A BK virus (BKV) expression vector, specific for human cells, was engineered to express antisense human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) tat cDNA (tat‐AS) or a tat mutant in cysteine 22 (tat22). Cysteine residues in the cysteine‐rich domain of tat are necessary for tat transactivation of the HIV‐1 long terminal repeat (LTR). Both the AS tat and the tat mutant significantly inhibited transactivation by tat when assayed in cells cotransfected with an expression vector where the reporter gene for chloramphenicol acetyl transferase was driven by the HIV‐1 LTR. Infection of Jurkat cell clones stably expressing tat22 (Jurkat/tat22) or tat‐AS (Jurkat/tat‐AS) with HIV‐1 did not show differences in virus titer in comparsion to HIV‐1‐infected control cells. However, in two Jurkat/tat22 cell clones, entrance of HIV‐1 into latency was accelerated significantly and reactivation of HIV‐1 from latency induced by tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) or tat was blocked. These results suggest that, in a combined and integrated approach to the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), anti‐tat genetic therapy could be successfully applied to maintain virus in latency, thereby extending the duration of the asymptomatic phase preceding full‐blown AIDS. Copyright © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company

Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus reactivation from latency by a tat transdominant negative mutant

BALBONI, Pier Giorgio;BOZZINI, Roberta;ZUCCHINI, Silvia;MARCONI, Peggy Carla Raffaella;GROSSI, Maria Pia;CAPUTO, Antonella;MANSERVIGI, Roberto;BARBANTI BRODANO, Giuseppe
1993

Abstract

A BK virus (BKV) expression vector, specific for human cells, was engineered to express antisense human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV‐1) tat cDNA (tat‐AS) or a tat mutant in cysteine 22 (tat22). Cysteine residues in the cysteine‐rich domain of tat are necessary for tat transactivation of the HIV‐1 long terminal repeat (LTR). Both the AS tat and the tat mutant significantly inhibited transactivation by tat when assayed in cells cotransfected with an expression vector where the reporter gene for chloramphenicol acetyl transferase was driven by the HIV‐1 LTR. Infection of Jurkat cell clones stably expressing tat22 (Jurkat/tat22) or tat‐AS (Jurkat/tat‐AS) with HIV‐1 did not show differences in virus titer in comparsion to HIV‐1‐infected control cells. However, in two Jurkat/tat22 cell clones, entrance of HIV‐1 into latency was accelerated significantly and reactivation of HIV‐1 from latency induced by tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) or tat was blocked. These results suggest that, in a combined and integrated approach to the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), anti‐tat genetic therapy could be successfully applied to maintain virus in latency, thereby extending the duration of the asymptomatic phase preceding full‐blown AIDS. Copyright © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
1993
Balboni, Pier Giorgio; Bozzini, Roberta; Zucchini, Silvia; Marconi, Peggy Carla Raffaella; Grossi, Maria Pia; Caputo, Antonella; Manservigi, Roberto; ...espandi
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