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Liedtke V, Stöckle M, Junker K, Roggenbuck D. Benign prostatic hyperplasia - A novel autoimmune disease with a potential therapy consequence? Autoimmun Rev 2024; 23:103511. [PMID: 38168573 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103511] [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: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is considered as an age-related disease of men with an unknown etiopathophysiology. Chronic inflammation has been proposed as one of the major pathophysiological mechanisms. There is growing evidence for the involvement of autoimmune responses in an inflammatory setting in the prostate. Patients with autoimmune diseases show a significantly elevated prevalence of BPH. Conventional therapy options for BPH are limited, rendering surgery the ultimate alternative. However, immunosuppression via tumor necrosis factor alpha blocker appears to reduce symptoms in patients with BPH and concurrent autoimmune disease due to the reduction of epithelial hyperplasia and macrophage-induced inflammation. New diagnostic options using HEp-2 cells with overexpression of LEDGF/p75 or mitochondrial DNA as autoimmune targets could be used to identify BPH patients with autoimmune responses. Given the presumed involvement of autoimmune responses in BPH and the efficacy of immunosuppression in reducing BPH symptoms, BPH or subvariants of BPH may be candidates for a new autoimmune disease in males.
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- Victoria Liedtke
- Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Saarland University, 66424 Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Saarland University, 66424 Homburg, Germany
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- Faculty Environment and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany; Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968 Senftenberg, Germany.
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Krzemień P, Kasperczyk S, Banach M, Kasperczyk A, Dobrakowski M, Tomasik T, Windak A, Mastej M, Catapano A, Ray KK, Mikhailidis DP, Toth PP, Howard G, Lip GYH, Tomaszewski M, Charchar FJ, Sattar N, Williams B, MacDonald TM, Penson PE, Jóźwiak JJ. Relationship Between Anti-DFS70 Autoantibodies and Oxidative Stress. Biomark Insights 2022; 17:11772719211066791. [PMID: 35125863 PMCID: PMC8808033 DOI: 10.1177/11772719211066791] [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: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The anti-DFS70 autoantibodies are one of the most commonly and widely described agent of unknown clinical significance, frequently detected in healthy individuals. It is not known whether the DFS70 autoantibodies are protective or pathogenic. One of the factors suspected of inducing the formation of anti-DFS70 antibodies is increased oxidative stress. We evaluated the coexistence of anti-DFS70 antibodies with selected markers of oxidative stress and investigated whether these antibodies could be considered as indirect markers of oxidative stress. METHODS The intensity of oxidative stress was measured in all samples via indices of free-radical damage to lipids and proteins such as total oxidant status (TOS), concentrations of lipid hydroperoxides (LPH), lipofuscin (LPS), and malondialdehyde (MDA). The parameters of the non-enzymatic antioxidant system, such as total antioxidant status (TAS) and uric acid concentration (UA), were also measured, as well as the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD). Based on TOS and TAS values, the oxidative stress index (OSI) was calculated. All samples were also tested with indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and 357 samples were selected for direct monospecific anti DFS70 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing. RESULTS The anti-DFS70 antibodies were confirmed by ELISA test in 21.29% of samples. Compared with anti-DFS70 negative samples we observed 23% lower concentration of LPH (P = .038) and 11% lower concentration of UA (P = .005). TOS was 20% lower (P = .014). The activity of SOD was up to 5% higher (P = .037). The Pearson correlation showed weak negative correlation for LPH, UA, and TOS and a weak positive correlation for SOD activity. CONCLUSION In samples positive for the anti-DFS70 antibody a decreased level of oxidative stress was observed, especially in the case of samples with a high antibody titer. Anti-DFS70 antibodies can be considered as an indirect marker of reduced oxidative stress or a marker indicating the recent intensification of antioxidant processes.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Hypertension, Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Family Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Family Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milano and Multimedica IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Imperial College, Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free Hospital, University College London, London, UK
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- Cicarrone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- CGH Medical Center, Sterling, IL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Liverpool and Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, VIC, Australia
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- Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- NIHR University College London Biomedical Research Centre, University College London and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- MEMO Research, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Opole, Opole, Poland
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Anti-DFS70 antibodies detected by specific methods in patients with thrombosis or recurrent pregnancy loss: no evidence of an association. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7748. [PMID: 32385308 PMCID: PMC7210276 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64550-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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A dense fine speckled pattern (DFS) caused by antibodies to the DFS70 kDa nuclear protein is a relatively common finding while testing for anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on HEp-2 cells. However, despite many efforts and numerous studies, the clinical significance of anti-DFS70 antibodies is still unknown as they can be found in patients with various disorders and even in healthy subjects. In this study we aimed at verifying whether these antibodies are associated with thrombotic events or with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). We studied 443 patients with venous or arterial thrombosis or RPL and 244 controls by IIF on HEp-2 cells and by a DFS70-specific chemiluminescent immunoassay (CIA). The DFS pattern was observed in IIF in 31/443 (7.0%) patients and in 6/244 (2.5%) controls (p = 0.01) while anti-DFS70 specific antibodies were detected by CIA in 11 (2.5%) patients and in one (0.4%) control (p = 0.06). Positive samples, either by IIF or by CIA, were then assayed by a second DFS70-specific line-immunoassay (LIA) method: 83.3% of the CIA positive samples were confirmed DFS70 positive versus only 29.7% of the IIF positive samples. These findings show that IIF overestimates anti-DFS70 antibody frequency and that results obtained by specific CIA and LIA assays do not indicate that venous or arterial thrombosis or RPL are linked to a higher prevalence of anti-DFS70 antibodies.
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Infantino M, Pregnolato F, Bentow C, Mahler M, Benucci M, Li Gobbi F, Damiani A, Grossi V, Franceschini F, Bodio C, Borghi MO, Manfredi M. Only monospecific anti-DFS70 antibodies aid in the exclusion of antinuclear antibody associated rheumatic diseases: an Italian experience. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 57:1764-1769. [DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2019-0454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Background
The dense fine speckled (DFS) is one of the most common patterns that can be observed as a result of the anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) test on HEp-2 cells and is mostly caused by antibodies to DFS70 as the main antigenic target. As was recently demonstrated, isolated anti-DFS70 positivity can be used as an aid in the exclusion of ANA associated rheumatic diseases (AARD) due to the opportunity to better interpret unexplained positive IIF ANA results.
Methods
Our study included 333 subjects with AARD, 51 undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) patients, 235 disease controls and 149 healthy blood donors from an Italian cohort. All samples were tested for anti-DFS70 and anti-ENA antibodies using QUANTA Flash assays (Inova Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, USA).
Results
No differences in the prevalence of anti-DFS70 antibodies were seen among AARD, non-AARD and UCTD (2.1% [7/333] vs. 2.3% [9/384] vs. 5.9% [3/51], respectively; p-value = 0.188). AARD patients positive for anti-DFS70 antibodies showed in all cases an accompanying anti-ENA specificity. In contrast, monospecific anti-DFS70 antibodies showed a significantly different distribution with a clear trend across the main groups (AARD vs. non-AARD vs. UCTD: 0% [0/7] vs. 22% [2/9] vs. 100% [3/3], p = 0.007). Anti-DFS70 antibody levels among AARD, non-AARD and UCTD patients were not significantly different (p = 0.094). Within the anti-DFS70 antibody positive cases, AARD cohort showed a higher variability (median [min–max]: 3.2 [3.2–450.8] CU) compared to non-AARD (median [min–max]: 3.2 [3.2–75.7] CU) and UCTD patients (median [min–max]: 3.2 [3.2–59.0] CU).
Conclusions
Our preliminary data showed a similar frequency of anti-DFS70 antibodies in AARD, UCTD and non-AARD cohorts. Monospecificity of anti-DFS70 antibodies but not their mere presence is the key element in the diagnostic algorithm. Mono-specific anti-DFS70 antibodies might be a helpful biomarker to discriminate individuals with AARD from non-AARD presenting with a positive ANA.
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- Maria Infantino
- SOS Laboratorio Immunologia e Allegologia Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio Firenze , Florence , Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS , Experimental Laboratory of Immunorheumatology , Cusano Milanino, Milan , Italy
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- SOS Reumatologia Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio Firenze , Florence , Italy
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- SOS Reumatologia Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio Firenze , Florence , Italy
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- SOS Laboratorio Immunologia e Allegologia Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio Firenze , Florence , Italy
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- UOC Reumatologia e Immunologia Clinica – ASST Spedali Civili Brescia , Brescia , Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS , Experimental Laboratory of Immunorheumatology , Cusano Milanino, Milan , Italy
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- Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS , Experimental Laboratory of Immunorheumatology , Cusano Milanino, Milan , Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health , University of Milan , Milan , Italy
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- SOS Laboratorio Immunologia e Allegologia Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio Firenze , Florence , Italy
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Mahroum N, Perez D, Shovman O, Watad A, Gilburd B, Amital H, Levy I, Shoenfeld Y. Anti-DFS70 among HIV-positive individuals - A prospective study. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2019; 32:605-609. [PMID: 31174828 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2019.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Anti-DFS70 is an anti-nuclear antibody directed against the DFS70 protein, which is produced in response to several stressful events. Since its discovery, this autoantigen-antibody complex has drawn the attention of many researchers, yet many questions remain unanswered. The DFS70 protein is crucial for HIV integration into the host DNA; however, the relationship between anti-DFS70 and HIV is unknown. A protective role of anti-DFS70 against HIV is possible due to the competition between the HIV integrase and the anti-DFS70 antibody on the same target site on DFS70. The current study aimed to assess the prevalence of anti-DFS70 in HIV-positive individuals seeking for possible interrelation. A total of 100 HIV-positive individuals followed up at the HIV unit at Sheba Medical Center were tested for the detection of anti-DFS70. A total of 92 non-HIV subjects, randomly selected, were tested and compared as controls. Chemiluminescence assay by QUANTA Flash was performed to evaluate the presence of anti-DFS70 antibodies. None of the HIV-positive individuals had a positive test result for anti-DFS70 (0%) compared to 10 out of 92 non-HIV individuals (10.9%). This is the first study addressing the prevalence of anti-DFS70 in HIV-positive patients. The rate of anti-DFS70 positivity was found to be significantly lower in HIV-positive individuals than in non-HIV individuals (p = 0.002). The absence of anti-DFS70 in HIV-positive subjects might imply that individuals who lack these antibodies are more susceptible to HIV infection. Further studies with large populations are needed to confirm this hypothesis.
