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Durden H, Preece B, Gallegos R, Saha I, MacArthur B, Petersen A, Peppel W, Saffarian S. Competitive assembly resolves the stoichiometry of essential proteins in infectious HIV-1 virions. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.10.584319. [PMID: 38559103 PMCID: PMC10979864 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.10.584319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
During assembly on the plasma membrane, HIV-1 virions incorporate Gag-Pol as well as gp120/gp41 trimers. The Pol region consists of protease, reverse transcriptase and integrase precursors which are essential enzymes required for maturation, reverse transcription, and integration of the viral genome in the next host. gp120/gp41 trimers catalyze the fusion of the virion with its next host. Only a fraction of released virions are infectious. The stoichiometry of gp120/gp41 and Gag-Pol proteins in HIV virions was previously measured using cryotomography and ratiometric protein analysis, but what is the stoichiometry of these proteins in infectious virions remained to be determined. Here we developed a method based on competition between infectious HIV backbones with noninfectious mutants and measured 100 ± 10 Gag-Pol and 15 ± 3 gp120/gp41 proteins incorporated in infectious virions assembled in HEK293 cells from NL4.3 HIV-1 backbone. Our measurements are in broad agreement with cryotomography and ratiometric protein analysis and therefore stoichiometry of gp120/gp41 and Gag-Pol in infectious virions is the same as all released virions. With the development of appropriate mutants and infectivity assays, our method is applicable to other infectious viruses. Statement of significance There are 30 million people who have succumbed to the AIDS pandemic with 600,000 additional deaths per year. HIV has an accelerated rate of mutational accumulation with the virus mutating out of neutralizing antibodies within the same patient making development of vaccines challenging. Like most enveloped viruses, only a fraction of released virions are infectious and the question of what selects these virions has remained a mystery. The method developed in this article will allow stoichiometric measurements on infectious virions and therefore allows further studies of causes of infectivity.
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Behrens RT, Sherer NM. Retroviral hijacking of host transport pathways for genome nuclear export. mBio 2023; 14:e0007023. [PMID: 37909783 PMCID: PMC10746203 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00070-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Recent advances in the study of virus-cell interactions have improved our understanding of how viruses that replicate their genomes in the nucleus (e.g., retroviruses, hepadnaviruses, herpesviruses, and a subset of RNA viruses) hijack cellular pathways to export these genomes to the cytoplasm where they access virion egress pathways. These findings shed light on novel aspects of viral life cycles relevant to the development of new antiviral strategies and can yield new tractable, virus-based tools for exposing additional secrets of the cell. The goal of this review is to summarize defined and emerging modes of virus-host interactions that drive the transit of viral genomes out of the nucleus across the nuclear envelope barrier, with an emphasis on retroviruses that are most extensively studied. In this context, we prioritize discussion of recent progress in understanding the trafficking and function of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein, exemplifying a relatively refined example of stepwise, cooperativity-driven viral subversion of multi-subunit host transport receptor complexes.
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- Ryan T. Behrens
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Nakano K, Watanabe T. Tuning Rex rules HTLV-1 pathogenesis. Front Immunol 2022; 13:959962. [PMID: 36189216 PMCID: PMC9523361 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.959962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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HTLV-1 is an oncovirus causing ATL and other inflammatory diseases such as HAM/TSP and HU in about 5% of infected individuals. It is also known that HTLV-1-infected cells maintain a disease-free, immortalized, latent state throughout the lifetimes of about 95% of infected individuals. We believe that the stable maintenance of disease-free infected cells in the carrier is an intrinsic characteristic of HTLV-1 that has been acquired during its evolution in the human life cycle. We speculate that the pathogenesis of the virus is ruled by the orchestrated functions of viral proteins. In particular, the regulation of Rex, the conductor of viral replication rate, is expected to be closely related to the viral program in the early active viral replication followed by the stable latency in HTLV-1 infected T cells. HTLV-1 and HIV-1 belong to the family Retroviridae and share the same tropism, e.g., human CD4+ T cells. These viruses show significant similarities in the viral genomic structure and the molecular mechanism of the replication cycle. However, HTLV-1 and HIV-1 infected T cells show different phenotypes, especially in the level of virion production. We speculate that how the activity of HTLV-1 Rex and its counterpart HIV-1 Rev are regulated may be closely related to the properties of respective infected T cells. In this review, we compare various pathological aspects of HTLV-1 and HIV-1. In particular, we investigated the presence or absence of a virally encoded “regulatory valve” for HTLV-1 Rex or HIV-1 Rev to explore its importance in the regulation of viral particle production in infected T cells. Finally, wereaffirm Rex as the key conductor for viral replication and viral pathogenesis based on our recent study on the novel functional aspects of Rex. Since the activity of Rex is closely related to the viral replication rate, we hypothesize that the “regulatory valve” on the Rex activity may have been selectively evolved to achieve the “scenario” with early viral particle production and the subsequent long, stable deep latency in HTLV-1 infected cells.
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- Kazumi Nakano
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Kazumi Nakano,
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- Department of Practical Management of Medical Information, Graduate School of Medicine, St. Marianna University, Kawasaki, Japan
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Jackson PEH, Dzhivhuho G, Rekosh D, Hammarskjold ML. Sequence and Functional Variation in the HIV-1 Rev Regulatory Axis. Curr HIV Res 2021; 18:85-98. [PMID: 31906839 DOI: 10.2174/1570162x18666200106112842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND To complete its replication cycle, HIV-1 requires the nucleocytoplasmic export of intron-containing viral mRNAs. This process is ordinarily restricted by the cell, but HIV overcomes the block by means of a viral protein, Rev, and an RNA secondary structure found in all unspliced and incompletely spliced viral mRNAs called the Rev Response Element (RRE). In vivo activity of the Rev-RRE axis requires Rev binding to the RRE, oligomerization of Rev to form a competent ribonucleoprotein complex, and recruitment of cellular factors including Crm1 and RanGTP in order to export the targeted transcript. Sequence variability is observed among primary isolates in both Rev and the RRE, and the activity of both can be modulated through relatively small sequence changes. Primary isolates show differences in Rev-RRE activity and a few studies have found a correlation between lower Rev-RRE activity and slower progression of clinical disease. Lower Rev-RRE activity has also been associated with the evasion of cytotoxic T lymphocyte mediated killing. CONCLUSION The HIV-1 Rev-RRE regulatory axis is an understudied mechanism by which viral adaptation to diverse immune milieus may take place. There is evidence that this adaptation plays a role in HIV pathogenesis, particularly in immune evasion and latency, but further studies with larger sample sizes are warranted.
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- Patrick E H Jackson
- Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia United States.,Myles H. Thaler Center for HIV and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Myles H. Thaler Center for HIV and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Myles H. Thaler Center for HIV and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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- Myles H. Thaler Center for HIV and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.,Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proteome is expressed from alternatively spliced and unspliced genomic RNAs. However, HIV-1 RNAs that are not fully spliced are perceived by the host machinery as defective and are retained in the nucleus. During late infection, HIV-1 bypasses this regulatory mechanism by expression of the Rev protein from a fully spliced mRNA. Once imported into the nucleus, Rev mediates the export of unprocessed HIV-1 RNAs to the cytoplasm, leading to the production of the viral progeny. While regarded as a canonical RNA export factor, Rev has also been linked to HIV-1 RNA translation, stabilization, splicing and packaging. However, Rev's functions beyond RNA export have remained poorly understood. Here, we revisit this paradigmatic protein, reviewing recent data investigating its structure and function. We conclude by asking: what remains unknown about this enigmatic viral protein?
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
- MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
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Pabis M, Corsini L, Vincendeau M, Tripsianes K, Gibson TJ, Brack-Werner R, Sattler M. Modulation of HIV-1 gene expression by binding of a ULM motif in the Rev protein to UHM-containing splicing factors. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4859-4871. [PMID: 30892606 PMCID: PMC6511859 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 protein Rev is essential for virus replication and ensures the expression of partially spliced and unspliced transcripts. We identified a ULM (UHM ligand motif) motif in the Arginine-Rich Motif (ARM) of the Rev protein. ULMs (UHM ligand motif) mediate protein interactions during spliceosome assembly by binding to UHM (U2AF homology motifs) domains. Using NMR, biophysical methods and crystallography we show that the Rev ULM binds to the UHMs of U2AF65 and SPF45. The highly conserved Trp45 in the Rev ULM is crucial for UHM binding in vitro, for Rev co-precipitation with U2AF65 in human cells and for proper processing of HIV transcripts. Thus, Rev-ULM interactions with UHM splicing factors contribute to the regulation of HIV-1 transcript processing, also at the splicing level. The Rev ULM is an example of viral mimicry of host short linear motifs that enables the virus to interfere with the host molecular machinery.
