, Ward M, Murphy M, Lamers Y, Pentieva K, McNulty H, Walsh CP. Folic acid intervention during pregnancy alters DNA methylation, affecting neural target genes through two distinct mechanisms. Clin Epigenetics 2022; 14:63. [PMID: 35578268 PMCID: PMC9112484 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-022-01282-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background We previously showed that continued folic acid (FA) supplementation beyond the first trimester of pregnancy appears to have beneficial effects on neurocognitive performance in children followed for up to 11 years, but the biological mechanism for this effect has remained unclear. Using samples from our randomized controlled trial of folic acid supplementation in second and third trimester (FASSTT), where significant improvements in cognitive and psychosocial performance were demonstrated in children from mothers supplemented in pregnancy with 400 µg/day FA compared with placebo, we examined methylation patterns from cord blood (CB) using the EPIC array which covers approximately 850,000 cytosine–guanine (CG) sites across the genome. Genes showing significant differences were verified using pyrosequencing and mechanistic approaches used in vitro to determine effects on transcription. Results FA supplementation resulted in significant differences in methylation, particularly at brain-related genes. Further analysis showed these genes split into two groups. In one group, which included the CES1 gene, methylation changes at the promoters were important for regulating transcription. We also identified a second group which had a characteristic bimodal profile, with low promoter and high gene body (GB) methylation. In the latter, loss of methylation in the GB is linked to decreases in transcription: this group included the PRKAR1B/HEATR2 genes and the dopamine receptor regulator PDE4C. Overall, methylation in CB also showed good correlation with methylation profiles seen in a published data set of late gestation foetal brain samples. Conclusion We show here clear alterations in DNA methylation at specific classes of neurodevelopmental genes in the same cohort of children, born to FA-supplemented mothers, who previously showed improved cognitive and psychosocial performance. Our results show measurable differences at neural genes which are important for transcriptional regulation and add to the supporting evidence for continued FA supplementation throughout later gestation. This trial was registered on 15 May 2013 at www.isrctn.com as ISRCTN19917787. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13148-022-01282-y.
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- Miroslava Ondičová
- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK.,The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Psychology Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Psychology Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Unitat de Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de La Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Food, Nutrition, and Health Program, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, The University of British Columbia, and British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE), School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Genomic Medicine Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK. .,Centre for Research and Development, Region Gävleborg/Uppsala University, Gävle, Sweden.
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Saito A, Yamashita M. HIV-1 capsid variability: viral exploitation and evasion of capsid-binding molecules. Retrovirology 2021; 18:32. [PMID: 34702294 PMCID: PMC8549334 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-021-00577-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 capsid, a conical shell encasing viral nucleoprotein complexes, is involved in multiple post-entry processes during viral replication. Many host factors can directly bind to the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA) and either promote or prevent HIV-1 infection. The viral capsid is currently being explored as a novel target for therapeutic interventions. In the past few decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the capsid–host interactions and mechanisms of action of capsid-targeting antivirals. At the same time, a large number of different viral capsids, which derive from many HIV-1 mutants, naturally occurring variants, or diverse lentiviruses, have been characterized for their interactions with capsid-binding molecules in great detail utilizing various experimental techniques. This review provides an overview of how sequence variation in CA influences phenotypic properties of HIV-1. We will focus on sequence differences that alter capsid–host interactions and give a brief account of drug resistant mutations in CA and their mutational effects on viral phenotypes. Increased knowledge of the sequence-function relationship of CA helps us deepen our understanding of the adaptive potential of the viral capsid.
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- Akatsuki Saito
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.,Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Type I interferons (IFNs) are a family of cytokines that represent a first line of defense against virus infections. The 12 different IFN-α subtypes share a receptor on target cells and trigger similar signaling cascades. Several studies have collectively shown that this apparent redundancy conceals qualitatively different responses induced by individual subtypes, which display different efficacies of inhibition of HIV replication. Some studies, however, provided evidence that the disparities are quantitative rather than qualitative. Since RNA expression analyses show a large but incomplete overlap of the genes induced, they may support both models. To explore if the IFN-α subtypes induce functionally relevant different anti-HIV activities, we have compared the efficacies of inhibition of all 12 subtypes on HIV spread and on specific steps of the viral replication cycle, including viral entry, reverse transcription, protein synthesis, and virus release. Finding different hierarchies of inhibition would validate the induction of qualitatively different responses. We found that while most subtypes similarly inhibit virus entry, they display distinctive potencies on other early steps of HIV replication. In addition, only some subtypes were able to target effectively the late steps. The extent of induction of known anti-HIV factors helps to explain some, but not all differences observed, confirming the participation of additional IFN-induced anti-HIV effectors. Our findings support the notion that different IFN-α subtypes can induce the expression of qualitatively different antiviral activities. IMPORTANCE The initial response against viruses relies in large part on type I interferons, which include 12 subtypes of IFN-α. These cytokines bind to a common receptor on the cell surface and trigger the expression of incompletely overlapping sets of genes. Whether the anti-HIV responses induced by IFN-α subtypes differ in the extent of expression or in the nature of the genes involved remains debated. Also, RNA expression profiles led to opposite conclusions, depending on the importance attributed to the induction of common or distinctive genes. To explore if relevant anti-HIV activities can be differently induced by the IFN-α subtypes, we compared their relative efficacies on specific steps of the replication cycle. We show that the hierarchy of IFN potencies depends on the step analyzed, supporting qualitatively different responses. This work will also prompt the search for novel IFN-induced anti-HIV factors acting on specific steps of the replication cycle.
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Liu S, Sun Y, Yang R, Ren W, Li C, Tang S. Expression profiling of TRIM gene family reveals potential diagnostic biomarkers for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. Microb Pathog 2021; 157:104916. [PMID: 34000303 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The epidemic of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), especially rifampin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) presents a major challenge for TB control today. However, there is a lack of reliable and specific biomarkers for the early diagnosis of RR-TB. We utilized reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) to profile the transcript levels of 72 tripartite motif (TRIM) genes from a discovery cohort of 10 drug-sensitive tuberculosis (DS-TB) patients, 10 RR-TB patients, and 10 healthy controls (HCs). A total of 35 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened out, all of which were down-regulated. The bio functions and pathways of these DEGs were enriched in protein ubiquitination, regulation of the viral process, Interferon signaling, and innate immune response, etc. A protein-protein interaction network (PPI) was constructed and analyzed using STRING and Cytoscape. Twelve TRIM genes were identified as hub genes, and seven (TRIM1, 9, 21, 32, 33, 56, 66) of them were verified by RT-qPCR in a validation cohort of 95 subjects. Moreover, we established the RR-TB decision tree models based on the 7 biomarkers. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses showed that the models exhibited the areas under the curve (AUC) values of 0.878 and 0.868 in discriminating RR-TB from HCs and DS-TB, respectively. Our study proposes potential biomarkers for RR-TB diagnosis, and also provides a new experimental basis to understand the pathogenesis of RR-TB.
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- Shengsheng Liu
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China; Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment Centre for Tuberculosis, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China; Department of Tuberculosis, Anhui Chest Hospital, Anhui, 230022, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China.
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- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China.
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- Multidisciplinary Diagnosis and Treatment Centre for Tuberculosis, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute/Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, China.
