HIV-1 and M-PMV RNA Nuclear Export Elements Program Viral Genomes for Distinct Cytoplasmic Trafficking Behaviors.
HIV-1 and M-PMV RNA Nuclear Export Elements Program Viral Genomes for Distinct Cytoplasmic Trafficking Behaviors.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1005565
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发表时间:
2016-04
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Sherer NM
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作者:
Pocock GM;Becker JT;Swanson CM;Ahlquist P;Sherer NM
Retroviruses encode cis-acting RNA nuclear export elements that override nuclear retention of intron-containing viral mRNAs including the full-length, unspliced genomic RNAs (gRNAs) packaged into assembling virions. The HIV-1 Rev-response element (RRE) recruits the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1 (also known as exportin-1/XPO1) using the viral protein Rev, while simple retroviruses encode constitutive transport elements (CTEs) that directly recruit components of the NXF1(Tap)/NXT1(p15) mRNA nuclear export machinery. How gRNA nuclear export is linked to trafficking machineries in the cytoplasm upstream of virus particle assembly is unknown. Here we used long-term (>24 h), multicolor live cell imaging to directly visualize HIV-1 gRNA nuclear export, translation, cytoplasmic trafficking, and virus particle production in single cells. We show that the HIV-1 RRE regulates unique, en masse, Rev- and CRM1-dependent “burst-like” transitions of mRNAs from the nucleus to flood the cytoplasm in a non-localized fashion. By contrast, the CTE derived from Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) links gRNAs to microtubules in the cytoplasm, driving them to cluster markedly to the centrosome that forms the pericentriolar core of the microtubule-organizing center (MTOC). Adding each export element to selected heterologous mRNAs was sufficient to confer each distinct export behavior, as was directing Rev/CRM1 or NXF1/NXT1 transport modules to mRNAs using a site-specific RNA tethering strategy. Moreover, multiple CTEs per transcript enhanced MTOC targeting, suggesting that a cooperative mechanism links NXF1/NXT1 to microtubules. Combined, these results reveal striking, unexpected features of retroviral gRNA nucleocytoplasmic transport and demonstrate roles for mRNA export elements that extend beyond nuclear pores to impact gRNA distribution in the cytoplasm. How cellular and viral mRNAs are trafficked inside the cell is poorly understood. In this study, we use fluorescence microscopy to visualize HIV-1 mRNA nuclear export, translation, trafficking, and virus particle assembly in single living cells, focusing on the full-length viral genomic RNAs (gRNAs) that are packaged into virus particles. We demonstrate that HIV-1 gRNAs exhibit dramatic “burst”-like transitions from the nucleus to fill the cytoplasm prior to the onset of virus particle assembly. This process is regulated by the viral Rev protein and the cellular nuclear export factor CRM1. By contrast, Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV), a pathogenic non-human retrovirus that does not exploit CRM1, links gRNAs to the microtubule cytoskeleton in a mechanism regulated by an alternative cellular nuclear export factor, NXF1. Combined, our comparative studies reveal two unanticipated mRNA nucleocytoplasmic transport behaviors programmed by contrasting mRNA nuclear export factors. Further elucidation of the molecular details underpinning these unique trafficking behaviors may inform the development of antiviral strategies targeting viral gene expression and/or infectious virion assembly.