PMID- 23260109 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130322 LR - 20220331 IS - 1096-0341 (Electronic) IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 436 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Feb 20 TI - Intracellular nucleotide levels and the control of retroviral infections. PG - 247-54 LID - S0042-6822(12)00570-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.virol.2012.11.010 [doi] AB - Retroviruses consume cellular deoxynucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) to convert their RNA genomes into proviral DNA through reverse transcription. While all retroviruses replicate in dividing cells, lentiviruses uniquely replicate in nondividing cells such as macrophages. Importantly, dNTP levels in nondividing cells are extremely low, compared to dividing cells. Indeed, a recently discovered anti-HIV/SIV restriction factor, SAMHD1, which is a dNTP triphosphohydrolase, is responsible for the limited dNTP pool of nondividing cells. Lentiviral reverse transcriptases (RT) uniquely stay functional even at the low dNTP concentrations in nondividing cells. Interestingly, Vpx of HIV-2/SIVsm proteosomally degrades SAMHD1, which elevates cellular dNTP pools and accelerates lentiviral replication in nondividing cells. These Vpx-encoding lentiviruses rapidly replicate in nondividing cells by encoding both highly functional RTs and Vpx. Here, we discuss a series of mechanistic and virological studies that have contributed to conceptually linking cellular dNTP levels and the adaptation of lentiviral replication in nondividing cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Amie, Sarah M AU - Amie SM AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA. FAU - Noble, Erin AU - Noble E FAU - Kim, Baek AU - Kim B LA - eng GR - GM068411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM068411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - T90 DE021985/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - AI077401/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI049781/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM104198/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 AI049781/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI049781/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20121220 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (Nucleotides) RN - 0 (VPX protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 2) RN - 0 (VPX protein, Simian immunodeficiency virus) RN - 0 (Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins) RN - EC 3.1.5.- (SAM Domain and HD Domain-Containing Protein 1) RN - EC 3.1.5.- (SAMHD1 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytoplasm/*chemistry MH - Humans MH - Lentivirus/*physiology MH - Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism MH - Nucleotides/analysis/*metabolism MH - Retroviridae/*physiology MH - *Reverse Transcription MH - SAM Domain and HD Domain-Containing Protein 1 MH - Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins/metabolism MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC3804251 MID - NIHMS430661 EDAT- 2012/12/25 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/23 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/20 CRDT- 2012/12/25 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/09/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/12/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/12/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0042-6822(12)00570-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2012.11.010 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2013 Feb 20;436(2):247-54. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.11.010. Epub 2012 Dec 20.