Decoding the biogenesis of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta and their fusion with nuclear speckles

  1. Chiara Tomasini
  2. Celine Cuche
  3. Selen Ay
  4. Maxence Collard
  5. Bin Cui
  6. Mohammad Rashid
  7. Shaoni Bhattacharjee
  8. Bruno Tello-Rubio
  9. Julian Buchrieser
  10. Charlotte Luchsinger
  11. Cinzia Bertelli
  12. Vladimir Uversky
  13. Felipe Diaz-Griffero  Is a corresponding author
  14. Francesca Di Nunzio  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institut Pasteur, Advanced Molecular Virology Unit, Department of Virology, Université Paris Cité, France
  2. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, United States
  3. Institut Pasteur, Virus and Immunity Unit, Department of Virology, Université Paris Cité, France
  4. Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, United States
8 figures, 1 table and 3 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
Role of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta in the nuclear reverse transcription upon removal of NVP.

(A) THP-1 cells, infected with VSV-G ∆env HIV-1 (NL4.3) ∆R LUC (MOI 10) in presence or not of Nevirapine (10 µM) for 5 days, or in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM) for 2 days and then the remaining 3 days without drug or in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM) for 2 days then in presence of PF74 (25 µM). Confocal microscopy images, to verify the presence of CPSF6 puncta, the cells are stained with anti-CPSF6 antibody (green). Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. (B) Luciferase assay, to verify luciferase expression in the aforementioned samples. Luciferase values were normalized by total proteins revealed with the Bradford kit. One-way ANOVA statistical test with multiple comparison was performed (****p < 0.0001; *p < 0.05; ns, p > 0.05). Data are representative of two independent experiments. (C) Western blots demonstrate CPSF6 depletion using a specific antibody against CPSF6 in THP-1 cells subjected to CRISPR–Cas9 methods: CRISPR–Cas9 bulk (left), and CRISPR–Cas9 clones selected by limiting dilution (right). Each condition is normalized for actin labelling. The ratio between the intensity signal of CPSF6 and actin was analysed via ImageJ and is plotted below each western blot. (D) Confocal microscopy images of THP-1 ctrl CRISPR clone 2 cells (Ctrl 2) and THP-1 duplex1-2-3 CRISPR clone 4 cells (CPSF6 KO 4) infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). The cells are stained 30 hr p.i. with anti-CPSF6 antibody and anti-HA antibodies to detect HA tagged integrase (IN).

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Multiple examples of confocal microscopy images of THP-1 ctrl CRISPR clone 2 cells and THP-1 CPSF6 KO 4 cells infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM).

The cells are stained 30 hr p.i. with CPSF6 (green) and HA (red) antibodies to detect integrase (IN).

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Multiple examples of THP-1 CPSF6 KO clone 4 cells transduced with different LVs carrying CPSF6 WT or mutants and stained with CPSF6 and HA antibody 30 hr p.i.

Scale bar 5 µm.

Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Role of CPSF6 domains in HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta.

(A) Schema of CPSF6 isoform 588 aa deletion mutants. (B) Confocal microscopy images of THP-1 CPSF6 KO cells, transduced with different mutants of CPSF6, infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). The cells are stained with CPSF6 and HA antibody 30 hr p.i. Scale bar 5 µm. (C) Analysis of the number of CPSF6 puncta in THP-1 CPSF6 KO cells transduced with different mutants of CPSF6, not infected or infected in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM) (the number of analysed cells is shown under the x-axis). Statistical test: ordinary one-way ANOVA (****p < 0.0001; ***p < 0.001; *p < 0.05; ns, p > 0.05). (D) The plot compares the number of CPSF6 puncta per cell in THP-1 CPSF6 KO cells transduced with different mutants of CPSF6, infected with HIV-1 in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). Statistical test: ordinary one-way ANOVA (****p < 0.0001; ns, p > 0.05). (E) Confocal microscopy images of THP-1 CPSF6 KO clone 4, non-transduced and non-infected or transduced with WT CPSF6 and CPSF6 3xNLSΔMCD and infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). Immuno-RNA FISH: the cells are stained with CPSF6 (green) antibody and with 24 probes against HIV-1 Pol sequence (grey) (RNA-FISH) 25 hr p.i. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. Violin plot presenting the percentage of CPSF6 puncta colocalizing with the viral RNA in THP-1 CPSF6 KO clone 4 cells transduced with LVs expressing CPSF6 WT or CPSF6 3xNLSΔMCD (respectively, n = 73 and n = 103) and infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). A total of 198 CPSF6 WT puncta and 264 CPSF6 3xNLSΔMCD puncta were counted. Statistical test: unpaired t-test, ns, p > 0.05. (F) Confocal microscopy images of THP-1 KO CPSF6 cells transduced with WT CPSF6 and CPSF6 ∆MCD without NLS, with 3xNLS or with PY NLS, respectively. Cells were differentiated for 3 days, transduced with CPSF6 lentiviral vectors (MOI 1) for 3 days and infected for 24 hr with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx (MOI 10) in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). The panels show transduced and uninfected cells. CPSF6 and the IN tagged with the HA are labelled with anti-CPSF6 (green) and anti-HA (white) antibodies, respectively. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). The arrows show CPSF6 puncta in colocalization with IN-HA. Scale bar 10 µm.

Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Per-residue intrinsic disorder propensity of the CPSF6 isoform 588 aa evaluated by the Rapid Intrinsic Disorder Analysis Online platform (RIDAO) (Dayhoff and Uversky, 2022) that yields results for IU-Pred_short (yellow line), IUPred_long (blue line), PONDR VL3 (green line), PONDR VLXT (black line), PONDR VSL2 (red line), and PONDR FIT (pink line) and computes a mean disorder score for each residue based on these predictors (MDP, thick, dark pink, dashed line).

Light pink shadow represents MDP error distribution. The thin black line at the disorder score of 0.5 is the threshold between order and disorder, where residues/regions with disorder scores above 0.5 are disordered, and residues/regions below 0.5 are ordered. The dashed line at the disorder score of 0.15 is the threshold between order and flexibility, where residues/regions above 0.15 are flexible, and residues/regions below 0.15 are highly ordered (upper). Schema of the deletion mutants of CPSF6 (bottom).

Figure 2—figure supplement 2
Lentiviral vector transduction of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-differentiated THP-1 cells expressing CPSF6 ∆MCD fused to mNeonGreen (left), CPSF6 NLS∆MCD fused to mNeonGreen (centre), and CPSF6 3xNLS∆MCD fused to mNeonGreen (right).

CPSF6 is represented in green, and nuclei are stained in blue. Scale bar 5 µm.

Evaluation of CPSF6 deletion mutants’ binding capacity to the viral core.

(A) Ability of wild-type and mutant CPSF6 proteins to bind to the HIV-1 core. Cellular extracts derived from human 293T cells expressing similar levels of the indicated CPSF6 proteins (INPUT) were incubated with HIV-1 capsid stabilized tubes for 1 hr at room temperatures in the presence and absence of 10 µM PF74, as described in materials and methods. As a carrier control, we utilized DMSO. Subsequently, HIV-1 capsid stabilized tubes were washed, and the bound proteins were eluted 1X Laemmli buffer 1X. The BOUND fractions were analysed by western blotting using antibodies against neon-GFP and the HIV-1 capsid. (B) Experiments were repeated at least three times and the average BOUND fraction relative to the INPUT fraction normalized to wild-type binding is shown for the different CPSF6 mutants. *** indicates a p-value <0.001; **** indicates a p-value <0.0001; and ns indicates no significant difference as determined by unpaired t-tests.

Figure 4 with 1 supplement
Comparison of second structures of ADD2 and low-complexity region (LCR).

