Autor: |
Jun Yang, Ming Hao, Muhammad A. Khan, Muhammad T. Rehman, Helene C. Highbarger, Qian Chen, Suranjana Goswami, Brad T. Sherman, Catherine A. Rehm, Robin L. Dewar, Weizhong Chang, Tomozumi Imamichi |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
|
Zdroj: |
Viruses, Vol 13, Iss 11, p 2331 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1999-4915 |
DOI: |
10.3390/v13112331 |
Popis: |
We have recently reported that a recombinant HIV-1NL4.3 containing Met-to-Ile change at codon 50 of integrase (IN) (IN:M50I) exhibits suppression of the virus release below 0.5% of WT HIV, and the released viral particles are replication-incompetent due to defects in Gag/GagPol processing by inhibition of the initiation of autoprocessing of GagPol polyproteins in the virions and leads to replication-incompetent viruses. The coexisting Ser-to-Asn change at codon 17 of IN or Asn-to-Ser mutation at codon 79 of RNaseH (RH) compensated the defective IN:M50I phenotype, suggesting that both IN and RH regulate an HIV infectability. In the current study, to elucidate a distribution of the three mutations during anti-retroviral therapy among patients, we performed a population analysis using 529 plasma virus RNA sequences obtained through the MiSeq. The result demonstrated that 14 plasma HIVs contained IN:M50I without the compensatory mutations. Comparing the sequences of the 14 viruses with that of the defective virus illustrated that only Val-to-Ile change at codon 151 of IN (IN:V151I) existed in the recombinant virus. This IN:V151I is known as a polymorphic mutation and was derived from HIVNL4.3 backbone. A back-mutation at 151 from Ile-to-Val in the defective virus recovered HIV replication capability, and Western Blotting assay displayed that the back-mutation restored Gag/GagPol processing in viral particles. These results demonstrate that a combination of IN:M50I and IN:V151I mutations, but not IN:M50I alone, produces a defective virus. |
Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
Externí odkaz: |
|