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ArticleScience advances2023

POLE3 is a repressor of unintegrated HIV-1 DNA required for efficient virus integration and escape from innate immune sensing.

Suzie Thenin-Houssier, Shinichi Machida, Cyprien Jahan, Lucie Bonnet-Madin, Scarlette Abbou, Heng-Chang Chen, Robel Tesfaye, Olivier Cuvier, Monsef Benkirane

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Article in Science advances, 2023. 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 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Suzie Thenin-HoussierInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.ORCID 0000-0001-7713-9391
Shinichi MachidaInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.
Cyprien JahanInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.
Lucie Bonnet-MadinInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.ORCID 0000-0002-9848-3287
Scarlette AbbouInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.ORCID 0000-0001-7162-6092
Heng-Chang ChenInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.ORCID 0000-0003-2117-7385
Robel TesfayeLaboratory of Chromatin Dynamics, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), MCD Unit (UMR5077), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2358-219X
Olivier CuvierLaboratory of Chromatin Dynamics, Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), MCD Unit (UMR5077), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0644-2734
Monsef BenkiraneInstitut de Génétique Humaine. Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CNRS Université de Montpellier. Montpellier. France.ORCID 0000-0002-8286-4405
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unintegrated retroviral DNA is transcriptionally silenced by host chromatin silencing factors. Here, we used the proteomics of isolated chromatin segments method to reveal viral and host factors associated with unintegrated HIV-1DNA involved in its silencing. By gene silencing using siRNAs, 46 factors were identified as potential repressors of unintegrated HIV-1DNA. Knockdown and knockout experiments revealed POLE3 as a transcriptional repressor of unintegrated HIV-1DNA. POLE3 maintains unintegrated HIV-1DNA in a repressive chromatin state, preventing RNAPII recruitment to the viral promoter. POLE3 and the recently identified host factors mediating unintegrated HIV-1 DNA silencing, CAF1 and SMC5/SMC6/SLF2, show specificity toward different forms of unintegrated HIV-1DNA. Loss of POLE3 impaired HIV-1 replication, suggesting that repression of unintegrated HIV-1DNA is important for optimal viral replication. POLE3 depletion reduces the integration efficiency of HIV-1. POLE3, by maintaining a repressive chromatin structure of unintegrated HIV-1DNA, ensures HIV-1 escape from innate immune sensing in primary CD4

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HIV-1HIV InfectionsChromatinDNA, ViralHumansImmunity, InnateVirus IntegrationChromatinDNA, Viral

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PMID37922361
PMCPMC10624344
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