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- Naim Mahroum
- Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; HIV Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel.
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- Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Medicine 'B', Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- HIV Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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- Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashome, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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Carter JB, Carter S, Saschenbrecker S, Goeckeritz BE. Recognition and Relevance of Anti-DFS70 Autoantibodies in Routine Antinuclear Autoantibodies Testing at a Community Hospital. Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:88. [PMID: 29686987 PMCID: PMC5900435 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Antinuclear autoantibodies (ANA) displaying a dense fine speckled pattern (DFS, ICAP AC-2) on HEp-2 cells are frequently observed in clinical laboratory referrals, often associated with anti-DFS70 specificity. Anti-DFS70 positive patients rarely develop systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD), especially in the absence of clinical evidence or additional anti-extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibodies, prompting suggestions that an isolated DFS70-specific ENA may be an exclusionary finding for SARD. In this study, the frequency and diagnostic significance of anti-DFS70 autoantibodies was investigated in a community hospital cohort of patients undergoing routine ANA testing. ANA screening was performed by HEp-20-10-based indirect immunofluorescence, followed by ENA profiling using a multiparametric line immunoassay (LIA). Of 6,511 patient samples tested for ANA in 2016, the DFS pattern was identified in 1,758 (27.0%), 720 (41.0%) of which were anti-DFS70 positive by LIA. Of these, 526 (73.1%) revealed isolated anti-DFS70 reactivity, while 194 (26.9%) showed additional ENA specificities. Among 1,038 anti-DFS70 negative or borderline samples, 778 (75.0%) were ENA profile negative, while the remaining 260 (25.0%) showed a varied presence of other ENA specificities. Chart reviews of patients with an isolated anti-DFS70 ANA affirmed that ANA-related SARD is rare in the absence of clinical evidence or other ENA specificities, there being no case thus far identified. Rheumatoid arthritis patients occasionally had an isolated anti-DFS70 ANA and were positive for rheumatoid factor and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies. In conclusion, the recognition of a DFS ANA pattern using a mitotic-rich HEp-2 substrate, followed by confirmation of anti-DFS70 specificity should be a routine ANA testing service. Use of an expanded ENA profile and clinical correlation is necessary to affirm the "isolation" of anti-DFS70 as the cause of an ANA. Recognition of isolated anti-DFS70 ANA enables reassurance of patients that SARD is unlikely, thus avoiding referral for more extensive testing. The presence of significant elevations of other ENAs may reflect SARD and warrants close clinical correlation and follow-up.
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- John B. Carter
- Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC, United States
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- Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia, SC, United States
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Analysis of DFS70 pattern and impact on ANA screening using a novel HEp-2 ELITE/DFS70 knockout substrate. AUTOIMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTS 2017; 8:3. [PMID: 28315185 PMCID: PMC5357240 DOI: 10.1007/s13317-017-0091-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) using human epithelial cell (HEp-2) substrate is a widely used and the recommended method for screening of antinuclear antibodies (ANA). Dense fine speckled (DFS70) pattern on HEp-2 has been widely reported in various healthy and disease groups. Interpretation of DFS70 pattern can be challenging on a conventional HEp-2 substrate due to its similarity to some of the disease associated patterns. The high prevalence of DFS70 autoantibodies in normal population, lack of association with a particular disease group and a general negative association with systemic and ANA associated autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD/AARD) necessitates the confirmation of DFS70 pattern. Results using available commercial assays for confirmation of DFS70 autoantibodies do not always agree with IIF screening results further complicating the lab work flow and ANA algorithms. In this review, we discuss the prevalence of DFS70 antibodies and factors affecting the performance of IIF and DFS70 specific confirmatory assays. Factors that contribute to disagreement between DFS70 suspicion by IIF and confirmatory assays will also be discussed. In addition, we also describe a novel IIF HEp-2 substrate, and its positive impact on DFS70 reporting and ANA screening-confirmation algorithm.
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Geiger R, Rieckmann J, Wolf T, Basso C, Feng Y, Fuhrer T, Kogadeeva M, Picotti P, Meissner F, Mann M, Zamboni N, Sallusto F, Lanzavecchia A. L-Arginine Modulates T Cell Metabolism and Enhances Survival and Anti-tumor Activity. Cell 2016; 167. [PMID: 27745970 PMCID: PMC5075284 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.031 10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Metabolic activity is intimately linked to T cell fate and function. Using high-resolution mass spectrometry, we generated dynamic metabolome and proteome profiles of human primary naive T cells following activation. We discovered critical changes in the arginine metabolism that led to a drop in intracellular L-arginine concentration. Elevating L-arginine levels induced global metabolic changes including a shift from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation in activated T cells and promoted the generation of central memory-like cells endowed with higher survival capacity and, in a mouse model, anti-tumor activity. Proteome-wide probing of structural alterations, validated by the analysis of knockout T cell clones, identified three transcriptional regulators (BAZ1B, PSIP1, and TSN) that sensed L-arginine levels and promoted T cell survival. Thus, intracellular L-arginine concentrations directly impact the metabolic fitness and survival capacity of T cells that are crucial for anti-tumor responses.
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- Roger Geiger
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland,Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland,Corresponding author
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland,Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland,Center of Medical Immunology, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera italiana, Bellinzona 6500, Switzerland,Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich 8093, Switzerland,Corresponding author
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L-Arginine Modulates T Cell Metabolism and Enhances Survival and Anti-tumor Activity. Cell 2016; 167:829-842.e13. [PMID: 27745970 PMCID: PMC5075284 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 984] [Impact Index Per Article: 123.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Metabolic activity is intimately linked to T cell fate and function. Using high-resolution mass spectrometry, we generated dynamic metabolome and proteome profiles of human primary naive T cells following activation. We discovered critical changes in the arginine metabolism that led to a drop in intracellular L-arginine concentration. Elevating L-arginine levels induced global metabolic changes including a shift from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation in activated T cells and promoted the generation of central memory-like cells endowed with higher survival capacity and, in a mouse model, anti-tumor activity. Proteome-wide probing of structural alterations, validated by the analysis of knockout T cell clones, identified three transcriptional regulators (BAZ1B, PSIP1, and TSN) that sensed L-arginine levels and promoted T cell survival. Thus, intracellular L-arginine concentrations directly impact the metabolic fitness and survival capacity of T cells that are crucial for anti-tumor responses. Dataset on dynamic metabolome/proteome profiles of activated human naive T cells Intracellular L-arginine levels regulate several metabolic pathways in T cells T cells with increased L-arginine display enhanced survival and anti-tumor activity LiP-MS identified proteins that are structurally modified by high L-arginine levels
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The Multifaceted Contributions of Chromatin to HIV-1 Integration, Transcription, and Latency. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 328:197-252. [PMID: 28069134 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The capacity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) to establish latent infections constitutes a major barrier to the development of a cure for HIV-1. In latent infection, replication competent HIV-1 provirus is integrated within the host genome but remains silent, masking the infected cells from the activity of the host immune response. Despite the progress in elucidating the molecular players that regulate HIV-1 gene expression, the mechanisms driving the establishment and maintenance of latency are still not fully understood. Transcription from the HIV-1 genome occurs in the context of chromatin and is subjected to the same regulatory mechanisms that drive cellular gene expression. Much like in eukaryotic genes, the nucleosomal landscape of the HIV-1 promoter and its position within genomic chromatin are determinants of its transcriptional activity. Understanding the multilayered chromatin-mediated mechanisms that underpin HIV-1 integration and expression is of utmost importance for the development of therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing the pool of latently infected cells. In this review, we discuss the impact of chromatin structure on viral integration, transcriptional regulation and latency, and the host factors that influence HIV-1 replication by regulating chromatin organization. Finally, we describe therapeutic strategies under development to target the chromatin-HIV-1 interplay.
