PMID- 24600008 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140615 LR - 20211203 IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 88 IP - 10 DP - 2014 May TI - Functional evidence for the involvement of microtubules and dynein motor complexes in TRIM5alpha-mediated restriction of retroviruses. PG - 5661-76 LID - 10.1128/JVI.03717-13 [doi] AB - The tripartite motif (TRIM) family of proteins includes the TRIM5alpha antiretroviral restriction factor. TRIM5alpha from many Old World and some New World monkeys can restrict the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), while human TRIM5alpha restricts N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV). TRIM5alpha forms highly dynamic cytoplasmic bodies (CBs) that associate with and translocate on microtubules. However, the functional involvement of microtubules or other cytoskeleton-associated factors in the viral restriction process had not been shown. Here, we demonstrate the dependency of TRIM5alpha-mediated restriction on microtubule-mediated transport. Pharmacological disruption of the microtubule network using nocodazole or disabling it using paclitaxel (originally named taxol) decreased the restriction of N-MLV and HIV-1 by human or simian alleles of TRIM5alpha, respectively. In addition, pharmacological inhibition of dynein motor complexes using erythro-9-(2-hydroxy-3-nonyl)adenine (EHNA) and small interfering RNA-mediated depletion of the dynein heavy chain (DHC) similarly decreased TRIM5alpha-mediated restriction. The loss in restriction resulting from either the disassembly of microtubules or the disruption of dynein motor activity was seen for both endogenous and overexpressed TRIM5alpha and was not due to differences in protein stability or cell viability. Both nocodazole treatment and DHC depletion interfered with the dynamics of TRIM5alpha CBs, increasing their size and altering their intracellular localization. In addition, nocodazole, paclitaxel, and DHC depletion were all found to increase the stability of HIV-1 cores in infected cells, providing an alternative explanation for the decreased restriction. In conclusion, association with microtubules and the translocation activity of dynein motor complexes are required to achieve efficient restriction by TRIM5alpha. IMPORTANCE: The primate innate cellular defenses against infection by retroviruses include a protein named TRIM5alpha, belonging to the family of restriction factors. TRIM5alpha is present in the cytoplasm, where it can intercept incoming retroviruses shortly after their entry. How TRIM5alpha manages to be present at the appropriate subcytoplasmic location to interact with its target is unknown. We hypothesized that TRIM5alpha, either as a soluble protein or a high-molecular-weight complex (the cytoplasmic body), is transported within the cytoplasm by a molecular motor called the dynein complex, which is known to interact with and move along microtubules. Our results show that destructuring microtubules or crippling their function decreased the capacity of human or simian TRIM5alpha to restrict their retroviral targets. Inhibiting dynein motor activity, or reducing the expression of a key component of this complex, similarly affected TRIM5alpha-mediated restriction. Thus, we have identified specific cytoskeleton structures involved in innate antiretroviral defenses. FAU - Pawlica, Paulina AU - Pawlica P AD - Laboratory of Retrovirology, Department of Medical Biology and BioMed Group, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Le Sage, Valerie AU - Le Sage V FAU - Poccardi, Nolwenn AU - Poccardi N FAU - Tremblay, Michel J AU - Tremblay MJ FAU - Mouland, Andrew J AU - Mouland AJ FAU - Berthoux, Lionel AU - Berthoux L LA - eng GR - MOP-102712/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada GR - MOP-110960/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada GR - MOP-56974/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140305 PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (Antiviral Restriction Factors) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Tripartite Motif Proteins) 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 3.6.4.2 (Dyneins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antiviral Restriction Factors MH - Biological Transport MH - Carrier Proteins/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - Dyneins/*metabolism MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Leukemia Virus, Murine/*immunology MH - Macaca mulatta MH - Microtubules/*metabolism MH - Proteins/metabolism MH - Tripartite Motif Proteins MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases PMC - PMC4019117 EDAT- 2014/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/11/01 CRDT- 2014/03/07 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - JVI.03717-13 [pii] AID - 03717-13 [pii] AID - 10.1128/JVI.03717-13 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2014 May;88(10):5661-76. doi: 10.1128/JVI.03717-13. Epub 2014 Mar 5.