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ArticleRetrovirology2011

Differential effect of CLK SR Kinases on HIV-1 gene expression: potential novel targets for therapy.

Raymond Wong, Ahalya Balachandran, Annie Yq Mao, Wendy Dobson, Scott Gray-Owen, Alan Cochrane

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Article in Retrovirology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raymond WongDept. of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ahalya Balachandran
Annie Yq Mao
Wendy Dobson
Scott Gray-Owen
Alan Cochrane
University of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRNA processing plays a critical role in the replication of HIV-1, regulated in part through the action of host SR proteins. To explore the impact of modulating SR protein activity on virus replication, the effect of increasing or inhibiting the activity of the Cdc2-like kinase (CLK) family of SR protein kinases on HIV-1 expression and RNA processing was examined.

resultsDespite their high homology, increasing individual CLK expression had distinct effects on HIV-1, CLK1 enhancing Gag production while CLK2 inhibited the virus. Parallel studies on the anti-HIV-1 activity of CLK inhibitors revealed a similar discrepant effect on HIV-1 expression. TG003, an inhibitor of CLK1, 2 and 4, had no effect on viral Gag synthesis while chlorhexidine, a CLK2, 3 and 4 inhibitor, blocked virus production. Chlorhexidine treatment altered viral RNA processing, decreasing levels of unspliced and single spliced viral RNAs, and reduced Rev accumulation. Subsequent experiments in the context of HIV-1 replication in PBMCs confirmed the capacity of chlorhexidine to suppress virus replication.

conclusionsTogether, these findings establish that HIV-1 RNA processing can be targeted to suppress virus replication as demonstrated by manipulating individual CLK function and identified chlorhexidine as a lead compound in the development of novel anti-viral therapies.

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Gene Expression Regulation, ViralAmino Acid SequenceCell LineHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRNA SplicingRNA, ViralClk dual-specificity kinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein-Tyrosine KinasesRNA, Viral

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PMID21682887
PMCPMC3148977
OpenAlexW2130048636

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