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Bizzaro N, Pesente F, Cucchiaro F, Infantino M, Tampoia M, Villalta D, Fabris M, Tonutti E. Anti-DFS70 antibodies detected by immunoblot methods: A reliable tool to confirm the dense fine speckles ANA pattern. J Immunol Methods 2016; 436:50-3. [PMID: 27374867 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2016.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Autoantibodies to the DFS70 (dense fine speckles 70) protein have been identified among the antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in patients with various disorders. However, the ANA test in indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) is not a reliable method to identify anti-DFS70 antibodies. We undertook this study to evaluate the diagnostic performance of two new immunoblot methods for the detection of anti-DFS70 antibodies and to investigate whether their different DFS70 antigen composition could affect diagnostic accuracy in detecting anti-DFS70 antibodies. METHODS 62 samples showing a DFS70 staining pattern by IIF were tested by dot blot (Alphadia) and line blot (Euroimmun) methods. The dot blot method employs a truncated sequence of the DFS70 antigen (residues 349-435), while the line blot uses the full-length protein (aa 1-530). The 62 samples were previously assayed by a chemoluminescent (CLIA) method also using a truncated antigen (aa 349-435): 27 were CLIA positive and 35 were CLIA negative. 120 sera from subjects with infectious diseases were used as controls. RESULT Both immunoblot methods were positive in the 27 IIF/CLIA positive samples; in addition, the Alphadia dot blot identified another seven DFS70 samples and the Euroimmun line blot was positive in five samples that were negative by CLIA. Among the 120 control samples, two false positives were recorded for the CLIA method, six for the Alphadia method and four for the Euroimmun method. Therefore, in this selected series of samples, sensitivity and specificity were 43.5% and 98.3% for the CLIA method, 54.8% and 95% for the dot blot and 51.6% and 96.6% for the line blot, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Because of great inconsistency in assessing the DFS70 pattern using the ANA-IIF test, specific assays should be used to confirm anti-DFS70 antibodies. The results of this study show that there is no difference in the overall diagnostic accuracy among methods that use the truncated or the full-length DFS70 antigenic sequence and that it is likely that antibodies directed against antigens other than DFS70 may be responsible for producing a DFS70-like ANA-IIF pattern.
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- Nicola Bizzaro
- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy.
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Immunologia e Allergologia, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy
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- Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone, Italy
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- Istituto di Patologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Immunopatologia e Allergologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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Bizzaro N, Tonutti E, Tampoia M, Infantino M, Cucchiaro F, Pesente F, Morozzi G, Fabris M, Villalta D. Specific chemoluminescence and immunoasdorption tests for anti-DFS70 antibodies avoid false positive results by indirect immunofluorescence. Clin Chim Acta 2015; 451:271-7. [PMID: 26471835 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 10/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate two new diagnostic methods for the identification of anti-DFS70 antibodies in samples showing a DFS70-staining pattern by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF). METHODS We studied 731 patients: 576 were collected consecutively among those that in the ANA test on HEp-2 cells had produced a DFS70 fluorescence pattern and 155 were a consecutive series of patients sent by referring physicians for routine ANA testing. As controls we studied 50 patients with autoimmune diseases and 120 patients with active infectious disease. All 731 sera were assayed for anti-DFS70 antibodies by a specific chemoluminescence assay (CLIA); 70 randomly selected IIF-positive sera and 35 samples from patients with autoimmune diseases were studied by inhibition tests using the HEp-2 Select method. RESULTS Assays performed with the CLIA-DFS70 method were positive in 30.4% of the samples presenting a DFS70 pattern by IIF, in 1.3% of the routine ANA sera, in 1.6% of the infectious sera and in none of the 50 autoimmune controls. However, as the IIF-DFS70 positive group included 106 patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), 11 of which were DFS70 positive by CLIA, the prevalence of DFS70 antibodies in SARD was 7.5%. The ANA test performed after the use of HEp-2 Select showed an inhibition in 95.7% of the sera. No change in fluorescence intensity and pattern morphology between the native sera and the same sera tested with the solution containing the DFS70 antigen was observed in the 35 samples from patients with autoimmune diseases. CONCLUSIONS To avoid misinterpretation of ANA pattern and consequent diagnostic errors, confirmation of the DFS70-IIF pattern by CLIA or other specific methods is mandatory before reporting the presence of anti-DFS70 antibodies. The HEp-2 Select test in most cases eliminates the interference by anti-DFS70 antibodies and avoids the possible reporting of false positive results.
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- Nicola Bizzaro
- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy.
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- Immunopatologia e Allergologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Policlinico Universitario, Bari, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Immunologia e Allergologia, Ospedale S. Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Scienze Immunologiche, Sezione di Reumatologia, Policlinico Universitario Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
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- Istituto di Patologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Allergologia e Immunologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone, Italy
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Ochs RL, Mahler M, Basu A, Rios-Colon L, Sanchez TW, Andrade LE, Fritzler MJ, Casiano CA. The significance of autoantibodies to DFS70/LEDGFp75 in health and disease: integrating basic science with clinical understanding. Clin Exp Med 2015; 16:273-93. [PMID: 26088181 PMCID: PMC4684813 DOI: 10.1007/s10238-015-0367-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Antinuclear autoantibodies (ANAs) displaying the nuclear dense fine speckled immunofluorescence (DFS-IIF) pattern in HEp-2 substrates are commonly observed in clinical laboratory referrals. They target the dense fine speckled autoantigen of 70 kD (DFS70), most commonly known as lens epithelium-derived growth factor p75 (LEDGFp75). Interesting features of these ANAs include their low frequency in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), elevated prevalence in apparently healthy individuals, IgG isotype, strong trend to occur as the only ANA specificity in serum, and occurrence in moderate to high titers. These autoantibodies have also been detected at varied frequencies in patients with diverse non-SARD inflammatory and malignant conditions such as atopic diseases, asthma, eye diseases, and prostate cancer. These observations have recently stimulated vigorous research on their clinical and biological significance. Some studies have suggested that they are natural, protective antibodies that could serve as biomarkers to exclude a SARD diagnosis. Other studies suggest that they might be pathogenic in certain contexts. The emerging role of DFS70/LEDGFp75 as a stress protein relevant to human acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, cancer, and inflammation also points to the possibility that these autoantibodies could be sensors of cellular stress and inflammation associated with environmental factors. In this comprehensive review, we integrate our current knowledge of the biology of DFS70/LEDGFp75 with the clinical understanding of its autoantibodies in the contexts of health and disease.
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- Robert L Ochs
- Ventana Medical, Roche Tissue Diagnostics, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Research, Inova Diagnostics, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Mortensen Hall 142, 11085 Campus St, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Mortensen Hall 142, 11085 Campus St, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Mortensen Hall 142, 11085 Campus St, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA
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- Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, and Immunology Division, Fleury Medicine and Health Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Mortensen Hall 142, 11085 Campus St, Loma Linda, CA, 92350, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
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Kumar R, Sharma M, Shaikh N, Garg P. A comparative study of integrase-binding domain of homologous HRP2 and LEDGF/p75 protein: from sequence to structural characterisation. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2014.935374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Host factors for retroviral integration site selection. Trends Biochem Sci 2014; 40:108-16. [PMID: 25555456 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To achieve productive infection, retroviruses such as HIV stably integrate their reverse transcribed RNA genome into a host chromosome. Each retroviral family preferentially integrates near a unique subset of genomic features. HIV integrase (IN) is targeted to the body of active transcription units through interaction with lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/p75). We describe the successful effort to develop inhibitors of the interaction between IN and LEDGF/p75, referred to as LEDGINs. Gammaretroviruses display a distinct integration pattern. Recently, BET (bromo- and extraterminal domain) proteins were identified as the LEDGF/p75 counterparts that target the integration of gammaretroviruses. The identification of the chromatin-readers LEDGF/p75 and BET as cellular cofactors that orchestrate lentiviral or gammaretroviral integration opens new avenues to developing safer viral vectors for gene therapy.
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Vanderlinden W, Lipfert J, Demeulemeester J, Debyser Z, De Feyter S. Structure, mechanics, and binding mode heterogeneity of LEDGF/p75-DNA nucleoprotein complexes revealed by scanning force microscopy. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:4611-4619. [PMID: 24632996 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00022f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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LEDGF/p75 is a transcriptional coactivator implicated in the pathogenesis of AIDS and leukemia. In these contexts, LEDGF/p75 acts as a cofactor by tethering protein cargo to transcriptionally active regions in the human genome. Our study--based on scanning force microscopy (SFM) imaging--is the first to provide structural information on the interaction of LEDGF/p75 with DNA. Two novel approaches that allow obtaining insights into the DNA conformation inside nucleoprotein complexes revealed (1) that LEDGF/p75 can bind at least in three different binding modes, (2) how DNA topology and protein dimerization affect these binding modes, and (3) geometrical and mechanical aspects of the nucleoprotein complexes. These structural and mechanical details will help us to better understand the cellular mechanisms of LEDGF/p75 as a transcriptional coactivator and as a cofactor in disease.
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- Willem Vanderlinden
- Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Division of Molecular Imaging and Photonics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Mahler M, Meroni PL, Bossuyt X, Fritzler MJ. Current concepts and future directions for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies. J Immunol Res 2014; 2014:315179. [PMID: 24868563 PMCID: PMC4020446 DOI: 10.1155/2014/315179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The detection of autoantibodies that target intracellular antigens, commonly termed anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA), is a serological hallmark in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD). Different methods are available for detection of ANA and all bearing their own advantages and limitations. Most laboratories use the indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) assay based on HEp-2 cell substrates. Due to the subjectivity of this diagnostic platform, automated digital reading systems have been developed during the last decade. In addition, solid phase immunoassays using well characterized antigens have gained widespread adoption in high throughput laboratories due to their ease of use and open automation. Despite all the advances in the field of ANA detection and its contribution to the diagnosis of SARD, significant challenges persist. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current status on ANA testing including automated IIF reading systems and solid phase assays and suggests an approach to interpretation of results and discusses meeting the problems of assay standardization and other persistent challenges.
