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Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and other retroviruses synthesize a DNA copy of their genome after entry into the host cell. Integration of this DNA into the host cell's genome is an essential step in the viral replication cycle. The viral DNA is synthesized in the cytoplasm and is associated with viral and cellular proteins in a large nucleoprotein complex. Before integration into the host genome can occur, this complex must be transported to the nucleus and must cross the nuclear envelope. This Review summarizes our current knowledge of how this journey is accomplished.
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Affiliation(s)
- Youichi Suzuki
- Laboratory for Host Factors, Center for Emerging Virus Research, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin-Kawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Werner S, Hindmarsh P, Napirei M, Vogel-Bachmayr K, Wöhrl BM. Subcellular localization and integration activities of rous sarcoma virus reverse transcriptase. J Virol 2002; 76:6205-12. [PMID: 12021354 PMCID: PMC136205 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.12.6205-6212.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Reverse transcriptases (RTs) alphabeta and beta from avian Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) harbor an integrase domain which is absent in nonavian retroviral RTs. RSV integrase contains a nuclear localization signal which enables the enzyme to enter the nucleus of the cell in order to perform integration of the proviral DNA into the host genome. In the present study we analyzed the subcellular localization of RSV RT, since previous results indicated that RSV finishes synthesis of the proviral DNA in the nucleus. Our results demonstrate that the heterodimeric RSV RT alphabeta and the beta subunit, when expressed independently, can be detected in the nucleus, whereas the separate alpha subunit lacking the integrase domain is prevalent in the cytoplasm. These data suggest an involvement of RSV RT in the transport of the preintegration complex into the nucleus. In addition, to analyze whether the integrase domain, located at the carboxyl terminus of beta, exhibits integration activities, we investigated the nicking and joining activities of heterodimeric RSV RT alphabeta with an oligodeoxynucleotide-based assay system and with a donor substrate containing the supF gene flanked by the viral long terminal repeats. Our data show that RSV RT alphabeta is able to perform the integration reaction in vitro; however, it does so with an estimated 30-fold lower efficiency than the free RSV integrase, indicating that RSV RT is not involved in integration in vivo. Integration with RSV RT alphabeta could be stimulated in the presence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid protein or HMG-I(Y).
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- Susanne Werner
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Abteilung Physikalische Biochemie, 44227 Dortmund, Germany
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Cherepanov P, Pluymers W, Claeys A, Proost P, Clercq E, Debyser Z. High‐level expression of active HIV‐1 integrase from a synthetic gene in human cells. FASEB J 2000. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.10.1389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Peter Cherepanov
- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research K.U. Leuven B‐3000 Leuven Belgium
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Pluymers W, Cherepanov P, Schols D, De Clercq E, Debyser Z. Nuclear localization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase expressed as a fusion protein with green fluorescent protein. Virology 1999; 258:327-32. [PMID: 10366569 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lentiviruses in general and the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in particular have the ability to integrate their genome stably into the chromosome of nondividing cells. Integration of HIV cDNA is mediated by the viral integrase (IN). Apart from its catalytic activity, this enzyme seems to play an important role in the transport of the HIV preintegration complex into the nucleus of nondividing cells. We studied the karyophilic properties of IN by constructing an N-terminal fusion protein of HIV-1 integrase and green fluorescent protein (GFP-IN). Transient expression of GFP-IN in various mammalian cell lines was demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and Western blotting. Although wild-type GFP was localized throughout the cell, GFP-IN was localized predominantly in the nucleus. Nuclear localization of GFP-IN was also obtained after transient transfection of the cells arrested in the G1/S phase of the cell cycle. These results provide compelling evidence for the karyophilic properties of the HIV-1 integrase.
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- W Pluymers
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
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Kukolj G, Katz RA, Skalka AM. Characterization of the nuclear localization signal in the avian sarcoma virus integrase. Gene X 1998; 223:157-63. [PMID: 9858717 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00169-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A sequence of 21 amino acids (aa) in the C-terminal region of the 286-aa avian sarcoma virus (ASV) integrase (IN) protein has been shown previously to mediate nuclear localization of both IN and beta-galactosidase (betaGal) protein fused to it. This karyophilic sequence includes a high proportion of prolines and residues with basic side chains. In this report, site-directed mutagenesis was used to introduce single aa substitutions of several of these residues. Indirect immunofluorescence showed that IN-betaGal fusion constructs with Ala substitutions for sequence constituents K206, P215, K225 or R227 had lost the exclusive nuclear localization capability of the wild-type fusion. A fusion protein with the conservative substitution K206R retained the nuclear localization capacity. The site-specific substitutions that reduced karyophilic activity had no effect on the processing or joining activities of IN in vitro. However, the introduction of three of the four Ala codon substitutions into viral DNA clones caused a significant delay in viral replication following transfection of cycling chicken embryo fibroblasts. These results are consistent with a possible role for ASV IN in nuclear targeting.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Kukolj
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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Kukolj G, Jones KS, Skalka AM. Subcellular localization of avian sarcoma virus and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrases. J Virol 1997; 71:843-7. [PMID: 8985428 PMCID: PMC191129 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.843-847.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The composition and subcellular trafficking of subviral preintegration complexes are reported to vary among the different retroviruses. The process by which the avian sarcoma virus (ASV) preintegration complex gains access to target chromatin remains unknown. Here we report that ASV integrase (IN) expressed as a fusion to beta-galactosidase accumulates in the nuclei of transfected COS-1 cells. In contrast, human immunodeficiency type 1 (HIV-1) IN-beta-galactosidase fusions expressed similarly are predominantly cytoplasmic. To identify the region of ASV IN that specifies nuclear localization, various subdomains of the protein were expressed as beta-galactosidase fusions and their subcellular locations were assessed cytochemically and by indirect immunofluorescence. These analyses showed that the ASV IN protein possesses a functional nuclear localization signal that spans amino acids 206 to 235 and displays limited homology with known nuclear transport signals.