(A) Physicochemical characteristics of the LCR-FG and ADD2-FG sequences. Intrinsic disorder predispositions evaluated by PONDR VLXT. Position of the FR segment within the LCR-FG and ADD2-FG sequences is shown as grey shaded area. (B) Linear distribution of the net charge per residue (NCPR) within the LCR-FG sequence evaluated by CIDER. (C) Linear distribution of the NCPR within the ADD2-FG sequence evaluated by CIDER. (D) Secondary structure propensity of the LCR-FG sequence evaluated by PSIPRED. (E) Secondary structure propensity of the ADD2-FG sequence evaluated by PSIPRED. (F) Analysis of the peculiarities of the amino acid compositions of the intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain (residues 261–358) of human CPSF6 and its different mutants. Relative abundance of prion-like LCR defining uncharged residues in analysed protein segments. (G) Relative abundance of proline residues in analysed protein segments. (H) Relative abundance of charged residues in analysed protein segments. The values were calculated by dividing numbers of prion-like LCR defining uncharged (Ala, Gly, Val, Phe, Tyr, Leu, Ile, Ser, Thr, Pro, Asn, Gln, Pro) and charged (Asp, Glu, Lys, Arg) residues by the total number of amino acids in the respective protein fragments. Corresponding values for all protein sequences deposited in the UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot database, PDB Select25, and DisProt are shown for comparison.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Sequences of FG and low-complexity regions (LCRs) or substituted amino acid sequences analysed in Figure 4.
Role of FG motif in viral replication.

(A) WB showing CPSF6 protein from several single clones derived from CPSF6 KO clone obtained upon complementation with CPSF6 ∆FG and normalized with beta-actin. (B) Quantification of the expression of CPSF6 ∆FG protein in different single clones compared to CPSF6 WT (value 1). (C) Infectivity assay using a single-round infectious virus carrying the cDNA of Luciferase as reporter gene. Values are expressed as % of RLU compared to WT cells. (D) Infectivity assay of a replication competent virus: vRNA from new viruses produced after infection of WT, CPSF6 KO, and CPSF6∆FG cells was analysed and shown in the histograms as % of vRNA copies compared to vRNA in WT THP-1 cells considered 100%.

Depletion of mixed charge domain (MCD) or low-complexity region (LCR) does not affect the formation of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta.

(A) Epifluorescence microscopy images of both infected and non-infected differentiated THP-1 cells showing the presence of CPSF6 puncta only in the infected condition. CPSF6 and SC35 are labelled with anti-CPSF6 (green) and anti-SC35 (red) antibodies, respectively. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. (B) Confocal microscopy images of THP-1 KO CPSF6 cells, differentiated for 3 days, transduced with CPSF6 lentiviral vector (MOI 1) (specifically WT CPSF6, CPSF6 ∆LCRs, CPSF6 ∆MCD with 3xNLS, without NLS, or with PY NLS) for 3 days and infected for 24 hr with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx MOI 10 in presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). CPSF6 and nuclear speckles were labelled with anti-CPSF6 (green) and anti-SC35 (red) antibodies, respectively. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. The percentage of CPSF6 puncta associated with SC35 per field of view is shown in the graph. N cells were counted in each condition and a one-way ANOVA statistical test with multiple comparison was performed; ns, p-value >0.05.

Figure 7 with 4 supplements
Dynamics of the HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta formation and their fusion with NSs.

(A) Time course of infection of THP-1, 6, 9, 12, 30 h.p.i., or non-infected. Cells were stained with antibodies against CPSF6 (green) and SC35 (red). (B) The graph shows the percentage of CPSF6 puncta associated with nuclear speckle (NS) or adjacent to NS or isolated from NS at different time post-infection. (C) The graph shows the progression of CPSF6 puncta associated with NS during the time post-infection. N indicates the number of cells analysed. One-way ANOVA statistical test with multiple comparison was performed; ns, p-value >0.05; **** indicates a p-value <0.0001.

Figure 7—figure supplement 1
THP-1 infected with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) -vpx were labelled after 6, 9, 12, 30 h.p.i. with specific antibodies against CPSF6 (green) and SC35 (red), nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue).

Scale bar 10 µm.

Figure 7—figure supplement 2
Timelapse of Figure 7—video 2 which recapitulates the key steps of the dynamics of HIV-induced-CPSF6 puncta biogenesis.

CPSF6 was visualized transducing HEK293 SRRM2 HaloTag cells for 24 hr with CPSF6-mNeonGreen lentiviral vector (MOI 0.5). SRRM2-HaloTag allowed the use of TMR-Halo Tag Ligand to visualize the SRRM2 membraneless organelles (MLOs). After 9 hr after VSV-G/ΔEnvHIV-1 LAI (BRU) (MOI 10) infection in the presence of Nevirapine, CPSF6 puncta formed independently (9 h 01 m), migrating afterwards to the SRRM2 MLOs and leading to a final fusion between CPSF6 puncta and SRRM2 MLOs (9h14m).

Figure 7—video 1
CPSF6 membraneless organelles (MLOs) can form independently from SRRM2 MLOs in HEK293 SRRM2 HaloTag cells.

Spinning disk confocal images of HEK293 SRRM2 HaloTag cells acquired 9 hr after VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) (MOI 10) infection occurred in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). Cells were previously transduced for 24 hr with CPSF6-mNeonGreen lentiviral vector (MOI 0.5) to detect CPSF6 (visualized in green). SRRM2 MLOs were detected using the TMR-HaloTag Ligand (in red) and the nuclei were stained with Hoechst (blue). Acquisitions were performed continuously for 27 min, which allowed us to see the independent formation of CPSF6 puncta, their migration towards the SRRM2 MLOs and the final fusion of CPSF6 puncta and SRRM2 MLOs.

Figure 7—video 2
CPSF6 membraneless organelles (MLOs) can form independently from SRRM2 MLOs in HEK293 SRRM2 HaloTag cells.

Spinning disk confocal images of HEK293 SRRM2 HaloTag cells acquired 9 hr after VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) (MOI 10) infection occurred in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). Cells were previously transduced for 24 hr with CPSF6-mNeonGreen lentiviral vector (MOI 0.5) to detect CPSF6 (visualized in green). SRRM2 MLOs were detected using the TMR-HaloTag Ligand (in red) and the nuclei were stained with Hoechst (blue). Acquisitions were performed continuously for 27 min, which allowed us to see the independent formation of CPSF6 puncta, their migration towards the SRRM2 MLOs and the final fusion of CPSF6 puncta and SRRM2 MLOs.

Figure 8 with 3 supplements
Role of SRRM2 and SON in the formation of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta.

(A) Depletion of SON and SRRM2 in THP-1 cells using AUMsilence ASO technology. The degree of depletion is quantified by WB and the mean intensity through immunofluorescence using antibodies against SON and SRRM2, respectively. Scale bar 5 µm. (B) The percentage of CPSF6 puncta formation is quantified by IF in THP-1 cells knocked down for SON, SRRM2, and control (Ctrl) infected with HIV-1 (MOI 25) for 48 hr. CPSF6 is stained with an antibody against CPSF6 (green), and nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). The graph on the right reports the percentage of CPSF6 puncta calculated from more than 100 cells. Scale bar 10 µm. Experiments were performed at least twice. (C) (Top panels) Confocal microscopy images of ∆IDR HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 and HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 cells stained with the halo tag ligand (red), and nuclei (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. (Bottom panels) Confocal microscopy images of HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 and ∆IDR HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 cells, both labelled with anti-SRRM2 (red) and anti-SON (grey) antibodies. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm. Statistical studies are summarized in the violin plot which displays the distribution of the number of SON puncta per cell in the two conditions. N cells were counted and Kolmogorov–Smirnov test was performed, ns, p > 0.05. (D) Confocal microscopy images of HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 and ∆IDR HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 cells, either non-infected or infected for 24 hr with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) (MOI 10) in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM). CPSF6 and SC35 are labelled with anti-CPSF6 (red) and anti-SC35 (grey) antibodies, respectively. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). The plot shows the mean ± SD of the percentage of cells with CPSF6 puncta calculated in n fields of view (n = 24, 29, 32); N is the number of cells analysed for each of the three different cell lines; an unpaired t-test was performed, ****p < 0.0001; ns, p > 0.05. Scale bar 10 µm. Experiments were performed at least twice.

Figure 8—figure supplement 1
Analysis of the mean intensity: SRRM2 depletion is confirmed using antibodies against both (A) SC35 and (B) SRRM2 by IF.

Statistical analysis: one-way ANOVA (****p < 0.0001; *p < 0.05; ns, p > 0.05).

Figure 8—figure supplement 2
HEK 293 HaloTag SRRM2 or ∆IDR were labelled with Halo ligand (red) and an anti-SON antibody (grey), nuclei are stained by Hoechst (blue).

Scale bar 10 µm.

Figure 8—figure supplement 3
Multiple examples (A–E) of confocal microscopy images of HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 and ∆IDR HaloTag SRRM2 HEK293 cells, either non-infected or infected for 24 hr with VSV-G/HIV-1ΔEnvINHA LAI (BRU) (MOI 10) in the presence of Nevirapine (10 µM).

CPSF6 and SC35 are labelled with anti-CPSF6 (red) and anti-SC35 (grey) antibodies, respectively. Nuclei are stained with Hoechst (blue). Scale bar 10 µm.

Tables

Appendix 1—key resources table
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Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli) DH5αThermo Fisher Scientific#EC0112
Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli)BL21(DE3)Invitrogen#C601003
Strain, strain background (Escherichia coli)Stellar Competent CellsTakara#636763
Cell line (Homo sapiens) HEK293T ATCC#CRL-3216
Cell line (Homo sapiens)Halo tagged SRRM2 HEK293 cellsLester et al., 2021Derived from ATCC Cat# CRL-3275, RRID:CVCL_DA04
Cell line (Homo sapiens)Halo tagged SRRM2 ∆IDR HEK293 cellsLester et al., 2021Derived from ATCC Cat# CRL-3275, RRID:CVCL_DA04
Cell line (Homo sapiens)THP-1ATCC#TIB-202
Cell line (Homo sapiens)THP-1 KO CPSF6This paper
AntibodyRat monoclonal anti-HA Roche #118674230011:500
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-p24NIH reagent#NIH183-H12-5C1:400
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-CPSF6Novus Biologicals#NBP1-85676IF 1:400
WB 1:500
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-SC35Abcam#ab118261:200
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-SON (human)Sigma-Aldrich#HPA031755IF 1:200
WB 1:500
AntibodyRabbit monoclonal anti-SRRM2Sigma-Aldrich#HPA066181IF 1:200
WB 1:500
AntibodyDonkey polyclonal anti-mouse Cy3Jackson Lab#715-165-1501:100
AntibodyGoat polyclonal anti-rat Alexa FluorTM 647Invitrogen#A212471:100
AntibodyGoat polyclonal anti-rat Alexa FluorTM 555Invitrogen#A214341:300
AntibodyGoat polyclonal anti-rabbit Alexa FluorTM 488Invitrogen#A327311:300
AntibodyGoat polyclonal anti-mouse Alexa FluorTM 647Invitrogen#A212351:300
AntibodyMouse monoclonal anti-β actin HRP-conjugatedAbcam#82261:3000
AntibodyMouse polyclonal anti-rabbit HRP-conjugatedSanta Cruzsc23571:5000
Recombinant DNA reagentHIV-1 (BRU) ∆Env IN(HA) (plasmid)Petit et al., 1999; Petit et al., 2000Used to produce single-round virus
Recombinant DNA reagentHIV-1 NL4.3 ΔEnv ΔVpr LucDi Nunzio, 2013Used to produce single-round virus
Recombinant DNA reagentHIV-1 NL4.3 AD8NIH-AIDS Reagent Program#11346Used to produce replicative virus
Recombinant DNA reagentSIVMAC Vpx (plasmid)Durand et al., 2013Used in lentiviral production
Recombinant DNA reagentpCMV-VSV-G (plasmid)AddgenePlasmid #8454Used in lentiviral vectors’ production
Recombinant DNA reagentpSD-GP-NDKPlasmidFactoryUsed in lentiviral vectors’ production
Recombinant DNA reagentpSICO CPSF6-mNeonGreen (plasmid)AddgenePlasmid #167587Used in lentiviral vectors’ production
Recombinant DNA reagentpLPCX CPSF6 ADD2 (plasmid)Wei et al., 2022
Recombinant DNA reagentpSICO-CPSF6 mutants (plasmids)This paperSupplementary file 2Used in lentiviral vectors’ production
Sequence-based reagentPrimary smiFISH probes against HIV-1 pol (24)Scoca et al., 2023
Sequence-based reagentCy5 FLAP (RNA FISH secondary probe)Eurofins GenomicsProbeAATGCATG
TCGACGAG
GTCCGAGT
GTAA
Sequence-based reagentqPCR and cloning primersThis paperSupplementary file 1
Sequence-based reagent AUMsilenceTM 352 ASOs against SRRM2 and SON AUM BioTechSupplementary file 1
Sequence-based reagentAlt-R CRISPR–Cas9 tracrRNAIDT# 1072532
Sequence-based reagentAlt-R CRISPR–Cas9 crRNAIDTMaterials and methods
Peptide, recombinant protein BamHI-HFNew England BioLabs#R3136SUsed for the cloning
