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ArticleViruses2020

HIV-1 Uncoating and Nuclear Import Precede the Completion of Reverse Transcription in Cell Lines and in Primary Macrophages.

Ashwanth C Francis, Mariana Marin, Mathew J Prellberg, Kristina Palermino-Rowland, Gregory B Melikyan

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Article in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ashwanth C FrancisDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Mariana MarinDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Mathew J PrellbergDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Kristina Palermino-RowlandDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Gregory B MelikyanDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5385-3013
Emory University · US

Funding

Molecular Interactions of HIV-1 with the Nuclear Pore ComplexR01AI148382 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MELIKIAN, GREGORY B, SARAFIANOS, STEFAN G · 2019 to 2022
$5.5M
Imaging of Single HIV-1 Uncoating and Transport to the nucleusR01AI129862 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI KVARATSKHELIA, MAMUKA, MELIKIAN, GREGORY B · 2017 to 2025
$5.4M
Delineating a role for CA in HIV-1 nuclear transport to sites of integrationR21AI145541 · NIAID · FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FRANCIS, ASHWANTH CHRISTOPHER · 2020 to 2021
$426k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI129862NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148382NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI145541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An assembly of capsid proteins (CA) form the mature viral core enclosing the HIV-1 ribonucleoprotein complex. Discrepant findings have been reported regarding the cellular sites and the extent of core disassembly (uncoating) in infected cells. Here, we combined single-virus imaging and time-of-drug-addition assays to elucidate the kinetic relationship between uncoating, reverse transcription, and nuclear import of HIV-1 complexes in cell lines and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). By using cyclophilin A-DsRed (CDR) as a marker for CA, we show that, in contrast to TZM-bl cells, early cytoplasmic uncoating (loss of CDR) is limited in MDMs and is correlated with the efficiency of reverse transcription. However, we find that reverse transcription is dispensable for HIV-1 nuclear import, which progressed through an uncoating step at the nuclear pore. Comparison of the kinetics of nuclear import and the virus escape from inhibitors targeting distinct steps of infection, as well as direct quantification of viral DNA synthesis, revealed that reverse transcription is completed after nuclear import of HIV-1 complexes. Collectively, these results suggest that reverse transcription is dispensable for the uncoating step at the nuclear pore and that vDNA synthesis is completed in the nucleus of unrelated target cells.

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Reverse TranscriptionVirus UncoatingActive Transport, Cell NucleusCapsid ProteinsCell LineCell NucleusCells, CulturedHEK293 CellsHIV-1Host-Pathogen InteractionsHumansKineticsMacrophagesMicroscopy, ConfocalNuclear PoreTime-Lapse ImagingCapsid ProteinsHIV-1 capsidnuclear importreverse transcriptionuncoatingvirus imaging

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PMID33143125
PMCPMC7693591
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