Nuclear pore blockade reveals that HIV-1 completes reverse transcription and uncoating in the nucleus

Autor: Sarah Talley, Niklas Bachmann, Adarsh Dharan, Edward M. Campbell, Virginia Zwikelmaier
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Microbiology. 5:1088-1095
ISSN: 2058-5276
Popis: Retroviral infection involves the reverse transcription of the viral RNA genome into DNA, which is subsequently integrated into the host cell genome. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and other lentiviruses mediate the infection of non-dividing cells through the ability of the capsid protein1 to engage the cellular nuclear import pathways of the target cell and mediate their nuclear translocation through components of the nuclear pore complex2–4. Although recent studies have observed the presence of the capsid protein in the nucleus during infection5–8, reverse transcription and disassembly of the viral core have conventionally been considered to be cytoplasmic events. Here, we use an inducible nuclear pore complex blockade to monitor the kinetics of HIV-1 nuclear import and define the biochemical staging of these steps of infection. Surprisingly, we observe that nuclear import occurs with relatively rapid kinetics (
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