Proteomic Tools to Uncover the Role of Chromatin Remodeling in HIV-1 Infection

描述（由申请人提供）：由于只有104 bp的遗传能力，HIV引发了毁灭性的获得性免疫缺陷综合征（AIDS）流行病。在很大程度上，控制被病原体入侵的细胞命运的精细机制仍然未知。为了在分子水平上了解这种疾病并开发治疗方法，我们正在开发新的方法来揭示这些时空蛋白质相互作用的性质。这些方法需要一种基于快速冷冻的策略，该策略使用单个荧光标签（GFP）来可视化活细胞中的病毒蛋白并在感染过程中捕获它们的相互作用伴侣。我们对HIV-1宿主蛋白相互作用的初步研究表明，染色质重塑复合物是受病毒调节的其他细胞功能之一。这一发现表明，病毒已经开发出通过篡夺这些复合物来控制宿主基因表达的机制。事实上，最近的报告表明，组蛋白脱乙酰酶可能介导的HIV潜伏期。我们建议在HIV-1感染过程中对已知的11种组蛋白去乙酰化酶进行全面分析。为了深入了解这些多蛋白质复合物的位置，组成，结构和功能，我们将把新的蛋白质组学方法与分子生物学，病毒学和生物化学方法相结合。使用表达HDAC融合GFP的人类细胞系，我们将观察并分离这些嵌合体，首先在未感染的细胞中，然后在HIV-1感染后。我实验室最先进的质谱配置是同类产品中的第一个，将分析速度与MALDI（基质辅助激光解吸电离）的鲁棒性，线性离子阱中的富集和Orbitrap中的高精度测量相结合。这种配置非常适合大分子的分析。这种对HDAC复合物的全面多学科分析将为决定细胞命运和感染最终结果的宿主和病毒过程提供见解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With a genetic capacity of only 104 bp, HIV has triggered the devastating acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. In large part, the refined mechanisms that control the fate of cells invaded by the pathogen remain unknown. To understand the disease at the molecular level and develop therapies we are developing new approaches to reveal the nature of these temporal and spatial protein interactions. These methods entail a rapid cryolysis-based strategy that uses a single fluorescent tag (GFP) to both visualize viral proteins in live cells and capture their interacting partners during the course of infection. Our preliminary work on HIV-1 host protein interactions demonstrates that chromatin remodeling complexes are among other cellular functions modulated by the virus. This finding suggests that viruses have developed mechanisms to control host gene expression by usurping these complexes. Indeed, recent reports have shown that histone deacetylases may mediate the HIV latency. We propose to initiate a comprehensive analysis of the known eleven histone deacetylases during the course of HIV-1 infection. To gain insights into the location, composition, structure, and function of these multi-protein complexes, we will merge novel proteomic approaches with molecular biology, virology, and biochemistry methodologies. Using human cell lines expressing HDAC fused to GFP, we will visualize and isolate these chimeras, first in uninfected cells, and then upon HIV-1 infection. The state-of-the-art mass spectrometric configuration in my laboratory is the first of its kind, combining speed of analysis with the robustness of MALDI (matrix assisted laser desorption ionization), the enrichment in the linear ion trap, and the high accuracy measurement in the Orbitrap. This configuration is perfectly suited for the analysis of macromolecules. This comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of HDAC complexes will provide insights into the host and viral processes that determine the fate of a cell and the ultimate outcome of infection.