PMID- 27222146 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170306 LR - 20170306 IS - 1791-244X (Electronic) IS - 1107-3756 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jul TI - RbAp48, a novel inhibitory factor that regulates the transcription of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. PG - 267-74 LID - 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2598 [doi] AB - Retinoblastoma binding protein 4 (RbAp48) is a histone chaperone which has been suggested to play a role in gene silencing. However, the role of RbAp48 in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and gene replication has not been determined to date, to the best of our knowledge. For this purpose, we demonstrated in the present study that RbAp48 expression was upregulated by HIV-1 infection, whereas the knockdown of RbAp48 promoted HIV infection and the production of virus particles. The ectopic expression of RbAp48 inhibited HIV-1 expression, and this inhibition correlated with a marked decrease in the expression of HIV-1 genomic RNA and various RNA transcripts. Further experiments to determine the mechanism responsible for the inhibitory effects of RbAp48 revealed that the ectopic expression of RbAp48 repressed HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR)-mediated basal transcription as well as TNF-alpha- and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)‑activated transcription. Furthermore, the results of the electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analysis revealed that RbAp48 binds to the HIV-1 LTR in vitro. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that, as a transcriptional cofactor, RbAp48 is likely to act as a potent antiretroviral defense. FAU - Wang, Juan AU - Wang J AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Af fi liated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Jin AU - Yang J AD - Department of Medicine, Blood Center of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 330100, P.R. China. FAU - Yang, Zongxing AU - Yang Z AD - Xixi Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, P.R. China. FAU - Lu, Xiangyun AU - Lu X AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Af fi liated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China. FAU - Jin, Changzhong AU - Jin C AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Af fi liated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China. FAU - Cheng, Linfang AU - Cheng L AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Af fi liated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China. FAU - Wu, Nanping AU - Wu N AD - State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Af fi liated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160519 PL - Greece TA - Int J Mol Med JT - International journal of molecular medicine JID - 9810955 RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 4) SB - IM MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HIV Infections/genetics/virology MH - HIV Long Terminal Repeat/genetics MH - HIV-1/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Space/metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Protein Binding MH - Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 4/*metabolism MH - *Transcription, Genetic EDAT- 2016/05/26 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/07 06:00 CRDT- 2016/05/26 06:00 PHST- 2015/10/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/05/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2598 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Mol Med. 2016 Jul;38(1):267-74. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2016.2598. Epub 2016 May 19.