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- Marta Pabis
- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85 764, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Department Chemie, TU München, Garching 85748, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85 764, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Department Chemie, TU München, Garching 85748, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85 764, Germany.,Research Unit Cellular Signal Integration, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, 85 764, Germany
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno 62 500, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85 764, Germany
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- Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg 85 764, Germany.,Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich, Department Chemie, TU München, Garching 85748, Germany
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Toro-Ascuy D, Rojas-Araya B, García-de-Gracia F, Rojas-Fuentes C, Pereira-Montecinos C, Gaete-Argel A, Valiente-Echeverría F, Ohlmann T, Soto-Rifo R. A Rev-CBP80-eIF4AI complex drives Gag synthesis from the HIV-1 unspliced mRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:11539-11552. [PMID: 30239828 PMCID: PMC6265489 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gag synthesis from the full-length unspliced mRNA is critical for the production of the viral progeny during human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) replication. While most spliced mRNAs follow the canonical gene expression pathway in which the recruitment of the nuclear cap-binding complex (CBC) and the exon junction complex (EJC) largely stimulates the rates of nuclear export and translation, the unspliced mRNA relies on the viral protein Rev to reach the cytoplasm and recruit the host translational machinery. Here, we confirm that Rev ensures high levels of Gag synthesis by driving nuclear export and translation of the unspliced mRNA. These functions of Rev are supported by the CBC subunit CBP80, which binds Rev and the unspliced mRNA in the nucleus and the cytoplasm. We also demonstrate that Rev interacts with the DEAD-box RNA helicase eIF4AI, which translocates to the nucleus and cooperates with the viral protein to promote Gag synthesis. Finally, we show that the Rev/RRE axis is important for the assembly of a CBP80-eIF4AI complex onto the unspliced mRNA. Together, our results provide further evidence towards the understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which Rev drives Gag synthesis from the unspliced mRNA during HIV-1 replication.
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- Daniela Toro-Ascuy
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- INSERM U1111, CIRI, Lyon F-69364, France.,Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon F-69364, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Virology, Virology Program, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Focus on Translation Initiation of the HIV-1 mRNAs. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 20:ijms20010101. [PMID: 30597859 PMCID: PMC6337239 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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To replicate and disseminate, viruses need to manipulate and modify the cellular machinery for their own benefit. We are interested in translation, which is one of the key steps of gene expression and viruses that have developed several strategies to hijack the ribosomal complex. The type 1 human immunodeficiency virus is a good paradigm to understand the great diversity of translational control. Indeed, scanning, leaky scanning, internal ribosome entry sites, and adenosine methylation are used by ribosomes to translate spliced and unspliced HIV-1 mRNAs, and some require specific cellular factors, such as the DDX3 helicase, that mediate mRNA export and translation. In addition, some viral and cellular proteins, including the HIV-1 Tat protein, also regulate protein synthesis through targeting the protein kinase PKR, which once activated, is able to phosphorylate the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF2α, which results in the inhibition of cellular mRNAs translation. Finally, the infection alters the integrity of several cellular proteins, including initiation factors, that directly or indirectly regulates translation events. In this review, we will provide a global overview of the current situation of how the HIV-1 mRNAs interact with the host cellular environment to produce viral proteins.
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Lim CS, Brown CM. Know Your Enemy: Successful Bioinformatic Approaches to Predict Functional RNA Structures in Viral RNAs. Front Microbiol 2018; 8:2582. [PMID: 29354101 PMCID: PMC5758548 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Structured RNA elements may control virus replication, transcription and translation, and their distinct features are being exploited by novel antiviral strategies. Viral RNA elements continue to be discovered using combinations of experimental and computational analyses. However, the wealth of sequence data, notably from deep viral RNA sequencing, viromes, and metagenomes, necessitates computational approaches being used as an essential discovery tool. In this review, we describe practical approaches being used to discover functional RNA elements in viral genomes. In addition to success stories in new and emerging viruses, these approaches have revealed some surprising new features of well-studied viruses e.g., human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, influenza, and dengue viruses. Some notable discoveries were facilitated by new comparative analyses of diverse viral genome alignments. Importantly, comparative approaches for finding RNA elements embedded in coding and non-coding regions differ. With the exponential growth of computer power we have progressed from stem-loop prediction on single sequences to cutting edge 3D prediction, and from command line to user friendly web interfaces. Despite these advances, many powerful, user friendly prediction tools and resources are underutilized by the virology community.
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- Chun Shen Lim
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Pocock GM, Zimdars LL, Yuan M, Eliceiri KW, Ahlquist P, Sherer NM. Diverse activities of viral cis-acting RNA regulatory elements revealed using multicolor, long-term, single-cell imaging. Mol Biol Cell 2017; 28:476-487. [PMID: 27903772 PMCID: PMC5341730 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-08-0612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Cis-acting RNA structural elements govern crucial aspects of viral gene expression. How these structures and other posttranscriptional signals affect RNA trafficking and translation in the context of single cells is poorly understood. Herein we describe a multicolor, long-term (>24 h) imaging strategy for measuring integrated aspects of viral RNA regulatory control in individual cells. We apply this strategy to demonstrate differential mRNA trafficking behaviors governed by RNA elements derived from three retroviruses (HIV-1, murine leukemia virus, and Mason-Pfizer monkey virus), two hepadnaviruses (hepatitis B virus and woodchuck hepatitis virus), and an intron-retaining transcript encoded by the cellular NXF1 gene. Striking behaviors include "burst" RNA nuclear export dynamics regulated by HIV-1's Rev response element and the viral Rev protein; transient aggregations of RNAs into discrete foci at or near the nuclear membrane triggered by multiple elements; and a novel, pulsiform RNA export activity regulated by the hepadnaviral posttranscriptional regulatory element. We incorporate single-cell tracking and a data-mining algorithm into our approach to obtain RNA element-specific, high-resolution gene expression signatures. Together these imaging assays constitute a tractable, systems-based platform for studying otherwise difficult to access spatiotemporal features of viral and cellular gene regulation.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/physiology
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Genes, env/physiology
- HIV-1
- Mason-Pfizer monkey virus
- Molecular Imaging/methods
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Viral
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid/physiology
- Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid/genetics
- Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid/physiology
- Single-Cell Analysis/methods
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- Ginger M Pocock
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Morgridge Institute for Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
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HIV-1 and M-PMV RNA Nuclear Export Elements Program Viral Genomes for Distinct Cytoplasmic Trafficking Behaviors. PLoS Pathog 2016; 12:e1005565. [PMID: 27070420 PMCID: PMC4829213 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Retroviruses encode cis-acting RNA nuclear export elements that override nuclear retention of intron-containing viral mRNAs including the full-length, unspliced genomic RNAs (gRNAs) packaged into assembling virions. The HIV-1 Rev-response element (RRE) recruits the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1 (also known as exportin-1/XPO1) using the viral protein Rev, while simple retroviruses encode constitutive transport elements (CTEs) that directly recruit components of the NXF1(Tap)/NXT1(p15) mRNA nuclear export machinery. How gRNA nuclear export is linked to trafficking machineries in the cytoplasm upstream of virus particle assembly is unknown. Here we used long-term (>24 h), multicolor live cell imaging to directly visualize HIV-1 gRNA nuclear export, translation, cytoplasmic trafficking, and virus particle production in single cells. We show that the HIV-1 RRE regulates unique, en masse, Rev- and CRM1-dependent "burst-like" transitions of mRNAs from the nucleus to flood the cytoplasm in a non-localized fashion. By contrast, the CTE derived from Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) links gRNAs to microtubules in the cytoplasm, driving them to cluster markedly to the centrosome that forms the pericentriolar core of the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC). Adding each export element to selected heterologous mRNAs was sufficient to confer each distinct export behavior, as was directing Rev/CRM1 or NXF1/NXT1 transport modules to mRNAs using a site-specific RNA tethering strategy. Moreover, multiple CTEs per transcript enhanced MTOC targeting, suggesting that a cooperative mechanism links NXF1/NXT1 to microtubules. Combined, these results reveal striking, unexpected features of retroviral gRNA nucleocytoplasmic transport and demonstrate roles for mRNA export elements that extend beyond nuclear pores to impact gRNA distribution in the cytoplasm.
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Prado S, Beltrán M, Coiras M, Bedoya LM, Alcamí J, Gallego J. Bioavailable inhibitors of HIV-1 RNA biogenesis identified through a Rev-based screen. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 107:14-28. [PMID: 26896646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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New antiretroviral agents with alternative mechanisms are needed to complement the combination therapies used to treat HIV-1 infections. Here we report the identification of bioavailable molecules that interfere with the gene expression processes of HIV-1. The compounds were detected by screening a small library of FDA-approved drugs with an assay based on measuring the displacement of Rev, and essential virus-encoded protein, from its high-affinity RNA binding site. The antiretroviral activity of two hits was based on interference with post-integration steps of the HIV-1 cycle. Both hits inhibited RRE-Rev complex formation in vitro, and blocked LTR-dependent gene expression and viral transcription in cellular assays. The best compound altered the splicing pattern of HIV-1 transcripts in a manner consistent with Rev inhibition. This mechanism of action is different from those used by current antiretroviral agents. The screening hits recognized the Rev binding site in the viral RNA, and the best compound did so with substantial selectivity, allowing the identification of a new RNA-binding scaffold. These results may be used for developing novel antiretroviral drugs.
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- Silvia Prado
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain; Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain.
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Mettenleiter TC. Breaching the Barrier-The Nuclear Envelope in Virus Infection. J Mol Biol 2015; 428:1949-61. [PMID: 26522933 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many DNA and a few RNA viruses use the host cell nucleus for virion formation and/or genome replication. To this end, the nuclear envelope (NE) barrier has to be overcome for entry into and egress from the intranuclear replication compartment. Different virus families have devised ingenious ways of entering and leaving the nucleus usurping cellular transport pathways through the nuclear pore complex but also translocating directly through both membranes of the NE. This intriguing diversity in nuclear entry and egress of viruses also highlights different ways nucleocytoplasmic transport can occur. Thus, the study of interactions between viruses and the NE also helps to unravel hitherto unknown cellular pathways such as vesicular nucleocytoplasmic transfer.
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- Thomas C Mettenleiter
- Institute of Molecular Virology and Cell Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Südufer 10, 17493 Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany.
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Importance of codon usage for the temporal regulation of viral gene expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:14030-5. [PMID: 26504241 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515387112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The glycoproteins of herpesviruses and of HIV/SIV are made late in the replication cycle and are derived from transcripts that use an unusual codon usage that is quite different from that of the host cell. Here we show that the actions of natural transinducers from these two different families of persistent viruses (Rev of SIV and ORF57 of the rhesus monkey rhadinovirus) are dependent on the nature of the skewed codon usage. In fact, the transinducibility of expression of these glycoproteins by Rev and by ORF57 can be flipped simply by changing the nature of the codon usage. Even expression of a luciferase reporter could be made Rev dependent or ORF57 dependent by distinctive changes to its codon usage. Our findings point to a new general principle in which different families of persisting viruses use a poor codon usage that is skewed in a distinctive way to temporally regulate late expression of structural gene products.
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Remion A, Delord M, Hance AJ, Saragosti S, Mammano F. Kinetics of the establishment of HIV-1 viral interference and comprehensive analysis of the contribution of viral genes. Virology 2015; 487:59-67. [PMID: 26499042 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Revised: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 09/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Viral interference defines the reduced susceptibility of an infected cell to reinfection. For HIV-1, both receptor-dependent and independent pathways were described. The relative importance of different receptor-independent pathways has not been addressed. We have used reporter viruses to quantify the percentage of single- and double-infected cells, as a function of the delay between the two infections. For co-infection experiments, the frequency of double infected cells was higher than expected for independent events. By delaying the second infection, this frequency progressively diminished, resulting in significant interference after 18h. Interference measured here was largely receptor-independent. By individually deleting viral genes or expressing them in isolation, we demonstrate that the viral protein Rev plays a dominant role, while other viral proteins contributes to optimal interference. Our study defines the kinetics of early HIV-1 interference, describing the transition from higher susceptibility to double-infection to viral interference, and identifies Rev as its dominant effector.
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- Azaria Remion
- INSERM, U941, Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U941, Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U941, Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
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- INSERM, U941, Paris, France; Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
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Rojas-Araya B, Ohlmann T, Soto-Rifo R. Translational Control of the HIV Unspliced Genomic RNA. Viruses 2015; 7:4326-51. [PMID: 26247956 PMCID: PMC4576183 DOI: 10.3390/v7082822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Post-transcriptional control in both HIV-1 and HIV-2 is a highly regulated process that commences in the nucleus of the host infected cell and finishes by the expression of viral proteins in the cytoplasm. Expression of the unspliced genomic RNA is particularly controlled at the level of RNA splicing, export, and translation. It appears increasingly obvious that all these steps are interconnected and they result in the building of a viral ribonucleoprotein complex (RNP) that must be efficiently translated in the cytosolic compartment. This review summarizes our knowledge about the genesis, localization, and expression of this viral RNP.
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- Bárbara Rojas-Araya
- Molecular and Cellular Virology Laboratory, Program of Virology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 834100, Santiago, Chile.
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- CIRI, International Center for Infectiology Research, Université de Lyon, Lyon 69007, France.
- Inserm, U1111, Lyon 69007, France.
- Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon 69007, France.
- Université Lyon 1, Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Lyon 69007, France.
- CNRS, UMR5308, Lyon 69007, France.
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- Molecular and Cellular Virology Laboratory, Program of Virology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 834100, Santiago, Chile.
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Budhiraja S, Liu H, Couturier J, Malovannaya A, Qin J, Lewis DE, Rice AP. Mining the human complexome database identifies RBM14 as an XPO1-associated protein involved in HIV-1 Rev function. J Virol 2015; 89:3557-67. [PMID: 25589658 PMCID: PMC4403413 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.03232-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED By recruiting the host protein XPO1 (CRM1), the HIV-1 Rev protein mediates the nuclear export of incompletely spliced viral transcripts. We mined data from the recently described human nuclear complexome to identify a host protein, RBM14, which associates with XPO1 and Rev and is involved in Rev function. Using a Rev-dependent p24 reporter plasmid, we found that RBM14 depletion decreased Rev activity and Rev-mediated enhancement of the cytoplasmic levels of unspliced viral transcripts. RBM14 depletion also reduced p24 expression during viral infection, indicating that RBM14 is limiting for Rev function. RBM14 has previously been shown to localize to nuclear paraspeckles, a structure implicated in retaining unspliced HIV-1 transcripts for either Rev-mediated nuclear export or degradation. We found that depletion of NEAT1 RNA, a long noncoding RNA required for paraspeckle integrity, abolished the ability of overexpressed RBM14 to enhance Rev function, indicating the dependence of RBM14 function on paraspeckle integrity. Our study extends the known host cell interactome of Rev and XPO1 and further substantiates a critical role for paraspeckles in the mechanism of action of Rev. Our study also validates the nuclear complexome as a database from which viral cofactors can be mined. IMPORTANCE This study mined a database of nuclear protein complexes to identify a cellular protein named RBM14 that is associated with XPO1 (CRM1), a nuclear protein that binds to the HIV-1 Rev protein and mediates nuclear export of incompletely spliced viral RNAs. Functional assays demonstrated that RBM14, a protein found in paraspeckle structures in the nucleus, is involved in HIV-1 Rev function. This study validates the nuclear complexome database as a reference that can be mined to identify viral cofactors.
