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  • Title: HIV-1 Vpr binding to HIV-1 LTR C/EBP cis-acting elements and adjacent regions is sequence-specific.
    Author: Hogan TH, Nonnemacher MR, Krebs FC, Henderson A, Wigdahl B.
    Journal: Biomed Pharmacother; 2003 Jan; 57(1):41-8. PubMed ID: 12642036.
    Abstract:
    Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viral protein R (Vpr) is a 14 kDa virion-associated protein that transactivates the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) as well as other eukaryotic promoters. Vpr also functions in nuclear localization and import of the HIV-1 preintegration complex (PIC), cell cycle arrest at the G(2)/M interface, and virion packaging. Electrophoretic mobility shift analysis has been utilized to demonstrate a direct association between purified Vpr (strain pNL4-3) and HIV-1 LTR sequences that span the adjacent C/EBP site I, NF-kappaB site II, and ATF/CREB binding site (nt -95 to -130, relative to the start of transcription). A similar interaction has been observed between HIV-1 Vpr and LTR C/EBP site II (nt -167 to -175). A total of 94.7% of LTRs derived from peripheral blood contained C/EBP site I variants that displayed a high relative Vpr binding affinity phenotype, while only 5.3% exhibited a low relative Vpr binding affinity phenotype. All LTRs derived from peripheral blood exhibited a high relative Vpr binding phenotype at C/EBP site II. These results suggest a preference for the maintenance of two cis-acting elements with high affinity for Vpr within LTRs derived from peripheral blood. Additional studies have also demonstrated that naturally occurring sequence variation within C/EBP site I and II can dramatically alter the relative affinity of Vpr for these cis-acting elements. These studies suggest that Vpr may regulate the interaction of members of the C/EBP transcription factor family with the viral LTR.
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