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ArticleRetrovirology2005

Inhibition of Tat activity by the HEXIM1 protein.

Alessandro Fraldi, Francesca Varrone, Giuliana Napolitano, Annemieke A Michels, Barbara Majello, Olivier Bensaude, Luigi Lania

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Article in Retrovirology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessandro FraldiDepartment of Structural and Functional Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy. fraldi@tigem.it
Francesca Varrone
Giuliana Napolitano
Annemieke A Michels
Barbara Majello
Olivier Bensaude
Luigi Lania
University of Naples Federico II · ITCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRExpression Génétique Microbienne · FR

Funding

Telethon TGM06S01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) composed by CDK9/CyclinT1 subunits is a dedicated co-factor of HIV transcriptional transactivator Tat protein. Transcription driven by the long terminal repeat (LTR) of HIV involves formation of a quaternary complex between P-TEFb, Tat and the TAR element. This recruitment is necessary to enhance the processivity of RNA Pol II from the HIV-1 5' LTR promoter. The activity of P-TEFb is regulated in vivo and in vitro by the HEXIM1/7SK snRNA ribonucleic-protein complex.

resultsHere we report that Tat transactivation is effectively inhibited by co-expression of HEXIM1 or its paralog HEXIM2. HEXIM1 expression specifically represses transcription mediated by the direct activation of P-TEFb through artificial recruitment of GAL4-CycT1. Using appropriate HEXIM1 mutants we determined that effective Tat-inhibition entails the 7SK snRNA basic recognition motif as well as the C-terminus region required for interaction with cyclin T1. Enhanced expression of HEXIM1 protein modestly affects P-TEFb activity, suggesting that HEXIM1-mediated repression of Tat activity is not due to a global inhibition of cellular transcription.

conclusionThese results point to a pivotal role of P-TEFb for Tat's optimal transcription activity and suggest that cellular proteins that regulate P-TEFb activity might exert profound effects on Tat function in vivo.

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Gene Expression Regulation, ViralAnimalsCell LineCHO CellsCricetinaeGene Products, tatHumansPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Small NuclearTranscription FactorsGene Products, tatHEXIM1 protein, humanPositive Transcriptional Elongation Factor BRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Small NuclearTranscription Factors

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PMID15992410
PMCPMC1183248
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