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- Sona Budhiraja
- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Mueller N, Berkhout B, Das AT. HIV-1 splicing is controlled by local RNA structure and binding of splicing regulatory proteins at the major 5' splice site. J Gen Virol 2015; 96:1906-17. [PMID: 25779589 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.000122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The 5' leader region of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) RNA genome contains the major 5' splice site (ss) that is used in the production of the many spliced viral RNAs. This splice-donor (SD) region can fold into a stable stem-loop structure and the thermodynamic stability of this RNA hairpin influences splicing efficiency. In addition, splicing may be modulated by binding of splicing regulatory (SR) proteins, in particular SF2/ASF (SRSF1), SC35 (SRSF2), SRp40 (SRSF5) and SRp55 (SRSF6), to sequence elements in the SD region. The role of RNA structure and SR protein binding in splicing control was previously studied by functional analysis of mutant SD sequences. The interpretation of these studies was complicated by the fact that most mutations simultaneously affect both structure and sequence elements. We therefore tried to disentangle the contribution of these two variables by designing more precise SD region mutants with a single effect on either the sequence or the structure. The current analysis indicates that HIV-1 splicing at the major 5'ss is modulated by both the stability of the local RNA structure and the binding of splicing regulatory proteins.
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- Nancy Mueller
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lin MH, Sivakumaran H, Jones A, Li D, Harper C, Wei T, Jin H, Rustanti L, Meunier FA, Spann K, Harrich D. A HIV-1 Tat mutant protein disrupts HIV-1 Rev function by targeting the DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX1. Retrovirology 2014; 11:121. [PMID: 25496916 PMCID: PMC4271445 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-014-0121-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Previously we described a transdominant negative mutant of the HIV-1 Tat protein, termed Nullbasic, that downregulated the steady state levels of unspliced and singly spliced viral mRNA, an activity caused by inhibition of HIV-1 Rev activity. Nullbasic also altered the subcellular localizations of Rev and other cellular proteins, including CRM1, B23 and C23 in a Rev-dependent manner, suggesting that Nullbasic may disrupt Rev function and trafficking by intervening with an unidentified component of the Rev nucleocytoplasmic transport complex. RESULTS To seek a possible mechanism that could explain how Nullbasic inhibits Rev activity, we used a proteomics approach to identify host cellular proteins that interact with Nullbasic. Forty-six Nullbasic-binding proteins were identified by mass spectrometry including the DEAD-box RNA helicase, DDX1. To determine the effect of DDX1 on Nullbasic-mediated Rev activity, we performed cell-based immunoprecipitation assays, Rev reporter assays and bio-layer interferometry (BLI) assays. Interaction between DDX1 and Nullbasic was observed by co-immunoprecipitation of Nullbasic with endogenous DDX1 from cell lysates. BLI assays showed a direct interaction between Nullbasic and DDX1. Nullbasic affected DDX1 subcellular distribution in a Rev-independent manner. Interestingly overexpression of DDX1 in cells not only restored Rev-dependent mRNA export and gene expression in a Rev reporter assay but also partly reversed Nullbasic-induced Rev subcellular mislocalization. Moreover, HIV-1 wild type Tat co-immunoprecipitated with DDX1 and overexpression of Tat could rescue the unspliced viral mRNA levels inhibited by Nullbasic in HIV-1 expressing cells. CONCLUSIONS Nullbasic was used to further define the complex mechanisms involved in the Rev-dependent nuclear export of the 9 kb and 4 kb viral RNAs. All together, these data indicate that DDX1 can be sequestered by Nullbasic leading to destabilization of the Rev nucleocytoplasmic transport complex and decreased levels of Rev-dependent viral transcripts. The outcomes support a role for DDX1 in maintenance of a Rev nuclear complex that transports viral RRE-containing mRNA to the cytoplasm. To our knowledge Nullbasic is the first anti-HIV protein that specifically targets the cellular protein DDX1 to block Rev's activity. Furthermore, our research raises the possibility that wild type Tat may play a previously unrecognized but very important role in Rev function.
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- Min-Hsuan Lin
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
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- Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia. .,Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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- Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia. .,School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Queensland, Australia. .,Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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Jeong WJ, Lim YB. Macrocyclic Peptides Self-Assemble into Robust Vesicles with Molecular Recognition Capabilities. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:1996-2003. [DOI: 10.1021/bc500367z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Woo-jin Jeong
- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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Cunyat F, Beerens N, García E, Clotet B, Kjems J, Cabrera C. Functional analyses reveal extensive RRE plasticity in primary HIV-1 sequences selected under selective pressure. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106299. [PMID: 25170621 PMCID: PMC4149556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV-1 Rev response element (RRE) is a functional region of viral RNA lying immediately downstream to the junction of gp120 and gp41 in the env coding sequence. The RRE is essential for HIV replication and binds with the Rev protein to facilitate the export of viral mRNA from nucleus to cytoplasm. It has been suggested that changes in the predicted secondary structure of primary RRE sequences impact the function of the RREs; however, functional assays have not yet been performed. The aim of this study was to characterize the genetic, structural and functional variation in the RRE primary sequences selected in vivo by Enfuvirtide pressure. RESULTS Multiple RRE variants were obtained from viruses isolated from patients who failed an Enfuvirtide-containing regimen. Different alterations were observed in the predicted RRE secondary structures, with the abrogation of the primary Rev binding site in one of the variants. In spite of this, most of the RRE variants were able to bind Rev and promote the cytoplasmic export of the viral mRNAs with equivalent efficiency in a cell-based assay. Only RRE45 and RRE40-45 showed an impaired ability to bind Rev in a gel-shift binding assay. Unexpectedly, this impairment was not reflected in functional capacity when RNA export was evaluated using a reporter assay, or during virus replication in lymphoid cells, suggesting that in vivo the RRE would be highly malleable. CONCLUSIONS The Rev-RRE functionality is unaffected in RRE variants selected in patients failing an ENF-containing regimen. Our data show that the current understanding of the Rev-RRE complex structure does not suffice and fails to rationally predict the function of naturally occurring RRE mutants. Therefore, this data should be taken into account in the development of antiviral agents that target the RRE-Rev complex.
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- Francesc Cunyat
- IrsiCaixa-HIVACAT, Institut de Recerca en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Hospital Germans Trias, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- IrsiCaixa-HIVACAT, Institut de Recerca en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Hospital Germans Trias, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa-HIVACAT, Institut de Recerca en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Hospital Germans Trias, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- IrsiCaixa-HIVACAT, Institut de Recerca en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Hospital Germans Trias, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Schroeder M, Kolodzik A, Pfaff K, Priyadarshini P, Krepstakies M, Hauber J, Rarey M, Meier C. In silico design, synthesis, and screening of novel deoxyhypusine synthase inhibitors targeting HIV-1 replication. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:940-52. [PMID: 24616161 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The human enzyme deoxyhypusine synthase (DHS) is an important host cell factor that participates in the post-translational hypusine modification of eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A). Hypusine-modified eIF-5A plays a role in a number of diseases, including HIV infection/AIDS. Thus, DHS represents a novel and attractive drug target. So far, four crystal structures are available, and various substances have been tested for inhibition of human DHS. Among these inhibitors, N-1-guanyl-1,7-diaminoheptane (GC7) has been co-crystallized in the active site of DHS. However, despite its potency, GC7 is not selective enough to be used in drug applications. Therefore, new compounds that target DHS are needed. Herein we report the in silico design, chemical synthesis, and biological evaluation of new DHS inhibitors. One of these inhibitors showed dose-dependent inhibition of DHS in vitro, as well as suppression of HIV replication in cell cultures. Furthermore, the compound exhibited no cytotoxic effects at active concentrations. Thus, this designed compound demonstrated proof of principle and represents a promising starting point for the development of new drug candidates to specifically interfere with DHS activity.
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- Marcus Schroeder
- Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg (Germany)
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Generation and use of antibody fragments for structural studies of proteins refractory to crystallization. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1131:549-61. [PMID: 24515490 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-992-5_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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With the rapid technological advances in all aspects of macromolecular X-ray crystallography the preparation of diffraction quality crystals has become the rate-limiting step. Crystallization chaperones have proven effective for overcoming this barrier. Here we describe the usage of a Fab chaperone for the crystallization of HIV-1 Rev, a protein that has long resisted all attempts at elucidating its complete atomic structure.
