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ArticleeLife2016

N(6)-methyladenosine of HIV-1 RNA regulates viral infection and HIV-1 Gag protein expression.

Nagaraja Tirumuru, Boxuan Simen Zhao, Wuxun Lu, Zhike Lu, Chuan He, Li Wu

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 204 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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204citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

204 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 302 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nagaraja TirumuruCenter for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Boxuan Simen ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
Wuxun LuCenter for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.
Zhike LuDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
Chuan HeDepartment of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, United States.
Li WuCenter for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5468-2487
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

Tuning Virulence Determinants in Staphylococcus aureusR01AI074658 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2007 to 2016
$3.8M
Mechanisms of SAMHD1-mediated HIV-1 restriction in dendritic cellsR01AI104483 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WU, LI · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
HIV-1 Nef Interaction with Nef-associated Factor 1 Regulates Viral LatencyR01AI120209 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WU, LI · 2015 to 2017
$600k
Mechanisms of HIV-1 RNA Methylation in Regulating Viral ReplicationR56AI127667 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WU, LI · 2016 to 2016
$400k
Novel role of SAMHD1 as a tumor suppressor in cutaneous T-cell lymphomasR21CA181997 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WU, LI · 2014 to 2015
$368k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R21 CA181997NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI074658NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI104483NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120209NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI127667
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The internal N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A) methylation of eukaryotic nuclear RNA controls post-transcriptional gene expression, which is regulated by methyltransferases (writers), demethylases (erasers), and m(6)A-binding proteins (readers) in cells. The YTH domain family proteins (YTHDF1-3) bind to m(6)A-modified cellular RNAs and affect RNA metabolism and processing. Here, we show that YTHDF1-3 proteins recognize m(6)A-modified HIV-1 RNA and inhibit HIV-1 infection in cell lines and primary CD4(+) T-cells. We further mapped the YTHDF1-3 binding sites in HIV-1 RNA from infected cells. We found that the overexpression of YTHDF proteins in cells inhibited HIV-1 infection mainly by decreasing HIV-1 reverse transcription, while knockdown of YTHDF1-3 in cells had the opposite effects. Moreover, silencing the m(6)A writers decreased HIV-1 Gag protein expression in virus-producing cells, while silencing the m(6)A erasers increased Gag expression. Our findings suggest an important role of m(6)A modification of HIV-1 RNA in viral infection and HIV-1 protein synthesis.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsAdenosineCells, Culturedgag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusGene Expression Regulation, ViralHIV-1HumansRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralAdenosinegag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusN-methyladenosineRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralYTHDF1 protein, humanYTHDF2 protein, humanYTHDF3 protein, humanHIV-1humaninfectious diseasemicrobiologyN6-methyladenosinereplicationRNA methylationvirusYTHDF proteins

Identifiers

PMID27371828
PMCPMC4961459
OpenAlexW2462449071

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