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- Michael Mahler
- INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., 9900 Old Grove Road, San Diego, CA 92131-1638, USA
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- Rheumatology & Experimental Laboratory of Immuno-rheumatology, University of Milan, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Via G. Zucchi 18, 20095 Cusano Milanino, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1
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Dürr R, Keppler O, Christ F, Crespan E, Garbelli A, Maga G, Dietrich U. Targeting Cellular Cofactors in HIV Therapy. TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/7355_2014_45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Cavalluzzo C, Christ F, Voet A, Sharma A, Singh BK, Zhang KY, Lescrinier E, De Maeyer M, Debyser Z, Van der Eycken E. Identification of small peptides inhibiting the integrase-LEDGF/p75 interaction through targeting the cellular co-factor. J Pept Sci 2013; 19:651-8. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2013] [Revised: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Claudia Cavalluzzo
- Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200F B-3001 Leuven Belgium
- DestiNA Genomics Ltd; West Mains Road Edinburgh EH9 3JJ UK
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- Molecular Medicine; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Kapucijnenvoer 33 B-3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular modeling; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200G B-3001 Leuven Belgium
- Zhang Initiative Research Unit; Advanced Science Institute; RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako 351-0198 Japan
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- Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200F B-3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200F B-3001 Leuven Belgium
- Bioorganic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry; University of Delhi; Delhi 110 007 India
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- Zhang Initiative Research Unit; Advanced Science Institute; RIKEN 2-1 Hirosawa Wako 351-0198 Japan
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- Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry; University of Leuven (KU Leuven); Minderbroedersstraat 10 B-3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular modeling; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200G B-3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Molecular Medicine; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Kapucijnenvoer 33 B-3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory for Organic & Microwave-Assisted Chemistry (LOMAC), Department of Chemistry; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Celestijnenlaan 200F B-3001 Leuven Belgium
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Sanchez TW, Debnath B, Christ F, Otake H, Debyser Z, Neamati N. Discovery of novel inhibitors of LEDGF/p75-IN protein-protein interactions. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:957-63. [PMID: 23306052 PMCID: PMC6188659 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75 plays an important role in the HIV life cycle by stimulating integrase (IN)-led viral DNA integration into cellular chromosomes. Mechanistic studies show the majority of IN inhibitors chelate magnesium ions in the catalytic active site, a region topologically distant from the LEDGF/p75 binding site. Compounds disrupting the formation of LEDGF/p75 and IN complexes serve as a novel mechanistic approach different from current antiretroviral therapies. We previously built pharmacophore models mimicking LEDGF/p75 residues and identified four classes of LEDGF/p75-IN inhibitors. Substructure and similarity searches yielded additional LEDGF/p75-IN inhibitors containing an acylhydrazone moiety. The most potent of the acylhydrazones inhibited LEDGF/p75-IN interaction with an IC(50) value of 400nM. We explored structure-activity relationships (SAR) and identified new acylhydrazones, hydrazines, and diazenes as lead molecules for further optimization. Two lead LEDGF/p75-IN inhibitors showed antiviral activity.
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- Tino Wilson Sanchez
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Bhargavan B, Chhunchha B, Fatma N, Kubo E, Kumar A, Singh DP. Epigenetic repression of LEDGF during UVB exposure by recruitment of SUV39H1 and HDAC1 to the Sp1-responsive elements within LEDGF promoter CpG island. Epigenetics 2013; 8:268-80. [PMID: 23386123 DOI: 10.4161/epi.23861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Expression level of lens epithelial derived growth factor (LEDGF) is vital for LEDGF-mediated cell survival and cytoprotection against proapoptotic stimuli. We previously demonstrated that LEDGF is transcriptionally regulated by Sp1-responsive elements within a CpG island in the LEDGF promoter. Herein, we report on the existence of epigenetic signaling involved in the repression of LEDGF transcription in lens epithelial cells (LECs) facing UVB. UVB exposure led to histone H3 dimethylation and deacetylation at its CpG island, where a histone deacetylase/histone methylase (HDAC1/SUV39H1) complex was recruited. Exposure of LECs to UVB stress altered LEDGF protein and mRNA expression as well as promoter activity, while failing to methylate the CpG island. These events were correlated with increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and increased cell death. LEDGF promoter activity and expression remained unaltered after 5-Aza treatment, but were relieved with tricostatin A, an inhibitor of HDACs. Expression analysis disclosed that UVB radiation altered the global expression levels of acetylated histone proteins, diminished total histone acetyltransferase (HAT) activity and increased HDAC activity and HDAC1 expression. In silico analysis of LEDGF proximal promoter and ChIP analyses disclosed HDAC1/SUV39H1 complex anchored to the -170/-10 nt promoter regions at Sp1-responsive elements and also attenuated Sp1 binding, resulting in HDAC1- and SUV39H1-dependent deacetylation and dimethylation of H3 at K9. Acetylation of H3K9 was essential for LEDGF active transcription, while enrichment of H3K9me2 at Sp1-responsive elements within CpGs (-170/-10) by UVB radiation repressed LEDGF transcription. Our study may contribute to understanding diseases associated with LEDGF aberrant expression due to specific epigenetic modifications, including blinding disorders.
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- Biju Bhargavan
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Christ F, Debyser Z. The LEDGF/p75 integrase interaction, a novel target for anti-HIV therapy. Virology 2013; 435:102-9. [PMID: 23217620 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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To accomplish their viral life cycle, lentiviruses such as HIV highjack host proteins, the so-called cellular co-factors of replication. Lens Epithelium-derived Growth factor (LEDGF/p75), a transcriptional co-activator, is a co-factor of HIV-integrase (IN) and is required for the tethering and correct integration of the viral genome into the host chromatin. Due to its important role in HIV-replication the LEDGF/p75-IN interaction is an attractive antiviral novel target for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Intensive drug discovery efforts over the past years have validated the LEDGF/p75-IN interaction as a drugable target for antiviral therapy and have resulted in the design and synthesis of LEDGINs, small molecule inhibitors binding to the dimer interface of HIV-integrase and inhibiting viral replication with a dual mechanism of action: potent inhibition of the LEDGF/p75-IN protein-protein interaction and allosteric inhibition of the catalytic function. Furthermore they inhibit both early and late steps of the replication cycle which increases their potential for further clinical development. In this review we will highlight the research validating the LEDGF/p75-IN interaction as a target for anti-HIV drug discovery and the recent advances in the design and development of LEDGINs.
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- Frauke Christ
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Division of Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Phage display-directed discovery of LEDGF/p75 binding cyclic peptide inhibitors of HIV replication. Mol Ther 2012; 20:2064-75. [PMID: 22828501 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2012.132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The interaction between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) integrase (IN) and its cellular cofactor lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/p75) is crucial for HIV replication. While recently discovered LEDGINs inhibit HIV-1 replication by occupying the LEDGF/p75 pocket in IN, it remained to be demonstrated whether LEDGF/p75 by itself can be targeted. By phage display we identified cyclic peptides (CPs) as the first LEDGF/p75 ligands that inhibit the LEDGF/p75-IN interaction. The CPs inhibit HIV replication in different cell lines without overt toxicity. In accord with the role of LEDGF/p75 in HIV integration and its inhibition by LEDGINs, CP64, and CP65 block HIV replication primarily by inhibiting the integration step. The CPs retained activity against HIV strains resistant to raltegravir or LEDGINs. Saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR showed residues in CP64 that strongly interact with LEDGF/p75 but not with HIV IN. Mutational analysis identified tryptophan as an important residue responsible for the activity of the peptides. Serial passaging of virus in the presence of CPs did not yield resistant strains. Our work provides proof-of-concept for direct targeting of LEDGF/p75 as novel therapeutic strategy and the CPs thereby serve as scaffold for future development of new HIV therapeutics.
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Ishihara K, Fatma N, Bhargavan B, Chhunchha B, Kubo E, Dey S, Takamura Y, Kumar A, Singh DP. Lens epithelium-derived growth factor deSumoylation by Sumo-specific protease-1 regulates its transcriptional activation of small heat shock protein and the cellular response. FEBS J 2012; 279:3048-70. [PMID: 22748127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08686.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF), a ubiquitously expressed nuclear protein, acts by interacting with DNA and protein and is involved in widely varying cellular functions. Despite its importance, the mechanism(s) that regulate naturally occurring LEDGF activity are unidentified. In the present study, we report that LEDGF is constitutively Sumoylated, and that the dynamical regulatory mechanism(s) (i.e. Sumoylation and deSumoylation) act as a molecular switch in modulating the DNA-binding and transcriptional activity of LEDGF with the functional consequences. Using bioinformatics analysis coupled with in vitro and in vivo Sumoylation assays, we found that lysine (K) 364 of LEDGF was Sumoylated, repressing its transcriptional activity. Conversely, mutation of K364 to arginine (R) or deSumoylation by small ubiquitin-like modifier (Sumo)-specific protease-1, a nuclear deSumoylase, enhanced the transactivation capacity of LEDGF and its cellular abundance. The enhancements were directly correlated with an increase in the DNA-binding activity and small heat shock protein transcription of LEDGF, whereas the process was reversed in cells overexpressing Sumo1. Interestingly, cells expressing Sumoylation-deficient pEGFP-K364R protein showed increased cellular survival compared to wild-type LEDGF protein. The findings provide insights into the regulation and regulatory functions of LEDGF in Sumoylation-dependent transcriptional control that may be essential for modifying the physiology of cells to maintain cellular homeostasis. These studies also provide new evidence of the important role of post-translational modification in controlling LEDGF function.