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Li W, Singh PK, Sowd GA, Bedwell GJ, Jang S, Achuthan V, Oleru AV, Wong D, Fadel HJ, Lee K, KewalRamani VN, Poeschla EM, Herschhorn A, Engelman AN. CPSF6-Dependent Targeting of Speckle-Associated Domains Distinguishes Primate from Nonprimate Lentiviral Integration. mBio 2020; 11:e02254-20. [PMID: 32994325 PMCID: PMC7527728 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02254-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lentiviral DNA integration favors transcriptionally active chromatin. We previously showed that the interaction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) capsid with cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 6 (CPSF6) localizes viral preintegration complexes (PICs) to nuclear speckles for integration into transcriptionally active speckle-associated domains (SPADs). In the absence of the capsid-CPSF6 interaction, PICs uncharacteristically accumulate at the nuclear periphery and target heterochromatic lamina-associated domains (LADs) for integration. The integrase-binding protein lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75 in contrast to CPSF6 predominantly functions to direct HIV-1 integration to interior regions of transcription units. Though CPSF6 and LEDGF/p75 can reportedly interact with the capsid and integrase proteins of both primate and nonprimate lentiviruses, the extents to which these different viruses target SPADs versus LADs, as well as their dependencies on CPSF6 and LEDGF/p75 for integration targeting, are largely unknown. Here, we mapped 5,489,157 primate and nonprimate lentiviral integration sites in HEK293T and Jurkat T cells as well as derivative cells that were knocked out or knocked down for host factor expression. Despite marked preferences of all lentiviruses to target genes for integration, nonprimate lentiviruses only marginally favored SPADs, with corresponding upticks in LAD-proximal integration. While LEDGF/p75 knockout disrupted the intragenic integration profiles of all lentiviruses similarly, CPSF6 depletion specifically counteracted SPAD integration targeting by primate lentiviruses. CPSF6 correspondingly failed to appreciably interact with nonprimate lentiviral capsids. We conclude that primate lentiviral capsid proteins evolved to interact with CPSF6 to optimize PIC localization for integration into transcriptionally active SPADs.IMPORTANCE Integration is the defining step of the retroviral life cycle and underlies the inability to cure HIV/AIDS through the use of intensified antiviral therapy. The reservoir of latent, replication-competent proviruses that forms early during HIV infection reseeds viremia when patients discontinue medication. HIV cure research is accordingly focused on the factors that guide provirus formation and associated chromatin environments that regulate transcriptional reactivation, and studies of orthologous infectious agents such as nonprimate lentiviruses can inform basic principles of HIV biology. HIV-1 utilizes the integrase-binding protein LEDGF/p75 and the capsid interactor CPSF6 to target speckle-associated domains (SPADs) for integration. However, the extent to which these two host proteins regulate integration of other lentiviruses is largely unknown. Here, we mapped millions of retroviral integration sites in cell lines that were depleted for LEDGF/p75 and/or CPSF6. Our results reveal that primate lentiviruses uniquely target SPADs for integration in a CPSF6-dependent manner.
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- Wen Li
- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Chiramel AI, Meyerson NR, McNally KL, Broeckel RM, Montoya VR, Méndez-Solís O, Robertson SJ, Sturdevant GL, Lubick KJ, Nair V, Youseff BH, Ireland RM, Bosio CM, Kim K, Luban J, Hirsch VM, Taylor RT, Bouamr F, Sawyer SL, Best SM. TRIM5α Restricts Flavivirus Replication by Targeting the Viral Protease for Proteasomal Degradation. Cell Rep 2020; 27:3269-3283.e6. [PMID: 31189110 PMCID: PMC8666140 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Tripartite motif-containing protein 5α (TRIM5α) is a cellular antiviral restriction factor that prevents early events in retrovirus replication. The activity of TRIM5α is thought to be limited to retroviruses as a result of highly specific interactions with capsid lattices. In contrast to this current understanding, we show that both human and rhesus macaque TRIM5α suppress replication of specific flaviviruses. Multiple viruses in the tick-borne encephalitis complex are sensitive to TRIM5α-dependent restriction, but mosquito-borne flaviviruses, including yellow fever, dengue, and Zika viruses, are resistant. TRIM5α suppresses replication by binding to the viral protease NS2B/3 to promote its K48-linked ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Importantly, TRIM5α contributes to the antiviral function of IFN-I against sensitive flaviviruses in human cells. Thus, TRIM5α possesses remarkable plasticity in the recognition of diverse virus families, with the potential to influence human susceptibility to emerging flaviviruses of global concern. The antiviral activity of TRIM5α is thought to be limited to retroviruses as a result of highly specific interactions with capsid lattices. Here, Chiramel et al. demonstrate that TRIM5α restricts replication of specific flaviviruses by binding and degrading the viral protease.
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- Abhilash I Chiramel
- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Research Technology Branch, RML, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Immunity to Pulmonary Pathogens Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, RML, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Immunity to Pulmonary Pathogens Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, RML, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43606, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, NIAID, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Innate Immunity and Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Virology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
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Ohainle M, Kim K, Komurlu Keceli S, Felton A, Campbell E, Luban J, Emerman M. TRIM34 restricts HIV-1 and SIV capsids in a TRIM5α-dependent manner. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008507. [PMID: 32282853 PMCID: PMC7179944 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The HIV-1 capsid protein makes up the core of the virion and plays a critical role in early steps of HIV replication. Due to its exposure in the cytoplasm after entry, HIV capsid is a target for host cell factors that act directly to block infection such as TRIM5α and MxB. Several host proteins also play a role in facilitating infection, including in the protection of HIV-1 capsid from recognition by host cell restriction factors. Through an unbiased screening approach, called HIV-CRISPR, we show that the CPSF6-binding deficient, N74D HIV-1 capsid mutant is sensitive to restriction mediated by human TRIM34, a close paralog of the well-characterized HIV restriction factor TRIM5α. This restriction occurs at the step of reverse transcription, is independent of interferon stimulation, and limits HIV-1 infection in key target cells of HIV infection including CD4+ T cells and monocyte-derived dendritic cells. TRIM34 can also restrict some SIV capsids. TRIM34 restriction requires TRIM5α as knockout or knockdown of TRIM5α results in a loss of antiviral activity. Through immunofluorescence studies, we show that TRIM34 and TRIM5α colocalize to cytoplasmic bodies and are more frequently observed to be associated with infecting N74D capsids than with WT HIV-1 capsids. Our results identify TRIM34 as an HIV-1 CA-targeting restriction factor and highlight the potential role for heteromultimeric TRIM interactions in contributing to restriction of HIV-1 infection in human cells.
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- Molly Ohainle
- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Divisions of Human Biology and Basic Sciences, Fred Hutch, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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An X, Ji B, Sun D. TRIM34 localizes to the mitochondria and mediates apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway in HEK293T cells. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03115. [PMID: 31956709 PMCID: PMC6956761 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Tripartite motif 34 (TRIM34) is a member of TRIM family that can be highly induced by type I Interferon. Currently little is known about the subcellular localization and biological function of TRIM34. In the present study, confocal microscope assay showed that TRIM34 proteins were mainly distributed in the cytoplasm and part of TRIM34 proteins were localized to the mitochondria in human embryonic kidney 293T (HEK293T) cells. Western blot results demonstrated FLAG-TRIM34 could also be identified in the mitochondrial fractions of HEK293T cells transfected with the 5'FLAG-pcDNA3.1-TRIM34 vector. The CCK-8 assay further demonstrated that TRIM34 significantly decreased the viability of HEK293T cells. Nevertheless, TRIM34 had no apparent effect on the cell cycle distribution. Interestingly, flow cytometry showed that TRIM34 could obviously induce apoptosis in HEK293T cells. Moreover, we discovered that TRIM34 promoted apoptosis by inducing the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in HEK293T cells, leading to the release of cytochrome c from mitochondia. In short, these results demonstrate that TRIM34 proteins can localize to the mitochondria and induce apoptosis via the depolarization of MMP in HEK293T cells.
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- Xinye An
- Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Binzhou, 256603, China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Binzhou, 256603, China
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- Clinical Medicine Laboratory, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou, 256603, China
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Ganser-Pornillos BK, Pornillos O. Restriction of HIV-1 and other retroviruses by TRIM5. Nat Rev Microbiol 2019; 17:546-556. [PMID: 31312031 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-019-0225-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mammalian cells express a variety of innate immune proteins - known as restriction factors - which defend against invading retroviruses such as HIV-1. Two members of the tripartite motif protein family - TRIM5α and TRIMCyp - were identified in 2004 as restriction factors that recognize and inactivate the capsid shell that surrounds and protects the incoming retroviral core. Research on these TRIM5 proteins has uncovered a novel mode of non-self recognition that protects against cross-species transmission of retroviruses. Our developing understanding of the mechanism of TRIM5 restriction underscores the concept that core uncoating and reverse transcription of the viral genome are coordinated processes rather than discrete steps of the post-entry pathway of retrovirus replication. In this Review, we provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of the molecular mechanism of TRIM5-mediated restriction, highlight recent advances and discuss implications for the development of capsid-targeted antiviral therapeutics.
