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ReviewViruses2025

TAR RNA Mimicry of INI1 and Its Influence on Non-Integration Function of HIV-1 Integrase.

Ganjam V Kalpana, Emilie Ernst, Swati Haldar

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Ganjam V KalpanaDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4111-0604
Emilie ErnstDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-8299-0832
Swati HaldarDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1566-1907

Funding

Training in HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis; Basic and Translational ResearchT32AI007501 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PRASAD, VINAYAKA R. · 1995 to 2024
$6.6M
RNA-mimicry to guide the intra-cellular targeting of host virus protein and viral RNA-protein interactions to inhibit HIV replication.R01AI170206 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI GANJAM V KALPANA · 2022 to 2026
$3.2M
Structure-based design of stapled peptides to target Gag-Pol and INI1 interaction to block assemblyR21AI156932 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI KALPANA, GANJAM V · 2021 to 2022
$483k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI170206NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI156932NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007501NIH HHS AI R01AI170206
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HIV-1 integrase (IN), an essential viral protein that catalyzes integration, also influences non-integration functions such as particle production and morphogenesis. The mechanism by which non-integration functions are mediated is not completely understood. Several factors influence these non-integration functions, including the ability of IN to bind to viral RNA. INI1 is an integrase-binding host factor that influences HIV-1 replication at multiple stages, including particle production and particle morphogenesis. IN mutants defective for binding to INI1 are also defective for particle morphogenesis, similar to RNA-binding-defective IN mutants. Studies have indicated that the highly conserved Repeat (Rpt) 1, the IN-binding domain of INI1, structurally mimics TAR RNA, and that Rpt1 and TAR RNA compete for binding to IN. Based on the RNA mimicry, we propose that INI1 may function as a "place-holder" for viral RNA to facilitate proper ribonucleoprotein complex formation required during the assembly and particle morphogenesis of the HIV-1 virus. These studies suggest that drugs that target IN/INI1 interaction may lead to dual inhibition of both IN/INI1 and IN/RNA interactions to curb HIV-1 replication.

Indexed as

HIV-1HIV IntegraseHIV Long Terminal RepeatMolecular MimicryRNA, ViralSMARCB1 ProteinHumansProtein BindingVirus IntegrationVirus ReplicationHIV Integrasep31 integrase protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1RNA, ViralSMARCB1 ProteinSMARCB1 protein, humanassemblyHIV-1INI1/SMARCB1integraseparticle morphogenesisprotein–RNA mimicryTAR RNA

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PMID40431704
PMCPMC12115661

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