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González-Bulnes L, Ibáñez I, Bedoya LM, Beltrán M, Catalán S, Alcamí J, Fustero S, Gallego J. Structure-based design of an RNA-binding p-terphenylene scaffold that inhibits HIV-1 Rev protein function. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:13405-9. [PMID: 24214163 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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González-Bulnes L, Ibáñez I, Bedoya LM, Beltrán M, Catalán S, Alcamí J, Fustero S, Gallego J. Structure-Based Design of an RNA-Bindingp-Terphenylene Scaffold that Inhibits HIV-1 Rev Protein Function. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201306665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gordon H, Ajamian L, Valiente-Echeverrìa F, Lévesque K, Rigby WF, Mouland AJ. Depletion of hnRNP A2/B1 overrides the nuclear retention of the HIV-1 genomic RNA. RNA Biol 2013; 10:1714-25. [PMID: 24157614 DOI: 10.4161/rna.26542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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hnRNP A2 is a cellular protein that is important for nucleocytoplasmic and cytosolic trafficking of the HIV-1 genomic RNA. Both hnRNP A2's interaction with HIV-1 RNA and its expression levels influence the activities of Rev in mediating nucleocytoplasmic export of the HIV-1 genomic RNA. While the lack of Rev expression during HIV-1 gene expression results in nuclear retention of HIV-1 genomic RNA, we show here by fluorescence in situ hybridization and fractionation studies that the genomic RNA translocates to the cytoplasm when hnRNP A2/B1 are depleted from cells. Polyribosome analyses revealed that the genomic RNA was shunted into a cytoplasmic, dense polyribosomal fraction. This fraction contained several RNA-binding proteins involved in viral gene expression and RNA trafficking but did not contain the translation initiation factor, eIF4G1. Amino acid incorporation into nascent polypeptides in this fraction was also greatly reduced, demonstrating that this fraction contains mRNAs that are poorly translated. These results demonstrate that hnRNP A2/B1 expression plays roles in the nuclear retention of the HIV-1 genomic RNA in the absence of Rev and in the release of the genomic RNA from translationally inactive, cytoplasmic RNP complexes.
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- Heather Gordon
- HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory; Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Microbiology & Immunology; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory; Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine; Division of Experimental Medicine; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory; Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine; Division of Experimental Medicine; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory; Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine; Division of Experimental Medicine; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Dartmouth Medical School; Department of Medicine; Lebanon, NH, USA
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- HIV-1 RNA Trafficking Laboratory; Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Microbiology & Immunology; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Medicine; Division of Experimental Medicine; McGill University; Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Vincendeau M, Nagel D, Brenke JK, Brack-Werner R, Hadian K. Heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoprotein Q increases protein expression from HIV-1 Rev-dependent transcripts. Virol J 2013; 10:151. [PMID: 23679954 PMCID: PMC3673855 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-10-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Background Heterogenous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) control many processes of the gene expression machinery including mRNA transcription, splicing, export, stability and translation. Recent data show interaction of the HIV-1 Rev regulatory protein with a subset of hnRNP proteins, that includes hnRNP Q, suggesting that hnRNPs can contribute to regulation of HIV-1 gene expression by Rev. Findings In this work we address the effect of hnRNP Q on Rev-dependent gene expression. We show that hnRNP Q overexpression increased levels of proteins produced from a Rev-dependent reporter gene in the presence of Rev. Increased protein levels did not correlate with changes in either the levels or the nucleocytoplasmic distribution of Rev-dependent reporter mRNAs. Similar observations were made in persistently HIV-1 infected HeLa cells. In these cells, hnRNP Q overexpression increased levels of the HIV-1 Gag-p24 protein, while levels of viral Rev-dependent mRNAs were not affected. Conclusion Our data indicate that hnRNP Q can stimulate the protein production of Rev-dependent mRNAs without changing mRNA levels and mRNA export, respectively. This suggests that hnRNP Q can boost HIV gene expression at the level of protein production.
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- Michelle Vincendeau
- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Noguchi K, Ishibashi K, Miyokawa K, Hokari M, Kanno T, Hirano T, Yamamoto N, Takaku H. HIV-1 suppressive sequences are modulated by Rev transport of unspliced RNA and are required for efficient HIV-1 production. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51393. [PMID: 23251516 PMCID: PMC3519575 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The unspliced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNAs are translated as Gag and Gag-Pol polyproteins or packaged as genomes into viral particles. Efficient translation is necessary before the transition to produce infective virions. The viral protein Rev exports all intron-containing viral RNAs; however, it also appears to enhance translation. Cellular microRNAs target cellular and viral mRNAs to silence their translation and enrich them at discrete cytoplasmic loci that overlap with the putative interim site of Gag and the genome. Here, we analyzed how Rev-mediated transport and the splicing status of the mRNA influenced the silencing status imposed by microRNA. Through identification and mutational analysis of the silencing sites in the HIV-1 genome, we elucidated the effect of silencing on virus production. Renilla luciferase mRNA, which contains a let-7 targeting site in its 3' untranslated region, was mediated when it was transported by Rev and not spliced, but it was either not mediated when it was spliced even in a partial way or it was Rev-independent. The silencing sites in the pol and env-nef regions of the HIV-1 genome, which were repressed in T cells and other cell lines, were Drosha-dependent and could also be modulated by Rev in an unspliced state. Mutant viruses that contained genomic mutations that reflect alterations to show more derepressive effects in the 3' untranslated region of the Renilla luciferase gene replicated more slowly than wild-type virus. These findings yield insights into the HIV-1 silencing sites that might allow the genome to avoid translational machinery and that might be utilized in coordinating virus production during initial virus replication. However, the function of Rev to modulate the silencing sites of unspliced RNAs would be advantageous for the efficient translation that is required to support protein production prior to viral packaging and particle production.
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- Kousei Noguchi
- High Technology Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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- Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
- High Technology Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology, Tsudanuma, Narashino-shi, Chiba, Japan
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Kula A, Marcello A. Dynamic Post-Transcriptional Regulation of HIV-1 Gene Expression. BIOLOGY 2012; 1:116-33. [PMID: 24832221 PMCID: PMC4009772 DOI: 10.3390/biology1020116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Gene expression of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a highly regulated process. Basal transcription of the integrated provirus generates early transcripts that encode for the viral products Tat and Rev. Tat promotes the elongation of RNA polymerase while Rev mediates the nuclear export of viral RNAs that contain the Rev-responsive RNA element (RRE). These RNAs are exported from the nucleus to allow expression of Gag-Pol and Env proteins and for the production of full-length genomic RNAs. A balance exists between completely processed mRNAs and RRE-containing RNAs. Rev functions as an adaptor that recruits cellular factors to re-direct singly spliced and unspliced viral RNAs to nuclear export. The aim of this review is to address the dynamic regulation of this post-transcriptional pathway in light of recent findings that implicate several novel cellular cofactors of Rev function.
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- Anna Kula
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano, Trieste 99 34012, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano, Trieste 99 34012, Italy.
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Hoffmann D, Schwarck D, Banning C, Brenner M, Mariyanna L, Krepstakies M, Schindler M, Millar DP, Hauber J. Formation of trans-activation competent HIV-1 Rev:RRE complexes requires the recruitment of multiple protein activation domains. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38305. [PMID: 22675540 PMCID: PMC3366918 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 Rev trans-activator is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein that is essential for virus replication. Rev directly binds to unspliced and incompletely spliced viral RNA via the cis-acting Rev Response Element (RRE) sequence. Subsequently, Rev oligomerizes cooperatively and interacts with the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1. In addition to mediating nuclear RNA export, Rev also affects the stability, translation and packaging of Rev-bound viral transcripts. Although it is established that Rev function requires the multimeric assembly of Rev molecules on the RRE, relatively little is known about how many Rev monomers are sufficient to form a trans-activation competent Rev:RRE complex, or which specific activity of Rev is affected by its oligomerization. We here analyzed by functional studies how homooligomer formation of Rev affects the trans-activation capacity of this essential HIV-1 regulatory protein. In a gain-of-function approach, we fused various heterologous dimerization domains to an otherwise oligomerization-defective Rev mutant and were able to demonstrate that oligomerization of Rev is not required per se for the nuclear export of this viral trans-activator. In contrast, however, the formation of Rev oligomers on the RRE is a precondition to trans-activation by directly affecting the nuclear export of Rev-regulated mRNA. Moreover, experimental evidence is provided showing that at least two protein activation domains are required for the formation of trans-activation competent Rev:RRE complexes. The presented data further refine the model of Rev trans-activation by directly demonstrating that Rev oligomerization on the RRE, thereby recruiting at least two protein activation domains, is required for nuclear export of unspliced and incompletely spliced viral RNA.