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- Barbie K Ganser-Pornillos
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
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Khan R, Khan A, Ali A, Idrees M. The interplay between viruses and TRIM family proteins. Rev Med Virol 2019; 29:e2028. [PMID: 30609250 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.2028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 11/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Novel therapeutic options are urgently needed to improve the global treatment of viral infections. Tripartite motif (TRIM) family proteins are involved in various biological and cellular functions including differentiation, development, proliferation, oncogenesis, innate immunity, and viral autophagy. Various TRIM proteins show antiviral properties against different viral infections and are now transitioning from ubiquitin proteins to an efficient and emerging therapeutic class of proteins. TRIM proteins combat viruses by targeting them at pre/post transcription levels. This review summarizes the comprehensive roles of different TRIM proteins along with their expression systems and their applications towards antiviral therapeutics.
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- Ramisha Khan
- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), 87-West Canal Bank Road Thokar Niaz Baig, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Quality and Technology Management, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), 87-West Canal Bank Road Thokar Niaz Baig, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.,Department of Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Centre for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), 87-West Canal Bank Road Thokar Niaz Baig, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.,Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW HIV-1 infection is of global importance, and still incurs substantial morbidity and mortality. Although major pharmacologic advances over the past two decades have resulted in remarkable HIV-1 control, a cure is still forthcoming. One approach to a cure is to exploit natural mechanisms by which the host restricts HIV-1. Herein, we review past and recent discoveries of HIV-1 restriction factors, a diverse set of host proteins that limit HIV-1 replication at multiple levels, including entry, reverse transcription, integration, translation of viral proteins, and packaging and release of virions. RECENT FINDINGS Recent studies of intracellular HIV-1 restriction have offered unique molecular insights into HIV-1 replication and biology. Studies have revealed insights of how restriction factors drive HIV-1 evolution. Although HIV-1 restriction factors only partially control the virus, their importance is underscored by their effect on HIV-1 evolution and adaptation. The list of host restriction factors that control HIV-1 infection is likely to expand with future discoveries. A deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms of regulation by these factors will uncover new targets for therapeutic control of HIV-1 infection.
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- Mary Soliman
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Cyclophilins and nucleoporins are required for infection mediated by capsids from circulating HIV-2 primary isolates. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45214. [PMID: 28345672 PMCID: PMC5366920 DOI: 10.1038/srep45214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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HIV-2 groups have emerged from sooty mangabey SIV and entered the human population in Africa on several separate occasions. Compared to world pandemic HIV-1 that arose from the chimpanzee SIVcpz virus, the SIVsm-derived HIV-2, largely confined to West Africa, is less replicative, less transmissible and less pathogenic. Here, we evaluated the interactions between host cellular factors, which control HIV-1 infection and target the capsid, and HIV-2 capsids obtained from primary isolates from patients with different disease progression status. We showed that, like HIV-1, all HIV-2 CA we tested exhibited a dependence on cyclophilin A. However, we observed no correlation between HIV-2 viremia and susceptibility to hu-TRIM5alpha or dependence to CypA. Finally, we found that all CA from HIV-2 primary isolates exploit Nup358 and Nup153 for nucleus transposition. Altogether, these findings indicate that the ability to use the two latter nucleoporins is essential to infection of human cells for both HIV-1 and HIV-2. This dependence provides another molecular target that could be used for antiviral strategies against both HIV-1 and 2, based on both nucleoporins.
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Dynamic Modulation of Expression of Lentiviral Restriction Factors in Primary CD4 + T Cells following Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. J Virol 2017; 91:JVI.02189-16. [PMID: 28100613 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02189-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Although multiple restriction factors have been shown to inhibit HIV/SIV replication, little is known about their expression in vivo Expression of 45 confirmed and putative HIV/SIV restriction factors was analyzed in CD4+ T cells from peripheral blood and the jejunum in rhesus macaques, revealing distinct expression patterns in naive and memory subsets. In both peripheral blood and the jejunum, memory CD4+ T cells expressed higher levels of multiple restriction factors compared to naive cells. However, relative to their expression in peripheral blood CD4+ T cells, jejunal CCR5+ CD4+ T cells exhibited significantly lower expression of multiple restriction factors, including APOBEC3G, MX2, and TRIM25, which may contribute to the exquisite susceptibility of these cells to SIV infection. In vitro stimulation with anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies or type I interferon resulted in upregulation of distinct subsets of multiple restriction factors. After infection of rhesus macaques with SIVmac239, the expression of most confirmed and putative restriction factors substantially increased in all CD4+ T cell memory subsets at the peak of acute infection. Jejunal CCR5+ CD4+ T cells exhibited the highest levels of SIV RNA, corresponding to the lower restriction factor expression in this subset relative to peripheral blood prior to infection. These results illustrate the dynamic modulation of confirmed and putative restriction factor expression by memory differentiation, stimulation, tissue microenvironment and SIV infection and suggest that differential expression of restriction factors may play a key role in modulating the susceptibility of different populations of CD4+ T cells to lentiviral infection.IMPORTANCE Restriction factors are genes that have evolved to provide intrinsic defense against viruses. HIV and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) target CD4+ T cells. The baseline level of expression in vivo and degree to which expression of restriction factors is modulated by conditions such as CD4+ T cell differentiation, stimulation, tissue location, or SIV infection are currently poorly understood. We measured the expression of 45 confirmed and putative restriction factors in primary CD4+ T cells from rhesus macaques under various conditions, finding dynamic changes in each state. Most dramatically, in acute SIV infection, the expression of almost all target genes analyzed increased. These are the first measurements of many of these confirmed and putative restriction factors in primary cells or during the early events after SIV infection and suggest that the level of expression of restriction factors may contribute to the differential susceptibility of CD4+ T cells to SIV infection.
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Simplification, Innateness, and the Absorption of Meaning from Context: How Novelty Arises from Gradual Network Evolution. Evol Biol 2017; 44:145-189. [PMID: 28572690 PMCID: PMC5429377 DOI: 10.1007/s11692-017-9407-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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How does new genetic information arise? Traditional thinking holds that mutation happens by accident and then spreads in the population by either natural selection or random genetic drift. There have been at least two fundamental conceptual problems with imagining an alternative. First, it seemed that the only alternative is a mutation that responds "smartly" to the immediate environment; but in complex multicellulars, it is hard to imagine how this could be implemented. Second, if there were mechanisms of mutation that "knew" what genetic changes would be favored in a given environment, this would have only begged the question of how they acquired that particular knowledge to begin with. This paper offers an alternative that avoids these problems. It holds that mutational mechanisms act on information that is in the genome, based on considerations of simplicity, parsimony, elegance, etc. (which are different than fitness considerations). This simplification process, under the performance pressure exerted by selection, not only leads to the improvement of adaptations but also creates elements that have the capacity to serve in new contexts they were not originally selected for. Novelty, then, arises at the system level from emergent interactions between such elements. Thus, mechanistically driven mutation neither requires Lamarckian transmission nor closes the door on novelty, because the changes it implements interact with one another globally in surprising and beneficial ways. Finally, I argue, for example, that genes used together are fused together; that simplification leads to complexity; and that evolution and learning are conceptually linked.
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TRIM25 Identification in the Chinese Goose: Gene Structure, Tissue Expression Profiles, and Antiviral Immune Responses In Vivo and In Vitro. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:1403984. [PMID: 27995135 PMCID: PMC5138445 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1403984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) and the RIG-I-like receptor (RLR) protein play a critical role in the interferon (IFN) response during RNA virus infection. The tripartite motif containing 25 proteins (TRIM25) was reported to modify caspase activation and RIG-I recruitment domains (CARDs) via ubiquitin. These modifications allow TRIM25 to interact with mitochondrial antiviral signaling molecules (MAVs) and form CARD-CARD tetramers. Goose TRIM25 was cloned from gosling lungs, which possess a 1662 bp open reading flame (ORF). This ORF encodes a predicted 554 amino acid protein consisting of a B-box domain, a coiled-coil domain, and a PRY/SPRY domain. The protein sequence has 89.25% sequence identity with Anas platyrhynchos TRIM25, 78.57% with Gallus gallus TRIM25, and 46.92% with Homo sapiens TRIM25. TRIM25 is expressed in all gosling and adult goose tissues examined. QRT-PCR revealed that goose TRIM25 transcription could be induced by goose IFN-α, goose IFN-γ, and goose IFN-λ, as well as a35 s polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)), oligodeoxynucleotides 2006 (ODN 2006), and resiquimod (R848) in vitro; however, it is inhibited in H9N2 infected goslings for unknown reasons. These data suggest that goose TRIM25 might play a positive role in the regulation of the antiviral immune response.