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- Keiichi Ishihara
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by widespread persistent pain and the presence of multiple discrete tender points. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a syndrome characterized by debilitating fatigue associated with a variable number of non-specific complaints. Because neither condition had necessarily been recognized in children until recently, those patients have been treated as having school refusal without being diagnosed as having either syndrome. There is a considerable overlap of clinical symptoms between these two syndromes. It is therefore controversial as to whether these syndromes have the same pathogenesis or not. The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship between these syndromes in children. METHODS Fifteen patients with FM and 21 patients with CFS were investigated both clinically and immunologically. Immunological assessments included thorough analysis of autoantibodies using several techniques. RESULTS Anti-nuclear antibody titers were higher and the prevalence of anti-Sa antibody was far more frequent in CFS patients than in FM patients. CONCLUSION CFS and FM are different from each other at least in childhood, from an immunological aspect, although some patients could have both conditions.
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- Yasuhiko Itoh
- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Bukyo City, Tokyo, Japan.
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Madlala P, Gijsbers R, Christ F, Hombrouck A, Werner L, Mlisana K, An P, Abdool Karim SS, Winkler CA, Debyser Z, Ndung'u T. Association of polymorphisms in the LEDGF/p75 gene (PSIP1) with susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and disease progression. AIDS 2011; 25:1711-9. [PMID: 21681054 PMCID: PMC3233670 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e328349c693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE LEDGF/p75, encoded by the PSIP1 gene, interacts with HIV-1 integrase and targets HIV-1 integration into active genes. We investigated the influence of polymorphisms in PSIP1 on HIV-1 acquisition and disease progression in black South Africans. METHODS Integrase binding domain of LEDGF/p75 was sequenced in 126 participants. Four haplotype tagging SNPs rs2277191, rs1033056, rs12339417 and rs10283923 referred to as SNP1, SNP2, SNP3 and SNP4, respectively, and one exonic SNP rs61744944 (SNP5, Q472L) were genotyped in 195 HIV-1 seronegative, 52 primary and 403 chronically infected individuals using TaqMan assays. LEDGF/p75 expression was quantified by real-time RT-PCR. The impact of Q472L mutation on the interaction with HIV_1 IN was measured by AlphaScreen. RESULTS rs2277191 (SNP1) A was more frequent among seropositives (P = 0.06, Fisher's exact test). Among individuals followed longitudinally SNP1A trended towards association with higher likelihood of HIV-1 acquisition [relative hazard (RH) = 2.21, P = 0.08; Cox model] and it was also associated with rapid disease progression (RH = 5.98, P = 0.04; Cox model) in the recently infected (primary infection) cohort. rs12339417 (SNP3)C was associated with slower decline of CD4(+) T cells (P = 0.02) and lower messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of LEDGF/p75 (P < 0.01). Seroconverters had higher preinfection mRNA levels of LEDGF/p75 (P < 0.01) and these levels decreased after HIV-1 infection (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS Genetic variants of PSIP1 may affect HIV-1 outcomes. Further studies are needed to confirm the effect of genetic variation of PSIP1 on HIV-1 pathogenesis in different cohorts.
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- Paradise Madlala
- HIV Pathogenesis Programme, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Lesbats P, Lavigne M, Parissi V. HIV-1 integration into chromatin: new insights and future perspectives. Future Virol 2011. [DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.84] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Human AIDS, owing to HIV-1, remains a major health issue despite the numerous antiviral compounds that are now available. One of the main obstacles for these antiviral strategies is the appearance of highly resistant viral strains, making the search for new antiviral targets a crucial issue. The insertion of the viral genome into the cell chromosomal DNA, catalyzed by the retroviral integrase enzyme, is required for stable infection and thus constitutes a suitable target for the antiretroviral molecules currently used in therapy. The precise mechanism of interaction between the integration complex (intasome) and the target chromatin remains poorly understood, thus restricting the development of new therapeutic strategies and original methods to control gene transfer in gene therapy. In this article, we summarize the data obtained in this field and underline recent results highlighting this process and paving the way for new and more detailed understanding of this mechanism.
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- Paul Lesbats
- Laboratoire MCMP, UMR 5234 CNRS-Université de Bordeaux Victor Segalen, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Institut Pasteur, UMR 3015 CNRS, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
- Laboratoire Joliot-Curie, USR3010, ENS de Lyon, 46, allée d’Italie 69364, Lyon, France
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Martinez G, de Iongh R. The lens epithelium in ocular health and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:1945-63. [PMID: 20883819 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2010.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Revised: 09/19/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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De Rijck J, Bartholomeeusen K, Ceulemans H, Debyser Z, Gijsbers R. High-resolution profiling of the LEDGF/p75 chromatin interaction in the ENCODE region. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:6135-47. [PMID: 20484370 PMCID: PMC2952859 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor/p75 (LEDGF/p75) is a transcriptional coactivator involved in stress response, autoimmune disease, cancer and HIV replication. A fusion between the nuclear pore protein NUP98 and LEDGF/p75 has been found in human acute and chronic myeloid leukemia and association of LEDGF/p75 with mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL)/menin is critical for leukemic transformation. During lentiviral replication, LEDGF/p75 tethers the pre-integration complex to the host chromatin resulting in a bias of integration into active transcription units (TUs). The consensus function of LEDGF/p75 is tethering of cargos to chromatin. In this regard, we determined the LEDGF/p75 chromatin binding profile. To this purpose, we used DamID technology and focused on the highly annotated ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) regions. LEDGF/p75 primarily binds downstream of the transcription start site of active TUs in agreement with the enrichment of HIV-1 integration sites at these locations. We show that LEDGF/p75 binding is not restricted to stress response elements in the genome, and correlation analysis with more than 200 genomic features revealed an association with active chromatin markers, such as H3 and H4 acetylation, H3K4 monomethylation and RNA polymerase II binding. Interestingly, some associations did not correlate with HIV-1 integration indicating that not all LEDGF/p75 complexes on the chromosome are amenable to HIV-1 integration.
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- Jan De Rijck
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, KULeuven and IRC KULAK, Kapucijnenvoer 33, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Rational design of small-molecule inhibitors of the LEDGF/p75-integrase interaction and HIV replication. Nat Chem Biol 2010; 6:442-8. [PMID: 20473303 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/p75) is a cellular cofactor of HIV-1 integrase that promotes viral integration by tethering the preintegration complex to the chromatin. By virtue of its crucial role in the early steps of HIV replication, the interaction between LEDGF/p75 and integrase represents an attractive target for antiviral therapy. We have rationally designed a series of 2-(quinolin-3-yl)acetic acid derivatives (LEDGINs) that act as potent inhibitors of the LEDGF/p75-integrase interaction and HIV-1 replication at submicromolar concentration by blocking the integration step. A 1.84-A resolution crystal structure corroborates the binding of the inhibitor in the LEDGF/p75-binding pocket of integrase. Together with the lack of cross-resistance with two clinical integrase inhibitors, these findings define the 2-(quinolin-3-yl)acetic acid derivatives as the first genuine allosteric HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of rational design of small molecules inhibiting the protein-protein interaction between a viral protein and a cellular host factor.
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Retroviral integration site selection. Viruses 2010; 2:111-130. [PMID: 21994603 PMCID: PMC3185549 DOI: 10.3390/v2010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Revised: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The stable insertion of a copy of their genome into the host cell genome is an essential step of the life cycle of retroviruses. The site of viral DNA integration, mediated by the viral-encoded integrase enzyme, has important consequences for both the virus and the host cell. The analysis of retroviral integration site distribution was facilitated by the availability of the human genome sequence, revealing the non-random feature of integration site selection and identifying different favored and disfavored genomic locations for individual retroviruses. This review will summarize the current knowledge about retroviral differences in their integration site preferences as well as the mechanisms involved in this process.
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Adamson CS, Freed EO. Novel approaches to inhibiting HIV-1 replication. Antiviral Res 2010; 85:119-41. [PMID: 19782103 PMCID: PMC2815006 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2009.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Considerable success has been achieved in the treatment of HIV-1 infection, and more than two-dozen antiretroviral drugs are available targeting several distinct steps in the viral replication cycle. However, resistance to these compounds emerges readily, even in the context of combination therapy. Drug toxicity, adverse drug-drug interactions, and accompanying poor patient adherence can also lead to treatment failure. These considerations make continued development of novel antiretroviral therapeutics necessary. In this article, we highlight a number of steps in the HIV-1 replication cycle that represent promising targets for drug discovery. These include lipid raft microdomains, the RNase H activity of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase, uncoating of the viral core, host cell machinery involved in the integration of the viral DNA into host cell chromatin, virus assembly, maturation, and budding, and the functions of several viral accessory proteins. We discuss the relevant molecular and cell biology, and describe progress to date in developing inhibitors against these novel targets. This article forms part of a special issue of Antiviral Research marking the 25th anniversary of antiretroviral drug discovery and development, Vol 85, issue 1, 2010.
