PMID- 31036027 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190718 LR - 20200225 IS - 1742-4690 (Electronic) IS - 1742-4690 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Apr 29 TI - Interaction of HIV-1 integrase with polypyrimidine tract binding protein and associated splicing factor (PSF) and its impact on HIV-1 replication. PG - 12 LID - 10.1186/s12977-019-0474-1 [doi] LID - 12 AB - BACKGROUND: The different interactions between viral proteins and cellular host proteins are required for efficient replication of HIV-1. Various reports implicated host cellular proteins as a key factor that either interact directly with HIV-1 integrase (IN) or get involved in the integration process of virus resulting in the modulation of integration step. Polypyrimidine tract binding protein and associated splicing factor (PSF) has diverse functions inside the cell such as transcriptional regulation, DNA repair, acts as nucleic acids binding protein and regulate replication and infectivity of different viruses. RESULTS: The protein binding study identified the association of host protein PSF with HIV-1 integrase. The siRNA knockdown (KD) of PSF resulted in increased viral replication in TZM-bl cells, suggesting PSF has negative influence on viral replication. The quantitative PCR of virus infected PSF knockdown TZM-bl cells showed more integrated DNA and viral cDNA as compared to control cells. We did not observe any significant difference between the amount of early reverse transcription products as well as infectivity of virus in the PSF KD and control TZM-bl cells. Molecular docking study supported the argument that PSF hinders the binding of viral DNA with IN. CONCLUSION: In an attempt to study the host interacting protein of IN, we have identified a new interacting host protein PSF which is a splicing factor and elucidated its role in integration and viral replication. Experimental as well as in silico analysis inferred that the host protein causes not only change in the integration events but also targets the incoming viral DNA or the integrase-viral DNA complex. The role of PSF was also investigated at early reverse transcript production as well as late stages. The PSF is causing changes in integration events, but it does not over all make any changes in the virus infectivity. MD trajectory analyses provided a strong clue of destabilization of Integrase-viral DNA complex occurred due to PSF interaction with the conserved bases of viral DNA ends that are extremely crucial contact points with integrase and indispensable for integration. Thus our study emphasizes the negative influence of PSF on HIV-1 replication. FAU - Yadav, Pooja AU - Yadav P AD - Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India. FAU - Sur, Souvik AU - Sur S AD - Special Center for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India. FAU - Desai, Dipen AU - Desai D AD - National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, 411026, India. FAU - Kulkarni, Smita AU - Kulkarni S AD - National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, 411026, India. FAU - Sharma, Vartika AU - Sharma V AD - International Centre for Genetics Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, 110067, India. FAU - Tandon, Vibha AU - Tandon V AD - Special Center for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India. vtandon@mail.jnu.ac.in. LA - eng GR - project id 38/UPE-II/International GR - -/DST-Purse/International GR - Seed/DISHA/WOSB/009/2012/WOS-B/International PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190429 PL - England TA - Retrovirology JT - Retrovirology JID - 101216893 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (RNA Splicing Factors) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 139076-35-0 (Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (HIV Integrase) RN - YY6481J2FF (p31 integrase protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1) SB - IM MH - DNA, Viral/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HIV Integrase/genetics/*metabolism MH - HIV-1/physiology MH - *Host Microbial Interactions MH - Humans MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA Splicing MH - RNA Splicing Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering MH - Reverse Transcription MH - Virus Integration MH - *Virus Replication PMC - PMC6489298 OTO - NOTNLM OT - HIV OT - HIV-1 integrase OT - Host-pathogen interaction OT - PSF COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2019/05/01 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/19 06:00 PMCR- 2019/04/29 CRDT- 2019/05/01 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/04/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12977-019-0474-1 [pii] AID - 474 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12977-019-0474-1 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Retrovirology. 2019 Apr 29;16(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s12977-019-0474-1.