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Da Silva Santos C, Tartour K, Cimarelli A. A Novel Entry/Uncoating Assay Reveals the Presence of at Least Two Species of Viral Capsids During Synchronized HIV-1 Infection. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005897. [PMID: 27690375 PMCID: PMC5045187 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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To better characterize the behavior of HIV-1 capsids we developed EURT, for Entry/Uncoating assay based on core-packaged RNA availability and Translation. EURT is an alternative to Blam-Vpr, but as reporter RNA translation relies on core opening, it can be used to study viral capsids behavior. Our study reveals the existence of two major capsid species, a dead end one in which the viral genome is readily exposed to the cytoplasm and a functional one in which such exposure requires artificial core destabilization. Although reverse transcription drives a faster loss of susceptibility of viral cores to high doses of PF74, it does not lead to higher exposure of the viral genome, implying that viral cores protect the genome irrespectively of reverse transcription. Lastly, IFNα drifts cores from functional to non-functional species, revealing a novel core-destabilizing activity. This assay sheds new light on the behavior of viral cores inside target cells. Following viral-to-cellular membrane fusion, the HIV-1 genome is propelled inside the cell as part of an higher order nucleoproteic structure often referred to as viral core, or capsid. Here, we have developed a novel entry/uncoating assay based on the degree of exposure of a virion-packaged mRNA reporter to the translation machinery (EURT). Using this assay, we highlight here that at least two measurable kinds of viral capsids coexist during HIV-1 infection: one defined as open, in which the viral genome is readily accessible to translation and another that we define as closed, in which access to the genome is prevented until the artificial destabilization of capsids. Our data points to the former as dead-end products of infection and indicate the latter as the commonly referred infectious viral cores. Interestingly, we show here that despite the fact that reverse transcription reshapes viral cores, these structures maintain an exquisite ability to shield the viral genome from the cytoplasmic environment. Finally, IFNα that negatively impacts HIV-1 replication increases the proportion of open viral cores to the detriment of closed ones, suggesting a core-destabilizing activity driven by interferon-regulated proteins. Overall, this assay sheds new light on the behavior of viral cores inside target cells.
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- Claire Da Silva Santos
- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon F69364, France
- INSERM, U1111, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- CNRS, UMR5308, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon F69364, France
- INSERM, U1111, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- CNRS, UMR5308, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CIRI, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon F69364, France
- INSERM, U1111, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- CNRS, UMR5308, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d’Italie, Lyon, F69364, France
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Blanco-Melo D, Venkatesh S, Bieniasz PD. Origins and Evolution of tetherin, an Orphan Antiviral Gene. Cell Host Microbe 2016; 20:189-201. [PMID: 27427209 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tetherin encodes an interferon-inducible antiviral protein that traps a broad spectrum of enveloped viruses at infected cell surfaces. Despite the absence of any clearly related gene or activity, we describe possible scenarios by which tetherin arose that exemplify how protein modularity, evolvability, and robustness can create and preserve new functions. We find that tetherin genes in various organisms exhibit no sequence similarity and share only a common architecture and location in modern genomes. Moreover, tetherin is part of a cluster of three potential sister genes encoding proteins of similar architecture, some variants of which exhibit antiviral activity while others can be endowed with antiviral activity by a simple modification. Only in slowly evolving species (e.g., coelacanths) does tetherin exhibit sequence similarity to one potential sister gene. Neofunctionalization, drift, and genetic conflict appear to have driven a near complete loss of sequence similarity among modern tetherin genes and their sister genes.
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- Daniel Blanco-Melo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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The innate immune roles of host factors TRIM5α and Cyclophilin A on HIV-1 replication. Med Microbiol Immunol 2015; 204:557-65. [PMID: 25894765 DOI: 10.1007/s00430-015-0417-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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During the long-term evolutionary history, the interaction between virus and host has driven the first-line barrier, innate immunity, to invading pathogens. Innate immune factor TRIM5α and host peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase Cyclophilin A are two key players in the interaction between HIV-1 and host. Interestingly, Cyclophilin A is retrotransposed into the critical host gene, TRIM5, locus via LINE-1 element in some primate species including New World monkeys and Old World monkeys. This review aims to comprehensively discuss the sensing and immune activation procedures of TRIM5α innate signaling pathway through Cyclophilin A. It will then present the production of TRIMCyp chimeric gene and the different fusion patterns in primates. Finally, it will summarize the distinct restriction activity of TRIMCyp from different primates and explain the current understanding on the innate immune mechanisms involved in the early phase of the viral life cycle during HIV-1 replication.
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Malfavon-Borja R, Sawyer SL, Wu LI, Emerman M, Malik HS. An evolutionary screen highlights canonical and noncanonical candidate antiviral genes within the primate TRIM gene family. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 5:2141-54. [PMID: 24158625 PMCID: PMC3845644 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recurrent viral pressure has acted on host-encoded antiviral genes during primate and mammalian evolution. This selective pressure has resulted in dramatic episodes of adaptation in host antiviral genes, often detected via positive selection. These evolutionary signatures of adaptation have the potential to highlight previously unrecognized antiviral genes (also called restriction factors). Although the TRIM multigene family is recognized for encoding several bona fide restriction factors (e.g., TRIM5alpha), most members of this expansive gene family remain uncharacterized. Here, we investigated the TRIM multigene family for signatures of positive selection to identify novel candidate antiviral genes. Our analysis reveals previously undocumented signatures of positive selection in 17 TRIM genes, 10 of which represent novel candidate restriction factors. These include the unusual TRIM52 gene, which has evolved under strong positive selection despite its encoded protein lacking a putative viral recognition (B30.2) domain. We show that TRIM52 arose via gene duplication from the TRIM41 gene. Both TRIM52 and TRIM41 have dramatically expanded RING domains compared with the rest of the TRIM multigene family, yet this domain has evolved under positive selection only in primate TRIM52, suggesting that it represents a novel host–virus interaction interface. Our evolutionary-based screen not only documents positive selection in known TRIM restriction factors but also highlights candidate novel restriction factors, providing insight into the interfaces of host–pathogen interactions mediated by the TRIM multigene family.
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Shi M, Cho H, Inn KS, Yang A, Zhao Z, Liang Q, Versteeg GA, Amini-Bavil-Olyaee S, Wong LY, Zlokovic BV, Park HS, García-Sastre A, Jung JU. Negative regulation of NF-κB activity by brain-specific TRIpartite Motif protein 9. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4820. [PMID: 25190485 PMCID: PMC4157316 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The TRIpartite Motif (TRIM) family of RING-domain-containing proteins participate in a variety of cellular functions. The β-transducin repeat-containing protein (β-TrCP), a component of the Skp-Cullin-F-box-containing (SCF) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, recognizes the NF-κB inhibitor IκBα and precursor p100 for proteasomal degradation and processing, respectively. β-TrCP thus plays a critical role in both canonical and non-canonical NF-κB activation. Here we report that TRIM9 is a negative regulator of NF-κB activation. Interaction between the phosphorylated degron motif of TRIM9 and the WD40 repeat region of β-TrCP prevented β-TrCP from binding its substrates, stabilizing IκBα and p100 and thereby blocking NF-κB activation. Consequently, expression or depletion of the TRIM9 gene significantly affected NF-κB-induced inflammatory cytokine production. This study not only elucidates a mechanism for TRIM9-mediated regulation of the β-TrCP SCF complex activity but also identifies TRIM9 as a brain-specific negative regulator of the NF-κB pro-inflammatory signalling pathway.
