PMID- 18497858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080805 LR - 20211203 IS - 1553-7374 (Electronic) IS - 1553-7366 (Print) IS - 1553-7366 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 5 DP - 2008 May 23 TI - Proteasomal degradation of TRIM5alpha during retrovirus restriction. PG - e1000074 LID - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000074 [doi] LID - e1000074 AB - The host protein TRIM5alpha inhibits retroviral infection at an early post-penetration stage by targeting the incoming viral capsid. While the detailed mechanism of restriction remains unclear, recent studies have implicated the activity of cellular proteasomes in the restriction of retroviral reverse transcription imposed by TRIM5alpha. Here, we show that TRIM5alpha is rapidly degraded upon encounter of a restriction-susceptible retroviral core. Inoculation of TRIM5alpha-expressing human 293T cells with a saturating level of HIV-1 particles resulted in accelerated degradation of the HIV-1-restrictive rhesus macaque TRIM5alpha protein but not the nonrestrictive human TRIM5alpha protein. Exposure of cells to HIV-1 also destabilized the owl monkey restriction factor TRIMCyp; this was prevented by addition of the inhibitor cyclosporin A and was not observed with an HIV-1 virus containing a mutation in the capsid protein that relieves restriction by TRIMCyp IVHIV. Likewise, human TRIM5alpha was rapidly degraded upon encounter of the restriction-sensitive N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV) but not the unrestricted B-MLV. Pretreatment of cells with proteasome inhibitors prevented the HIV-1-induced loss of both rhesus macaque TRIM5alpha and TRIMCyp proteins. We also detected degradation of endogenous TRIM5alpha in rhesus macaque cells following HIV-1 infection. We conclude that engagement of a restriction-sensitive retrovirus core results in TRIM5alpha degradation by a proteasome-dependent mechanism. FAU - Rold, Christopher James AU - Rold CJ AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America. FAU - Aiken, Christopher AU - Aiken C LA - eng GR - R56 AI050423/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32GM008554/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI050423/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008554/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32AI060571/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI076121/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI060571/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI050423/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI76121/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20080523 PL - United States TA - PLoS Pathog JT - PLoS pathogens JID - 101238921 RN - 0 (Antiviral Restriction Factors) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Tripartite Motif Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Core Proteins) RN - 83HN0GTJ6D (Cyclosporine) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (TRIM5 protein, human) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (TRIM5(alpha) protein, rhesus monkey) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 3.4.25.1 (Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antiviral Restriction Factors MH - Aotidae MH - Carrier Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Cyclosporine/pharmacology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Gene Silencing MH - HIV-1/physiology MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans MH - Macaca mulatta MH - *Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex MH - Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics MH - Retroviridae/*physiology MH - *Reverse Transcription MH - Transfection MH - Tripartite Motif Proteins MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases MH - Viral Core Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC2374908 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2008/05/24 09:00 MHDA- 2008/08/06 09:00 PMCR- 2008/05/23 CRDT- 2008/05/24 09:00 PHST- 2007/07/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/04/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/05/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/08/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/05/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/05/23 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 07-PLPA-RA-0467R3 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000074 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS Pathog. 2008 May 23;4(5):e1000074. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000074.