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- G Kukolj
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
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Nakanishi A, Clever J, Yamada M, Li PP, Kasamatsu H. Association with capsid proteins promotes nuclear targeting of simian virus 40 DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:96-100. [PMID: 8552683 PMCID: PMC40185 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.1.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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All animal DNA viruses except pox virus utilize the cell nucleus as the site for virus reproduction. Yet, a critical viral infection process, nuclear targeting of the viral genome, is poorly understood. The role of capsid proteins in nuclear targeting of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA, which is assessed by the nuclear accumulation of large tumor (T) antigen, the initial sign of the infectious process, was tested by two independent approaches: antibody interception experiments and reconstitution experiments. When antibody against viral capsid protein Vp1 or Vp3 was introduced into the cytoplasm, the nuclear accumulation of T antigen was not observed in cells either infected or cytoplasmically injected with virion. Nuclearly introduced anti-Vp3 IgG also showed the inhibitory effect. In the reconstitution experiments, SV40 DNA was allowed to interact with protein components of the virus, either empty particles or histones, and the resulting complexes were tested for the capability of protein components to target the DNA to the nucleus from cytoplasm as effectively as the targeting of DNA in the mature virion. In cells injected with empty particle-DNA, but not in minichromosome-injected cells, T antigen was observed as effectively as in SV40-injected cells. These results demonstrate that SV40 capsid proteins can facilitate transport of SV40 DNA into the nucleus and indicate that Vp3, one of the capsid proteins, accompanies SV40 DNA as it enters the nucleus during virus infection.
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- A Nakanishi
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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The integration of retroviral DNA appears to be obligatory for the efficient replication of retroviruses in their respective host cells. During a natural infection, integration takes place in a process that includes biochemically and temporally discrete steps. These are: (1) the removal of two nucleotides from the 3' ends of newly synthesized linear viral DNA in the host cell cytoplasm; (2) transport of the trimmed viral DNA to the nucleus within a viral protein/DNA complex; and (3) insertion of the viral DNA into host cell DNA via a concerted cleavage and ligation reaction. The cleavage of viral DNA and its subsequent joining to host DNA are catalyzed by the retroviral enzyme, integrase (IN). Elucidation of the mechanistic details of these catalytic activities of IN has relied heavily upon the use of relatively simple in vitro assays which recapitulate the in vivo reactions. These assays and the information derived from them should also facilitate the search for potential inhibitors of IN with the ultimate goal of providing a means to halt retroviral infections, such as that which causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), effectively.
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- J Kulkosky
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111
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Basu M, Hakimi J, Dharm E, Kondas J, Tsien W, Pilson R, Lin P, Gilfillan A, Haring P, Braswell E. Purification and characterization of human recombinant IgE-Fc fragments that bind to the human high affinity IgE receptor. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)38627-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Toledo H, Carlino A, Vidal V, Redfield B, Nettleton MY, Kochan JP, Brot N, Weissbach H. Dissociation of glucose-regulated protein Grp78 and Grp78-IgE Fc complexes by ATP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:2505-8. [PMID: 8460165 PMCID: PMC46116 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.6.2505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Recent studies have shown that ATP can dissociate dimers of the glucose-regulated protein Grp78 to monomers. In the present study, we have used purified recombinant Grp78 from Escherichia coli to investigate this reaction in more detail. During the course of the Grp78 dimer-monomer conversion, a stable Grp78 monomer-ATP complex is formed. Upon removal of the ATP, the Grp78 dimer is reformed. ADP, nonhydrolyzable ATP analogues, and GTP do not effect the dissociation of Grp78 dimers. A cell line that overproduces IgE Fc has been used to examine the nature of the Grp78-IgE Fc complexes present and the effect of ATP on them. Grp78-IgE Fc complexes ranging from 100 kDa to 300 kDa were observed by sucrose gradient analysis, suggesting that aggregate forms of Grp78 may be present in some of these complexes. Treatment of the extracts with ATP resulted in release of a Grp78 monomer from the complex. These results suggest that the dissociation of Grp78 oligomers by ATP may be involved in the function of Grp78 in protein translocation through the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- H Toledo
- Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, NJ 07110
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Mumm SR, Hippenmeyer PJ, Grandgenett DP. Characterization of a stable eukaryotic cell line expressing the Rous sarcoma virus integrase. Virology 1992; 189:500-10. [PMID: 1322585 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(92)90574-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The Rous sarcoma virus integration protein (IN) is required for efficient integration of viral DNA into the host genome. IN was expressed in mouse C127 cells using a bovine papillomavirus vector. This system utilizes the mouse metallothionein promoter and the SV40 late polyadenylation signal for efficient expression of IN. A stable cell line derived from a single hygromycin-resistant colony was characterized. The expression of IN increased significantly upon Zn2+ induction of the metallothionein promoter, but did not respond to "superinduction" protocols. Full-length nonphosphorylated IN was the major product of expression. A minor product resulting from initiation of translation at an internal Met codon was also produced. The expressed IN did not exhibit the polypeptide heterogeneity at its COOH-terminus nor phosphorylation as is seen when IN is immunoprecipitated from virions. Using subcellular fractionation and indirect immunofluorescence, IN was primarily localized to nuclei and in some cells appeared to concentrate at discrete loci within the nuclei.
