title: Characterization of the inhibition mechanism of HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein chaperone activities by methylated oligoribonucleotides.
abstract: Since currently available therapies against HIV/AIDS still show important drawbacks, the development of novel anti-HIV treatments is a key issue. We recently characterized methylated oligoribonucleotides (mONs) that extensively inhibit HIV-1 replication in primary T cells at nanomolar concentrations. The mONs were shown to target both HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) and the nucleocapsid protein (NC), which is an essential partner of RT during viral DNA synthesis. To further understand the mechanism of such mONs, we studied by isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescence-based techniques their NC binding properties and ability to inhibit the nucleic acid chaperone properties of NC. Notably, we investigated the ability of mONs to inhibit the NC-induced destabilization of the HIV-1 cTAR (complementary DNA sequence to TAR [transactivation response element]) stem-loop and the NC-promoted cTAR annealing to its complementary sequence, required at the early stage of HIV-1 viral DNA synthesis. Moreover, we compared the activity of the mONs to that of a number of modified and nonmodified oligonucleotides. Results show that the mONs inhibit NC by a competitive mechanism whereby the mONs tightly bind the NC peptide, mainly through nonelectrostatic interactions with the hydrophobic platform at the top of the NC zinc fingers. Taken together, these results favor the notion that the mONs impair the process of the RT-directed viral DNA synthesis by sequestering NC molecules, thus preventing the chaperoning of viral DNA synthesis by NC. These findings contribute to the understanding of the molecular basis for NC inhibition by mONs, which could be used for the rational design of antiretroviral compounds targeting HIV-1 NC protein.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7213 CNRS, Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: Sergiy V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Avilov
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boudier
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gottikh
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Darlix
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mély
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D019590:Nucleocapsid Proteins; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; C514824:reverse transcriptase, Human immunodeficiency virus 1; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase
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