Publication Date:
2006-09-09
Description:
Chromosomal integration enables human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to establish a permanent reservoir that can be therapeutically suppressed but not eradicated. Participation of cellular proteins in this obligate replication step is poorly understood. We used intensified RNA interference and dominant-negative protein approaches to show that the cellular transcriptional coactivator lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75 (p75) is an essential HIV integration cofactor. The mechanism requires both linkages of a molecular tether that p75 forms between integrase and chromatin. Fractionally minute levels of endogenous p75 are sufficient to enable integration, showing that cellular factors that engage HIV after entry may elude identification in less intensive knockdowns. Perturbing the p75-integrase interaction may have therapeutic potential.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Llano, Manuel -- Saenz, Dyana T -- Meehan, Anne -- Wongthida, Phonphimon -- Peretz, Mary -- Walker, William H -- Teo, Wulin -- Poeschla, Eric M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2006 Oct 20;314(5798):461-4. Epub 2006 Sep 7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16959972" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/chemistry/genetics/metabolism/*physiology
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism/*virology
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Cell Line
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Chromatin/*metabolism
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HIV Integrase/*metabolism
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HIV-1/*physiology
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Humans
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Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
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RNA Interference
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Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
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Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism/*physiology
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*Virus Integration
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Virus Replication
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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