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Mechanisms of transcriptional transactivation and restriction of human immunodeficiency virus type I replication in an astrocytic glial cell.

Abstract：

:Unique transcriptional transactivation by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Tat protein of long terminal repeat (LTR)-driven RNA expression, in the absence of the transactivator responsive element (TAR), was previously demonstrated in central nervous system (CNS)-derived astrocytic cell-lines, including U87MG. In the present study, RNase protection assays were utilized to reveal the molecular mechanism(s) underlying transactivation of the HIV-1-LTR in these cells. Short transcripts, which represent abortive HIV-1 transcription, could not be detected either in the absence or presence of Tat, and no differences in transcript levels were detected using 5' probes, as compared to 3' probes, in the experiments. Thus, the transactivational effects of Tat, in U87MG cells, were potentially based on the increase of transcriptional initiation, both in TAR-dependent and -independent states. Further, by using newly established stable cellular transformant, containing HIV-1-LTR-reporter gene constructs, TAR-independent transactivation was demonstrated to efficiently function primarily in transiently-transfected U87MG cells. U87MG cells, stably-transfected with the intact HIV-1 proviral genome, produced very low levels of virus after long-term culture, as previously reported in other astrocytic cells. These cells demonstrated profoundly restricted transcription of the HIV-1 genome, with no detectable levels of HIV-1-specific RNA by Northern blotting, indicating that the restriction of viral production in these cells is principally due to the low level of overall transcription from the 5' HIV-1-LTR. Transcription of HIV-1 RNA in this cell could not be significantly up-regulated by various stimulators, such as phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and sodium butyrate. These data suggest that the restriction of HIV-1 transcription in these cells may be controlled by different mechanism(s) from those in lymphocytic or monocytic cells.

journal_name

Oncogene

journal_title

Oncogene

authors

Niikura M,Dornadula G,Zhang H,Mukhtar M,Lingxun D,Khalili K,Bagasra O,Pomerantz RJ

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-07-18 00:00:00

pages

313-22

issue

eissn

0950-9232

issn

1476-5594

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Mechanisms of transcriptional transactivation and restriction of human immunodeficiency virus type I replication in an astrocytic glial cell.