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- Catherine S. Adamson
- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland, 21702-1201
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- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Maryland, 21702-1201
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Kuwabara N, Itoh Y, Igarshi T, Fukunaga Y. Autoantibodies to lens epithelium-derived growth factor/transcription co-activator P75 (LEDGF/P75) in children with chronic nonspecific complaints and with positive antinuclear antibodies. Autoimmunity 2009; 42:492-6. [PMID: 19657776 DOI: 10.1080/08916930902736663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Autoimmune fatigue syndrome (AIFS) is characterized by chronic nonspecific complaints, consistently positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA), and lack of alternate medical explanations. A newly recognized antibody, named anti-Sa, was detected in approximately 40% of the patients by Western blot (WB) using HeLa extract. Some patients with AIFS later develop chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and most of them are positive for anti-Sa. On the other hand, Muro et al. reported anti-DFS70 in patients with CFS. Anti-Sa and anti-DFS70 were turned out to be same specificities by exchanging studies of blind sera. The target antigen of anti-DFS70 was identified as lens epithelium derived growth factor/transcription co-activator p75 (LEDGF/p75). The objectives of this study are to confirm whether the target antigen of anti-Sa is also LEDGF/p75, and to develop ELISA system by using recombinant protein. Recombinant protein of LEDGF/p75 was purchased from Protein One (Bethesda, MD, USA). We developed an ELISA system to detect anti-LEDGF/p75 by coating this recombinant protein. 226 sera of AIFS patients (including 36 CFS patients) were applied to this ELISA assay and Western immunoblot, and it was revealed that anti-Sa-positive sera defined by WB and sera positive for anti-LEDGF/p75 on ELISA were identical. Moreover, reactivities of anti-Sa on WB were inhibited by pre-incubating with recombinant LEDGF/p75, and eluted antibodies from the nitrocellulose membrane could react on the ELISA. These results confirm that the Sa antigen is LEDGF/p75. The ELISA assay using recombinant LEDGF/p75 could be a promising tool for measuring anti-Sa and consequently for diagnosing CFS.
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- Natsuko Kuwabara
- Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
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Transcriptional regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor C by oxidative and thermal stress is mediated by lens epithelium-derived growth factor/p75. Neoplasia 2009; 11:921-33. [PMID: 19724686 DOI: 10.1593/neo.09636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 06/16/2009] [Accepted: 06/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor C (VEGF-C) plays a critical role in tumor lymphangiogenesis and lymph node metastasis. We report here that VEGF-C expression is regulated by microenvironmental stress including hyperthermia and oxidative stress. Furthermore, we show that this stress response is mediated by transcriptional activation mediated by lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF/p75). Ectopic expression of LEDGF/p75 in C6 rat glioma and in H1299 human non-small cell lung carcinoma induced VEGF-C expression in vitro, whereas in subcutaneous mouse tumor xenografts, LEDGF/p75 stimulated VEGF-C expression and augmented angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis. Conversely, overexpression of a LEDGF/p75 native antisense or LEDGF/p75-targeted short interfering RNA downmodulated VEGF-C expression. LEDGF seemed to conferred this activity on binding to a conserved stress response element (STRE) located in the VEGF-C gene because mutating the STRE was sufficient for the suppression of basal and stress-induced activations of the VEGF-C promoter. Thus, the study reported here identified a role for LEDGF/p75 in stress-regulated transcriptional control of VEGF-C expression. These results provide a possible link for LEDGF/p75 in tumor lymphangiogenesis and cancer metastasis. Hence, our data suggest the LEDGF-VEGF-C axis as a putative biomarker for the detection of stress-induced lymphangiogenesis and LEDGF as a potential target for antimetastatic therapy.
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Hughes S, Jenkins V, Dar MJ, Engelman A, Cherepanov P. Transcriptional co-activator LEDGF interacts with Cdc7-activator of S-phase kinase (ASK) and stimulates its enzymatic activity. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:541-54. [PMID: 19864417 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.036491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) is an important co-factor of human immunodeficiency virus DNA integration; however, its cellular functions are poorly characterized. We now report identification of the Cdc7-activator of S-phase kinase (ASK) heterodimer as a novel interactor of LEDGF. Both kinase subunits co-immunoprecipitated with endogenous LEDGF from human cell extracts. Truncation analyses identified the integrase-binding domain of LEDGF as essential and minimally sufficient for the interaction with Cdc7-ASK. Reciprocally, the interaction required autophosphorylation of the kinase and the presence of 50 C-terminal residues of ASK. The kinase phosphorylated LEDGF in vitro, with Ser-206 being the major target, and LEDGF phosphorylated at this residue could be detected during S phase of the cell cycle. LEDGF potently stimulated the enzymatic activity of Cdc7-ASK, increasing phosphorylation of MCM2 in vitro by more than 10-fold. This enzymatic stimulation as well as phosphorylation of LEDGF depended on the protein-protein interaction. Intriguingly, removing the C-terminal region of ASK, involved in the interaction with LEDGF, resulted in a hyperactive kinase. Our results indicate that the interaction with LEDGF relieves autoinhibition of Cdc7-ASK kinase, imposed by the C terminus of ASK.
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- Siobhan Hughes
- Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom and
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Raz-Prag D, Zeng Y, Sieving PA, Bush RA. Photoreceptor protection by adeno-associated virus-mediated LEDGF expression in the RCS rat model of retinal degeneration: probing the mechanism. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2009; 50:3897-906. [PMID: 19324854 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) is upregulated in response to stress and enhances the survival of neurons in the retina and optic nerve, as well as a wide range of other cells, such as fibroblasts and keratinocytes. Photoreceptor protection was investigated in the RCS rat retinal degeneration model after Ledgf delivery with an adeno-associated virus (AAV) and the mechanism of protection explored. METHODS Thirty-six RCS and nine P23H rats had bilateral subretinal injections of AAV-Ledgf in one eye and buffer in the contralateral eye as the control. Retinal function was evaluated 8 weeks later by the electroretinogram and compared with photoreceptor cell layer count. LEDGF mRNA and protein levels and mRNA levels of known stress-related factors were compared in treated and control retinas to explore the mechanism of LEDGF protection. Nine RCS rats were treated with adenovirus-heat shock protein 27 (Ad-HSP27) and examined for protection. RESULTS Significant photoreceptor protection was evident functionally and morphologically in 65% to 100% of the RCS rats treated at early ages of up to 7 weeks. Cell protection was more prominent in the superior retinal hemisphere which has a slower natural degeneration rate in untreated eyes. Although many of the heat shock proteins and other stress-related genes showed significant elevation in the AAV-Ledgf-treated eyes, all increases were approximately twofold or less. Transduction of retinal cells with Ad-HSP27 also resulted in photoreceptor protection. AAV-Ledgf elicited no photoreceptor functional protection in P23H rhodopsin transgenic rat retina. CONCLUSIONS Chronic LEDGF treatment via AAV-Ledgf administration gave successful protection of photoreceptors in the RCS rat retina and retarded cell death by about 2 weeks. Induction of heat shock proteins also gave photoreceptor protection. However, compelling evidence was not found that LEDGF protection was associated with upregulation of heat shock proteins.
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- Dorit Raz-Prag
- Section for Translational Research in Retinal and Macular Degeneration, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8021, USA
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Bartholomeeusen K, Christ F, Hendrix J, Rain JC, Emiliani S, Benarous R, Debyser Z, Gijsbers R, De Rijck J. Lens epithelium-derived growth factor/p75 interacts with the transposase-derived DDE domain of PogZ. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:11467-77. [PMID: 19244240 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807781200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor/p75 (LEDGF/p75) is a prominent cellular interaction partner of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) integrase, tethering the preintegration complex to the host chromosome. In light of the development of LEDGF/p75-integrase interaction inhibitors, it is essential to understand the cell biology of LEDGF/p75. We identified pogZ as new cellular interaction partner of LEDGF/p75. Analogous to lentiviral integrase, pogZ, a domesticated transposase, carries a DDE domain, the major determinant for LEDGF/p75 interaction. Using different in vitro and in vivo approaches, we corroborated the interaction between the C terminus of LEDGF/p75 and the DDE domain of pogZ, revealing an overlap in the binding of pogZ and HIV-1 integrase. Competition experiments showed that integrase is efficient in displacing pogZ from LEDGF/p75. Moreover, pogZ does not seem to play a role as a restriction factor of HIV. The finding that LEDGF/p75 is capable of interacting with a DDE domain protein that is not a lentiviral integrase points to a profound role of LEDGF/p75 in DDE domain protein function.
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- Koen Bartholomeeusen
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Division of Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33, Flanders, Belgium
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Llano M, Morrison J, Poeschla EM. Virological and cellular roles of the transcriptional coactivator LEDGF/p75. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2009; 339:125-46. [PMID: 20012527 PMCID: PMC3093762 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02175-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The chromatin-associated cellular proteins LEDGF/p75 and LEDGF/p52 have been implicated in transcriptional regulation, cell survival and autoimmunity. LEDGF/p75 also appears to act as a chromatin-docking factor or receptor for HIV-1 and other lentiviruses and to play a role in leukemogenesis. For both the viral and cellular roles of this protein, a key feature is its ability to act as a molecular adaptor and tether proteins to the chromatin fiber. This chapter reviews the emerging roles of LEDGF/p75 and LEDGF/p52 in diverse cellular processes and disease states.
