title: TRIM family proteins: retroviral restriction and antiviral defence.
abstract: Members of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family are involved in various cellular processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, development, oncogenesis and apoptosis. Some TRIM proteins display antiviral properties, targeting retroviruses in particular. The potential activity of TRIM19, better known as promyelocytic leukaemia protein, against several viruses has been well documented and, recently, TRIM5alpha has been identified as the factor responsible for the previously described Lv1 and Ref1 antiretroviral activities. There is also evidence indicating that other TRIM proteins can influence viral replication. These findings are reviewed here, and the possibility that TRIMs represent a new and widespread class of antiviral proteins involved in innate immunity is also considered.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7151, Université Paris 7, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France. nisole.sebastien@paris7.jussieu.fr
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nisole
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Stoye
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saïb
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D015778:Minor Histocompatibility Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D011506:Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C094314:TRIM22 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000070584:Tripartite Motif Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C070576:PML protein, human; C094027:TRIM32 protein, human; C482587:TRIM5(alpha) protein, rhesus monkey; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases