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ArticleViruses2024

Schlafen14 Impairs HIV-1 Expression in a Codon Usage-Dependent Manner.

Carlos Valenzuela, Sergio Saucedo, Manuel Llano

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Article in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. tRNA modifications in viral replication.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026
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  6. Human Schlafen 14 Cleavage of Short Double-Stranded RNAs Underpins its Antiviral Activity.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlos ValenzuelaBiological Sciences Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0400-3412
Sergio SaucedoPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TX 79905, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0919-3075
Manuel LlanoBiological Sciences Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
The University of Texas at El Paso · USTexas Tech University · US

Funding

UTEP Border Biomedical Research CenterU54MD007592 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI Gabriel Andrew Frietze · 2019 to 2026
$35.1M
TCCG12MD007592 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI KIRKEN, ROBERT A. · 2012 to 2018
$19.4M
In vivo relevance of the Schlafen-mediated innate immune mechanism in flavivirus infectionR16AI167830 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI Manuel Llano · 2023 to 2026
$616k
NIAID NIH HHS R16 AI167830NIMHD NIH HHS 5U54MD007592NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007592NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Schlafen (SLFN) is a family of proteins upregulated by type I interferons with a regulatory role in translation. Intriguingly, SLFN14 associates with the ribosome and can degrade rRNA, tRNA, and mRNA in vitro, but a role in translation is still unknown. Ribosomes are important regulatory hubs during translation elongation of mRNAs rich in rare codons. Therefore, we evaluated the potential role of SLFN14 in the expression of mRNAs enriched in rare codons, using HIV-1 genes as a model. We found that, in a variety of cell types, including primary immune cells, SLFN14 regulates the expression of HIV-1 and non-viral genes based on their codon adaptation index, a measurement of the synonymous codon usage bias; consequently, SLFN14 inhibits the replication of HIV-1. The potent inhibitory effect of SLFN14 on the expression of the rare codon-rich transcript HIV-1 Gag was minimized by codon optimization. Mechanistically, we found that the endoribonuclease activity of SLFN14 is required, and that ribosomal RNA degradation is involved. Therefore, we propose that SLFN14 impairs the expression of HIV-1 transcripts rich in rare codons, in a catalytic-dependent manner.

Indexed as

Codon UsageHIV-1Virus ReplicationCell Line, TumorCodonEndoribonucleasesGene Expression Regulation, ViralHEK293 CellsHIV InfectionsHumansProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerCodonEndoribonucleasesRNA, MessengerSLFN14 protein, humancodon usage biasHIV-1ribosomeSchlafen14translation

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PMID38675845
PMCPMC11054720
OpenAlexW4393164010

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