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- Manual Llano
- Biological Sciences Department, University of Texas, El Paso TX
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN
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Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) constitutes one of the major checkpoint(s) of apoptotic and necrotic cell death. Recently, the permeabilization of yet another organelle, the lysosome, has been shown to initiate a cell death pathway, in specific circumstances. Lysosomal membrane permeabilization (LMP) causes the release of cathepsins and other hydrolases from the lysosomal lumen to the cytosol. LMP is induced by a plethora of distinct stimuli including reactive oxygen species, lysosomotropic compounds with detergent activity, as well as some endogenous cell death effectors such as Bax. LMP is a potentially lethal event because the ectopic presence of lysosomal proteases in the cytosol causes digestion of vital proteins and the activation of additional hydrolases including caspases. This latter process is usually mediated indirectly, through a cascade in which LMP causes the proteolytic activation of Bid (which is cleaved by the two lysosomal cathepsins B and D), which then induces MOMP, resulting in cytochrome c release and apoptosome-dependent caspase activation. However, massive LMP often results in cell death without caspase activation; this cell death may adopt a subapoptotic or necrotic appearance. The regulation of LMP is perturbed in cancer cells, suggesting that specific strategies for LMP induction might lead to novel therapeutic avenues.
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- P Boya
- 3D Lab (Development, Differentiation and Degeneration), Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiopathology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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Brown-Bryan TA, Leoh LS, Ganapathy V, Pacheco FJ, Mediavilla-Varela M, Filippova M, Linkhart TA, Gijsbers R, Debyser Z, Casiano CA. Alternative splicing and caspase-mediated cleavage generate antagonistic variants of the stress oncoprotein LEDGF/p75. Mol Cancer Res 2008; 6:1293-307. [PMID: 18708362 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that an augmented state of cellular oxidative stress modulates the expression of stress genes implicated in diseases associated with health disparities such as certain cancers and diabetes. Lens epithelium-derived growth factor p75 (LEDGF/p75), also known as DFS70 autoantigen, is emerging as a survival oncoprotein that promotes resistance to oxidative stress-induced cell death and chemotherapy. We previously showed that LEDGF/p75 is targeted by autoantibodies in prostate cancer patients and is overexpressed in prostate tumors, and that its stress survival activity is abrogated during apoptosis. LEDGF/p75 has a COOH-terminally truncated splice variant, p52, whose role in stress survival and apoptosis has not been thoroughly investigated. We observed unbalanced expression of these proteins in a panel of tumor cell lines, with LEDGF/p75 generally expressed at higher levels. During apoptosis, caspase-3 cleaved p52 to generate a p38 fragment that lacked the NH(2)-terminal PWWP domain and failed to transactivate the Hsp27 promoter in reporter assays. However, p38 retained chromatin association properties and repressed the transactivation potential of LEDGF/p75. Overexpression of p52 or its variants with truncated PWWP domains in several tumor cell lines induced apoptosis, an activity that was linked to the presence of an intron-derived COOH-terminal sequence. These results implicate the PWWP domain of p52 in transcription function but not in chromatin association and proapoptotic activities. Consistent with their unbalanced expression in tumor cells, LEDGF/p75 and p52 seem to play antagonistic roles in the cellular stress response and could serve as targets for novel antitumor therapies.
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- Terry A Brown-Bryan
- Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA
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Cain S, Martinez G, Kokkinos MI, Turner K, Richardson RJ, Abud HE, Huelsken J, Robinson ML, de Iongh RU. Differential requirement for beta-catenin in epithelial and fiber cells during lens development. Dev Biol 2008; 321:420-33. [PMID: 18652817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2007] [Revised: 06/27/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Recent studies implicate Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in lens differentiation (Stump, R. J., et al., 2003. A role for Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in lens epithelial differentiation. Dev Biol;259:48-61). Beta-catenin is a component of adherens junctions and functions as a transcriptional activator in canonical Wnt signaling. We investigated the effects of Cre/LoxP-mediated deletion of beta-catenin during lens development using two Cre lines that specifically deleted beta-catenin in whole lens or only in differentiated fibers, from E13.5. We found that beta-catenin was required in lens epithelium and during early fiber differentiation but appeared to be redundant in differentiated fiber cells. Complete loss of beta-catenin resulted in an abnormal and deficient epithelial layer with loss of E-cadherin and Pax6 expression as well as abnormal expression of c-Maf and p57(kip2) but not Prox1. There was also disrupted fiber cell differentiation, characterized by poor cell elongation, decreased beta-crystallin expression, epithelial cell cycle arrest at G(1)-S transition and premature cell cycle exit. Despite cell cycle arrest there was no induction of apoptosis. Mutant fiber cells displayed altered apical-basal polarity as evidenced by altered distribution of the tight junction protein, ZO1, disruption of apical actin filaments and abnormal deposition of extracellular matrix, resulting in a deficient lens capsule. Loss of beta-catenin also affected the formation of adhesion junctions as evidenced by dissociation of N-cadherin and F-actin localization in differentiating fiber cells. However, loss of beta-catenin from terminally differentiating fibers had no apparent effects on adhesion junctions between adjacent embryonic fibers. These data indicate that beta-catenin plays distinct functions during lens fiber differentiation and is involved in both Wnt signaling and adhesion-related mechanisms that regulate lens epithelium and early fiber differentiation.
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- Sarah Cain
- Ocular Development Laboratory, Anatomy and Cell Biology Department, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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HIV integrates a DNA copy of its genome into a host cell chromosome in each replication cycle. The essential DNA cleaving and joining chemistry of integration is known, but there is less understanding of the process as it occurs in a cell, where two complex and dynamic macromolecular entities are joined: the viral pre-integration complex and chromatin. Among implicated cellular factors, much recent attention has coalesced around LEDGF/p75, a nuclear protein that may act as a chromatin docking factor or receptor for lentiviral pre-integration complexes. LEDGF/p75 tethers HIV integrase to chromatin, protects it from degradation, and strongly influences the genome-wide pattern of HIV integration. Depleting the protein from cells and/or over-expressing its integrase-binding domain blocks viral replication. Current goals are to establish the underlying mechanisms and to determine whether this knowledge can be exploited for antiviral therapy or for targeting lentiviral vector integration in human gene therapy.
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- E M Poeschla
- Guggenheim 18, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester 55905, USA.
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Foreword. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1107:xiii-xv, 1-444. [PMID: 17804526 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1381.000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Huang TS, Myklebust LM, Kjarland E, Gjertsen BT, Pendino F, Bruserud Ø, Døskeland SO, Lillehaug JR. LEDGF/p75 has increased expression in blasts from chemotherapy-resistant human acute myelogenic leukemia patients and protects leukemia cells from apoptosis in vitro. Mol Cancer 2007; 6:31. [PMID: 17451600 PMCID: PMC1876472 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-6-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2007] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Relapse due to chemoresistant residual disease is a major cause of death in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The present study was undertaken to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of chemoresistance by comparing differential gene expression in blasts from patients with resistant relapsing AML and chemosensitive AML. RESULTS About 20 genes were identified as preferentially expressed in blasts pooled from patients with resistant disease, as compared to chemosensitive AML blasts, based on differential gene expression screening. Half of these genes encoded proteins related to protein translation, of these a novel protein related to the ribosomal stalk protein P0. Other upregulated mRNAs coded for cytochrome C oxidase III, the transcription factors ERF-2/TIS11d, and the p75 and p52 splice variants of Lens Epithelial Derived Growth Factor (LEDGF). Analysis of blasts from single patients disclosed that LEDGF/p75 was the most consistently upregulated mRNA in resistant AML. Transfection experiments demonstrated that LEDGF/p75 and p52b antagonized daunorubicin-induced and cAMP-induced apoptosis in an AML cell line. Also HEK-293 cells were protected against daunorubicin by LEDGF/p75 and p52b, whereas LEDGF/p52 splice variants lacking exon 6 had proapoptotic effects. Interestingly, full length LEDGF/p75 protected against truncated pro-apoptotic LEDGF/p75. CONCLUSION Our results provide evidence for an association between the overexpression of genes encoding survival proteins like LEDGF/p75 and chemo-resistance in acute myelogenous leukemia. LEDGF/p75 has previously not been shown to protect against chemotherapy, and is a potential drug target in AML.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing/drug effects
- Alternative Splicing/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cyclic AMP/analogs & derivatives
- Cyclic AMP/pharmacology
- Daunorubicin/pharmacology
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm/genetics
- Exons/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Genes, Neoplasm
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/chemistry
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Tien-sheng Huang
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Gades Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Medicine, Hematology Section, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Institute of Medicine, Hematology Section, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Daugaard M, Kirkegaard-Sørensen T, Ostenfeld MS, Aaboe M, Høyer-Hansen M, Orntoft TF, Rohde M, Jäättelä M. Lens epithelium-derived growth factor is an Hsp70-2 regulated guardian of lysosomal stability in human cancer. Cancer Res 2007; 67:2559-67. [PMID: 17363574 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-4121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Heat shock protein 70-2 (Hsp70-2) is a chaperone protein essential for the growth of spermatocytes and cancer cells. Here, we show that Hsp70-2 depletion triggers lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cathepsin-dependent cell death and identify lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) as an Hsp70-2-regulated guardian of lysosomal stability in human cancer. Knockdown of LEDGF in cancer cells induces destabilization of lysosomal membranes followed by caspase-independent and Bcl-2-resistant cell death. Accordingly, ectopic LEDGF stabilizes lysosomes and protects cancer cells against cytotoxicity induced by anticancer agents that trigger the lysosomal cell death pathway. Remarkably, ectopic LEDGF also increases the tumorigenic potential of human cancer cells in immunodeficient mice, and LEDGF expression is increased in human breast and bladder carcinomas correlating with that of Hsp70-2 in invasive bladder cancer. Taken together, these data reveal LEDGF as an oncogenic protein that controls a caspase-independent lysosomal cell death pathway.
