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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 282, 期 23, 页码 16981-16988出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M610688200
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI62467] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM47477] Funding Source: Medline
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transcription requires virally encoded Tat and the P-TEFb protein complex, which together associate with the Tat-activating region, a structured region in the nascent transcript. P-TEFb phosphorylates proteins in the transcription elongation complex, including RNA polymerase II (pol II), to stimulate elongation and to overcome premature termination. However, the status of the elongation complex on the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR) in a repressed state is not known. Chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrated that NELF, a negative transcription elongation factor, was associated with the LTR. Depleting NELF increased processive HIV transcription and replication. Mapping pol II on the LTR showed that pol II was paused and that NELF depletion released pol II. Decreasing NELF also correlated with displacement of a positioned nucleosome and increased acetylation of histone H4, suggesting coupling of transcription elongation and chromatin remodeling. Previous work has indicated that the Tat-activating region plays a critical role in regulating transcription from the LTR. Our results reveal an earlier stage, mediated by NELF, when repression occurs at the HIV LTR.
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