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- S R Mumm
- St. Louis University Medical Center, Institute for Molecular Virology, Missouri 63110
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Schwartz S, Felber BK, Pavlakis GN. Distinct RNA sequences in the gag region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 decrease RNA stability and inhibit expression in the absence of Rev protein. J Virol 1992; 66:150-9. [PMID: 1727477 PMCID: PMC238270 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.1.150-159.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The expression of Gag, Pol, Vif, Vpr, Vpu, and Env proteins from unspliced and partially spliced human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) mRNAs depends on the viral protein Rev, while the production of Tat, Rev, and Nef from multiply spliced mRNAs does not require Rev. To investigate the difference between gag and tat mRNAs, we generated plasmids expressing tat-gag hybrid mRNAs. Insertion of the gag gene downstream of the tat open reading frame in the tat cDNA resulted in the inhibition of Tat production. This inhibition was caused, at least in part, by a decrease in the stability of the produced mRNA. Deletions in gag defined a 218-nucleotide inhibitory sequence named INS-1 and located at the 5' end of the gag gene. Further experiments indicated the presence of more than one inhibitory sequence in the gag-protease gene region of the viral genome. The inhibitory effect of INS-1 was counteracted by the positive effect mediated by the Rev-Rev-responsive element interaction, indicating that this sequence is important for Rev-regulated gag expression. The INS-1 sequence did not contain any known HIV-1 splice sites and acted independently of splicing. It was found to have an unusually high AU content (61.5% AU), a common feature among cellular mRNAs with short half-lives. These results suggest that HIV-1 and possibly other lentiviruses have evolved to express unstable mRNAs which require additional regulatory factors for their expression. This strategy may offer the virus several advantages, including the ability to enter a state of low or latent expression in the host.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Gene Products, rev/genetics
- Gene Products, rev/metabolism
- Gene Products, tat/genetics
- Gene Products, tat/metabolism
- Genes, gag
- Genes, tat
- HIV-1/genetics
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Mutation
- RNA, Viral/genetics
- RNA, Viral/metabolism
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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Affiliation(s)
- S Schwartz
- Human Retrovirus Section, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702-1201
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Affiliation(s)
- P O Brown
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, CA 94305-5307
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Hizi A, Hughes SH. Expression of the moloney murine leukemia virus and human immunodeficiency virus integration proteins inEscherichia coli. Virology 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(88)90128-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Terry R, Soltis DA, Katzman M, Cobrinik D, Leis J, Skalka AM. Properties of avian sarcoma-leukosis virus pp32-related pol-endonucleases produced in Escherichia coli. J Virol 1988; 62:2358-65. [PMID: 2836618 PMCID: PMC253392 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.7.2358-2365.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The gag-pol precursor protein of the avian sarcoma-leukosis virus is processed into three known pol-encoded mature polypeptides; the 95- and 63-kilodalton (kDa) beta and alpha subunits, respectively, of reverse transcriptase and the 32-kDa pp32 protein. The pp32 protein possesses DNA endonuclease activity and is produced from the precursor by two proteolytic cleavage events, one of which removes 4.1 kDa of protein from the C terminus. A 36-kDa protein (p36pol) which retains this C-terminal segment is detectable in small quantities in virions. We have constructed Escherichia coli plasmid clones that express the C-terminal domains of pol corresponding to pp32 and p36. These proteins have been purified by column chromatographic methods to near homogeneity. No significant differences could be detected in the enzymatic properties of the bacterially produced p32pol and p36pol proteins. Both possess DNA endonuclease activity and, like the pp32 protein isolated from virions, can cleave near the junction of two tandem avian sarcoma-leukosis virus long terminal repeats in double-stranded supercoiled DNA substrates. In the presence of Mg2+, both p32pol and viral pp32 cleave either strand of DNA 2 nucleotides 5' to the junction.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Terry
- Roche Research Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey 07110
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