OTK18, a zinc-finger protein, regulates human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat through two distinct regulatory regions
OTK18, a zinc-finger protein, regulates human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat through two distinct regulatory regions
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DOI:
10.1099/vir.0.82066-0
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Ikezu, Tsuneya
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作者:
Horiba, Masahide;Martinez, Lindsey B.;Ikezu, Tsuneya
It has previously been shown by our laboratory that OTK18, a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)inducible zinc-finger protein, reduces progeny-virion production in infected human macrophages. OTK18 antiviral activity is mediated through suppression of Tat-induced HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter activity. Through the use of LTR-scanning mutant vectors, the specific regions responsible for OTK18-mediated LTR suppression have been defined. Two different LTR regions were identified as potential OTK18-binding sites by an enhanced DNA-transcription factor ELISA system; the negative-regulatory element (NRE) at -255/-238 and the Ets-binding site (EBS) at -150/-139 in the LTR. In addition, deletion of the EBS in the LTR blocked OTK18-mediated LTR suppression. These data indicate that OTK18 suppresses LTR activity through two distinct regulatory elements. Spontaneous mutations in these regions might enable HIV-1 to escape from OTK18 antiretroviral activity in human macrophages.