title: Insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 1 modulates Rev-dependent human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA expression.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) needs to overcome cellular counter mechanisms such as to successfully propagate itself. Results of our recent studies show that overexpression of insulin-like growth factor II mRNA binding protein 1 (IMP1) inhibits production of infectious HIV-1 particles through adversely affecting virus maturation. Here, we report that IMP1 interacts with HIV-1 Rev protein and its ectopic expression causes relocation of Rev from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In accordance with this observation, ectopic expression of IMP1 severely diminishes Rev-dependent expression of CAT enzyme and disturbs HIV-1 RNA expression by causing accumulation of the multiple spliced viral RNA. Results of mutagenesis analysis further reveal that the KH4 domain represents the key element of IMP1 in modulating HIV-1 RNA expression. Taken together, these data suggest, in addition to hampering virus assembly, that IMP1 also has an effect on Rev-dependent viral RNA expression.
authors.affiliation: McGill AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.
authors.forename: Yongdong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Liwei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: Jianyong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Claudette
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aloysius
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019065:Virus Assembly; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C406144:IGF2BP1 protein, human; D012367:RNA, Viral; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D054321:rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C514860:rev protein, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase