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Nuclear pore heterogeneity influences HIV-1 infection and the antiviral activity of MX2

  1. Melissa Kane
  2. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  3. Matthew A Takata
  4. Trinity M Zang
  5. Masahiro Yamashita
  6. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
  7. Paul D Bieniasz  Is a corresponding author
  1. Rockefeller University, United States
  2. University of Colorado Denver, United States
  3. Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35738
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  1. Melissa Kane
  2. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  3. Matthew A Takata
  4. Trinity M Zang
  5. Masahiro Yamashita
  6. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
  7. Paul D Bieniasz
(2018)
Nuclear pore heterogeneity influences HIV-1 infection and the antiviral activity of MX2
eLife 7:e35738.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35738
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Abstract

HIV-1 accesses the nuclear DNA of interphase cells via a poorly defined process involving functional interactions between the capsid protein (CA) and nucleoporins (Nups). Here, we show that HIV-1 CA can bind multiple Nups, and that both natural and manipulated variation in Nup levels impacts HIV-1 infection in a manner that is strikingly dependent on cell-type, cell-cycle, and cyclophilin A (CypA). We also show that Nups mediate the function of the antiviral protein MX2, and that MX2 can variably inhibit non-viral NLS function. Remarkably, both enhancing and inhibiting effects of cyclophilin A and MX2 on various HIV-1 CA mutants could be induced or abolished by manipulating levels of the Nup93 subcomplex, the Nup62 subcomplex, NUP88, NUP21, RANBP2, or NUP153. Our findings suggest that several Nup-dependent 'pathways' are variably exploited by HIV-1 to target host DNA in a cell-type, cell-cycle, CypA and CA-sequence dependent manner, and are differentially inhibited by MX2.

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  1. Melissa Kane

    Laboratory of Retrovirology, Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  2. Stephanie V Rebensburg

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, United States
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  3. Matthew A Takata

    Laboratory of Retrovirology, Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  4. Trinity M Zang

    Laboratory of Retrovirology, Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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  5. Masahiro Yamashita

    Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, United States
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  6. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, United States
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  7. Paul D Bieniasz

    Laboratory of Retrovirology, Rockefeller University, New York, United States
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Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Investigator Award)

  • Paul D Bieniasz

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R3764003)

  • Paul D Bieniasz

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI100720)

  • Masahiro Yamashita

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI062520)

  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (F32AI116263)

  • Melissa Kane

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Viviana Simon, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Version history

  1. Received: February 8, 2018
  2. Accepted: August 6, 2018
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: August 7, 2018 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: August 20, 2018 (version 2)

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© 2018, Kane et al.

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  1. Melissa Kane
  2. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  3. Matthew A Takata
  4. Trinity M Zang
  5. Masahiro Yamashita
  6. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
  7. Paul D Bieniasz
(2018)
Nuclear pore heterogeneity influences HIV-1 infection and the antiviral activity of MX2
eLife 7:e35738.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35738

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