TY - JOUR
T1 - A trans-dominant negative HIV type 1 Rev with intact domains of NLS/NOS and NES
AU - Fang, Jianhua
AU - Kubota, Satoshi
AU - Pomerantz, Roger J.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The nuclear diffusion inhibitory signal (NIS) is a 15-amino acid peptide motif (10-24; EDLLKAVRLIKFLYQ) in the N-terminus of the HIV-1 Rev protein. NIS appears to be involved in maintaining the proper nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and intracellular stability of HIV-1 Rev. Deletion in NIS leads to Rev functional inactivity, and these data led to further investigation of its possible inhibitory effects on Rev function. An HIV-1 proviral rescue assay was utilized to evaluate Rev function. The association between wild-type Rev molecules, or wild-type Rev with Revd23, an NIS mutant, plus Rev-responsive element (RRE) interactions in cultured cells were also evaluated. Revd23 showed a potent trans-dominant negative phenotype, while multimerization with wild-type Rev and Revd23-RRE binding in cells were found to reveal no significant changes from wild-type. These results suggest that the potential trans-dominance mechanism of Revd23 may differ from that of a Rev construct, RevM10, with mutations in the C-terminus nuclear export signal (NES). As such, these data will be useful in the rational design of novel antiretroviral approaches targeting HIV-1 Rev.
AB - The nuclear diffusion inhibitory signal (NIS) is a 15-amino acid peptide motif (10-24; EDLLKAVRLIKFLYQ) in the N-terminus of the HIV-1 Rev protein. NIS appears to be involved in maintaining the proper nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and intracellular stability of HIV-1 Rev. Deletion in NIS leads to Rev functional inactivity, and these data led to further investigation of its possible inhibitory effects on Rev function. An HIV-1 proviral rescue assay was utilized to evaluate Rev function. The association between wild-type Rev molecules, or wild-type Rev with Revd23, an NIS mutant, plus Rev-responsive element (RRE) interactions in cultured cells were also evaluated. Revd23 showed a potent trans-dominant negative phenotype, while multimerization with wild-type Rev and Revd23-RRE binding in cells were found to reveal no significant changes from wild-type. These results suggest that the potential trans-dominance mechanism of Revd23 may differ from that of a Rev construct, RevM10, with mutations in the C-terminus nuclear export signal (NES). As such, these data will be useful in the rational design of novel antiretroviral approaches targeting HIV-1 Rev.
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U2 - 10.1089/088922202760072320
DO - 10.1089/088922202760072320
M3 - Article
C2 - 12167277
AN - SCOPUS:0036062282
VL - 18
SP - 705
EP - 709
JO - AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
JF - AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
SN - 0889-2229
IS - 10
ER -