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- Mude Shi
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- 1] Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA [2] Department of Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegl-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- 1] Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Dr-Bohr-Gasse 9, Wien, Vienna 1030, Austria [2] Department of Microbiology, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Keck School of Medicine, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea
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- 1] Department of Microbiology, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA [2] Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1468 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10029, USA
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- 1] Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA [2] Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, HMR Room 401, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Stabilized human TRIM5α protects human T cells from HIV-1 infection. Mol Ther 2014; 22:1084-1095. [PMID: 24662946 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2014.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Rhesus (rh) but not human (hu) TRIM5α potently restricts human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection. It is not clear why huTRIM5α fails to effectively block HIV infection, but it is thought to have a lower affinity for the viral core. Using primary human CD4 T cells, we investigated the ability of huTRIM5α, rhTRIM5α, and the huTRIM5αR323-332 B30.2/SPRY patch-mutant to form cytoplasmic bodies, postulated as key components of the HIV-1 restriction apparatus. Both rhTRIM5α and huTRIM5αR323-332 formed pronounced cytoplasmic bodies, whereas cytoplasmic bodies in T cells overexpressing huTRIM5α were present but more difficult to detect. As expression of all three TRIM5α orthologs was similar at the RNA level, we next investigated the role of protein stability in conferring TRIM5α-mediated HIV-1 restriction. Both steady-state and pulse-chase experiments revealed that the huTRIM5α protein was much less stable than rhTRIM5α, and this difference correlated with higher self-ubiquitination activity. Using a stabilized form of huTRIM5α in which the steady-state expression level was more similar to rhTRIM5α, we observed comparable HIV-1 restriction activity in multi-round HIV-1 challenge assays. Lastly, primary human CD4 T cells expressing a stabilized huTRIM5α were protected from HIV-1-mediated destruction in vivo, indicating that efforts to stabilize huTRIM5α should have significant long-term therapeutic value.
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Turrini F, Di Pietro A, Vicenzi E. Lentiviral Effector Pathways of TRIM Proteins. DNA Cell Biol 2014; 33:191-7. [PMID: 24611907 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2014.2374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The human tripartite motif (TRIM) family, composed of more than 77 members, encompasses an emerging group of innate antiviral factors. Most TRIM proteins are characterized by being E3 ubiquitin ligases, but also engage in specific interactions with a variety of cellular and viral partners. They are involved in many cellular processes, including cell differentiation, transcriptional regulation, cytoskeleton remodeling, intracellular trafficking, membrane repair, and oncogenesis. In regard to antiviral immunity, they restrict both retroviruses and lentiviruses as well as other DNA and RNA viruses. This review will focus on the TRIM members endowed with anti-retroviral and anti-lentiviral activities and, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus.
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- Filippo Turrini
- Viral Pathogens and Biosafety Unit, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute , Milan, Italy
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Contribution of PDZD8 to stabilization of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsid. J Virol 2014; 88:4612-23. [PMID: 24554657 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02945-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Following human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entry into the host cell, the viral capsid gradually disassembles in a process called uncoating. A proper rate of uncoating is important for reverse transcription of the HIV-1 genome. Host restriction factors such as TRIM5α and TRIMCyp bind retroviral capsids and cause premature disassembly, leading to blocks in reverse transcription. Other host factors, such as cyclophilin A, stabilize the HIV-1 capsid and are required for efficient infection in some cell types. Here, we show that a heat-labile factor greater than 100 kDa in the cytoplasm of cells from multiple vertebrate species slows the spontaneous disassembly of HIV-1 capsid-nucleocapsid (CA-NC) complexes in vitro. We identified the PDZ domain-containing protein 8 (PDZD8) as a critical component of the capsid-stabilizing activity in the cytoplasmic extracts. PDZD8 has been previously reported to bind the HIV-1 Gag polyprotein and to make a positive contribution to the efficiency of HIV-1 infection (M. S. Henning, S. G. Morham, S. P. Goff, and M. H. Naghavi, J. Virol. 84:: 8990-8995, 2010, doi:10.1128/JVI.00843-10). PDZD8 knockdown accelerated the disassembly of HIV-1 capsids in infected cells, resulting in decreased reverse transcription. The PDZD8 coiled-coil domain is sufficient for HIV-1 capsid binding, but other parts of the protein, including the PDZ domain, are apparently required for stabilizing the capsid and supporting HIV-1 infection. In summary, PDZD8 interacts with and stabilizes the HIV-1 capsid and thus represents a potentially targetable host cofactor for HIV-1 infection. IMPORTANCE After human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gains access to the interior of the target cell, host cell factors can influence virus infection in either a positive or negative way. HIV-1 depends upon certain host cell factors to assist processes that are required for virus replication. One example of such a host factor is PDZD8. This work shows that PDZD8 helps to stabilize the HIV-1 capsid, a huge complex of the viral RNA, enzymes, and protein. When PDZD8 is prevented from interacting with the HIV-1 capsid, the capsid becomes unstable and HIV-1 infection is inhibited. These results show that PDZD8 regulates the uncoating of the HIV-1 capsid. Interfering with the interaction of PDZD8 and capsid could prove to be a useful strategy for intervening in HIV-1 infection and transmission.
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Chan E, Towers GJ, Qasim W. Gene therapy strategies to exploit TRIM derived restriction factors against HIV-1. Viruses 2014; 6:243-63. [PMID: 24424502 PMCID: PMC3917441 DOI: 10.3390/v6010243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Restriction factors are a collection of antiviral proteins that form an important aspect of the innate immune system. Their constitutive expression allows immediate response to viral infection, ahead of other innate or adaptive immune responses. We review the molecular mechanism of restriction for four categories of restriction factors; TRIM5, tetherin, APOBEC3G and SAMHD1 and go on to consider how the TRIM5 and TRIMCyp proteins in particular, show promise for exploitation using gene therapy strategies. Such approaches could form an important alternative to current anti-HIV-1 drug regimens, especially if combined with strategies to eradicate HIV reservoirs. Autologous CD4+ T cells or their haematopoietic stem cell precursors engineered to express TRIMCyp restriction factors, and provided in a single therapeutic intervention could then be used to restore functional immunity with a pool of cells protected against HIV. We consider the challenges ahead and consider how early clinical phase testing may best be achieved.
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- Emma Chan
- Centre for Gene Therapy, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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- Centre for Gene Therapy, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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- Centre for Gene Therapy, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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Rajsbaum R, García-Sastre A, Versteeg GA. TRIMmunity: the roles of the TRIM E3-ubiquitin ligase family in innate antiviral immunity. J Mol Biol 2013; 426:1265-84. [PMID: 24333484 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins have been implicated in multiple cellular functions, including antiviral activity. Research efforts so far indicate that the antiviral activity of TRIMs relies, for the most part, on their function as E3-ubiquitin ligases. A substantial number of the TRIM family members have been demonstrated to mediate innate immune cell signal transduction and subsequent cytokine induction. In addition, a subset of TRIMs has been shown to restrict viral replication by directly targeting viral proteins. Although the body of work on the cellular roles of TRIM E3-ubiquitin ligases has rapidly grown over the last years, many aspects of their molecular workings and multi-functionality remain unclear. The antiviral function of many TRIMs seems to be conferred by specific isoforms, by sub-cellular localization and in cell-type-specific contexts. Here we review recent findings on TRIM antiviral functions, current limitations and an outlook for future research.
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- Ricardo Rajsbaum
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Doktor-Bohr-Gasse 9/4, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Rasaiyaah J, Tan CP, Fletcher AJ, Price AJ, Blondeau C, Hilditch L, Jacques DA, Selwood DL, James LC, Noursadeghi M, Towers GJ. HIV-1 evades innate immune recognition through specific cofactor recruitment. Nature 2013; 503:402-405. [PMID: 24196705 PMCID: PMC3928559 DOI: 10.1038/nature12769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 343] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 is able to replicate in primary human macrophages without stimulating innate immunity despite reverse transcription of genomic RNA into double-stranded DNA, an activity that might be expected to trigger innate pattern recognition receptors. We reasoned that if correctly orchestrated HIV-1 uncoating and nuclear entry is important for evasion of innate sensors then manipulation of specific interactions between HIV-1 capsid and host factors that putatively regulate these processes should trigger pattern recognition receptors and stimulate type 1 interferon (IFN) secretion. Here we show that HIV-1 capsid mutants N74D and P90A, which are impaired for interaction with cofactors cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor subunit 6 (CPSF6) and cyclophilins (Nup358 and CypA), respectively, cannot replicate in primary human monocyte-derived macrophages because they trigger innate sensors leading to nuclear translocation of NF-κB and IRF3, the production of soluble type 1 IFN and induction of an antiviral state. Depletion of CPSF6 with short hairpin RNA expression allows wild-type virus to trigger innate sensors and IFN production. In each case, suppressed replication is rescued by IFN-receptor blockade, demonstrating a role for IFN in restriction. IFN production is dependent on viral reverse transcription but not integration, indicating that a viral reverse transcription product comprises the HIV-1 pathogen-associated molecular pattern. Finally, we show that we can pharmacologically induce wild-type HIV-1 infection to stimulate IFN secretion and an antiviral state using a non-immunosuppressive cyclosporine analogue. We conclude that HIV-1 has evolved to use CPSF6 and cyclophilins to cloak its replication, allowing evasion of innate immune sensors and induction of a cell-autonomous innate immune response in primary human macrophages.
