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ArticleViruses2021

Encapsidation of Staufen-2 Enhances Infectivity of HIV-1.

Kannan Balakrishnan, Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva Vasudevan, Krishnaveni Mohareer, Tom Luedde, Carsten Münk, Sharmistha Banerjee

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Kannan BalakrishnanDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India.
Ananda Ayyappan Jaguva VasudevanClinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7049-9458
Krishnaveni MohareerDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India.
Tom LueddeClinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
Carsten MünkClinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8026-9311
Sharmistha BanerjeeDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEUniversity of Hyderabad · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staufen, the RNA-binding family of proteins, affects various steps in the Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV-1) replication cycle. While our previous study established Staufen-2-HIV-1 Rev interaction and its role in augmenting nucleocytoplasmic export of RRE-containing viral RNA, viral incorporation of Staufen-2 and its effect on viral propagation were unknown. Here, we report that Staufen-2 interacts with HIV-1 Gag and is incorporated into virions and that encapsidated Staufen-2 boosted viral infectivity. Further, Staufen-2 gets co-packaged into virions, possibly by interacting with host factors Staufen-1 or antiviral protein APOBEC3G, which resulted in different outcomes on the infectivity of Staufen-2-encapsidated virions. These observations suggest that encapsidated host factors influence viral population dynamics and infectivity. With the explicit identification of the incorporation of Staufen proteins into HIV-1 and other retroviruses, such as Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), we propose that packaging of RNA binding proteins, such as Staufen, in budding virions of retroviruses is probably a general phenomenon that can drive or impact the viral population dynamics, infectivity, and evolution.

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Viral Genome PackagingCell LineGene Products, gagHIV-1HIV InfectionsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsVirulenceGene Products, gagNerve Tissue ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsSTAU2 protein, humanHIV-1 GagHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)ribonucleoprotein complexes (RNPs)Staufen-2viral incorporationvirus-host interaction

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PMID34960728
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