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- Dirk Hoffmann
- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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Venken T, Daelemans D, De Maeyer M, Voet A. Computational investigation of the HIV-1 Rev multimerization using molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations. Proteins 2012; 80:1633-46. [PMID: 22447650 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Revised: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The HIV Rev protein mediates the nuclear export of viral mRNA, and is thereby essential for the production of late viral proteins in the replication cycle. Rev forms a large organized multimeric protein-protein complex for proper functioning. Recently, the three-dimensional structures of a Rev dimer and tetramer have been resolved and provide the basis for a thorough structural analysis of the binding interaction. Here, molecular dynamics (MD) and binding free energy calculations were performed to elucidate the forces thriving dimerization and higher order multimerization of the Rev protein. It is found that despite the structural differences between each crystal structure, both display a similar behavior according to our calculations. Our analysis based on a molecular mechanics-generalized Born surface area (MM/GBSA) and a configurational entropy approach demonstrates that the higher order multimerization site is much weaker than the dimerization site. In addition, a quantitative hot spot analysis combined with a mutational analysis reveals the most contributing amino acid residues for protein interactions in agreement with experimental results. Additional residues were found in each interface, which are important for the protein interaction. The investigation of the thermodynamics of the Rev multimerization interactions performed here could be a further step in the development of novel antiretrovirals using structure based drug design. Moreover, the variability of the angle between each Rev monomer as measured during the MD simulations suggests a role of the Rev protein in allowing flexibility of the arginine rich domain (ARM) to accommodate RNA binding.
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- Tom Venken
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and BioMacS, Department of Chemistry, Division of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, KULeuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Boeras I, Sakalian M, West JT. Translation of MMTV Gag requires nuclear events involving splicing motifs in addition to the viral Rem protein and RmRE. Retrovirology 2012; 9:8. [PMID: 22277305 PMCID: PMC3292498 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Retroviral Gag proteins are encoded in introns and, because of this localization, they are subject to the default pathways of pre-mRNA splicing. Retroviruses regulate splicing and translation through a variety of intertwined mechanisms, including 5'- post-transcriptional control elements, 3'- constitutive transport elements, and viral protein RNA interactions that couple unspliced and singly spliced mRNAs to transport machinery. Sequences within the gag gene termed inhibitory or instability sequences also appear to affect viral mRNA stability and translation, and the action of these sequences can be countered by silent mutation or the presence of RNA interaction proteins like HIV-1 Rev. Here, we explored the requirements for mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) Gag expression using a combination of in vivo and in vitro expression systems. Results We show that MMTV gag alleles are inhibited for translation despite possessing a functional open reading frame (ORF). The block to expression was post-transcriptional and targeted the mRNA but was not a function of mRNA transport or stability. Using bicistronic reporters, we show that inhibition of gag expression imparted a block to both cap-dependent and cap-independent translation onto the mRNA. Direct introduction of in vitro synthesized gag mRNA resulted in translation, implying a nuclear role in inhibition of expression. The inhibition of expression was overcome by intact proviral expression or by flanking gag with splice sites combined with a functional Rem-Rem response element (RmRE) interaction. Conclusions Expression of MMTV Gag requires nuclear interactions involving the viral Rem protein, its cognate binding target the RmRE, and surprisingly, both a splice donor and acceptor sequence to achieve appropriate signals for translation of the mRNA in the cytoplasm.
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- Ioana Boeras
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Cytoplasmic utilization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 genomic RNA is not dependent on a nuclear interaction with gag. J Virol 2012; 86:2990-3002. [PMID: 22258250 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06874-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In some retroviruses, such as Rous sarcoma virus and prototype foamy virus, Gag proteins are known to shuttle between the nucleus and the cytoplasm and are implicated in nuclear export of the viral genomic unspliced RNA (gRNA) for subsequent encapsidation. A similar function has been proposed for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag based on the identification of nuclear localization and export signals. However, the ability of HIV-1 Gag to transit through the nucleus has never been confirmed. In addition, the lentiviral Rev protein promotes efficient nuclear gRNA export, and previous reports indicate a cytoplasmic interaction between Gag and gRNA. Therefore, functional effects of HIV-1 Gag on gRNA and its usage were explored. Expression of gag in the absence of Rev was not able to increase cytoplasmic gRNA levels of subgenomic, proviral, or lentiviral vector constructs, and gene expression from genomic reporter plasmids could not be induced by Gag provided in trans. Furthermore, Gag lacking the reported nuclear localization and export signals was still able to mediate an efficient packaging process. Although small amounts of Gag were detectable in the nuclei of transfected cells, a Crm1-dependent nuclear export signal in Gag could not be confirmed. Thus, our study does not provide any evidence for a nuclear function of HIV-1 Gag. The encapsidation process of HIV-1 therefore clearly differs from that of Rous sarcoma virus and prototype foamy virus.
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Qu J, Yang Z, Zhang Q, Liu W, Li Y, Ding Q, Liu F, Liu Y, Pan Z, He B, Zhu Y, Wu J. Human immunodeficiency virus-1 Rev protein activates hepatitis C virus gene expression by directly targeting the HCV 5′-untranslated region. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:4002-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 11/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Requirements for mouse mammary tumor virus Rem signal peptide processing and function. J Virol 2011; 86:214-25. [PMID: 22072771 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.06197-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) encodes a Rev-like protein, Rem, which is involved in the nuclear export and expression of viral RNA. Previous data have shown that all Rev-like functions are localized to the 98-amino-acid signal peptide (SP) at the N terminus of MMTV Rem or envelope proteins. MMTV-SP uses endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) for protein trafficking. Rem cleavage by signal peptidase in the ER is necessary for MMTV-SP function in a reporter assay, but many requirements for trafficking are not known. To allow detection and localization of both MMTV-SP and the C-terminal cleavage product, we prepared plasmids expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) tags. N-terminal Rem tagging led to protein accumulation relative to untagged Rem and allowed signal peptidase cleavage but reduced its specific activity. C-terminal tagging also led to Rem accumulation yet dramatically reduced cleavage, GFP fluorescence, and activity relative to N-terminally tagged Rem (GFPRem). Substitutions of an invariant leucine at position 71 between the known RNA-binding and nuclear export sequences interfered with GFPRem accumulation and activity but not cleavage. Similarly, deletion of 100 or 150 C-terminal amino acids from GFPRem dramatically reduced both Rem and MMTV-SP levels and function. Removal of the entire C terminus (203 amino acids) restored both protein levels and activity of MMTV-SP. Only C-terminal GFP tagging, and not other modifications, appeared to trap Rem in the ER membrane. Thus, Rem conformation in both the ER lumen and cytoplasm determines cleavage, retrotranslocation, and MMTV-SP function. These mutants further characterize intermediates in Rem trafficking and have implications for all proteins affected by ERAD.
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Edgcomb SP, Carmel AB, Naji S, Ambrus-Aikelin G, Reyes JR, Saphire ACS, Gerace L, Williamson JR. DDX1 is an RNA-dependent ATPase involved in HIV-1 Rev function and virus replication. J Mol Biol 2011; 415:61-74. [PMID: 22051512 PMCID: PMC3249508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev protein is essential for the virus because it promotes nuclear export of alternatively processed mRNAs, and Rev is also linked to translation of viral mRNAs and genome encapsidation. Previously, the human DEAD-box helicase DDX1 was suggested to be involved in Rev functions, but this relationship is not well understood. Biochemical studies of DDX1 and its interactions with Rev and model RNA oligonucleotides were carried out to investigate the molecular basis for association of these components. A combination of gel-filtration chromatography and circular dichroism spectroscopy demonstrated that recombinant DDX1 expressed in Escherichia coli is a well-behaved folded protein. Binding assays using fluorescently labeled Rev and cell-based immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed a specific RNA-independent DDX1–Rev interaction. Additionally, DDX1 was shown to be an RNA-activated ATPase, wherein Rev-bound RNA was equally effective at stimulating ATPase activity as protein-free RNA. Gel mobility shift assays further demonstrated that DDX1 forms complexes with Rev-bound RNA. RNA silencing of DDX1 provided strong evidence that DDX1 is required for both Rev activity and HIV production from infected cells. Collectively, these studies demonstrate a clear link between DDX1 and HIV-1 Rev in cell-based assays of HIV-1 production and provide the first demonstration that recombinant DDX1 binds Rev and RNA and has RNA-dependent catalytic activity.
