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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

NFAT and IRF proteins regulate transcription of the anti-HIV gene, APOBEC3G.

Melissa A Farrow, Eun-Young Kim, Steven M Wolinsky, Ann M Sheehy

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A FarrowDepartment of Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA.
Eun-Young Kim
Steven M Wolinsky
Ann M Sheehy
College of the Holy Cross · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

UMASS MEDICAL CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCHP30AI042845 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ZAPP, MARIA L. · 1998 to 2012
$13.0M
Expression of anti-HIV APOBEC family membersF32AI071766 · NIAID · COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS · PI FARROW, MELISSA A · 2006 to 2008
$147k
SMALL INSTRUMENTATION PROGRAMS15AI030700 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA · PI JUDD, RALPH C. · 1990 to 1990
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NIAID NIH HHS AI071766-01NIAID NIH HHS AI-3070072NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI071766NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI042845NIAID NIH HHS P30AI42845
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G (A3G) is an innate restriction factor that inhibits human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) replication. Regulation of A3G gene expression plays an important role in this suppression. Currently, an understanding of the mechanism of this gene regulation is largely unknown. Here, we have identified and characterized a TATA-less core promoter with an NFAT/IRF-4 composite binding site that confers cell type-specific transcriptional regulation. We found that A3G expression is critically dependent on NFATc1/NFATc2 and IRF-4. When either NFATc1 or NFATc2 and IRF-4 were co-expressed, A3G promoter activity was observed in cells that normally lack A3G expression and expression was not detected in the presence of the individual factors. This induced A3G expression allowed normally permissive CEMss cells to adopt a nonpermissive state, able to resist an HIV-1Δvif challenge. This represents the first reporting of manipulating the restrictive state of a cell type via gene regulation. Identification of NFAT and IRF family members as critical regulators of A3G expression offers important insight into the transcriptional control mechanisms that regulate innate immune responses and identifies specific targets for therapeutic intervention aimed at effectively boosting our natural immunity, in the form of a host defensive factor, against HIV-1.

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Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHIV-1Response ElementsTranscription, GeneticAPOBEC-3G DeaminaseCytidine DeaminaseHeLa CellsHumansImmunity, InnateInterferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsNFATC Transcription FactorsVirus ReplicationAPOBEC-3G DeaminaseAPOBEC3G protein, humanCytidine DeaminaseInterferon Regulatory Factor-4Interferon Regulatory FactorsNFATC1 protein, humanNFATC2 protein, humanNFATC Transcription Factors

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PMID21078663
PMCPMC3024752
OpenAlexW2005813015

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