The Barrier-to-Autointegration Factor Is a Component of Functional Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Preintegration Complexes

AUTOR(ES)

Lin, Chou-Wen

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Retroviral integration in vivo is mediated by preintegration complexes (PICs) derived from infectious virions. In addition to the integrase enzyme and cDNA substrate, PICs contain a variety of viral and host cell proteins. Whereas two different cell proteins, high-mobility group protein A1 (HMGA1) and the barrier-to-autointegration factor (BAF), were identified as integration cofactors based on activities in in vitro PIC assays, only HMGA1 was previously identified as a PIC component. By using antibodies against known viral and cellular PIC components, we demonstrate here functional coimmunoprecipitation of endogenous BAF protein with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) PICs. Since integrase protein and integration activity were also coimmunoprecipitated by anti-BAF antibodies, we conclude that BAF is a component of HIV-1 PICs. These data are consistent with the model that BAF functions as an integration cofactor in vivo.

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