Identifying the assembly intermediate in which Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA suggests a novel model for HIV-1 RNA packaging.
Identifying the assembly intermediate in which Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA suggests a novel model for HIV-1 RNA packaging.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.ppat.1006977
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发表时间:
2018-04
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Lingappa JR
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作者:
Barajas BC;Tanaka M;Robinson BA;Phuong DJ;Chutiraka K;Reed JC;Lingappa JR
During immature capsid assembly, HIV-1 genome packaging is initiated when Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA by a poorly understood process. Previously, we defined a pathway of sequential intracellular HIV-1 capsid assembly intermediates; here we sought to identify the intermediate in which HIV-1 Gag first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. In provirus-expressing cells, unspliced HIV-1 RNA was not found in the soluble fraction of the cytosol, but instead was largely in complexes ≥30S. We did not detect unspliced HIV-1 RNA associated with Gag in the first assembly intermediate, which consists of soluble Gag. Instead, the earliest assembly intermediate in which we detected Gag associated with unspliced HIV-1 RNA was the second assembly intermediate (~80S intermediate), which is derived from a host RNA granule containing two cellular facilitators of assembly, ABCE1 and the RNA granule protein DDX6. At steady-state, this RNA-granule-derived ~80S complex was the smallest assembly intermediate that contained Gag associated with unspliced viral RNA, regardless of whether lysates contained intact or disrupted ribosomes, or expressed WT or assembly-defective Gag. A similar complex was identified in HIV-1-infected T cells. RNA-granule-derived assembly intermediates were detected in situ as sites of Gag colocalization with ABCE1 and DDX6; moreover these granules were far more numerous and smaller than well-studied RNA granules termed P bodies. Finally, we identified two steps that lead to association of assembling Gag with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. Independent of viral-RNA-binding, Gag associates with a broad class of RNA granules that largely lacks unspliced viral RNA (step 1). If a viral-RNA-binding domain is present, Gag further localizes to a subset of these granules that contains unspliced viral RNA (step 2). Thus, our data raise the possibility that HIV-1 packaging is initiated not by soluble Gag, but by Gag targeted to a subset of host RNA granules containing unspliced HIV-1 RNA. During HIV-1 immature capsid assembly, packaging of the viral genome is initiated when the HIV-1 capsid protein, Gag, first associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. Although the complex in which this association initially occurs is critical for formation of infectious virus, the identity, composition, and the mechanism by which this complex forms remain unknown. To address this question, we utilized a previously described temporal pathway of intermediates in HIV-1 immature capsid assembly. The late intermediates in this pathway are derived from host RNA granules, which are diverse complexes utilized for cellular RNA storage and degradation. Here we sought to identify the intracellular capsid assembly intermediate in which HIV-1 Gag initially associates with unspliced HIV-1 RNA. We failed to detect an association between the first assembly intermediate, which contains soluble Gag, and unspliced HIV-1 RNA. Instead, the association between Gag and unspliced HIV-1 RNA was observed only in complexes corresponding to the RNA-granule-derived assembly intermediates. We also showed that Gag uses two determinants to form RNA-granule-derived intermediates that contain unspliced HIV-1 RNA. Together, these studies support a novel model for HIV-1 genome packaging, in which the first association between HIV-1 Gag and unspliced HIV-1 RNA occurs within a host RNA granule.
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