Abstract

Nuclear entry of HIV-1 replication complexes through intact nuclear pore complexes is critical for successful infection. The host protein cleavage-and-polyadenylation-specificity-factor-6 (CPSF6) has been implicated in different stages of early HIV-1 replication. Applying quantitative microscopy of HIV-1 reverse-transcription and pre-integration-complexes (RTC/PIC), we show that CPSF6 is strongly recruited to nuclear replication complexes but absent from cytoplasmic RTC/PIC in primary human macrophages. Depletion of CPSF6 or lack of CPSF6 binding led to accumulation of HIV-1 subviral complexes at the nuclear envelope of macrophages and reduced infectivity. Two-color stimulated-emission-depletion microscopy indicated that under these circumstances HIV-1 complexes are retained inside the nuclear pore and undergo CA-multimer dependent CPSF6 clustering adjacent to the nuclear basket. We propose that nuclear entry of HIV-1 subviral complexes in macrophages is mediated by consecutive binding of Nup153 and CPSF6 to the hexameric CA lattice.

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  1. David Alejandro Bejarano

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  2. Ke Peng

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  3. Vibor Laketa

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  4. Kathleen Börner

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  5. K Laurence Jost

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  6. Bojana Lucic

    Center for Integrative Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  7. Bärbel Glass

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  8. Marina Lusic

    Center for Integrative Infectious Diseases, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  9. Barbara Müller

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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  10. Hans-Georg Kräusslich

    Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB1129)

  • Barbara Müller
  • Hans-Georg Kräusslich

Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (TTU HIV)

  • Hans-Georg Kräusslich

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP1923)

  • Hans-Georg Kräusslich

Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School

  • David Alejandro Bejarano

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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© 2019, Bejarano et al.

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  1. David Alejandro Bejarano
  2. Ke Peng
  3. Vibor Laketa
  4. Kathleen Börner
  5. K Laurence Jost
  6. Bojana Lucic
  7. Bärbel Glass
  8. Marina Lusic
  9. Barbara Müller
  10. Hans-Georg Kräusslich
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eLife 8:e41800.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.41800

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