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- Jane Rasaiyaah
- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- University College London, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, 90 Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Binding of the rhesus TRIM5α PRYSPRY domain to capsid is necessary but not sufficient for HIV-1 restriction. Virology 2013; 448:217-28. [PMID: 24314652 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The PRYSPRY domain of TRIM5α provides specificity and the capsid recognition motif to retroviral restriction. Restriction of HIV-1 by rhesus TRIM5α (TRIM5αrh) has been correlated to its ability to bind to the HIV-1 core, suggesting that capsid binding is required for restriction. This work explores whether the PRYSPRY domain of TRIM5αrh exhibits an additional function besides binding to the HIV-1 core. Using our recently described structure of the PRYSPRY domain, we performed an exhaustive structure-function study of the surface and interior residues of the PRYSPRY domain. Testing retroviral restriction and capsid binding of an extensive collection of 60 TRIM5αrh PRYSPRY variants revealed that binding is necessary but not sufficient for restriction. In support of this hypothesis, we showed that some human tripartite motif proteins bind the HIV-1 capsid but do not restrict HIV-1 infection, such as human TRIM6 and TRIM34. Overall this work suggested that the PRYSPRY domain serves an unknown function, distinct from the binding of TRIM5αrh to the HIV-1 core, to block HIV-1 infection.
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Mamede JI, Sitbon M, Battini JL, Courgnaud V. Heterogeneous susceptibility of circulating SIV isolate capsids to HIV-interacting factors. Retrovirology 2013; 10:77. [PMID: 23883001 PMCID: PMC3751554 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Many species of non-human primates in Africa are naturally infected by simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) and humans stand at the forefront of exposure to these viruses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cross-species transmission and adaptation of SIV to humans have given rise to human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) on twelve accountable, independent occasions. However, the determinants contributing to a simian-to-human lasting transmission are not fully understood. Following entry, viral cores are released into the cytoplasm and become the principal target of host cellular factors. Here, we evaluated cellular factors likely to be involved in potential new SIV cross-species transmissions. We investigated the interactions of capsids from naturally circulating SIV isolates with both HIV-1 restricting (i.e. TRIM5 proteins) and facilitating (i.e. cyclophilin A and nucleopore-associated Nup358/RanBP2 and Nup153) factors in single-round infectivity assays that reproduce early stages of the viral life-cycle. Results We show that human TRIM5α is unlikely to prevent cross-species transmission of any SIV we tested and observed that the SIV CA-CypA interaction is a widespread but not a universal feature. Moreover, entry in the nucleus of different SIV appeared to follow pathways that do not necessarily recruit Nup358/RanBP2 or Nup153, and this regardless of their interaction with CypA. Nevertheless, we found that, like HIV-1, human-adapted HIV-2 infection was dependent on Nup358/RanBP2 and Nup153 interactions for optimal infection. Furthermore, we found that, unlike HIV CA, SIV CA did not require a direct interaction with the Cyp-like domain of Nup358/RanBP2 to carry out successful infection. Conclusions Circulating SIV present a variety of phenotypes with regard to CA-interacting restricting or facilitating factors. Altogether, we unveiled unidentified pathways for SIV CA, which could also be exploited by HIV in different cellular contexts, to drive entry into the nucleus. Our findings warrant a closer evaluation of other potential defenses against circulating SIV.
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- João I Mamede
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier UMR 5535 CNRS, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Takeuchi JS, Perche B, Migraine J, Mercier-Delarue S, Ponscarme D, Simon F, Clavel F, Labrosse B. High level of susceptibility to human TRIM5α conferred by HIV-2 capsid sequences. Retrovirology 2013; 10:50. [PMID: 23647667 PMCID: PMC3691696 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-10-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV-2, which was transmitted to humans from a distant primate species (sooty mangabey), differs remarkably from HIV-1 in its infectivity, transmissibility and pathogenicity. We have tested the possibility that a greater susceptibility of HIV-2 capsid (CA) to the human restriction factor TRIM5α (hTRIM5α) could contribute to these differences. RESULTS We constructed recombinant clones expressing CA from a variety of HIV-2 viruses in the context of HIV-1 NL4-3-luciferase. CA sequences were amplified from the plasma of HIV-2 infected patients, including 8 subtype A and 7 subtype B viruses. CA from 6 non-epidemic HIV-2 subtypes, 3 HIV-2 CRF01_AB recombinants and 4 SIVsmm viruses were also tested. Susceptibility to hTRIM5α was measured by comparing single-cycle infectivity in human target cells expressing hTRIM5α to that measured in cells in which hTRIM5α activity was inhibited by overexpression of hTRIM5γ.The insertion of HIV-2 CA sequences in the context of HIV-1 did not affect expression and maturation of the HIV-2 CA protein. The level of susceptibility hTRIM5α expressed by viruses carrying HIV-2 CA sequences was up to 9-fold higher than that of HIV-1 NL4-3 and markedly higher than a panel of primary HIV-1 CA sequences. This phenotype was found both for viruses carrying CA from primary HIV-2 sequences and viruses carrying CA from laboratory-adapted HIV-2 clones. High hTRIM5α susceptibility was found in all HIV-2 subtypes. In this series of viruses, susceptibility to hTRIM5α was not significantly affected by the presence of a proline at position 119 or by the number of prolines at positions 119, 159 or 178 in HIV-2 CA. No significant correlation was found between HIV-2 viremia and sensitivity to hTRIM5α. CONCLUSIONS HIV-2 capsid sequences expressed high levels of susceptibility to hTRIM5α. This property, common to all HIV-2 sequences tested, may contribute in part to the lower replication and pathogenicity of this virus in humans.
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Mattiuzzo G, Rose NJ, Almond N, Towers GJ, Berry N. Upregulation of TRIM5α gene expression after live-attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus vaccination in Mauritian cynomolgus macaques, but TRIM5α genotype has no impact on virus acquisition or vaccination outcome. J Gen Virol 2013; 94:606-611. [PMID: 23152371 PMCID: PMC3709606 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.047795-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Polymorphism in the TRIM5α/TRIMcyp gene, which interacts with the lentiviral capsid, has been shown to impact on simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) replication in certain macaque species. Here, in the context of a live-attenuated SIV vaccine study conducted in Mauritian-origin cynomolgus macaques (MCM), we demonstrate upregulation of TRIM5α expression in multiple lymphoid tissues immediately following vaccination. Despite this, the restricted range of TRIM5α genotypes and lack of TRIMcyp variants had no or only limited impact on the replication kinetics in vivo of either the SIVmac viral vaccine or wild-type SIVsmE660 challenge. Additionally, there appeared to be no impact of TRIM5α genotype on the outcome of homologous or heterologous vaccination/challenge studies. The limited spectrum of TRIM5α polymorphism in MCM appears to minimize host bias to provide consistency of replication for SIVmac/SIVsm viruses in vivo, and therefore on vaccination and pathogenesis studies conducted in this species.