Peptide, recombinant proteinQuick CIPNew England BioLabs#M0525SUsed for the cloning
Peptide, recombinant proteinAlt-R S.p. Cas9 V3IDT#10007806
Peptide, recombinant proteinTranscriptase inverse Maxima H Minus (200 U/μl)Thermo Fisher Scientific#EP0752
Peptide, recombinant proteinT4 LigaseThermo Fisher Scientific#EL0011
Commercial assay or kitIn-Fusion Snap Assembly Master MixTakara#638947
Commercial assay or kitLuciferase Assay SystemPromega#E4030
Commercial assay or kitP3 Primary Cell 4D-Nucleofector X Kit SLonza# V4XP-3032
Commercial assay or kitNucleoSpin PlasmidMacherey-Nagel#740588.50
Commercial assay or kitNucleoSpin PlasmidMacherey-Nagel#740416.10
Commercial assay or kitPCR clean-up and gel extractionMacherey-Nagel#740609.50
Commercial assay or kitQIAamp Viral RNA Mini KitQIAGEN#52904
Commercial assay or kitPierce BCA Protein Assay KitsThermo Scientific#23225
Chemical compound, drugBovine serum albumin (BSA)Sigma-Aldrich#A9647
Chemical compound, drugBradfordBio-Rad#500-0006
Chemical compound, drugCalcium chloride solutionSigma-Aldrich#21115
Chemical compound, drugcOmplete, EDTA free (tablet)Sigma-Aldrich#11873580001
Chemical compound, drugDeionized FormamideBio Basic#FB0211
Chemical compound, drugECL solutionCytiva#RPN2232
Chemical compound, drugEthanol AbsoluteFisher BioReagents#BP2818-500
Chemical compound, drugEthylenediamine tetra-acetic acid disodium salt solution (EDTA)Sigma-Aldrich#E7889
Chemical compound, drugFoetal bovine serum (FBS)Serana#S-FBS-SA-015
Chemical compound, drugGlycineSigma#G8898
Chemical compound, drugHaloTagTMR LigandPromega#G82521:1000 in cell culture medium for live imaging acquisitions
Chemical compound, drugHEPES-buffered saline, pH 7.0Fisher Scientific#J62623.AKUsed 1:2 for transfection
Chemical compound, drugHEPES solutionGibco#15630Used for cell culture
Chemical compound, drugHoechst 33342Invitrogen#H35701:10,000 in water for fixed cells
1:80,000 in cell culture medium for live imaging acquisitions
Chemical compound, drugNEBuffer 3New England BioLabs#B7003S
Chemical compound, drugNevirapineSigma-Aldrich#SML0097
Chemical compound, drugNuPAGE Bis-Tris Mini Protein Gels, 4–12%Invitrogen#NP0322BOX
Chemical compound, drugParaformaldehyde 32%Electron Microscopy Sciences#15714
Chemical compound, drugPenicillin–Streptomycin (P/S)Gibco#15140
Chemical compound, drugPF74Sigma#SML0835
Chemical compound, drugPhorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)Sigma#P8139
Chemical compound, drugPoly-L-lysine solutionSigma#P4707
Chemical compound, drugPrecision Plus Protein Western C, Standard solutionBio-Rad#1610376
Chemical compound, drugProLong Diamond Antifade MountantThermo Fisher Scientific#P36970
Chemical compound, drugReducing Agent 20XBio-Rad#1610792
Chemical compound, drugRIPA bufferSigma-Aldrich#R0278
Chemical compound, drugRNaseZAPSigma-Aldrich#R2020
Chemical compound, drugRunning buffer 20XInvitrogen#NP0001
Chemical compound, drugSample Buffer 4XBio-Rad#1610791
Chemical compound, drugStellaris RNA FISH Hybridization BufferBiosearch Technologies#SMF-HB1
Chemical compound, drugStellaris RNA FISH Wash Buffer ABiosearch Technologies#SMF-WA1
Chemical compound, drugStellaris RNA FISH Wash Buffer BBiosearch Technologies#SMF-WB1
Chemical compound, drugSuperScript III Platinum SYBR Green One-Step qRT-PCRInvitrogen#11736059
Chemical compound, drugTransfer buffer 20XInvitrogen#NP0006-1
Chemical compound, drugTriton X-100Sigma#T8787