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- Stephen P Edgcomb
- Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Cavallari I, Rende F, D'Agostino DM, Ciminale V. Converging strategies in expression of human complex retroviruses. Viruses 2011; 3:1395-414. [PMID: 21994786 PMCID: PMC3185809 DOI: 10.3390/v3081395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 07/28/2011] [Accepted: 07/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The discovery of human retroviruses in the early 1980s revealed the existence of viral-encoded non-structural genes that were not evident in previously described animal retroviruses. Based on the absence or presence of these additional genes retroviruses were classified as ‘simple’ and ‘complex’, respectively. Expression of most of these extra genes is achieved through the generation of alternatively spliced mRNAs. The present review summarizes the genetic organization and expression strategies of human complex retroviruses and highlights the converging mechanisms controlling their life cycles.
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- Ilaria Cavallari
- Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Gattamelata 64, I-35128 Padova, Italy; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (D.M.D.)
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- Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Gattamelata 64, I-35128 Padova, Italy; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (D.M.D.)
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, I-35128 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Gattamelata 64, I-35128 Padova, Italy; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (D.M.D.)
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- Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Via Gattamelata 64, I-35128 Padova, Italy; E-Mails: (I.C.); (F.R.); (D.M.D.)
- Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, I-35128 Padova, Italy
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.:+39-049-821-5885; Fax: +39-049-807-2854
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Kula A, Guerra J, Knezevich A, Kleva D, Myers MP, Marcello A. Characterization of the HIV-1 RNA associated proteome identifies Matrin 3 as a nuclear cofactor of Rev function. Retrovirology 2011; 8:60. [PMID: 21771346 PMCID: PMC3160904 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 07/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Background Central to the fully competent replication cycle of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is the nuclear export of unspliced and partially spliced RNAs mediated by the Rev posttranscriptional activator and the Rev response element (RRE). Results Here, we introduce a novel method to explore the proteome associated with the nuclear HIV-1 RNAs. At the core of the method is the generation of cell lines harboring an integrated provirus carrying RNA binding sites for the MS2 bacteriophage protein. Flag-tagged MS2 is then used for affinity purification of the viral RNA. By this approach we found that the viral RNA is associated with the host nuclear matrix component MATR3 (Matrin 3) and that its modulation affected Rev activity. Knockdown of MATR3 suppressed Rev/RRE function in the export of unspliced HIV-1 RNAs. However, MATR3 was able to associate with Rev only through the presence of RRE-containing viral RNA. Conclusions In this work, we exploited a novel proteomic method to identify MATR3 as a cellular cofactor of Rev activity. MATR3 binds viral RNA and is required for the Rev/RRE mediated nuclear export of unspliced HIV-1 RNAs.
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- Anna Kula
- Laboratory of Molecular Virology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Padriciano, 99, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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The nuclear matrix protein, MATR3, is a newly-described Rev cofactor whose mechanism of action is only starting to be revealed.
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- Andrew I Dayton
- FDA/CBER/OBRR/DETTD/LMV, HFM 315 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448, USA.
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Cockrell AS, van Praag H, Santistevan N, Ma H, Kafri T. The HIV-1 Rev/RRE system is required for HIV-1 5' UTR cis elements to augment encapsidation of heterologous RNA into HIV-1 viral particles. Retrovirology 2011; 8:51. [PMID: 21702950 PMCID: PMC3131246 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Background The process of HIV-1 genomic RNA (gRNA) encapsidation is governed by a number of viral encoded components, most notably the Gag protein and gRNA cis elements in the canonical packaging signal (ψ). Also implicated in encapsidation are cis determinants in the R, U5, and PBS (primer binding site) from the 5' untranslated region (UTR). Although conventionally associated with nuclear export of HIV-1 RNA, there is a burgeoning role for the Rev/RRE in the encapsidation process. Pleiotropic effects exhibited by these cis and trans viral components may confound the ability to examine their independent, and combined, impact on encapsidation of RNA into HIV-1 viral particles in their innate viral context. We systematically reconstructed the HIV-1 packaging system in the context of a heterologous murine leukemia virus (MLV) vector RNA to elucidate a mechanism in which the Rev/RRE system is central to achieving efficient and specific encapsidation into HIV-1 viral particles. Results We show for the first time that the Rev/RRE system can augment RNA encapsidation independent of all cis elements from the 5' UTR (R, U5, PBS, and ψ). Incorporation of all the 5' UTR cis elements did not enhance RNA encapsidation in the absence of the Rev/RRE system. In fact, we demonstrate that the Rev/RRE system is required for specific and efficient encapsidation commonly associated with the canonical packaging signal. The mechanism of Rev/RRE-mediated encapsidation is not a general phenomenon, since the combination of the Rev/RRE system and 5' UTR cis elements did not enhance encapsidation into MLV-derived viral particles. Lastly, we show that heterologous MLV RNAs conform to transduction properties commonly associated with HIV-1 viral particles, including in vivo transduction of non-dividing cells (i.e. mouse neurons); however, the cDNA forms are episomes predominantly in the 1-LTR circle form. Conclusions Premised on encapsidation of a heterologous RNA into HIV-1 viral particles, our findings define a functional HIV-1 packaging system as comprising the 5' UTR cis elements, Gag, and the Rev/RRE system, in which the Rev/RRE system is required to make the RNA amenable to the ensuing interaction between Gag and the canonical packaging signal for subsequent encapsidation.
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- Adam S Cockrell
- Gene Therapy Center University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Gu L, Tsuji T, Jarboui MA, Yeo GP, Sheehy N, Hall WW, Gautier VW. Intermolecular masking of the HIV-1 Rev NLS by the cellular protein HIC: novel insights into the regulation of Rev nuclear import. Retrovirology 2011; 8:17. [PMID: 21401918 PMCID: PMC3062594 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-8-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2010] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The HIV-1 regulatory protein Rev, which is essential for viral replication, mediates the nuclear export of unspliced viral transcripts. Rev nuclear function requires active nucleocytoplasmic shuttling, and Rev nuclear import is mediated by the recognition of its Nuclear Localisation Signal (NLS) by multiple import factors, which include transportin and importin β. However, it remains unclear which nuclear import pathway(s) predominate in vivo, and the cellular environment that modulates Rev nucleocytoplasmic shuttling remains to be characterised. RESULTS In our study, we have identified the cellular protein HIC (Human I-mfa domain-Containing protein) as a novel interactor of HIV-1 Rev. We demonstrate that HIC selectively interferes with Rev NLS interaction with importin β and impedes its nuclear import and function, but does not affect Rev nuclear import mediated by transportin. Hence, the molecular determinants mediating Rev-NLS recognition by importin β and transportin appear to be distinct. Furthermore, we have employed HIC and M9 M, a peptide specifically designed to inhibit the transportin-mediated nuclear import pathway, to characterise Rev nuclear import pathways within different cellular environments. Remarkably, we could show that in 293T, HeLa, COS7, Jurkat, U937, THP-1 and CEM cells, Rev nuclear import is cell type specific and alternatively mediated by transportin or importin β, in a mutually exclusive fashion. CONCLUSIONS Rev cytoplasmic sequestration by HIC may represent a novel mechanism for the control of Rev function. These studies highlight that the multivalent nature of the Rev NLS for different import receptors enables Rev to adapt its nuclear trafficking strategy.
