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ArticleRetrovirology2014

HIV-1 Vif inhibits G to A hypermutations catalyzed by virus-encapsidated APOBEC3G to maintain HIV-1 infectivity.

Yudi Wang, Ballington L Kinlock, Qiujia Shao, Tiffany M Turner, Bindong Liu

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Article in Retrovirology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yudi WangCenter for AIDS Health Disparities Research, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208, USA. bioyudi@hotmail.com.
Ballington L KinlockCenter for AIDS Health Disparities Research, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208, USA. bkinlock07@email.mmc.edu.
Qiujia ShaoCenter for AIDS Health Disparities Research, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208, USA. qshao@mmc.edu.
Tiffany M TurnerCenter for AIDS Health Disparities Research, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208, USA. tturner10@email.mmc.edu.
Bindong LiuCenter for AIDS Health Disparities Research, 1005 Dr. D. B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208, USA. bliu@mmc.edu.
Meharry Medical College · US

Funding

The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (VICTR)UL1TR000445 · NCATS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI BERNARD, GORDON RAPHAEL · 2012 to 2016
$41.4M
Technologies and Resources CoreU54MD007593 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI ADUNYAH, SAMUEL EVANS · 2012 to 2018
$24.7M
THE MEHARRY RISE INITIATIVER25GM059994 · NIGMS · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MOTLEY-JOHNSON, EVANGELINE D · 1999 to 2021
$23.0M
VIROLOGY COREP30AI054999 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HAINES, JONATHAN L · 2003 to 2011
$10.3M
Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health ResearchG12MD007586 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI HILDRETH, JAMES E · 2012 to 2016
$7.8M
Research Training in Cardivascular Biology at MeharryT32HL007737 · NHLBI · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MARTIN, PAMELA M · 1993 to 2025
$4.7M
MOLECULAR PARASITOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32AI007281 · NIAID · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI NDE, PIUS N · 1985 to 2025
$3.2M
Characterizing a small molecule of Streptococcus cristatus for HIV drug designSC1GM089269 · NIGMS · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI LIU, BINDONG · 2009 to 2019
$2.6M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHIV-1 viral infectivity factor (Vif) is an essential accessory protein for HIV-1 replication. The predominant function of Vif is to counteract Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme-catalytic polypeptide-like 3G (APOBEC3G, A3G), a potent host restriction factor that inhibits HIV-1 replication. Vif mediates the proteasomal degradation of A3G and inhibits A3G translation, thus diminishing the pool of A3G that is available to be packaged into budding virion. Although Vif is robust in degrading A3G, the protection provided against A3G is not absolute. Clinical and laboratory evidence have shown that A3G is not completely excluded from HIV-1 viral particles during HIV-1 replication. It remains unclear why the viral samples are still infectious when A3G has been packaged into the virions.

resultsIn this study, we provide evidence that Vif continues to protect HIV-1 from the deleterious effects of A3G, even after packaging of A3G has occurred. When equal amounts of A3G were packaged into budding virions, the virus expressing functional Vif was more infectious and incurred fewer G to A hypermutations in the second round of infection compared to Vif-deficient virus. A Vif mutant with a defect in viral packaging showed a reduced ability to protect the HIV-1 genome from G to A hypermutations.

conclusionOur data suggest that even packaged A3G is still under the tyranny of Vif. Our work brings to light an additional caveat for any therapy that hopes to exploit the Vif-A3G axis. The ideal strategy would not only enhance A3G viral packaging, but also reduce HIV-1 Vif viral encapsidation.

Indexed as

APOBEC-3G DeaminaseCell LineCytidine DeaminaseHIV-1HumansPoint MutationRNA, Viralvif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusVirionVirus AssemblyAPOBEC-3G DeaminaseAPOBEC3G protein, humanCytidine DeaminaseRNA, Viralvif Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusvif protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

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PMID25304135
PMCPMC4200127
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