Author:
Vodicka Marie A.,Koepp Deanna M.,Silver Pamela A.,Emerman Michael
Abstract
HIV-1 Vpr promotes nuclear entry of viral nucleic acids in nondividing macrophages and also causes a G2 cell-cycle arrest. Consistent with its role in nuclear transport, we show Vpr localizes to the nuclear envelope in both human and yeast cells. Like the importin-β subunit of the nuclear import receptor, Vpr also interacts with the yeast importin-α subunit and nucleoporins. Moreover, overexpression of either Vpr or importin-β in yeast blocks nuclear transport of mRNAs. A mutant form of Vpr (Vpr F34I) that does not localize at the nuclear envelope, or bind to importin-α and nucleoporins, renders HIV-1 incapable of infecting macrophages efficiently. Vpr F34I, however, still causes a G2 arrest, demonstrating that the dual functions of Vpr are genetically separable. Our data suggest Vpr functionally resembles importin-β in nuclear import of the HIV-1 pre-integration complex and this function is essential for the role of Vpr in macrophage infection, but not G2 arrest.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Subject
Developmental Biology,Genetics
Cited by
296 articles.
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