A transcriptional regulatory element is associated with a nuclease-hypersensitive site in the pol gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1
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Analysis of the chromatin organization of the integrated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genome has previously revealed a major constitutive DNase I-hypersensitive site associated with the pol gene (E. Verdin, J. Virol. 65:6790-6799, 1991). In the present report, high-resolution mapping of this site with DNase I and micrococcal nuclease identified a nucleosome-free region centered around nucleotides (nt) 4490 to 4766. A 500-bp fragment encompassing this hypersensitive site (nt 4481 to 4982) exhibited transcription-enhancing activity (two- to threefold) when it was cloned in its natural position with respect to the HIV-1 promoter after transient transfection in U937 and CEM cells. Using in vitro footprinting and gel shift assays, we have identified four distinct binding sites for nuclear proteins within this positive regulatory element. Site B (nt 4519 to 4545) specifically bound four distinct nuclear protein complexes: a ubiquitous factor, a T-cell-specific factor, a B-cell-specific factor, and the monocyte/macrophage- and B-cell-specific transcription factor PU.1/Spi-1. In most HIV-1 isolates in which this PU box was not conserved, it was replaced by a binding site for the related factor Ets1. Factors binding to site C (nt 4681 to 4701) had a DNA-binding specificity similar to that of factors binding to site B, except for PU.1/Spi-1. A GC box containing a binding site for Sp1 was identified (nt 4623 to 4631). Site D (nt 4816 to 4851) specifically bound a ubiquitously expressed factor. These results identify a transcriptional regulatory element associated with a nuclease-hypersensitive site in the pol gene of HIV-1 and suggest that its activity may be controlled by a complex interplay of cis-regulatory elements.
- Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium
- National Institute of Health Pakistan
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke United States
- National Institutes of Health United States
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Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, Deoxyribonuclease I -- metabolism, pol, Genes, Viral, Transcription, Genetic, Sp1 Transcription Factor, T-Lymphocytes, Virus Integration, Molecular Sequence Data, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid -- genetics, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, HIV Long Terminal Repeat -- genetics, Sp1 Transcription Factor -- metabolism, Genetic, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, HIV-1 -- genetics, Viral -- metabolism, Deoxyribonuclease I, Humans, B-Lymphocytes -- metabolism, Viral, Transcription Factors -- metabolism, T-Lymphocytes -- metabolism, HIV Long Terminal Repeat, Virus Integration -- genetics, B-Lymphocytes, Nucleic Acid, Base Sequence, DNA, Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles, Genes, pol, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, DNA, Viral, HIV-1, Viral -- genetics, Regulatory Sequences, Transcription, Transcription Factors
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