Requirement of an additional Sam68 domain for inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication by Sam68 dominant negative mutants lacking the nuclear localization signal.
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication requires active nuclear export of unspliced and incompletely spliced HIV-1 RNA transcripts. This process is evolutionally made possible by expression of HIV-1 Rev, one of the three HIV-1 proteins encoded by completely spliced HIV-1 RNAs. Evidence has accumulated to suggest that Sam68 plays an important role in HIV-1 replication through HIV-1 Rev protein. In the present study, we further examined the structure-function relationship of Sam68 protein in relation to HIV-1 replication. We identified a Sam68 domain located between aa269 and aa321 to be involved in the HIV-inhibitory effects of Sam68 dominant negative mutants lacking the nuclear localization signal (NLS). Deletion of this domain abrogated inhibition of HIV-1 replication by these mutants. HIV-1 Rev protein appeared to mediate the HIV-inhibitory effects of these mutants and by this domain, as assessed by Rev-dependent chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene assay, in trans rev-defective HIV-1 complementation assay, and RNase protection assay. The HIV-inhibitory mutants containing this domain were further found to have diminished binding affinity to the wild-type Sam68 and to be associated with cytoplasmic retention of exclusively nuclear localized wild type Sam68. Taken together, these results further ascertain the important role of Sam68 in HIV-1 Rev function and viral replication, and suggest that the HIV-inhibitory effects of Sam68 dominant negative mutants directly result from their binding to endogenous Sam68 and their interference with nuclear localization of endogenous Sam68.
Zhang
Jizhong
J
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, R2 302, 950 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
Liu
Ying
Y
Henao
Jorge
J
Rugeles
Maria T
MT
Li
Jinliang
J
Chen
Tie
T
He
Johnny J
JJ
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D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015694:Gene Products, rev; C489559:KHDRBS1 protein, human; D019913:Nuclear Localization Signals; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus