PMID- 23166597 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130506 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 11 DP - 2012 TI - Selective histonedeacetylase inhibitor M344 intervenes in HIV-1 latency through increasing histone acetylation and activation of NF-kappaB. PG - e48832 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0048832 [doi] LID - e48832 AB - BACKGROUND: Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors present an exciting new approach to activate HIV production from latently infected cells to potentially enhance elimination of these cells and achieve a cure. M344, a novel HDAC inhibitor, shows robust activity in a variety of cancer cells and relatively low toxicity compared to trichostatin A (TSA). However, little is known about the effects and action mechanism of M344 in inducing HIV expression in latently infected cells. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using the Jurkat T cell model of HIV latency, we demonstrate that M344 effectively reactivates HIV-1 gene expression in latently infected cells. Moreover, M344-mediated activation of the latent HIV LTR can be strongly inhibited by a NF-kappaB inhibitor aspirin. We further show that M344 acts by increasing the acetylation of histone H3 and histone H4 at the nucleosome 1 (nuc-1) site of the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) and by inducing NF-kappaB p65 nuclear translocation and direct RelA DNA binding at the nuc-1 region of the HIV-1 LTR. We also found that M344 synergized with prostratin to activate the HIV-1 LTR promoter in latently infected cells. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: These results suggest the potential of M344 in anti-latency therapies and an important role for histone modifications and NF-kappaB transcription factors in regulating HIV-1 LTR gene expression. FAU - Ying, Hao AU - Ying H AD - State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhang, Yuhao AU - Zhang Y FAU - Zhou, Xin AU - Zhou X FAU - Qu, Xiying AU - Qu X FAU - Wang, Pengfei AU - Wang P FAU - Liu, Sijie AU - Liu S FAU - Lu, Daru AU - Lu D FAU - Zhu, Huanzhang AU - Zhu H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121115 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Hydroxamic Acids) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Phorbol Esters) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) RN - 36015-30-2 (Propidium) RN - 3X2S926L3Z (trichostatin A) RN - 58IFB293JI (Vorinostat) RN - 60857-08-1 (prostratin) SB - IM MH - Acetylation/drug effects MH - Active Transport, Cell Nucleus/drug effects MH - Blotting, Western MH - Chromatin Immunoprecipitation MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Drug Synergism MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Viral/*drug effects MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HIV Long Terminal Repeat/drug effects/genetics MH - *HIV-1 MH - Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Histones/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hydroxamic Acids/*pharmacology MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Microscopy, Fluorescence MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Phorbol Esters/pharmacology MH - Propidium MH - Virus Latency/*drug effects MH - Vorinostat PMC - PMC3499534 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2012/11/21 06:00 MHDA- 2013/05/07 06:00 PMCR- 2012/11/15 CRDT- 2012/11/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/03/21 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/11/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-08315 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0048832 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048832. Epub 2012 Nov 15.