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- Giada Mattiuzzo
- Divison of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control–Health Protection Agency, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- Divison of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control–Health Protection Agency, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- Divison of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control–Health Protection Agency, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Divison of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control–Health Protection Agency, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3QG, UK
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Vaccari M, Keele BF, Bosinger SE, Doster MN, Ma ZM, Pollara J, Hryniewicz A, Ferrari G, Guan Y, Forthal DN, Venzon D, Fenizia C, Morgan T, Montefiori D, Lifson JD, Miller CJ, Silvestri G, Rosati M, Felber BK, Pavlakis GN, Tartaglia J, Franchini G. Protection afforded by an HIV vaccine candidate in macaques depends on the dose of SIVmac251 at challenge exposure. J Virol 2013; 87:3538-48. [PMID: 23325681 PMCID: PMC3592147 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02863-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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We used the simian immunodeficiency virus mac251 (SIV(mac251)) macaque model to study the effect of the dose of mucosal exposure on vaccine efficacy. We immunized macaques with a DNA prime followed by SIV gp120 protein immunization with ALVAC-SIV and gp120 in alum, and we challenged them with SIV(mac251) at either a single high dose or at two repeated low-dose exposures to a 10-fold-lower dose. Infection was neither prevented nor modified following a single high-dose challenge of the immunized macaques. However, two exposures to a 10-fold-lower dose resulted in protection from SIV(mac251) acquisition in 3 out of 12 macaques. The remaining animals that were infected had a modulated pathogenesis, significant downregulation of interferon responsive genes, and upregulation of genes involved in B- and T-cell responses. Thus, the choice of the experimental model greatly influences the vaccine efficacy of vaccines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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- Monica Vaccari
- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology and Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Biostatistics and Data Management Section, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Human Retrovirus Pathogenesis Section, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Animal Models and Retroviral Vaccine Section, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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TRIM22 inhibits influenza A virus infection by targeting the viral nucleoprotein for degradation. J Virol 2013; 87:4523-33. [PMID: 23408607 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02548-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Tripartite motif (TRIM) protein superfamily members are emerging as important effectors of the innate immune response against viral infections. In particular, TRIM22 was reported to exert antiviral activity against RNA viruses, such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), encephalomyocarditis virus (ECMV), and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We demonstrate here, for the first time, that TRIM22 is upregulated by influenza A virus (IAV) infection at both mRNA and protein levels in human alveolar epithelial A549 cells. Conversely, TRIM22 potently restricted IAV replication, in that prevention of TRIM22 expression by means of short hairpin RNA led to a 10-fold enhancement of IAV replication in these cells. Depletion of TRIM22 also reduced the anti-IAV activity of alpha interferon (IFN-α), suggesting that TRIM22 is an important IFN-stimulated gene that is required for maximal suppression of IAV by type I IFN. Furthermore, the IAV infectious titer decreased up to 100-fold in MDCK cells expressing exogenous human TRIM22. Restriction of IAV replication was accounted for by the interaction between TRIM22 and the viral nucleoprotein (NP), resulting in its polyubiquitination and degradation in a proteasome-dependent manner. Thus, TRIM22 represents a novel restriction factor upregulated upon IAV infection that curtails its replicative capacity in epithelial cells.
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Adaptation to the interferon-induced antiviral state by human and simian immunodeficiency viruses. J Virol 2013; 87:3549-60. [PMID: 23325684 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03219-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The production of type I interferon (IFN) is an early host response to different infectious agents leading to the induction of hundreds of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). The roles of many ISGs in host defense are unknown, but their expression results in the induction of an "antiviral state" that inhibits the replication of many viruses. Here we show that prototype primate lentiviruses human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques (SIV(MAC) and SIV(MNE)) can replicate in lymphocytes from their usual hosts (humans and macaques, respectively), even when an antiviral state is induced by IFN-α treatment. In contrast, HIV-1 and SIV(MAC)/SIV(MNE) replication was hypersensitive to IFN-α in lymphocytes from unnatural hosts, indicating that the antiviral state can effectively curtail the replication of primate lentiviruses in hosts to which they are not adapted. Most of the members of a panel of naturally occurring HIV-1 and HIV-2 strains behaved like prototype strains and were comparatively insensitive to IFN-α in human lymphocytes. Using chimeric viruses engineered to overcome restriction factors whose antiretroviral specificities vary in a species-dependent manner, we demonstrate that differential HIV-1 and SIV(MAC) sensitivities to IFN-α in lymphocytes from humans and macaques could not be ascribed to TRIM5, APOBEC3, tetherin, or SAMHD1. Single-cycle infection experiments indicated that at least part of this species-specific, IFN-α-induced restriction of primate lentivirus replication occurs early in the retroviral life cycle. Overall, these studies indicate the existence of undiscovered, IFN-α-inducible antiretroviral factors whose spectrum of activity varies in a species-dependent manner and to which at least some HIV/SIV strains have become adapted in their usual hosts.
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Birth, decay, and reconstruction of an ancient TRIMCyp gene fusion in primate genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E583-92. [PMID: 23319649 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216542110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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TRIM5 is a host antiviral gene with an evolutionary history of genetic conflict with retroviruses. The TRIMCyp gene encodes a protein fusion of TRIM5 effector domains with the capsid-binding ability of a retrotransposed CyclophilinA (CypA), resulting in novel antiviral specificity against lentiviruses. Previous studies have identified two independent primate TRIMCyp fusions that evolved within the past 6 My. Here, we describe an ancient primate TRIMCyp gene (that we call TRIMCypA3), which evolved in the common ancestor of simian primates 43 Mya. Gene reconstruction shows that CypA3 encoded an intact, likely active, TRIMCyp antiviral gene, which was subject to selective constraints for at least 10 My, followed by pseudogenization or loss in all extant primates. Despite its decayed status, we found TRIMCypA3 gene fusion transcripts in several primates. We found that the reconstructed "newly born" TrimCypA3 encoded robust and broad retroviral restriction activity but that this broad activity was lost via eight amino acid changes over the course of the next 10 My. We propose that TRIMCypA3 arose in response to a viral pathogen encountered by ancestral primates but was subsequently pseudogenized or lost due to a lack of selective pressure. Much like imprints of ancient viruses, fossils of decayed genes, such as TRIMCypA3, provide unique and specific insight into paleoviral infections that plagued primates deep in their evolutionary history.
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Fletcher AJ, Towers GJ. Inhibition of retroviral replication by members of the TRIM protein family. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2013; 371:29-66. [PMID: 23686231 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37765-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The TRIM protein family is emerging as a central component of mammalian antiviral innate immunity. Beginning with the identification of TRIM5α as a mammalian post-entry restriction factor against retroviruses, to the repeated observation that many TRIMs ubiquitinate and regulate signaling pathways, the past decade has witnessed an intense research effort to understand how TRIM proteins influence immunity. The list of viral families targeted directly or indirectly by TRIM proteins has grown to include adenoviruses, hepadnaviruses, picornaviruses, flaviviruses, orthomyxoviruses, paramyxoviruses, herpesviruses, rhabdoviruses and arenaviruses. We have come to appreciate how, through intense bouts of positive selection, some TRIM genes have been honed into species-specific restriction factors. Similarly, in the case of TRIMCyp, we are beginning to understand how viruses too have mutated to evade restriction, suggesting that TRIM and viruses have coevolved for millions of years of primate evolution. Recently, TRIM5α returned to the limelight when it was shown to trigger the expression of antiviral genes upon recognition of an incoming virus, a paradigm shift that demonstrated that restriction factors make excellent pathogen sensors. However, it remains unclear how many of ~100 human TRIM genes are antiviral, despite the expression of many of these genes being upregulated by interferon and upon viral infection. TRIM proteins do not conform to one type of antiviral mechanism, reflecting the diversity of viruses they target. Moreover, the cofactors of restriction remain largely enigmatic. The control of retroviral replication remains an important medical subject and provides a useful backdrop for reviewing how TRIM proteins act to repress viral replication.
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- Adam J Fletcher
- MRC Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, University College, London, UK.