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- Mads Daugaard
- Apoptosis Department, Danish Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Busschots K, Voet A, De Maeyer M, Rain JC, Emiliani S, Benarous R, Desender L, Debyser Z, Christ F. Identification of the LEDGF/p75 binding site in HIV-1 integrase. J Mol Biol 2006; 365:1480-92. [PMID: 17137594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Revised: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 10/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75 is an important cellular co-factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication. We originally identified LEDGF/p75 as a binding partner of integrase (IN) in human cells. The interaction has been mapped to the integrase-binding domain (IBD) of LEDGF/p75 located in the C-terminal part. We have subsequently shown that IN carrying the Q168A mutation remains enzymatically active but is impaired for interaction with LEDGF/p75. To map the integrase/LEDGF interface in more detail, we have now identified and characterized two regions within the enzyme involved in the interaction with LEDGF/p75. The first region centers around residues W131 and W132 while the second extends from I161 up to E170. For the different IN mutants the interaction with LEDGF/p75 and the enzymatic activities were determined. IN(W131A), IN(I161A), IN(R166A), IN(Q168A) and IN(E170A) are impaired for interaction with LEDGF/p75, but retain 3' processing and strand transfer activities. Due to impaired integration, an HIV-1 strain containing the W131A mutation in IN displays reduced replication capacity, whereas virus carrying IN(Q168A) is replication defective. Comparison of the wild-type IN-LEDGF/p75 co-crystal structure with that of the modelled structure of the IN(Q168A) and IN(W131A) mutant integrases corroborated our experimental data.
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- Katrien Busschots
- Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Gene Therapy, Molecular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
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Sutherland HG, Newton K, Brownstein DG, Holmes MC, Kress C, Semple CA, Bickmore WA. Disruption of Ledgf/Psip1 results in perinatal mortality and homeotic skeletal transformations. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:7201-10. [PMID: 16980622 PMCID: PMC1592893 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00459-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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PC4- and SF2-interacting protein 1 (Psip1)-also known as lens epithelium-derived growth factor (Ledgf)-is a chromatin-associated protein that has been implicated in transcriptional regulation, mRNA splicing, and cell survival in vitro, but its biological function in vivo is unknown. We identified an embryonic stem cell clone with disrupted Psip1 in a gene trap screen. The resulting Psip1-betageo fusion protein retains chromatin-binding activity and the PWWP and AT hook domains of the wild-type protein but is missing the highly conserved C terminus. The majority of mice homozygous for the disrupted Psip1 gene died perinatally, but some survived to adulthood and displayed a range of phenotypic abnormalities, including low fertility, an absence of epididymal fat pads, and a tendency to develop blepharitis. However, contrary to expectations, the lens epithelium was normal. The mutant mice also exhibited motor and/or behavioral defects such as hind limb clenching, reduced grip strength, and reduced locomotor activity. Finally, both Psip1(-/-) neonates and surviving adults had craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities. They had brachycephaly, small rib cages, and homeotic skeletal transformations with incomplete penetrance. The latter phenotypes suggest a role for Psip1 in the control of Hox expression and may also explain why PSIP1 (LEDGF) is found as a fusion partner with NUP98 in myeloid leukemias.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/deficiency
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Outbred Strains
- Behavior, Animal
- Bone and Bones/abnormalities
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatin/metabolism
- Conserved Sequence
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Mammalian/pathology
- Eye/cytology
- Eye/pathology
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Targeting
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Motor Skills Disorders/pathology
- Phenotype
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Survival Analysis
- Transcription Factors/deficiency
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Up-Regulation/genetics
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Maertens GN, Cherepanov P, Engelman A. Transcriptional co-activator p75 binds and tethers the Myc-interacting protein JPO2 to chromatin. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:2563-71. [PMID: 16735438 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Transcriptional co-activator p75 is implicated in human cancer, autoimmunity and replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) as a dominant integrase-interacting protein. Although characterized as chromatin associated, the normal biological role(s) of p75 remains fairly unclear. To gain insight into p75 function, we have characterized its cellular binding partners and report that JPO2, a recently identified Myc-binding protein, associates with p75 in vitro and in vivo. The pseudo HEAT repeat analogous topology (PHAT) domain of p75, which mediates its interaction with integrase, also mediates the interaction with JPO2, and recombinant integrase protein competes with JPO2 protein for binding to p75 in vitro. JPO2 binds p75 through a 61-residue (amino acids 58-119) region that is distinct from its Myc-interacting domain. In cells, JPO2 and p75 co-localize throughout the cell cycle, and both proteins concentrate on condensed chromosomes during mitosis. Strikingly, the association of JPO2 with chromatin strictly depends upon p75, similar to that of ectopically expressed integrase. Also similar to its effect on integrase, p75 stabilizes intracellular steady-state levels of JPO2 protein. Our results suggest a role for p75 in the Myc regulatory network, and indicate that p75 is a general adaptor protein tethering divergent factors to chromatin through its versatile integrase-binding domain.
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- Goedele N Maertens
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Casiano CA, Mediavilla-Varela M, Tan EM. Tumor-associated antigen arrays for the serological diagnosis of cancer. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006; 5:1745-59. [PMID: 16733262 PMCID: PMC2790463 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.r600010-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The recognition that human tumors stimulate the production of autoantibodies against autologous cellular proteins called tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) has opened the door to the possibility that autoantibodies could be exploited as serological tools for the early diagnosis and management of cancer. Cancer-associated autoantibodies are often driven by intracellular proteins that are mutated, modified, or aberrantly expressed in tumor cells and hence are regarded as immunological reporters that could help uncover molecular events underlying tumorigenesis. Emerging evidence suggests that each type of cancer might trigger unique autoantibody signatures that reflect the nature of the malignant process in the affected organ. The advent of novel genomic, proteomic, and high throughput approaches has accelerated interest in the serum autoantibody repertoire in human cancers for the discovery of candidate TAAs. The use of individual anti-TAA autoantibodies as diagnostic or prognostic tools has been tempered by their low frequency and heterogeneity in most human cancers. However, TAA arrays comprising several antigens significantly increase this frequency and hold great promise for the early detection of cancer, monitoring cancer progression, guiding individualized therapeutic interventions, and identification of novel therapeutic targets. Our recent studies suggest that the implementation of TAA arrays in screening programs for the diagnosis of prostate cancer and other cancers should be preceded by the optimization of their sensitivity and specificity through the careful selection of the most favorable combinations of TAAs.
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- Carlos A Casiano
- Center for Health Disparities Research and Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, California 92350, USA.
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Llano M, Vanegas M, Hutchins N, Thompson D, Delgado S, Poeschla EM. Identification and characterization of the chromatin-binding domains of the HIV-1 integrase interactor LEDGF/p75. J Mol Biol 2006; 360:760-73. [PMID: 16793062 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Revised: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 04/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Depletion of the transcriptional co-activator LEDGF/p75 by RNA interference alters the genome-wide pattern of HIV-1 integration, reducing integration into active genes, reducing integration into LEDGF/p75-regulated genes, and increasing integration into G+C-rich sequences. LEDGF/p75 is also able to act as a molecular tether linking HIV-1 integrase protein to chromatin, a phenomenon likely to underlie the integration site distribution effects. The LEDGF/p75 integrase-binding domain has been established but the domain or domains responsible for the chromatin-binding component of tethering are unknown. Here, we identify and characterize these domains. Complementary methods were used to assess condensed and uncondensed chromatin, and to determine the stringency of chromatin binding. Immuno-localization analyses revealed that an N-terminal PWWP domain and its beta-barrel substructure are needed for binding to metaphase chromatin. However, the PWWP domain is insufficient to transfer metaphase chromatin binding to green fluorescent protein, which requires addition of a downstream charged region (CR1). Biochemical analysis showed that full-length LEDGF/p75 resists Triton X-100 extraction from chromatin. To transfer Triton-resistant chromatin binding to green fluorescent protein, PWWP-CR1 is necessary but not sufficient. Further inclusion of a tandem pair of AT-hooks in combination with at least one of two identified downstream charged regions (CR2 or CR3) is needed. Deletion of just the PWWP or the AT-hook domain from full-length LEDGF/p75 reduced Triton-resistant chromatin binding, while deletion of both elements abolished it, underscoring their dominant and cooperative role. The results establish a molecular mechanism for LEDGF/p75-mediated tethering of HIV-1 integrase to chromatin.
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- Manuel Llano
- Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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