Chemical compound, drugTrypsin 0.05%-EDTA (1X)Gibco#253000
Chemical compound, drugTWEEN 20Sigma-Aldrich#P1379
Chemical compound, drugPhusion Flash High-Fidelity PCR Master MixThermo Scientific#F-548S
Chemical compound, drugUltraPure Distilled Water (H2O)Invitrogen#10977
Chemical compound, drugVanadyl Ribonucleoside Complexes (VRC)Sigma#94742
Software, algorithmZEISS arivis Scientific Image AnalysisZEISShttps://www.arivis.com/
Software, algorithmCIDERHolehouse et al., 2017http://pappulab.wustl.edu/CIDER
Software, algorithmFijiSchindelin et al., 2012https://imagej.net/software/fiji/
Software, algorithmIcyde Chaumont et al., 2012https://icy.bioimageanalysis.org/download/
Software, algorithmPONDR VLXTRomero et al., 2001
Software, algorithmPrism9GraphPad Softwarehttps://www.graphpad.com/scientific-software/prism/
Software, algorithmPSIPREDMcGuffin et al., 2000http://globin.bio.warwick.ac.uk/psipred/
Software, algorithmRapid Intrinsic Disorder 696 Analysis Online platform (RIDAO)Dayhoff and Uversky, 2022https://ridao.app/
OtherBD SYRINGE 60 ml (no needle)Dutscher#309653
OtherCentrifugeThermo Fisher ScientificSorvall ST4 Plus
OtherConfocal microscopeZeissLSM700 inverted
OtherConfocal microscope 63x objectiveZeissObjective Plan-Apochromat 63x/1.4 Oil DIC M27
OtherCorning black 96 Well Solid Polystyrene MicroplateMerck#CLS3916
OtherEnspire 2300Perkin Elmer
OtherFalcon Cell culture 24-well plateDutscher#353047
OtherGlasstic Slide 10 with GridsKOVA#87144E
OtherHiTrapTM Q HP columnCytiva#17115401
OtherHiTrapTM SP FF columnCytiva#17515701
OtherIbidi micro dishes 35 mm highIbidi#81158
OtherMinisart NML Syringe Filter 0.45 µmSartorius#16555
OtherOpen-Top Thin wall Polypropylene Conical Tube, 31.5 ml, 25 × 89 mmBeckman Coulter, Inc#358126
OtherOPTILUX Petri dish – 100 × 20 mmDutscher#353003
OtherPrecision cover glasses 12 mm Æ thickness No. 1.5HMarienfeld#0117520
OtherRefrigerated benchtop centrifugeEppendorfCentrifuge 5415 R
OtherRotor for LE-80KBeckman Coulter, IncSW32Ti
OtherSyngene GeneGenius Bio Imaging System Gel Documentation UV TransilluminatorSyngene
OtherStar-Frost slides 76 × 26 mmDutscher#100204
OtherThermocyclerEppendorfMastercycler nexus
OtherThermocycler (qPCR)EppendorfMastercycler realplex2
OtherUltracentrifugeBeckman Coulter, IncOptima LE-80K

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Table (Table 1) describing the deleted regions of CPSF6 protein in different constructs expressing CPSF6 deletion mutants.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/103725/elife-103725-supp1-v1.docx
Supplementary file 2

Table (table 2) describing oligonucleotides used for cloning, qPCR, or ASOs.

https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/103725/elife-103725-supp2-v1.docx
MDAR checklist
https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/103725/elife-103725-mdarchecklist1-v1.pdf

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  1. Chiara Tomasini
  2. Celine Cuche
  3. Selen Ay
  4. Maxence Collard
  5. Bin Cui
  6. Mohammad Rashid
  7. Shaoni Bhattacharjee
  8. Bruno Tello-Rubio
  9. Julian Buchrieser
  10. Charlotte Luchsinger
  11. Cinzia Bertelli
  12. Vladimir Uversky
  13. Felipe Diaz-Griffero
  14. Francesca Di Nunzio
(2026)
Decoding the biogenesis of HIV-induced CPSF6 puncta and their fusion with nuclear speckles
eLife 13:RP103725.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103725.3