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Uchil PD, Hinz A, Siegel S, Coenen-Stass A, Pertel T, Luban J, Mothes W. TRIM protein-mediated regulation of inflammatory and innate immune signaling and its association with antiretroviral activity. J Virol 2013; 87:257-72. [PMID: 23077300 PMCID: PMC3536418 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01804-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 10/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Members of the tripartite interaction motif (TRIM) family of E3 ligases are emerging as critical regulators of innate immunity. To identify new regulators, we carried out a screen of 43 human TRIM proteins for the ability to activate NF-κB, AP-1, and interferon, hallmarks of many innate immune signaling pathways. We identified 16 TRIM proteins that induced NF-κB and/or AP-1. We found that one of these, TRIM62, functions in the TRIF branch of the TLR4 signaling pathway. Knockdown of TRIM62 in primary macrophages led to a defect in TRIF-mediated late NF-κB, AP-1, and interferon production after lipopolysaccharide challenge. We also discovered a role for TRIM15 in the RIG-I-mediated interferon pathway upstream of MAVS. Knockdown of TRIM15 limited virus/RIG-I ligand-induced interferon production and enhanced vesicular stomatitis virus replication. In addition, most TRIM proteins previously identified to inhibit murine leukemia virus (MLV) demonstrated an ability to induce NF-κB/AP-1. Interfering with the NF-κB and AP-1 signaling induced by the antiretroviral TRIM1 and TRIM62 proteins rescued MLV release. In contrast, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gene expression was increased by TRIM proteins that induce NF-κB. HIV-1 resistance to inflammatory TRIM proteins mapped to the NF-κB sites in the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) U3 and could be transferred to MLV. Thus, our work identifies new TRIM proteins involved in innate immune signaling and reinforces the striking ability of HIV-1 to exploit innate immune signaling for the purpose of viral replication.
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- Pradeep D. Uchil
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Program in Molecular Medicine, Center for AIDS Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Blanco-Melo D, Venkatesh S, Bieniasz PD. Intrinsic cellular defenses against human immunodeficiency viruses. Immunity 2012; 37:399-411. [PMID: 22999946 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Viral infections are often detrimental to host survival and reproduction. Consequently, hosts have evolved a variety of mechanisms to defend themselves against viruses. A component of this arsenal is a set of proteins, termed restriction factors, which exhibit direct antiviral activity. Among these are several classes of proteins (APOBEC3, TRIM5, Tetherin, and SAMHD1) that inhibit the replication of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses. Here, we outline the features, mechanisms, and evolution of these defense mechanisms. We also speculate on how restriction factors arose, how they might interact with the conventional innate and adaptive immune systems, and how an understanding of these intrinsic cellular defenses might be usefully exploited.
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- Daniel Blanco-Melo
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University 455 First Avenue New York, NY, 10016
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University 455 First Avenue New York, NY, 10016
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Retrovirology, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University 455 First Avenue New York, NY, 10016
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Christian SL, Zu D, Licursi M, Komatsu Y, Pongnopparat T, Codner DA, Hirasawa K. Suppression of IFN-induced transcription underlies IFN defects generated by activated Ras/MEK in human cancer cells. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44267. [PMID: 22970192 PMCID: PMC3436881 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Certain oncolytic viruses exploit activated Ras signaling in order to replicate in cancer cells. Constitutive activation of the Ras/MEK pathway is known to suppress the effectiveness of the interferon (IFN) antiviral response, which may contribute to Ras-dependent viral oncolysis. Here, we identified 10 human cancer cell lines (out of 16) with increased sensitivity to the anti-viral effects of IFN-α after treatment with the MEK inhibitor U0126, suggesting that the Ras/MEK pathway underlies their reduced sensitivity to IFN. To determine how Ras/MEK suppresses the IFN response in these cells, we used DNA microarrays to compare IFN-induced transcription in IFN-sensitive SKOV3 cells, moderately resistant HT1080 cells, and HT1080 cells treated with U0126. We found that 267 genes were induced by IFN in SKOV3 cells, while only 98 genes were induced in HT1080 cells at the same time point. Furthermore, the expression of a distinct subset of IFN inducible genes, that included RIGI, GBP2, IFIT2, BTN3A3, MAP2, MMP7 and STAT2, was restored or increased in HT1080 cells when the cells were co-treated with U0126 and IFN. Bioinformatic analysis of the biological processes represented by these genes revealed increased representation of genes involved in the anti-viral response, regulation of apoptosis, cell differentiation and metabolism. Furthermore, introduction of constitutively active Ras into IFN sensitive SKOV3 cells reduced their IFN sensitivity and ability to activate IFN-induced transcription. This work demonstrates for the first time that activated Ras/MEK in human cancer cells induces downregulation of a specific subset of IFN-inducible genes.
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- Sherri L. Christian
- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
- * E-mail: (SLC); (KH)
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
- * E-mail: (SLC); (KH)
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Eames HL, Saliba DG, Krausgruber T, Lanfrancotti A, Ryzhakov G, Udalova IA. KAP1/TRIM28: an inhibitor of IRF5 function in inflammatory macrophages. Immunobiology 2012; 217:1315-24. [PMID: 22995936 DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Revised: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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IRF5 plays a key role in the induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines, contributing to the plasticity and polarisation of macrophages to an M1 phenotype and initiation of a potent T(H)1-T(H)17 response. To better understand the means of IRF5 transcriptional action, we conducted a screen for IRF5-interacting partners by affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry and identified KAP1/TRIM28 as a novel protein-protein interaction partner of IRF5. KAP1 acts as a transcriptional co-repressor, chiefly via recruitment of complexes involved in chromatin silencing, such as histone deacetylases and methyltransferases. We mapped the N-terminus of IRF5, encompassing its DNA-binding domain together with a highly intrinsically disordered region, as crucial for the IRF5-KAP1 interaction interface, and demonstrated that IRF5 can also form complexes with the methyltransferase SETDB1. Knockdown of KAP1 (TRIM28) gene expression in human M1 macrophages potentiated IRF5-mediated expression of TNF and other M1 macrophage markers. This effect may be linked to methyltransferase activity of SETDB1, such as trimethylation of lysine 9 of histone 3 (H3K9me3), deposition of which was decreased at the human TNF locus upon KAP1 knockdown. Our study furthers an understanding of the complex molecular interactions between the TRIM and IRF protein families, and highlights a role of the inhibitory properties of KAP1 in association with IRF5-mediated gene expression.
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- H L Eames
- Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, 65 Aspenlea Road, London W6 8LH, United Kingdom.
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Many studies have documented how extensively HIV-1 and related viruses interact with host cells. Virus-host interactions are of two conceptual types. First, viruses have evolved to make use of numerous host-cell functions to facilitate their own replication. Second, hosts have evolved a number of activities to inhibit virus replication. Understanding the scope and details of HIV-host interactions has been an extraordinary rich scientific endeavor, and in addition to their biomedical importance, studies in this area have established HIV as a model system in virology. Here, I present an overview of how HIV-1 interacts with some key host cell factors during its replication cycle.
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Cao G, Liu FL, Zhang GH, Zheng YT. [The primate TRIMCyp fusion genes and mechanism of restricting retroviruses replication]. DONG WU XUE YAN JIU = ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2012; 33:99-107. [PMID: 22345017 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1141.2012.01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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TRIM5-cyclophilin A (TRIMCyp) fusion gene is an unusual TRIM5 locus. At present, this fusion phenomenon has been found in the representative species which contain owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) of Aotus genus that belongs to New World monkeys and Old World monkeys such as Northern pig-tailed macaque (M. leonina), Sunda pig-tailed macaque(M. nemestrina), Crab-eating macaque (M. fascicularis), Indian rhesus macaque (M. mulatta) and Assam macaque (M. assamensis), etc. But the fusion mode and transcription splicing pattern of TRIMCyp fusion gene are different between New World and Old World monkeys. The TRIMCyp fusion gene of New World monkeys is formed by inserting a CypA pseudogene cDNA sequence into the region between exon 7 and exon 8 of the TRIM5 locus through retrotransposition. However the TRIMCyp fusion gene of Old World monkeys results from the retrotransposition of a CypA pseudogene cDNA into 3' terminal or 3'-UTR of TRIM5 gene. The distributions, genotypes, expression and restricting activities against different retroviruses of TRIMCyp were different across species of primates. Moreover, most of the researches focused on the TRIMCyp fusion gene of owl monkey and pig-tailed macaque and found that they may play very important roles in restricting HIV-1 replication and determine the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection. It was reported that the TRIMCyp protein of owl monkey could inhibit HIV-1 infection in a similar way as TRIM5α, but TRIMCyp protein of pig-tailed monkey loss the restricting activity to HIV-1 infection. Here we reviewed the distributions, genotypes and restriction mechanism for inhibiting retroviruses replication of TRIMCyp fusion gene in primates.
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- Guang Cao
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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