DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Not Required for Efficient Lentivirus Integration
AUTOR(ES)
Baekelandt, Veerle
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
How DNA is repaired after retrovirus integration is not well understood. DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is known to play a central role in the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks. Recently, a role for DNA-PK in retroviral DNA integration has been proposed (R. Daniel, R. A. Katz, and A. M. Skalka, Science 284:644–647, 1999). Reduced transduction efficiency and increased cell death by apoptosis were observed upon retrovirus infection of cultured scid cells. We have used a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 (HIV-1)-derived lentivirus vector system to further investigate the role of DNA-PK during integration. We measured lentivirus transduction of scid mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) and xrs-5 or xrs-6 cells. These cells are deficient in the catalytic subunit of DNA-PK and in Ku, the DNA-binding subunit of DNA-PK, respectively. At low vector titers, efficient and stable lentivirus transduction was obtained, excluding an essential role for DNA-PK in lentivirus integration. Likewise, the efficiency of transduction of HIV-derived vectors in scid mouse brain was as efficient as that in control mice, without evidence of apoptosis. We observed increased cell death in scid MEF and xrs-5 or xrs-6 cells, but only after transduction with high vector titers (multiplicity of infection [MOI], >1 transducing unit [TU]/cell) and subsequent passage of the transduced cells. At an MOI of <1 TU/cell, however, transduction efficiency was even higher in DNA-PK-deficient cells than in control cells. Taken together, the data suggest a protective role of DNA-PK against cellular toxicity induced by high levels of retrovirus integrase or integration. Another candidate cellular enzyme that has been claimed to play an important role during retrovirus integration is poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). However, no inhibition of lentivirus vector-mediated transduction or HIV-1 replication by 3-methoxybenzamide, a known PARP inhibitor, was observed. In conclusion, DNA-PK and PARP are not essential for lentivirus integration.
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