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- Lili Gu
- UCD-Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Single-nucleotide changes in the HIV Rev-response element mediate resistance to compounds that inhibit Rev function. J Virol 2011; 85:3940-9. [PMID: 21289114 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02683-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Previously we described the identification of two compounds (3-amino-5-ethyl-4,6-dimethylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide [103833] and 4-amino-6-methoxy-2-(trifluoromethyl)-3-quinolinecarbonitrile [104366]) that interfered with HIV replication through the inhibition of Rev function. We now describe resistant viral variants that arose after drug selection, using virus derived from two different HIV proviral clones, NL4-3 and R7/3. With HIV(NL4-3), each compound selected a different single point mutation in the Rev response element (RRE) at the bottom of stem-loop IIC. Either mutation led to the lengthening of the stem-loop IIC stem by an additional base pair, creating an RRE that was more responsive to lower concentrations of Rev than the wild type. Surprisingly, wild-type HIV(R7/3) was also found to be inhibited when tested with these compounds, in spite of the fact this virus already has an RNA stem-loop IIC similar to the one in the resistant NL4-3 variant. When drug resistance was selected in HIV(R7/3), a virus arose with two nucleotide changes that mapped to the envelope region outside the RRE. One of these nucleotide changes was synonymous with respect to env, and one was not. The combination of both nucleotide changes appeared to be necessary for the resistance phenotype as the individual point mutations by themselves did not convey resistance. Thus, although drug-resistant variants can be generated with both viral strains, the underlying mechanism is clearly different. These results highlight that minor nucleotide changes in HIV RNA, outside the primary Rev binding site, can significantly alter the efficiency of the Rev/RRE pathway.
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Lever AML, Jeang KT. Insights into cellular factors that regulate HIV-1 replication in human cells. Biochemistry 2011; 50:920-31. [PMID: 21218853 DOI: 10.1021/bi101805f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Retroviruses integrate into the host cell's chromosome. Accordingly, many aspects of the life cycle of retroviruses like HIV-1 are intimately linked to the functions of cellular proteins and RNAs. In this review, we discuss in brief recent genomewide screens for the identification of cellular proteins that assist HIV-1 replication in human cells. We also review findings for other cellular moieties that help or restrict the viral life cycle.
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- Andrew M L Lever
- Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, U.K
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Grewe B, Überla K. The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Rev protein: ménage à trois during the early phase of the lentiviral replication cycle. J Gen Virol 2010; 91:1893-1897. [PMID: 20538907 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.022509-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The Rev protein of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) has long been recognized to be essential for the late phase of the virus replication cycle, due to its strong enhancement of expression of viral structural proteins. Surprisingly, a number of recent papers have demonstrated that Rev can also interfere with integration of the reverse-transcribed cDNA into the host-cell genome. This seems to be due to Rev's binding to integrase and LEDGF/p75, an important cellular cofactor of HIV-1 integration. As Rev is presumably expressed at sufficiently high levels only after the encoding genome has already integrated, the main function of Rev during the early phase might be to reduce genotoxicity due to excessive integration events after superinfection of the same cell by subsequent viruses. Other potential consequences for HIV-1 replication and evolution after co-infection of the same cell with two viruses are discussed.
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- Bastian Grewe
- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Griffiths D, Martineau H, Cousens C. Pathology and Pathogenesis of Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma. J Comp Pathol 2010; 142:260-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2009] [Revised: 11/28/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Although the viral Rev protein is necessary for HIV replication, its main function in the viral replication cycle has been controversial. Reinvestigating the effect of Rev on the HIV-1 RNA distribution in various cell lines and primary cells revealed that Rev enhanced cytoplasmic levels of the unspliced HIV-1 RNA, mostly 3- to 12-fold, while encapsidation of the RNA and viral infectivity could be stimulated >1,000-fold. Although this clearly questions the general notion that the nuclear export of viral RNAs is the major function of Rev, mechanistically encapsidation seems to be linked to nuclear export, since the tethering of the nuclear export factor TAP to the HIV-1 RNA also enhanced encapsidation. Interference with the formation of an inhibitory ribonucleoprotein complex in the nucleus could lead to enhanced accessibility of the cytoplasmic HIV-1 RNA for translation and encapsidation. This might explain why Rev and tethered TAP exert the same pattern of pleiotropic effects.
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Stahl SJ, Watts NR, Rader C, DiMattia MA, Mage RG, Palmer I, Kaufman JD, Grimes JM, Stuart DI, Steven AC, Wingfield PT. Generation and characterization of a chimeric rabbit/human Fab for co-crystallization of HIV-1 Rev. J Mol Biol 2010; 397:697-708. [PMID: 20138059 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2009] [Revised: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rev is a key regulatory protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Its function is to bind to viral transcripts and effect export from the nucleus of unspliced mRNA, thereby allowing the synthesis of structural proteins. Despite its evident importance, the structure of Rev has remained unknown, primarily because Rev's proclivity for polymerization and aggregation is an impediment to crystallization. Monoclonal antibody antigen-binding domains (Fabs) have proven useful for the co-crystallization of other refractory proteins. In the present study, a chimeric rabbit/human anti-Rev Fab was selected by phage display, expressed in a bacterial secretion system, and purified from the media. The Fab readily solubilized polymeric Rev. The resulting Fab/Rev complex was purified by metal ion affinity chromatography and characterized by analytical ultracentrifugation, which demonstrated monodispersity and indicated a 1:1 molar stoichiometry. The Fab binds with very high affinity, as determined by surface plasmon resonance, to a conformational epitope in the N-terminal half of Rev. The complex forms crystals suitable for structure determination. The ability to serve as a crystallization aid is a new application of broad utility for chimeric rabbit/human Fab. The corresponding single-chain antibody (scFv) was also prepared, offering the potential of intracellular antibody therapeutics against human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
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- Stephen J Stahl
- Protein Expression Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-2775, USA
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Vallejos M, Ramdohr P, Valiente-Echeverría F, Tapia K, Rodriguez FE, Lowy F, Huidobro-Toro JP, Dangerfield JA, López-Lastra M. The 5'-untranslated region of the mouse mammary tumor virus mRNA exhibits cap-independent translation initiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:618-32. [PMID: 19889724 PMCID: PMC2811009 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2009] [Revised: 09/19/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In this study, we demonstrate the identification of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) within the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). The 5'-UTR of the full-length mRNA derived from the infectious, complete MMTV genome was cloned into a dual luciferase reporter construct containing an upstream Renilla luciferase gene (RLuc) and a downstream firefly luciferase gene (FLuc). In rabbit reticulocyte lysate, the MMTV 5'-UTR was capable of driving translation of the second cistron. In vitro translational activity from the MMTV 5'-UTR was resistant to the addition of m(7)GpppG cap-analog and cleavage of eIF4G by foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) L-protease. IRES activity was also demonstrated in the Xenopus laevis oocyte by micro-injection of capped and polyadenylated bicistronic RNAs harboring the MMTV-5'-UTR. Finally, transfection assays showed that the MMTV-IRES exhibits cell type-dependent translational activity, suggesting a requirement for as yet unidentified cellular factors for its optimal function.
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- Maricarmen Vallejos
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Centro de Regulación Celular y Patología, J. V. Luco e Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, MIFAB, Departamento de Fisiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Virology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Veterinaerplatz 1, A-1210 Vienna, Austria and Christian Doppler Laboratory Foreign Module for Virology-Nanotechnology, #05-518 Centros, 20 Biopolis Way, 138668 Singapore
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Hadian K, Vincendeau M, Mäusbacher N, Nagel D, Hauck SM, Ueffing M, Loyter A, Werner T, Wolff H, Brack-Werner R. Identification of a heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-recognition region in the HIV Rev protein. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:33384-91. [PMID: 19808671 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.021659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rev protein is a key regulator of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gene expression. Rev is primarily known as an adaptor protein for nuclear export of HIV RNAs. However, Rev also contributes to numerous other processes by less well known mechanisms. Understanding the functional nature of Rev requires extensive knowledge of its cellular interaction partners. Here we demonstrate that Rev interacts with members of a large family of multifunctional host cell factors called hnRNPs. Rev employs amino acids 9-14 for specific binding to the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNP) A1, Q, K, R, and U. In addition, Rev interacts with hnRNP E1 and E2 by a different mechanism. The set of hnRNPs recognized by the N terminus of Rev feature RGG boxes. Exemplary testing of hnRNP A1 revealed a critical role of arginine residues within the RGG box for interaction with Rev. Finally, we demonstrate that expression levels of hnRNP A1, Q, K, R, and U influence HIV-1 production by persistently infected astrocytes, linking these hnRNPs to HIV replication. The novel interaction of HIV-1 Rev with functionally diverse hnRNPs lends further support to the idea that Rev is a multifunctional protein and may be involved in coupling HIV replication to diverse cellular processes and promoting virus-host cell interactions.
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- Kamyar Hadian
- Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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